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[Cl0wn_Dud3]

March 1976

March 1: Hanna Barbara and PBS begin talks to bring Scooby Doo to PBS starting in autumn 1976
March 4: Warner Bros. announced it will turn Knight into a film rather then a television series.
March 11: Robin and Marian is released. Robin and Marian: Plot: Same as OTL. It cost 5,000,000. It made 3,000,000. Production Company/Distributor: Columbia Pictures.
March 18: The Man Who Fell to Earth is released. The Man Who Fell to Earth: Plot: Same as OTL. It cost 1,500,000. It made 8,000,000 (USA), 5,500,000 (UK), 5,000,000 (International). Production Company: British Lion Films. Distributor: Sony Films (USA), British Lion Films (UK), CIC (International)
March 20: MGM has announced that The Superman Movie is to be animated
March 30: Lions and Gondolas is also confirmed to be animated.

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

April 1976

April 1: Warner Bros. announces Knight will be an adaptation of Batman
April 15:Hanna Barbara announces Scooby-Doo will not air on PBS
April 25: Lions and Gondolas is confirmed to be ATN's first program
April 30: Hanna Barbra and Worldvision announce a syndicated programing block, known as Hanna Barbara's Super Saturday

 

[Deleted member 100251]

April 1976

April 1: Warner Bros. announces Knight will be an adaptation of Batman
April 15:Hanna Barbara announces Scooby-Doo will not air on PBS
April 25: Lions and Gondolas is confirmed to be ATN's first program
April 30: Hanna Barbra and Worldvision announce a syndicated programing block, known as Hanna Barbara's Super Saturday

Interesting.

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

May 1976

May 1: ABC launches The All American Network campaign with new bumpers
May 4:George Lucas pitches a project by the name of The Galactic Hope: The Star Wars to several studios (MGM, UA, CBS Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. Gaumont, and Columbia Pictures)
May 9: Lord of The Rings is released: It had a huge opening with its primer in Paris but after several (Mostly negative) reviews attendance dried up. Most critics thought it was way to long, and criticized the casting, while also praising the acting. Many said that Lucas' choices hurt the film. Plot: It's pretty much the entire first book but at the scene where the fellowship is formed the backstories of the characters are shown. The film made 1,900,000 (USA), 4,000,000 (UK), 4,000,000 (Japan) and 3,000,000 (International and Europe) it cost 25,000,000. Distributor: United Artists. Production Companies United Artists and Lucasfilm. Rating PG: for violence.

May 12: United Artists sells off the A.A.P. Library, including the censored 11, to Warner Bros. for 10 million dollars.
May 13: Blue Note Records is sold to John Lennon for 4,000,000
May 14: United Artists Television is sold to Televisa for 3,450,000
May 15: United Artists Records is acquired by Sony for 4,000,000
May 16: United Artists Television's library is sold to Televisa for 2,000,050
May 17: MGM acquires the rights to the MGM films that UA distributed for 3,005,000.
May 18: United Artists Broadcasting is sold to RKO for 5,000,000

May 28, MGM, UA, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros. turn down The Galactic Hope: The Star Wars.
May 30: Kazuo Iwama and Ron Miller tell Lucas that Gaumont will make The Galactic Hope: The Star Wars if Lucas won't go over 10 million dollars.
May 31: Bob Marley tells Lucas Columbia will produce and distribute The Galactic Hope: The Star Wars if he makes a few changes to the story and changes the name to either Galactic Hope or Star Wars. Columbia also promises Lucas a budget of 15 million dollars and assistance from several directors (Speilberg as an example)

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

June 1976

June 1: Sony acquires the Trademark "United Artists Records" From Transamerica (1). The Last Hard Men is released: Plot: Smae as OTL. It cost 4,000,000 it made 20,000,000 (USA), 4,000,000(UK),10,000,000 (International). Distributor/Production Company: 20th Century Fox. Rating: R
June 4: At a United Artists board meeting Eric Pleskow suggest Transamerica sell United Artists (2). However his proposal was rejected
June 7: Grant Tinker temporary replaces Milos Forman as head of Embassy Pictures as Milos is working on the Sesame Street movie.
June 17: Silent Movie is released : Plot: same as OTL. It Cost 4,055,000. It made 36,000,000 (USA), 10,000,000 (UK), 8,000,000 (International) Distributor/Production Company: 20th Century Fox. Rating: PG
June 20: Columbia Pictures and CBS Pictures agree to both produce The Galactic Hope: The Star Wars (3) .The Project is also renamed to Star Wars.
June 23: Murder by Death is released. Plot: same as OTL. it cost 5,000,000 it made 8,000,000 (USA), 10,000,000 (UK), 5,000,000 (Japan), 3,000,000 (International). Production Companies: Rastar, RKO. Distributor: RKO (USA), CIC (UK), Warner Bros. (Japan and International)
June 30: Lex Luthor has been cast: he will be voiced by Sidney Poitier.

