The Disney Thread | Happy 90th to Donald Duck!

[JWR]

2 minutes ago, Macleod said:

Outta likes from this thread alone over the last 24 hours...just gotta say Hades...  ☝️☝️☝️😆

 

 

So much has happened so quickly.

[Macleod]

Iger has made all the right moves so far in his language/letters to Disney employees and his apparent humble return salary.  He sure does give off the impression of doing this because he actually cares about the company.  He's even got a cynical non-lover of Disney content guy like me rolling over with an ALI-G "RESPECT."  ✌️🤞

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, Porthos said:

 

Hotter take:  Having a SW movie every year wasn't the problem, it was not letting the filmmakers have enough time to make them.

 

Iger himself has acknowledged that not listening to Kennedy and others asking for delays in various sequel films led to problems.

Besides, nobody is perfect, everyboy makes mistakes.

Iger took The Mouse to a new level of sucess, made acquitions that have turned out very well for Disney

And made it the dominent power in the industry. Yes, I don't like a lot of what has happened with SW at Disney, but then creative decisons are not Iger's prime responsilbity.

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, InVy said:

I think they've already been made that they don't rush. Yes, there are Star Wars films in development but they don't have a specific date for them.

As long as we have Disney Plus SW shows as good as "The Mandolarian" and "Andor" I will be happy.

[dudalb]

48 minutes ago, CloneWars said:

You know what this reminds of is Steve Jobs when he returned to Apple to right the ship.

Or to go back further, when Zanuck returned to 2oth Century Fox in 1962 to save it from bankruptcy. in the wake of the Cleopatra debacle.

Granted, Disney is not in the terrible shape that Fox was when Zanuck took over, but I still think the pararell is a good one. The old gunslinger returns to his company to save it from the incompetence of his replacements.

Edited November 21, 2022 by dudalb

[cannastop]

 

[excel1]

1 hour ago, Potiki said:

Yeah Kevin Mayer, who was viewed as most likely to replace Iger left when Chapek was made CEO

 

Iger supposedly had a great relationship with Mayer (and Chapek prior to this for that matter) so wouldn't rule anything out. 

[cannastop]

 

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, JWR said:

Chapek's second in command just got the boot. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Potiki said:

 

To be expected DMED will probably revert back to complete studio control, to the pleasure of everyone but Landgraf (who I assume will get others to run the business side of things as he has been on record saying he likes only having to deal with the creative side of things) 

 

Yeah, this was softed last night:

 

 

Felt it was too thin of a rumor to post here, but no surprise at all as you say.

 

(also the number of people saying to frosty "plz be Kathy Kennedy" was hi-lair-i-ous)

Edited November 22, 2022 by Porthos

[JWR]

Iger’s Sudden Return to Disney Shocks a Discontented Kingdom https://nyti.ms/3OpYepD

[HouseOfTheSun]

Very glad Daniel is gone. The structure Chapek put place was ridiculous. 

[Mr Terrific]

And this affects MCU product how?

More or less product?

Feige given space and support?

Any particular creative impact?

[Cappoedameron]

Peter Rice the guy that Chapek fired because he knew that he was gonna be replacing him, is probably the one Iger is gonna groom to be the next head of Disney.

[Kalo]

I hope Igor can fix this mess. in two years Chapek has turned MUST see Disney event films into box office disasters. and you can't blame the pandemic/post pandemic mood anymore because Minions 2 made almost 4x what Lightyear did. 

 

Seriously Disney has really dug themselves into a hole with their animated films. we have not gotten a $150m+ film since 2019! although Encancto was really the only good movie they released. (in theaters) Luca and Turning Red were really good but they skipped theaters completely. 

 

I'm not sure if much will change with MCU or Star Wars though because they have different people oversea them. And they aren't really struggling like Disney's main brand anyways. 

[filmlover]

Quote

When the end came for Chapek, even a Disney-connected source who is not a Chapek fan expressed shock at the way it went down. “He didn’t get to say goodbye or say, ‘I’ve decided to step down,’” this person says. Reminded of reports that Rice had likewise been unceremoniously dismissed following his own brief meeting with Chapek, this person adds, “I bet you it broke Chapek’s record of firing Rice in seven minutes. They called [Chapek] and said, ‘You’re out. Our lawyers will call your lawyers.’ No statement from him, no comment from him, no grace. It’s fucking insane.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/inside-disney-decision-to-rehire-iger-1235267844/

 

This is delicious. I demand a movie or miniseries about all of this.

[JWR]

4 hours ago, filmlover said:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/inside-disney-decision-to-rehire-iger-1235267844/

 

This is delicious. I demand a movie or miniseries about all of this.

 

 

FR. It's like an episode of Succession.

[JWR]

Dang, they planned this thing out like it was a mafia hit.

 

 

 

 

[Eric is Anxious]

35 minutes ago, JWR said:

Dang, they planned this thing out like it was a mafia hit.

 

 

 

 

Oh I totally trust a guy with 4,824 followers.

[charlie Jatinder]

4 minutes ago, Eric Clade said:

Oh I totally trust a guy with 4,824 followers.

what do you mean? he has the tick. the blue tick.

Edited November 22, 2022 by charlie Jatinder

[JWR]

I'm most curious to see what big moves happen next...

Edited November 22, 2022 by JWR