The deal is done. Earlier this morning, shareholders at 21st Century Fox and Disney voted to approve Disney’s $71.3 billion buyout of major Fox assets.
Variety reports that seperate meetings took place at the New York Hilton to vote on the historic transaction that the companies first set back in December. Both meetings were brief, lasting less than 15 minutes.
The merger is expected to be completed in the first half of 2019. Disney is expecting to make full use of the IP’s under Fox’s umbrella, including Marvel’s X-Men and Fantastic Four, Avatar, Aliens, Predator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more.
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Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Danai Gurira, Peter Dinklage, Benedict Wong, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt.
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment – the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
Avengers: Infinity War is coming to Digital on July 31st and Blu-ray on August 14th, while the Untitled Avengers 4 hits theaters on May 3rd, 2019.