(1) Sony owned United Artists Records already but now they essentially own permanent rights to the name. (2) Some companies being: Sony, Gulf+Western, Hasbro, Pathe,or ABC
(3) Columbia will release the film in the US with Sony releasing it internationally

 

[MatthewFirth]

Bob Marley?

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

July 1: Mike Evans and Christopher Reeve both express interest in voicing Superman.
July 2: Mary Pickford and George Cukor both have gone to Japan to learn animation direction and art.
July 3: Blue Note has announced that its US distributor is to be RCA Records and it European Distributor is to be Epic Records.
July 4: CBS and PBS hold a joint Bicentennial celebration known as America's Birthday '76; the special lasts for 18 hours and has many special guests like Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Esther Rolle, Fred Rogers, Bea Arthur, Mary Tyler Moore, Ron Miller, Dick Van Dyke, John Amos, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, and many others. Legalize It was released it made it to number 15 on the US Billboard R&B, 20 on Billboard Rock and Roll, 20 on the Billboard top 100, Number 5 in Europe (It was Number 1 in the Netherlands and France), Number 10 in the UK,and Number 8 in Japan. It was latter known as the album that saved Paramount Records and would latter attract rock and reggae artists to Paramount Records. Tracks: 1: Legalize It, 2: Burial, 3: Watcha Going to Do, 4: No Sympathy, 5: Why Must I Cry, 6:Igziabeher, 7:Ketchy Shuby, 8: Till Your Well Runs Dry, 9: Brand New Second Hand. (Cut Tracks: Dear Miss Austen, Velvet and Silk, and Nothing (1))

July 20: Bob Marley states in an interview with CBS, "Star Wars will be a huge success; hearkening back to the adventure films of the 40s."


(1) Dear Miss Austen was sung with Paul McCartney, it didn't make it on to the album because it was deemed to hard to hear what the singers were saying due to the heavy distortion on the guitars, Velvet and Silk was cut as it was deemed to strange as it had heavy guitar and saxophone, it was also sung with John Lennon, and Nothing was sung with Kenny Rogers, it was cut for sounding to different as it was Country song.

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

August 1976

August 1: Obsession is released: Plot: same as otl, It cost 1,500,000 it made 4,500,000. Production Companies/Distributor Columbia Pictures, Rating PG. Christopher Reeves is cast as Superman.
August 2: Barbra Murray is cast as Lara, Christopher Lee is cast as Jor-El, Omar Sharif as the First Elder,and Kirk Alyn is cast as Johnathan Kent.
August 5: To save costs CBS and Columbia agree to film Star Wars mostly at The CBS Studio Center.
August 30: The Sesame Street Movie is confirmed to be live action and filmed using special lenses

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

September 1: Magnetic Video Corporation signs a deal with PBS, BBC, Viacom, and MGM for the release of 100 titles on Betamax (1)
September 2: Voice work and animation work for the Bremen Town Musicians starts (2)
September 5: RKO acquires 5 stations in California
September 24: Some of the casting for Star Wars is announced: Ben Kenobi:Toshiro Mifune(3), Princess Leia: Carrie Fisher, C3PO: Anthony Daniels, and Luke Skywalker: Mark Hamil
September 30: The Sesame Street film begins casting and is confirmed to be filmed (somewhat) in 1.75:1 (4)

(1) Some Titles to be available are Public Cinema episodes 1 through 5 (PBS), Zoom Vol 1 through 5 (PBS), Andy Griffith Show Vol 1 through 3 (Viacom), The French Chef Episodes 1 through 5 (Viacom), Sesame Street Episodes 1 through 5 (Viacom), The Pallisers Episodes 1 through 5 (Viacom) Dr. Who Vol 1 through 8 (BBC), Rock Horror Picture Show (MGM), and That's Entertainment (MGM). (2) Work began in September as to avoid scheduling conflict with Rocky. (3) Roland Culver, Alec Guinness, and Laurence Oliver were considered for Ben Kenobi; though they were only picked by Marley however they all turned down, so they went with Lucas' choice. (4) this mostly only be for musical numbers and the opening credits

