Lucasfilm Ltd.: Difference between revisions

'''Lucasfilm Ltd., LLC''' is a company founded by George '''Lucas'''. Lucasfilm formed [[THX]] (later spun-off in mid-2002), Skywalker Sound, Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts, and Lucas Digital Ltd. On October 30, 2012, The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. Walt Disney owns the rights to most films produced by the studio that were released by both [[20th Century Studios]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] (while Lucasfilm retains the copyright). [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] owns the distribution rights to Lucasfilm-produced films that they released with Lucasfilm retaining their copyright. [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] owns all rights to the films that they released, as does 20th Century Studios (itself now owned by Disney) in the case of ''Star Wars''. With Disney's purchase of the studio, distribution of the studio's future films are handled by Walt Disney and the studio's television output is controlled by [[Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution]] (although [[CBS Media Ventures]] controls the distribution of ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'').