The Disney Thread | Happy 90th to Donald Duck!

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, Potiki said:

Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia sequels/continuations. 

wow they are desperate for some animated hits huh.

[Potiki]

Dividend is coming back by the end of the Calendar year (a vote will take place but I imagine it will go through), should be good news for the stock. 

[Potiki]

1 minute ago, CoolioD1 said:

wow they are desperate for some animated hits huh.

Probably saw how Puss and Minions sequels did compared to their original movies and figured that the market place is asking for franchise animated films. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

38 minutes ago, AJG said:

 

Holy Fucking Shit.

 

Wait. Its because of India. Ignore me.

And even then net revenue in Hotstar markets went up in the quarter. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

5 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

wow they are desperate for some animated hits huh.

Based on how Universal is doing, it appears to be what people want. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

Christine McCarthy with the shade to Chapek lol “it’s so nice to have you back”

😂😂

[wildphantom]

Those sequels - that’s one way to get their audience used to coming out for their animated family movies I guess.  Desperate. 
 

once the studio that only made major animated sequels if the stories were there. 

[Morieris]

I hope they at least space out Frozen 3 and 2topia so it's not 2 sequels in a row release date wise.

[Ronin46]

I was expecting A Strange World 2 and Lightyear 2 announcements. 

[Eric is Quiet]

There's going to be like 10 Toy Story sequels by the time I'm like 65. They'll probably use Tom Hanks and Tim Allen's voices through AI mumbo-jumbo shit. I don't think I can handle it my dudes.

[Krissykins]

I forgot there was a Toy Story 4 tbh.

 

Zootopia was fun though, I’m surprised it’s taken so long for a sequel, it made $1b. 
 

Moana seems to do consistently well on Disney+ though, so they should do a sequel to that instead of a show. 

[WittyUsername]

Disney really is desperate with their animation departments. 

Edited February 8, 2023 by WittyUsername

[Eric is Quiet]

13 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

Those sequels - that’s one way to get their audience used to coming out for their animated family movies I guess.  Desperate. 
 

once the studio that only made major animated sequels if the stories were there. 

You know damn well that "we only make sequels if we have a good story" statement was never true lmao

[Potiki]

23 hours ago, Potiki said:

More funding for ABC (Sports, News, Unscripted and Scripted), Disney Channels, Nat Geo, FX and Searchlight with an emphasis on dual revenue streams (Broadcast, Cable and Theatrical respectively then Streaming) although there will still be certain titles that are streaming only

Bob Iger just mentioned this, said Abbott Elementary has a roughly 60 year old viewer vs. Hulu with 30 year old viewer. Best to monetise across multiple revenue streams especially if they are so radically different. 

 

Although seems like general entertainment funding is going down some so might have been wrong with that part (or I misunderstood) or it changed. 

Edited February 8, 2023 by Potiki

[XXR & Friends]

O/U $3.5B for those 3 sequels? 🤣

[Potiki]

1 minute ago, XXR You Ok Annie said:

O/U $3.5B for those 3 sequels? 🤣

I think that is a great over under line without knowing anything about them.

 

I will barely take the over at the moment. 

[TheFlatLannister]

3 minutes ago, XXR You Ok Annie said:

O/U $3.5B for those 3 sequels? 🤣

Over pretty easily imo

 

At the earliest, these films would release 2026? Inflation definitely helps and I could see Toy story and Frozen combining for $3B

[wildphantom]

10 minutes ago, Magic Eric said:

You know damn well that "we only make sequels if we have a good story" statement was never true lmao

it was once! Not that long ago! 
 

I’m talking about Disney animation now. We had Rescuers Down Under, and then Frozen 2 and Ralph 2. That was it. 
 

For them to announce they’re off and running on Zootopia and Frozen new sequels says everything about what Chapek has done.  They need to undo that audience behaviour and sequels is the obvious way to do that. I get it, but it is a shame.  Some great original stories probably sidelined for the time being because of what Chapek did.  You could guarantee people would come out for whatever they made animation wise for a couple of decades, and he screwed it. Iger will sort it out though, I’ve no doubt. 

Edited February 8, 2023 by wildphantom

[CoolioD1]

incredibles 3, finding marlin and Monsters Retirement Home announced next time if Elemental bombs

[thajdikt]

Finally. Have been waiting on that Frozen 3 announcement