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

October 1: Transamerica announces that 45% of UA will be sold to Televisa
October 4: Akria Kurosawa cancels Soul of America due to schedule conflicts with Superman
October 10: Animation work for Superman begins
October 18: Sony acquires 80% of DFE Enterpireses
October 31: Production of The Wolfman begins

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

November 1: Paramount President Barry Diller proposes Paramount create a television network to rival CBS and ATN.
November 3: Carrie is released: Plot: same as OTL, it made 40,000,000 it cost 7,500,000. Production Company/Distributor United Artists. Rating: PG. The film received good reviews
November 10: Toho acquires British Lion for $5,442,000
November 15: A 30 second teaser trailer for Superman is shown. (The trailer starts with live action footage of space with an announcer saying "Flying from the page to the screen is the epic story of a man... A man who could fly. Superman! From legendary director Akria Kurosawa.. See it." after the announcer is done speaking the screen then flashes and we see the Superman crest with the date July 1977)
November 25: British Lion is renamed Toho British
November 27: Network is released. Plot: same as OTL. the film cost $3,800,000. the film grossed $64,000,000 (worldwide). Production Company: MGM. Distributor: Sony Films (Worldwide). Rating: R. the film received positive reviews.


December
December 1: Paramount President Barry Diller appoints Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Tosh, and Steven Spielberg to Paramount's board of directors (1)
December 3: Rocky is released: Plot: same as OTL. It made 120,000,000 (USA), 60,000,000 (Japan), 30,000,000 (UK), 30,000,000 (International) it cost 1,100,000. Production Company/Distributor United Artists. Rating PG. The film received good reviews
December 31: The 2nd CBS New Years Special is aired

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

January 1: Atari accepts Island Records buyout offer (1). Michael Jackson starts writing an album by the name "Off The Wall"
January 2: 20th Century Fox partners with Rankin-Bass to acquire rights to the Hobbit from DFE (2)
January 3: Carnival Planet L.A.'s remodeling is finished with its reopening being broadcast on CBS (3)
January 4: RKO acquires 10 stations. RKO forms RKO Television Group
January 5: Televisa increases its shares in United Artists from 45% to 80% (4)
January 10: CBS acquires RCA
January 15: RCA is renamed CBS Electronics.
January 20: Paramount issues Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on Betamax through its new division Paramount Home Video
January 23: Roots airs on ABC earning the network a number one hit show.
January 30: CBS announces the CBS Ultra Video Game Console
January 31: Atari announces the Atari VCS.

(1) Island Records will own Atari until Atari shock happens in 1983. (2) Rankin-Bass' The Hobbit will be very similar to the TV special from OTL and be released theatrically through Fox. (3) Carnival Planet's reopening was not widely viewed. (4) Transamerica later sells UA and forms Transamerica Films

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

February 1: Star Wars begins filming at The CBS Studio Center (1)
February 2: ATN launches as a subscription based cable network. The channel launches with Peter Sellers flicking a switch; he then says the name of the first program to air on the network, "Lions and Gondolas"
February 3: Sony sets up three new divisions: Gaumont Home Video, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, and Sony Films Home Entertainment (2)
February 4: Fox and Rankin Bass successfully acquire the film rights to the Hobbit from DFE
February 7: Filmation enters talks with Paramount for either an adaptation of The Ghost Busters or Star Trek the Animated Series (3)
February 9: (War) Wizards is released: Plot: same as OTL. It cost 2,000,0000 it made 9,000,000 (Worldwide) Production Company: Bakshi Productions. Distributor: 20th Century Fox Rating: PG(4). Fun With Dick and Jane is released: Plot: Same as OTL. It cost 3,000,000 it made 14,000,000 (USA), 2,000,000 (UK), 3,000,000 (International) 4,000,000 (Japan) Production Company/Distributor: Columbia Pictures: Rating: PG
February 15: Universal licenses the Wolfman to King's Island for a ride. (5)
February 28: Michael Jackson signs with Disneyland Vista Records for Off The Wall. (6)

Spoiler: 1

Star Wars will be the first film to use the Columbia Pictures Sunburst

Spoiler: 2

The Logo for Gaumont Home Video is the the 1970 logo but the word home video is at the bottom of the screen there is no music in the logo. Son Films Home Entertainment's logo is just the Sony logo with Films Home Entertainment next to the Sony text. Walt Disney Home Entertainment's logo is the 1978 variant of the Neon Mickey Logo. however Buddy Baker's theme for the logo (The Theme the logo used IOTL) was not used instead a different more fitting theme was used. This theme was composed by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, TL;DR the theme used in this version of the Neon Mickey is a traditional Indian song played on a sitar and tabla.

