Tag: Bob Iger
Gina Carano’s Disney Lawsuit Will Go Forward
Gina Carano’s fight against Disney will go forward. You’ll recall that Disney and Lucasfilm fired Gina Carano, who played Cara Dune on The Mandalorian and was set to star in a spinoff series called Rangers of the New Republic, when she shared an Instagram post they went out of their way to take...
Read MoreInside Out 2 is Pixar’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has now outgrossed Incredibles 2 to become the studio’s top earner of all time. Domestically, the sequel to Pete Docter’s introspective, emotional journey has earned $543.5 million, pulling in $1.25 billion globally. For reference, in 2018, Incredibles 2 shattered...
Read MoreDeadpool & Wolverine Advertising Focuses on What Audiences Want
Tickets are already selling like ice cubes in the desert (I’ve got mine for opening night), but the Deadpool & Wolverine marketing train isn’t slowing down. Today, Marvel released a new trailer for their upcoming superhero movie – their only theatrical release this year – and like every...
Read MoreNelson Peltz Sells Disney Shares
Nelson Peltz is done trying to save Disney. The investor who started a proxy war with Disney CEO Bob Iger to secure board seats for himself and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo (which he lost), has sold all of his shares in Disney, which total $1 billion. CNBC says that Disney’s stock price is around ...
Read MoreBob Iger Explains New Marvel Release Strategy
Marvel has its new talking point now that its recent failures can no longer be denied. In the latest Disney quarterly earnings call, CEO Bob Iger said – or, more accurately, reiterated – that the new Marvel strategy is to put out fewer movies and TV shows per year, the idea apparently being that...
Read MoreOutgoing Games Workshop CFO Sells Two-Thirds of Company Stock
The uproar over Warhammer 40K retconning women into the Custodes is more serious than you may have thought. The Park Place reports that the chief financial officer for Games Workshop, Rachel Tongue, has “sold two-thirds of her stake in the company worth approximately $865,000.” That’s a lot o...
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