The Disney Thread | Happy 90th to Donald Duck!

[cannastop]

This refers to Dana Walden, co-Chairperson of Disney Entertainment.

 

 

[dudalb]

On 8/21/2024 at 5:53 AM, Boxx93 said:

I'm surprised they haven't touched Anastasia yet. That´s like the more obvious one to turn into live action.

People forget the animated film was a animated film of a live action drama.

I was not a big fan of the film; Ijust think the subject matter was not great for a animated musical film.

Don't know if they can get away with the liberties they took in today's market. And,frankly, anythying t do with Russia is probably looked at askance since the Ukraine war started.

 

Edited August 27 by dudalb

[cannastop]

https://deadline.com/2024/08/disney-movie-insiders-loyalty-program-ending-1236074864/

 

Disney Movie Insiders Loyalty Program Ending After 18 Years

[PlatnumRoyce]

 

No  idea what the forum's rules are on this stuff (honestly my personal view is more that I'll have no compulsion diving into the public aspects of this data in 5 years but get the incentives to duck it now) but it looks like nullbridge stuff is going to start being reported on. 

 

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/leaked-disney-data-reveals-financial-and-strategy-secrets-56573020?st=pirwozd8w38hej6&s=34

So we get an explicit D+ revenue splitout versus consumer products in general. WSJ doesn't mention any movie specific spreadsheets but I suspect they're there. 

 

The slack stuff is also presumably going to be used for tiktoks of Lightyear & DeSantis stuff. WSJ explicitly mentions at least pre-Chapek statement slack channel) and that's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. 

Edited September 5 by PlatnumRoyce

[cannastop]

I know that Disney has a lot of businesses, and the decline is mostly lead by the decline in TV revenue, but it's weird to me that the outside success of Inside Out 2 and Deadpool 3 don't seem to have made any effect on the stock price. Just a continuous downfall these last few months.

Edited September 10 by cannastop

[dudalb]

On 9/9/2024 at 1:13 PM, cannastop said:

I know that Disney has a lot of businesses, and the decline is mostly lead by the decline in TV revenue, but it's weird to me that the outside success of Inside Out 2 and Deadpool 3 don't seem to have made any effect on the stock price. Just a continuous downfall these last few months.

Investor's look at the whole company, not just one division. The losses from other divisions could easily eat up the profits from the film division

[JWR]

2024 feels like the year Disney thought they would have had with 2023.

 

[Godzilla]

1 hour ago, JWR said:

2024 feels like the year Disney thought they would have had with 2023.

 

Worst 100th Birthday ever lol. I don't think any studio last as much $$$ as Disney did last year lol. Lionsgate is giving them a run this year though lol.

[justnumbers]

 

Jeff Sneider reported this 1st on August 8th

Edited Wednesday at 04:54 PM by justnumbers

[Morieris]

 

[Eric Prime]

…this is gonna be a long day.

[Gavin Feng]

I doubt making Frozen sequels is the only reason she stepped down. WDAS is definitely in big creative trouble. All their upcoming projects are nothing but sequels. 

[AniNate]

The Frozen sequels are the reason she didn't completely resign I imagine. That's the thing she has historically been successful with.

[Selma]

Jared bush Is talented he co directed zootopia, Moana and encanto 

Hoping it is a change in creativity

[Mojoguy]

1 hour ago, Morieris said:

 

Not surprising. Strange World and Wish were HUGE flops that damaged the WDAS brand and she let those get made.

 

Peter Docter keeps his job as the boss of Pixar though. But Pixar has had much less problems in terms of quality. Last few films had the bad luck of premiering on D+ because of covid.

Edited 7 hours ago by Mojoguy

[AniNate]

Docter might've been on the hot seat if Elemental didn't recover at the box office. Would say he's pretty safe now though.

[Human]

Pixar's last three films were not straight to Disney plus.  They are one megabomb, one megahit, and one breakeven(ish) film.  On the bright side they are on an upwards trend.  If you go before the pandemic their previous 3 films are 2 billion dollar sequels and a huge hit in an original IP.  Pixar is still doing really well even with the bad performances of Lightyear and Cars 3.  

[Mojoguy]

12 minutes ago, AniNate said:

Docter might've been on the hot seat if Elemental didn't recover at the box office. Would say he's pretty safe now though.

The IGN article a few days back revealed Docter took over IO2 as uncredited codirector and saved the movie. I'm sure Disney is really grateful to him giving them their biggest animated hit ever.

 

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While Docter is publicly an executive producer of Inside Out 2, multiple sources say that he stepped in as uncredited co-director, working heavily alongside credited director Kelsey Mann. In some ways, that move made sense to many; Docter, after all, co-wrote and directed the first Inside Out, in addition to boasting directing and story credits on beloved Pixar movies like Up, WALL-E, and Toy Story.

“I mean, you saw the end result of that. [Inside Out 2] made a billion dollars at the box office,” one person says of Docter taking a larger role. “That was a direct result of Pete's involvement. Pete's a genius. Nobody can dispute this.”

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Mojoguy

[AniNate]

Inside Out 2 pretty much put them at breakeven for the post-COVID era

[Mojoguy]

12 minutes ago, Human said:

Pixar's last three films were not straight to Disney plus.  They are one megabomb, one megahit, and one breakeven(ish) film.  On the bright side they are on an upwards trend.  If you go before the pandemic their previous 3 films are 2 billion dollar sequels and a huge hit in an original IP.  Pixar is still doing really well even with the bad performances of Lightyear and Cars 3.  

You are right. I was just thinking of the D+ releases for some reason. Elemental has incredible legs and IO2 is massive.

 

Turning Red REALLY should gave been released in theaters though.