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by ousta 3547 days ago
as a production company they will be much more successfull than disney in 5 years
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No chance. They could be a digital-only HBO, but even HBO need the backing of a big media company (Time Warner).
Disney owns so much IP: Marvel, Star Wars, Disney. You expect them to come up with that much stuff in 5 years?
Those are definitely powerhouse IP, but Netflix has a wider range of quality content.

I agree it will be a challenge, but if you look at the talent that appears to want to work with Netflix and do originals, I wouldn't rule out the parent's 5 year estimate.

It's not like you can just go to Disney and say "let's do this". They have a brand and image to uphold so their content choices will always be limited.

I'm curious whether you can make any reasonable argument at all for this.