What Disney Is Getting From Fox Disney, home to “Frozen,” “Toy Story” and “The Avengers,” will pick up other film franchises — namely “Avatar,” for which there were four sequels in production as of April. Shows include “The Simpsons,” “This Is Us,” “Modern Family,” “American Horror Story” and “Homeland.” The (comparatively small) equivalent at Disney is ABC Studios, which has recently struggled to produce hits. Fox would also contribute its stake in Hulu, the streaming service that shows ABC content and original programming like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” giving Disney a majority share. Disney could also decide to take Fox’s older properties out of retirement, including “Night at the Museum,” “Home Alone,” “Doctor Dolittle” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Lucasfilm, which spawned the popular “Star Wars” films, has belonged to Disney since 2012. That includes Sky, the largest media company in Europe, in which Fox holds a nearly 40 percent stake; the National Geographic cable channel, which reaches hundreds of millions of homes overseas and has Fox as a majority owner; and Star India, a sizable Indian media company that is a subsidiary of Fox.
