Now that Disney is finally close to acquiring 21st Century Fox and the studio's film and television assets, it looks like the Mickey Mouse House has started looking at another major deal.
Variety has the latest update regarding Disney's plans after the acquisition of Fox, and it looks like the company is hoping to buy Warner Media's stake in Hulu. For those who aren't aware of Hulu's ownership, the company is broken into four parts. Disney, Fox, and Comcast/NBC Universal each have 30 percent of the streaming company. Warner Media owns the last 10 percent.
Once Disney completes its deal with Fox, then the Mickey Mouse House would have a majority stake hold of Hulu. If the company manages to acquire Warner Media's stake, then it would have a 70% stake – more than enough to have power to make most of the major decisions in Hulu.
There have been talks saying that Disney is planning to have Hulu as its site for original adult-oriented programming. After all, the company would need some space for its upcoming Deadpool franchise.
Meanwhile, the Mickey Mouse House's all-age series and films are being targeted for Disney+, it's new streaming service.
Disney just has to talk Warner Media into selling its shares at Hulu. Though a price hasn't been made available to the public, reports say that the Mickey Mouse House valued Hulu at a total of $9/3 billion last year. This means, if Disney were to purchase Warner Media's shares at Hulu, they'd most likely have to pay something around one billion dollars or so.
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