Disney/Fox deal—what animated films would Disney get the rights to?

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Okay, as is well known, Disney is planning on buying 20th Century Fox, getting the rights to the Fox film library, including a number of animated films.

However, I’m a little fuzzy about the legal details about some of the film rights, and wondered if someone could enlighten me.

Now, I think I’m safe in assuming any film that was produced by Fox, a Fox subsidiary, or a studio owned by Fox would become Disney’s. But I’m a bit puzzled about films that Fox merely distributed—for example, Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards.

And according to wiki, Fox actually did fund the production of that film, but I pretty much know jack-all about the nitty gritty of film finance and production practices, so I don’t know how that effects film rights and ownership.

So, help me out…what other animated Fox films does Disney get a claim on? Ferngully? Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure? Fire and Ice?

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Anastasia would make an interesting Disney princess…

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A Disneyfied version of Futurama would probably make Nibbler the focus, along with his nephew, Noobler.

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The Peanuts Movie from 2015 was released through Fox via Blue Sky. I suppose that means Disney now has the rights over all subsequent animated Peanuts films.

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That can not be assumed. Do you know what the movie deal is with the estate? It could have been for one movie. Or a certain number of years. And a distribution deal is not close to being the same as a development deal.

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What about the Ice Age and Rio franchises?