Disney has certainly made some astute decisions recently. The clean-up of the Walt Disney Company that was long overdue has begun, and with it, there have been a lot of apparent improvements in the world of Disney as well. Most recently, by the numbers, Disney seems to be on a winning streak. While last year the company lost over $120 ...
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Discussion: Will Bob Iger’s New “Quality Over Quantity” Strategy Help or Hurt Disney?
Disney CEO Bob Iger recently announced that Disney would be moving to a new strategy and focusing on “quality over quantity” regarding new releases from Walt Disney Studios, Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios—you name it. Disney has been bleeding money (evidenced by their enormous losses in 2022), and likely, a significant undertaking for the year is to, at the ...
Read More »Is Disney Finally Taking the Right Steps? Recent Numbers Show Company Already Taking 2023 By Storm
The Walt Disney Company is a household name and has earned its reputation with a set of careful and curated business decisions that have allowed them to become one of the world’s most powerful and popular entertainment giants. The Mouse House has amassed a massive and devoted fan following that has certainly paid off between their various segments. Whether from ...
Read More »Disney Changes ‘Haunted Mansion’ Release Date (Again)
Third time’s a charm? For all Disney Fanatics who have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Haunted Mansion feature film with the star-studded cast, including the incredible Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto, among others, we have news for you; Disney has changed the date of this film’s release once again. The film, when first announced, was set to release ...
Read More »Iger Setting Right Chapek’s Mistakes, Follows Up Theme Park Changes With This New Strategy
It appears Disney CEO Bob Iger is keeping to his goal of setting right the immense losses of the Walt Disney Company with strategy changes. It seems the dust is settling after a dramatic end to the year for the Walt Disney Company in 2022. When the final numbers came to, it was clear that Bob Chapek had made decisions ...
Read More »Disney Legend Whoopi Goldberg Speaks Out to Bring Back ‘Song of the South’
More and more voices are coming to the surface, asking Disney to bring back the ever-controversial Song of the South. After Splash Mountain’s closure in Walt Disney World Resort at the end of last week, the unfortunately controversial ride and the movie that inspired it have been in the news consistently. Fans are still mourning the loss of many of ...
Read More »Despite All the “Flops,” Disney Ends 2022 #1 at the Box Office
For nearly the entirety of 2022, Walt Disney Studios was plagued with Box Office issues. From the now-fired Kareem Daniel making a last-minute decision as head of distribution to boot Pixar’s Turning Red from theaters to Strange World becoming one of the worst bombs in Disney Animation history and Lightyear getting banned from several countries. Still, despite the woes, Disney still found itself as ...
Read More »Will “Avatar 2” Come to Disney+ Sooner Rather Than Later?
By now, it’s no longer news that Avatar: The Way of Water, the highly anticipated Avatar sequel, has not performed to expectations. But there’s a chance that Disney set itself up for the situation it finds itself in. Avatar 2 has been in the news for various reasons, and only a few are good. While the movie opened with hitting $134 ...
Read More »Theater Owners Say No to ‘Avatar 2’ After Disney Demands 70% Cut
The long-anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water has finally emerged from 20th Century Studios and the Disney Umbrella, opening in theaters today. But like Disney’s previous box office attempts, this will also face drawbacks and resistance from theaters. Disney’s 2022 box office has been plagued with issues reportedly due to the company’s insistence on pushing “woke” LGBTQ+ narratives, from Pixar’s Lightyear to Walt ...
Read More »Taylor Swift Signs Directorial Debut with Disney Production House
The reigning pop-star Taylor Swift has reportedly signed on to write and direct her first movie with Searchlight Pictures. Disney and its related production houses have had a whole slew of exciting releases recently. Just a few days ago, they announced an Indian Disney princess feature directed by Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chada. And now, Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures announced ...
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