As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux
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I've got more than a few things to say on all this.
How likely is a more successful MAD TV series under Paramount's care?
Have we seen a Spy vs. Spy video game? If not, could we expect it to come in the next couple of years?
How many novelizations of Paramount films has Simon & Schuster produced?
Will we see a revival of the original Archies cartoon, given Universal's ownership of Archie Comics, the Beatles film collection, and Famous Studios?
Does Woody Woodpecker have a presence at the Universal Studios Tour?
For that matter, is a Woody Woodpecker/Mighty Mouse crossover a possibility at all?
Are there any Famous Studios productions that aren't on home video yet? If so, could we see MCA Home Video pick them up?
Just what is "Warner Pacific Comics"? And if you're referring to the Pacific Comics publisher, could we very well see a more accurate Rocketeer movie?
If DC and HB are owned by direct competitors, and if Tom Ruegger is currently stationed at Fox under Disney, then what the heck do you have in mind for Warner Bros. Animation? I suppose Speed Racer and maybe Marine Boy could be utilized for further projects, but other than those and the Looney Tunes package films, I don't know what they're planning.
I believe you mean the DePatie-Freleng library in general, minus the Marvel Comics shows. It shut down in 1981.
Remember that Batty Baseball short that Tex Avery did in the 40's? Well, with Ted Turner's contributions to the world of sports, I feel like a remake of that in addition to hockey and basketball counterparts are in order. Maybe if the Tom and Jerry & Pink Panther revivals are successful enough, the folks from Tex Avery's old catalog could follow suit.
Considering the many animated shows that Disney made or owns, and when you factor in Nickelodeon being a Jim Henson Company division, have you changed your mind on an earlier Toon Disney? I know that question was meant to be between you, me, and @Geekhis Khan, but I couldn't help but ask.
Like the DePatie-Freleng library, the Filmways catalog actually spans through its entire life, as it closed in 1982.
I guess I should have expected TSR to be a CBS division when I saw the D&D cartoon as a Screen Gems animated series.
If the DCEU still gets made, will Screen Gems be the company responsible for it? Because that would be a sight to see.
Sing it with me now. "Touchstones! Meet the touchstones! They're an adult movie company!"
So the first technically-in-house animated project for the SBC was, oddly enough, the creation of Robotech. Like I said initially, didn't see that coming.
Given that Midway is under Bally's roof, is a TV movie based on Rampage going to happen by the end of the decade? If you didn't plan on that, thanks and/or sorry for bringing up that possibility.
That would explain why She-Ra, and very likely the remains of Filmation alongside it, are credited as Ruby-Spears shows. Seems fair to me, as I always preferred RS to Filmation anyway. But I take it that both Dances With Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs will either find a different distributor or be butterflied away thanks to Orion's early demise.
Finally, I'd have The Jim Henson Company buy either Premavision or Jay Ward Productions, while Six Flags acquires Knott's Berry Farm, while selling Bagdasarian Productions to Bally for that twitch of extra kids content, all while DiC and Saban merge into one entity and see how that goes. The other companies can stay independent for now.
A Spy vs. Spy game for the Master System will show up next year.
Pacific Comics was sold to Warner Communications, hence Warner Pacific.
Tom Ruegger will still go to WB by '89 or so.
Turner will likely invest in starting a whole new studio instead of buying an existing entity.
Yes, the DFE library. The Marvel shows post-1973 were made at Grantray-Lawrence, starting with Millie the Model.
Silence of the Lambs most likely goes to New Line, Grand Diamond or Miramax. Dances with Wolves on the other hand, could go anywhere. And in case you're wondering, RoboCop will go to New Line.
Ruby-Spears will likely bring Joe Ruby and Ken Spears back to run RS.
Cool!
Okay, so that is the case. So, will we get a more accurate Rocketeer film under WB?
That makes sense. Here's to hoping that his time at Fox will give him the lessons he needs to become Warner Bros Animation's top supplier.
