After a costly bidding war, it appears Disney is set to acquire 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets after winning U.S. antitrust approval.

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As reported by Bloomberg , Disney's last major hurdle in acquiring 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets was a series of federal antitrust laws that will be reportedly circumvented by Disney agreeing to "sell assets to resolve competitive harms arising from the merger."In accordance with this agreement, the U.S. Justice Department is expected to approve the deal in federal court. Following this, Comcast is expected to raise their bid once again in an attempt to acquire the assets.Last week, 21st Century Fox accepted Disney's bid of $71.3 billion . This was in reaction to Comcast's $65 billion offer the week prior. Though this antitrust approval was a major barrier in Disney acquiring the rights, Comcast could very well stand in their way once again following this legal victory.For Disney, some of the biggest properties that they can acquire from 21st Century Fox are their film rights to Marvel franchises including X-Men, Deadpool and more. This deal, should it go through, reportedly won't affect Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and the possibility of having Fox-owned Marvel characters, as it's "too far along" to be impacted by the deal Non-Marvel properties in the deal include Avatar, Alien, Planet of the Apes and more — the full list of properties is exceptionally large

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