Filmmaker and Hollywood legend George Lucas is throwing his support behind Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger in the bitter proxy battle between the company and activist investor Nelson Peltz. Lucas, who received 37.1 million Disney shares as part of Disney’s $4.05 billion purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012, is currently the largest individual investor in the … Read more
It turns out Warner Bros. isn’t the only studio canceling its own releases. While there are no specifics on the level of that company’s ill-fated Batgirl or Coyote vs. Acme, it has been confirmed that Disney has also done some strategic “killing” of projects as part of a plan to get its profits back on … Read more
Elon Musk levels up his Disney feud by bringing Tesla into the fray. Over the weekend, numerous Tesla owners began to report that Disney’s streaming app, Disney+, was suspiciously missing from their vehicles. “So Disney+ has now been removed from Tesla vehicles,” posted X user @TheTeslaHoe after seeing the app was removed from her vehicle. … Read more
Disney CEO Bob Iger—who over the summer described the demands of striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA workers as “not realistic,” then pulled back on that harsh statement by pushing to end the strikes quickly (as backed up by Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav)—has addressed some of his company’s most pressing matters as 2024 approaches. “Even AI Rappers are … Read more
Bob Iger, Disney, at Apple program Source: Apple It’s rare for Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger to acknowledge his company has had creative missteps. So when he does, it’s probably wise to pay attention. “As I’ve looked at our overall output, meaning the studio, it’s clear that the pandemic created a lot of challenges creatively … Read more
Bob Iger said Wednesday that Disney “would like to stay” in India and is considering its options in the world’s most populous country even as its crown jewel streamer Hotstar struggles to contain subscribers loss. Hotstar lost 2.8 million subscribers in the quarter ending September, widening its overall loss to about 23 million in a … Read more
Masterclass is becoming a shell of its former self as subscriptions dropped following spending thousands of dollars on A-list celebrities teaching the courses, including Disney CEO Bob Iger. The company even paid a reported $100,000 to recreate Iger’s office space with the total cost to hire Iger, build the set, and shoot the course amounting … Read more
Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar After pushing again his retirement 4 occasions, Bob Iger lastly made the leap. On Feb. 25, 2020, he introduced he would step down as Disney’s CEO. His hand-picked successor, Bob Chapek, then Disney’s parks chairman, would take over the day-to-day job of operating the corporate, efficient instantly. As a part of … Read more
Picture: Walt Disney Animation Studios (Getty Pictures), Picture: Drew Angerer (Getty Pictures) After 100 days of the writers’ strike, and almost a month of the actors’ strike, Disney has realized it wants writers and actors to rejoice the corporate’s 100 years, which have been made attainable by these very artists. Ought to You Flip Out … Read more
The authorized battle between the Walt Disney Firm and the state of Florida over Walt Disney World’s particular district continues to warmth up. The Mississippi River is Drying Out | Excessive Earth In a publicly broadcast earnings name earlier at present, Disney CEO Bob Iger was requested about his ideas on the particular district skirmish, … Read more