JWR
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It'll be... interesting to see what moves are made at Lucasfilm in light of Iger admitting that things could have been handled better.
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The shade here is priceless...
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25 minutes ago, Cappoedameron said:
Umm...he literally has tanked the stock of WB into the ground.
His so called "quality" films bombed and underperformed at the box office.
He has pissed off and disrespected many in Hollywood circles and many professional animation artists with his comments on animation.
HBO Max was regarded as many as the quality streaming service amongst all others including even Netflix in terms of shows, engagement, and service and he has tanked that image and HBO Max numbers since he took over.
He is a cheap penny pincher just like Chapek and deserves the axe completely.
All true. But this was unfortunately the job he was brought in for. If those stocks keep plummeting though, he's in trouble.
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1 minute ago, cannastop said:
I think this movie will make $200 m dom. If it's lucky, $300 m dom
$200M+ DOM would still be really impressive. $300M would be incredible for a movie like this.
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10 minutes ago, Cappoedameron said:
After the Chapek news WB should follow suit cause if Chapek deserved to be fired Zaslav deserves to be fired....into the sun.
He hasn't fucked up badly (or long) enough to warrant it yet.
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The Board of Directors saw those Q4 earnings, realized that things under Chapek weren't going to get any better, and didn't want another "dark age" like during the later Eisner years. And having Iger (who was well regarded) come back cushions the blow of having to fire their new CEO two years into the job.
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42 minutes ago, YM! said:
I am very hopeful their Animation arms will far better as Iger prided himself in building them into titans. Longer windows and better marketing campaigns seem very likely for Elemental and Wish where even if they underperform it sets up the old precedent again and retrains their audience.
Having more committed marketing campaigns alone will help raise more awareness.
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2 minutes ago, Grebacio said:
Suddenly I feel more optimistic of this movie's box office
Big same. It helps knowing that the person in charge actually respects animation.
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When Chapek said there would be layoffs, I didn't expect him to be one of them... 😄
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3 minutes ago, Valonqar said:
Didn't follow contract stuff so maybe that's why I was like yeah who couldn't see this coming?
I think the board was trying to hold off on announcing this for as long as they could... then the Q4 earnings call gave them enough incentive to push Chapek out.
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Just now, Valonqar said:
Is this really a shocker? Didn't most people think that Iger retired to dodge pandemic and then would work his way back considering Chapek was obviously the wrong choice from the get go? Like, he was literally only known for being cheap af.
IMO, this is as "shocking" as Wilde/Styles breakup. Inevitable, not shocking.
It's shocking in that it happened so abruptly. The board re-upped Chapek's contract back in June and it was assumed that they were gonna stick it out with him.
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On 10/28/2022 at 6:19 AM, JWR said:
Could be. But only if their financial situation worsens and his business acumen isn't enough to shield him.
On 10/30/2022 at 10:36 AM, JWR said:It is a weakness, but I'd like to believe that after the Florida bill fiasco, he'll at least try to prevent it from becoming a fatal one.
Well, damn. I guess that weakness proved to be more fatal for Chapek than I thought it would be.
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3 minutes ago, Porthos said:
From most things I've been able to piece together it was the earnings report and everything that was surrounding that which was the proverbial straw which broke the camel's back.
While it's mostly from anonymous sourcing, it does seem to add up.
Chapek wasn't acting like someone about to be fired (i.e. he wasn't acting like there was any sort of informal transition/CEO search already underway).
There were practically no leaks about him being axed/pushed aside.
The Disney board, apparently, moved incredibly quickly.
So I ask you, what changed in the last month or so? While I suppose it isn't definitive, the earnings report certainly seems like Suspect Number One.
(check my posts from the last few hours for various links on this)
I'd like to think that the board was souring on him overtime (Parks prices, animation moving to Disney+, the Scarlett Johansson debacle, Florida). The disappointing Q4 results were just the final straw.
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I wonder what finally did him in?
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6 hours ago, Porthos said:
WOW!
Legitimately shocked right now.
I didn't think he'd be gone this fast.
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1 hour ago, Ryan Reynolds said:
will trailer be out by Thanksgiving ?
If not shortly before.
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1 hour ago, ThomasNicole said:
Teaser is doing very decent numbers
7M on twitter, 3M on YouTube
Not bad for what's more or less an "announcement" trailer.
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It's all gonna come down to word of mouth.
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1 hour ago, dudalb said:
With all respect to Spielberg, he can't top the car chase in the original Bullitt. It 's the one that every car chase sequence made since owes a lot to.
Nobody thought the original West Side Story could be outdone either...
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20 hours ago, AniNate said:
I think with a 90%ish RT Lightyear would've done 250-300mil.
Elemental's a big wild card. Premise that isn't an immediate selling point (even if it is easier to distill to a few sentences than Lightyear's), director officially responsible for their one pre-covid flop, and lingering questions about the brand's current drawing power. I do still feel the studio has a lot at stake with this release, especially given recent news of Disney's weak financials and layoffs. I don't think they'd be immune from cuts.
To be fair, TGD had a very troubled production. Sohn just stepped in after numerous rewrites and director changes. This will be the first film that's fully his.
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Speak for yourself, I think it looks gorgeous.
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Most of Iger's choices for a replacement left before he stepped down, if I recall.