As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

Who owns what at the this point?

Warner Communications
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Television
Motown Records
Warner Bros. Records
Elektra Records
Atlantic Records
Reprise Records

Gulf+Western
Paramount Pictures
Sega
Simon and Schuster
Stax Records
Dot Records
Entertaining Quality Comics
New York Rangers (NHL)
New York Knicks (NBA)

MCA
Universal Pictures
Famous Studios
Decca Records
MCA Records
Revue Productions library
Kayro-Jam library
Los Angeles Rams (NFL)
Pre-1942 Fleischer Studios library
Pre-1942 Terrytoons library
Pre-1953 Walter Lantz Productions library
1942-53 Fleischer-Terry library
DiscoVision (50% w/ Philips)

Disney Communications
Walt Disney Pictures (Formerly Walt Disney Productions)
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
Grantray-Lawrence
WED Imagineering
Marvel Comics
Harvey Comics
Disneyland Park (Anaheim, CA)
Riverfront Square (St. Louis, MO)
Disney World (Orlando, FL)
Former assets
- Red Hot Riding Hood (Animated short originally released by MGM in 1943; Sold to 20th Century-Fox in 1947; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Swing Shift Cinderella (Animated short originally released by MGM in 1945; Sold to 20th Century-Fox in 1947; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Little Rural Riding Hood (Animated short originally released by 20th Century-Fox in 1948; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Batman 1966-68 TV Series (Originally produced by 20th Century-Fox Television; Sold to DC Comics in 1977)
- Batman: The Movie (1966 movie originally released by 20th Century-Fox; Sold to DC Comics in 1977)

Helmsley Leisure
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
MGM Television
MGM Records
MGM Hotels

Turner Broadcasting System
United Artists Corporation
Superstation WTBS
United Artists Records
Pre-1948 Warner Bros. library
Atlanta Braves (MLB)
Atlanta Hawks (NBA)
Atlanta Flames (NHL)

CBS, Inc.
CBS Television Network
CBS Radio
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
DC Comics

Taft Broadcasting
Hanna-Barbera Productions
Worldvision Enterprises
Kings Island theme park (outside Cincinnati, OH)
Kings Dominion theme park (outside Richmond, VA)
Carowinds theme park (outside Charlotte, NC)

Metromedia
SBC (50%)
Harlem Globetrotters
IceCapades

New World Entertainment
Grand Diamond Pictures
Pre-1977 New World Pictures library
Pre-1977 American International library

Westinghouse
SBC (50%)

Time-Life, Inc
Home Box Office (HBO)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated

RCA
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
RCA Records
RCA SelectaVision

American Broadcasting Company
ABC Television Network
ABC Radio Network
ABC Records

RKO-Desilu
RKO-Desilu Pictures
Pre-1976 Desilu Television library
Pre-1957 RKO Radio Pictures library

Viacom
Showtime (pay TV network)

AVCO Corporation
Avco Embassy Pictures
Avco Embassy Records

Six Flags Amusements
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Mid-America
Six Flags Astroworld

Marriott Corporation
Great America theme park (Santa Clara, CA)
Chicagoland theme park (Gurnee, IL)

Hilton Hotels Corporation
San Diego Chargers (NFL)

Bally Manufacturing
Midway Manufacturing
Bally's Hotels

Independent
Atari, Inc.
Rankin-Bass
Bagdasarian Productions
Lorimar
CMJ
Ruby-Spears
Filmation
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Gemini Comics (Formerly Charlton and Fawcett)
Eclipse Comics
New Line Cinema
Merv Griffin Enterprises
Avery-Clampett
DePatie-Freleng
Henson Associates
Golden Harvest
Heatter-Quigley
Filmways
Hemdale Film Corporation
Jay Ward Productions
Premavision/Clokey Productions
Troma Entertainment
Magnetic Video Corporation
Carolco Pictures
The Cannon Group
Aaron Spelling Productions
USA Network
Nelvana
Cinar Corporation
Aardman Animations
Perpetual Motion Pictures
DIC Audiovisuel
CineGroupe
Cosgrove Hall
Colossal Pictures
Belvision
Melendez Studios
Richard Williams Animation
Great Adventure theme park (Jackson, NJ)
Magic Mountain theme park (Valencia, CA)

Dormant
Republic Pictures

Future
Pinwheel (Late 1977)
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1978)
Miramax Films (Coming in 1979)
ESPN (Coming in 1979)
Will Vinton Studios (Coming in 1979)
 
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Kentucky Fried Movie (1977 Film)
Kentucky Fried Movie
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Released on August 12, 1977