I wasn't hinting at Turner buying another company. I was hoping that a Tex Avery one-shot could spawn two more shorts like it due to him owning a baseball team, a basketball team, and a hockey team. Then again, there were two Goofy shorts that fill the niche just as well as Tex did in his regular cartoons.
That reminds me. Were the 70's Seuss-Jones movies distributed by MGM? Because if so, that means that they'd be under the same umbrella as the DFE-made specials. That is, if they even made Dr. Seuss specials.
I'd choose Miramax for Lambs and Grand Diamond for Wolves. Heck, why not make them go head to head in the box office as a nature-based pun on their titles?
Wait, they left? What did they do after leaving?
Joe and Ken were supposed to step down and serve as consultants under Ron Miller. But then things suddenly changed. So they didn't really leave. They're just being brought back as co-chairs.
PNWKing
Banned
With luck, Woody Allen owns it himself, and if (or when) he gets convicted, the movie might end up in the Public Domain.
Transformers: The Movie (1986 Film)
Transformers: The Movie
Released on December 5, 1986.
Production Companies
Nelvana
Hasbro Productions
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
The voice cast is mostly the same as OTL. Optimus Prime lives, but he is battered and bruised heading into the next season of the TV series.
Released on December 5, 1986.
Production Companies
Nelvana
Hasbro Productions
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
The voice cast is mostly the same as OTL. Optimus Prime lives, but he is battered and bruised heading into the next season of the TV series.
Xenomorphs (1986 Film)
Xenomorph 2
Released by Grand Diamond on December 19, 1986.
Written and Directed by
James Cameron
Producers
Gale Anne Hurd
David Giler
Walter Hill
Gordon Carroll
Based upon characters created by
Dan O'Bannon
Ron Shusett
Music
James Horner
Production Company
Brandywine
Distributor
Grand Diamond Pictures
Notes:
The Colonial Marines (Jenette Goldstein and Mark Rolston, above) are given more screen time for character development.
The theatrical cut ITTL does include the scene where Carter (Paul Reiser) informs Ellen Ripley (Veronica Cartwright) of her daughter Amanda's whereabouts.
It is implied that Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt (Carrie Henn) will live for a potential third film.
That said, the question of whether Veronica Cartwright will return to the franchise has yet to be answered.
Catch an early teaser for Grand Diamond's Predator.
Released by Grand Diamond on December 19, 1986.
Written and Directed by
James Cameron
Producers
Gale Anne Hurd
David Giler
Walter Hill
Gordon Carroll
Based upon characters created by
Dan O'Bannon
Ron Shusett
Music
James Horner
Production Company
Brandywine
Distributor
Grand Diamond Pictures
Notes:
The Colonial Marines (Jenette Goldstein and Mark Rolston, above) are given more screen time for character development.
The theatrical cut ITTL does include the scene where Carter (Paul Reiser) informs Ellen Ripley (Veronica Cartwright) of her daughter Amanda's whereabouts.
It is implied that Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt (Carrie Henn) will live for a potential third film.
That said, the question of whether Veronica Cartwright will return to the franchise has yet to be answered.
Catch an early teaser for Grand Diamond's Predator.
PNWKing
Banned
Of course, I wonder if there was a call in Canada to boycott An American Tail and to see The Transformers: The Movie instead, as even if it is based on an American property and released by an American studio, the movie was animated in Canada by an almost all-Canadian animation studio. Also, could Miramax sign a contract with Woody Allen? This contract could even include Hannah And Her Sisters, if Warren Buffett is willing to sell the rights to Allen.
There wasn't any type of boycott, but Transformers still made more money than American Tail in Canada. Unlike My Little Pony, which was produced at Nelvana's Sydney office, Transformers was made at the main office in Toronto. Besides that, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the new guy at Famous Studios, is looking to open a branch in Vancouver.
And yes, Woody Allen will sign with Miramax.
While we're at it, how about an earlier D23 to house all the new announcements they make each year?
Not so sure about that, if 9/11 happens ITTL (and it happened in the original "American Magic" timeline.).