Spoiler: 3

The Proposed Ghost Busters film is supposed to be based on the TV show.It is not an early version of Ghostbusters

Spoiler: 4

The Film IOTL was known as Wizards however the film was pitched to Fox under the title War Wizards. ITTL It was released in the US and Japan as War Wizards but it was released as Wizards or The Wizards in other nations

Spoiler: 5

The ride is to be a dark ride showcasing the events of the original Wolfman film

Spoiler: 6

Michael pitched the album to EMI and Motown but it was rejected. It was later pitched to Warner Bros. Records it was rejected

 

[OldNavy1988]

Have Donald Trump or Warren Buffett entered the entertainment business as of yet?

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

Have Donald Trump or Warren Buffett entered the entertainment business as of yet?

No.

Spoiler

Warren Buffet buys Transamerica films latter on

 

[OldNavy1988]

Has Don Bluth decided if he is gonna stay at Disney or will he seek greener pastures elsewhere?

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

Has Don Bluth decided if he is gonna stay at Disney or will he seek greener pastures elsewhere?

It depends on the Bremen Town Musicians if it does well then he stays at Disney if not he leaves

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

March 1: Disney releases 4 films on video. (Freaky Friday, Mary Poppins, Treasure Island, and Pollyanna)
March 3: Mr. Billion is released: Plot: same as OTL. It Cost: 4,590,000. It made 1,300,000 (world wide) Production Company/Distributor 20th Century Fox. Rating: PG.
March 5: Equal Rights by Peter Tosh is released. While not being a giant success like Legalize It; Equal Rights managed to rank high on billboard and other charts world wide. Track Listing: Same as OTL with the addition of the Silk and Velvet which was cut from Legalize It. Cut Tracks: Same as OTL. it made it to number 20 on the US Billboard R&B, 21 on Billboard Rock and Roll, 22 on the Billboard top 100, Number 7 in Europe, Number 12 in the UK,and Number 10 in Japan.
March 11: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is released: Plot: Same as OTL. It cost 3,000,000. It Made 20,000,000 (USA) 10,000,000 (Japan) 8,000,000 (International), 18,000,000 (UK). Production Company: Walt Disney Productions. Distributor: Sony Films (USA, Japan, Canada, UK, France, and West Germany) CIC (International)
March 20: John Lennon founds Blue Note Communications with $16,000,000 in funding from MGM, Motown, and Universal
March 30: Ralph Bakshi pitches an adaptation of Mrs. Birsby and The Rats of NIHM to 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Walt Disney Productions
March 31: The Thief and The Cobbler is sold to Warner Bros. for distribution by New Line Cinema for $30,000,000 (1)

Spoiler: 1

The Thief and Cobbler wasn't finished by the time it was due to be released; plus the production needed more money.

 

[Cl0wn_Dud3]

April 1: Bakshi's adaptation of Mrs. Brisby and The Rats of NIHM is rejected by Walt Disney Productions. (1)
April 3: Walt Disney Home Video releases several new titles on Betamax. (2)
April 4: Roy E. Disney on an interview with NPR states, "The Bremen Town Musicians will be released November 15 1977."
April 5: MGM sells MGM Records to CBS
April 10: Production on the Sesame Street Movie begins. (3)
April 14: Spielberg, interested in Bakshi's adaptation of Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIHM, invites Bakshi to Paramount's lot. Bakshi then pitches the film.
April 15: Warner Bros. turns down Bakshi's adaptation of Mrs. Brisby and The Rats of NIHM (4)
April 18: All the Paramount executives excluding Barry Diller vote yes to produce the film. (5)
April 25: Warner Bros. contracts TMS Animation to do the animation for First Blood (6)
April 30: Magnavox announces announces the Magnavox Odyssey 2

Spoiler: 1

Disney turned the film down due to cost and the cast Bakshi wanted.

Spoiler: 2

Some titles including Old Yeller, The Jungle Book, and Sleeping Beauty

Spoiler: 3

The filming began at Pinewood Studios, though only a third of the film would be filmed there.

Spoiler: 4

Warner Bros. turned the film down due to cost

Spoiler: 5

This later caused a schism between Eisner and Diller which would see Eisner leave in 1984 and Diller leave in 1980, though Diller's departure made Eisner head of Paramount for four years. Diller would work at Disney, Transamerica Films, and Carolco, after his tenure at Carolco he would run Toho USA

Spoiler: 6

Isao Takahata would direct the film as Frank Wells picked him to direct the film

 

[OldNavy1988]

Where will NIMH eventually be made ITTL?