WrathOfHan Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Disney's profits so far (using the double the budget rule or cited sources): The Finest Hours: -75M Zootopia: +308.5M Total Profit: +233.5M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 'It's Back! Disney #D23Expo 2017 Dates Announced': https://t.co/oLeNih3FFT pic.twitter.com/Rum4rNGLD8 — Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) March 28, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tiki Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Quote This is a shocker: Disney says that COO Tom Staggs, the heir apparent to CEO Bob Iger, will leave the company on May 6 but remain special advisor for the remainder of the fiscal year that ends in September. The entertainment giant gave no reason for the change, and its announcement doesn’t say what Staggs will do next. His contract was due to expire at the end of June 2018. Disney shares are down 1.7% in post market trading after the news. The company says that the board will “broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration” when Iger’s contract expires in two years. http://deadline.com/2016/04/disney-coo-tom-staggs-leaving-1201731822/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 12 minutes ago, Sir Tiki said: http://deadline.com/2016/04/disney-coo-tom-staggs-leaving-1201731822/ This is huge news, stock is down a couple percent AH. Why is he leaving is a major mystery, how do you walk away from the keys to the kingdom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileECoyote Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 2 hours ago, GiantCALBears said: This is huge news, stock is down a couple percent AH. Why is he leaving is a major mystery, how do you walk away from the keys to the kingdom? Read that the board wouldn't guarantee him CEO position when Iger leaves. His background is more finance related and I guess they would prefer someone more like Iger who came from tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Really good piece on Alan Horn in this week's Variety http://variety.com/2016/film/news/alan-horn-disney-chairman-1201749971/ Quote Though Horn is too circumspect to say it, the exhilaration at his achievements must be heightened because of the long and (briefly) fraught path that brought him to this place. The man now celebrated as the rare Hollywood executive who is both successful and beloved almost got run off in his first foray into the creative side of the business more than 30 years ago. Then, after a dozen years Horn spent cementing Warner Bros. as a dominant force in the ferociously competitive film business, Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes sent him packing in 2011, for no apparent reason other than his age. Horn was 68. Horn hesitates to dwell much on the loss of his job as Warner president and chief operating officer but recalls it as “painful” and “hurtful.” In a rare break from his usual reserve, he even betrays how the episode estranged him from his longtime colleague, former Warner Bros. chairman Barry Meyer. “I was in partnership with him running the place for almost 12 years, then he went on alone. So good for him,” says Horn, with a dismissive wave of his hand. “He is now retired.” Believing his time atop the Hollywood ziggurat had expired, Horn was devastated, according to one close friend. But then, a year later, Iger jettisoned studio boss Rich Ross, who had alienated many of those around him, and put Horn in charge. “I had the good fortune to convince Alan to come out of retirement by sharing my belief that we could form a partnership and a friendship that would not only result in our studio doing well, but also in the two of us having a good time along the way,” Iger says. “And that’s exactly what happened. The studio’s recent success is a result of Alan’s experience, talent and great leadership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Quote Disney has staked out a number of primetime release dates for its upcoming live-action fairy tales, even if the studio has yet to say which movie will open when. The crop of films includes The Jungle Book 2. The bold move comes in the wake of the success of Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, which has earned a dazzling $533 million at the global box office in less than two weeks in release in North America and much of the world, cementing Disney's prowess in spinning classic animated titles into live-action tentpoles. The dates claimed by Disney are July 28, 2017 (instead of Dec. 22, 2017), April 6, 2018, Aug. 3, 2018, Dec. 25, 2018 and Dec. 20, 2019. That's in addition to two dates the studio has already claimed for untitled live-action fairy tales; Nov. 2, 2018 and Nov. 8, 2019 — meaning there will be four such films in 2018 alone. Studio insiders say one of the release dates announced Monday will almost surely go to The Jungle Book 2, which is already in the works, even as Warner Bros. preps its own Jungle Book for Oct. 19, 2018. Disney won't comment, but it's possible Favreau's sequel could be ready in time for the August or November 2018 slot, putting it in the direct path of the rival Jungle Book, directed by Andy Serkis. Other Disney titles that will fill the slots include Cruella, starring Emma Stone; A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay; Jungle Cruise, starring Dwayne Johnson; director Tim Burton's Dumbo; a Mary Poppins sequel from director Rob Marshall that's set to star Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda; Maleficent 2 with Angelina Jolie; and a Tinker Bell film starring Reese Witherspoon. Director Lasse Hallstrom's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is another priority. Jungle Book, Jungle Cruise and Mary Poppins aren't fairy tales, but fall in the same realm as the other films in terms of Disney's ambitious blueprint of reimagining classic stories. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-stakes-release-dates-jungle-887415 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 2017 07.28 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) (moved from 12.22) 2018 04.06 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) 08.03 UNTITLED LIVE ACTION 12.25 UNTITLED LIVE ACTION 2019 12.20 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) One is probably THE JUNGLE BOOK II, which means, we'll get two JUNGLE BOOK movies in 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 7 minutes ago, kayumanggi said: 2017 07.28 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) (moved from 12.22) 2018 04.06 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) 08.03 UNTITLED LIVE ACTION 12.25 UNTITLED LIVE ACTION 2019 12.20 UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY-TALE (live action) One is probably THE JUNGLE BOOK II, which means, we'll get two JUNGLE BOOK movies in 2018. Could one of these be marvel/Star Wars properties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marveldcfox Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Disney will make sure Jungle Book 2 is out either on April or August 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, DAJK said: Could one of these be marvel/Star Wars properties? I don't see a SW FILM IN August. So the December 25 date is the only possibility. That could also be the date for THE JUNGLE BOOK II. Let us not forget that Fox has December 2018 for AVATAR II as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntaxerror Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 31 minutes ago, marveldcfox said: Disney will make sure Jungle Book 2 is out either on April or August 2018. WB in deeper trouble now. Many of the releases are directly competing with Sony too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntaxerror Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 36 minutes ago, DAJK said: Could one of these be marvel/Star Wars properties? Don't Lucasfilm, Marvel and Animation release schedules independently? This is probably only for Disney Pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 December 20th 2019 makes sense for Episode IX, Christmas Day 2018 I wouldn't be surprised if it's Mary Poppins Returns. Jungle Cruise I imagine April or August 2018. Cruella is probably the most likely option for July 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 16 minutes ago, Jonwo said: December 20th 2019 makes sense for Episode IX, Christmas Day 2018 I wouldn't be surprised if it's Mary Poppins Returns. Jungle Cruise I imagine April or August 2018. Cruella is probably the most likely option for July 2017. Yeah, it could also be the MARY POPPINS sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, kayumanggi said: Yeah, it could also be the MARY POPPINS sequel. Depends on when they're filming it since Lin Miranda Manuel doesn't finish Hamilton until July and with his commitments to Moana, future productions of Hamilton and also it might want a break. It's unlikely it'll be ready by July 2017. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayhiri Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 DISNEY PLS DO THIS!!! LIKE, PRETTY PLS... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Disney Animation’s Big Announcement Coming Tomorrow, Here’s What It Could Be http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-animations-big-announcement/?_ga=1.175999330.1340333455.1467218422 Hmm. Maybe FROZEN II and/or ZOOTOPIA II. I want BIG HERO SIX II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 @shayhiri Wow, whoever did those is really talented! They really look like Disney! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Disney Has Best Ever Box Office Year, Poised to Set New Industry Record https://t.co/yom2BLSrCO— Variety (@Variety) November 2, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...