Distributor
New Line Cinema

Directed by
John Landis

Produced by
Robert K. Weiss

Written by
Jim Abrahams
Jerry Zucker
David Zucker​
 
Race For Your Life Charlie Brown (1977 Film)
Race For Your Life Charlie Brown
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Released by American International Pictures on August 24, 1977

Based on the comic strip Peanuts by
Charles M. Schulz

Production Companies
Melendez Studios
Sparky Creative Associates
Mendelson Films
United Feature Syndicate

Directed by
Bill Melendez
Phil Roman

Executive Producers
Charles M. Schulz
Lee Mendelson
Bill Melendez

Race For Your Life was the first Peanuts adaptation released after the untimely death of composer Vince Guaraldi. It is also one of AIP's last releases as the studio will merge with Roger Corman's New World Pictures to form Grand Diamond.​
 
Excuse me @OldNavy1988 will Diff'rent Strokes debut on NBC 1978 ITTL
I hope Gary coleman will find succes

I hear lio and sitch started out as a failed pitch for a childenr book in 1985. Maybe the book get pick up leadin to a ealrier lio and stich movie cira 1989. Also in the orialginal pitch stich was an intergaltic warlord instead of an illegal gentic expemrent and jumbo was a bounty hunter instead of sitch creatior and gamtu was stich lientuet. Forllow thiis link for more informaiton https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Gantu
 

PNWKing

Banned
Will Grand Diamond buy Melendez Studios? UA should pick up The Chronicles of Narnia cartoon series from Richard Williams Studios.
 

PNWKing

Banned
Warner Communications
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Television
Motown Records
Warner Bros. Records
Elektra Records
Atlantic Records
Reprise Records

Gulf+Western
Paramount Pictures
Sega
Simon and Schuster
Stax Records
Dot Records
Entertaining Quality Comics
New York Rangers (NHL)
New York Knicks (NBA)

MCA
Universal Pictures
Famous Studios
Decca Records
MCA Records
Revue Productions library
Kayro-Jam library
Los Angeles Rams (NFL)
Pre-1942 Fleischer Studios library
Pre-1942 Terrytoons library
Pre-1953 Walter Lantz Productions library
1942-53 Fleischer-Terry library
DiscoVision (50% w/ Philips)

Disney Communications
Walt Disney Pictures (Formerly Walt Disney Productions)
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
Grantray-Lawrence
WED Imagineering
Marvel Comics
Harvey Comics
Disneyland Park (Anaheim, CA)
Riverfront Square (St. Louis, MO)
Disney World (Orlando, FL)
Former assets
- Red Hot Riding Hood (Animated short originally released by MGM in 1943; Sold to 20th Century-Fox in 1947; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Swing Shift Cinderella (Animated short originally released by MGM in 1945; Sold to 20th Century-Fox in 1947; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Little Rural Riding Hood (Animated short originally released by 20th Century-Fox in 1948; Sold to Avery-Clampett in 1977)
- Batman 1966-68 TV Series (Originally produced by 20th Century-Fox Television; Sold to DC Comics in 1977)
- Batman: The Movie (1966 movie originally released by 20th Century-Fox; Sold to DC Comics in 1977)

Helmsley Leisure
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
MGM Television
MGM Records
MGM Hotels

Turner Broadcasting System
United Artists Corporation
Superstation WTBS
United Artists Records
Pre-1948 Warner Bros. library
Atlanta Braves (MLB)
Atlanta Hawks (NBA)
Atlanta Flames (NHL)

CBS, Inc.
CBS Television Network
CBS Radio
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
DC Comics

Taft Broadcasting
Hanna-Barbera Productions
Worldvision Enterprises
Kings Island theme park (outside Cincinnati, OH)
Kings Dominion theme park (outside Richmond, VA)
Carowinds theme park (outside Charlotte, NC)

Metromedia
SBC (50%)
Harlem Globetrotters
IceCapades

New World Entertainment
Grand Diamond Pictures
Pre-1977 New World Pictures library
Pre-1977 American International library

Westinghouse
SBC (50%)

Time-Life, Inc
Home Box Office (HBO)
Time Magazine
Life Magazine
Sports Illustrated

RCA
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
RCA Records
RCA SelectaVision

American Broadcasting Company
ABC Television Network
ABC Radio Network
ABC Records

RKO-Desilu
RKO-Desilu Pictures
Pre-1976 Desilu Television library
Pre-1957 RKO Radio Pictures library

Viacom
Showtime (pay TV network)

AVCO Corporation
Avco Embassy Pictures
Avco Embassy Records

Six Flags Amusements
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Mid-America
Six Flags Astroworld

Marriott Corporation
Great America theme park (Santa Clara, CA)
Chicagoland theme park (Gurnee, IL)

Hilton Hotels Corporation
San Diego Chargers (NFL)

Bally Manufacturing
Midway Manufacturing
Bally's Hotels

Independent
Atari, Inc.
Rankin-Bass
Bagdasarian Productions
Lorimar
CMJ
Ruby-Spears
Filmation
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Gemini Comics (Formerly Charlton and Fawcett)
Eclipse Comics
New Line Cinema
Merv Griffin Enterprises
Avery-Clampett
DePatie-Freleng
Henson Associates
Golden Harvest
Heatter-Quigley
Filmways
Hemdale Film Corporation
Jay Ward Productions
Premavision/Clokey Productions
Troma Entertainment
Magnetic Video Corporation
Carolco Pictures
The Cannon Group
Aaron Spelling Productions
USA Network
Nelvana
Cinar Corporation
Aardman Animations
Perpetual Motion Pictures
DIC Audiovisuel
CineGroupe
Cosgrove Hall
Colossal Pictures
Belvision
Melendez Studios
Richard Williams Animation
Great Adventure theme park (Jackson, NJ)
Magic Mountain theme park (Valencia, CA)

Dormant
Republic Pictures

Future
Pinwheel (Late 1977)
The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1978)
Miramax Films (Coming in 1979)
ESPN (Coming in 1979)
Will Vinton Studios (Coming in 1979)

Warner Communications: Rankin-Bass, Eclipse Comics, & Merv Griffin Enterprises
Gulf & Western: Ruby-Spears, Lorimar, USA Network
MCA: Henson Associates
Disney Communications: Atari, Heatter-Quigley
Helmsley Leisure: Nelvana, The Cannon Group, Magnetic Video Corporation
Turner Broadcasting System: Filmation
Taft Broadcasting: Aaron Spelling Productions, Troma Entertainment
Metromedia: Filmways, Jay Ward Productions
New World Enterprises: Premavision/Clokey Enterprises
Westinghouse: Cinar Corporation
Time-Life Inc.: Melendez Productions
RCA: Carolco Productions, Richard Williams Animation
 
Entertainment News for August/September 1977
Danjaq agrees to finance Richard Williams' Narnia project with United Artists handling distribution. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is scheduled for a Christmas 1979 release. Danjaq will also have the option of financing the on-again, off-again production of Williams' Thief and the Cobbler project no later than 1983.
- The Atlanta Constitution

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell puts the video game company up for sale.
- The New York Times
 
I’m hoping that when the 80’s comes we can discuss theme parks some more. I always enjoyed the detailed posts regarding timeline-original theme parks.
 
With regards to Gulf+Western's acquisition of Entertaining Quality Comics, the Plastic Man cartoon by Ruby-Spears should begin airing in '79. I wonder if it will have any shorts featuring other EQ characters. Hell, I wonder if some studio would try for a prime time animated version of MAD magazine.

It is still a couple years off, but I wonder what Alan Moore's career trajectory will be ITTL. I imagine that he'll start getting attention from his work on Captain Britain for Marvel UK, but will sour on Marvel when Disney drops the legal hammer on Marvelman/Miracleman. If Len Wein is working at DC, then he will bring him stateside for Swamp Thing. When it comes to Watchmen I would suggest perhaps doing it with EQ instead of Gemini. It would be a different beast, but could still retain some of its themes with Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters.
 
Does anybody like the idea of disney droping the hyperion pictures in the 80's and starting a tv network called hyperion united broadcasting or hub for short. I must confess some else came up with the hypetion united broadcastin name years ago. I would the hypeion blimp as hub symbol
 
Does anybody like the idea of disney droping the hyperion pictures in the 80's and starting a tv network called hyperion united broadcasting or hub for short. I must confess some else came up with the hypetion united broadcastin name years ago. I would the hypeion blimp as hub symbol
Then Hasbro and Discovery should either think of a different name for their channel, or keep Discovery Kids and just add the Hub Network programs to that network.
 
Nara Disneyland
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Nara Disneyland opened its gates on February 14, 1963. Under the compromise that was reached a year earlier, the Matsuo Entertainment Company would actually own the theme park while Walt Disney Productions, through its WED subsidiary, maintained creative control.

@Light_Star 1
Most of the stuff at Nara is pretty much the same, but with Disney's involvement, they should be okay moneywise.​
In 1983, when Tokyo Disneyland opens OTL, will Disney purchase Nara Disneyland from the Matsuo Entertainment Company ITTL?
 
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