My prediction came true, I knew Josh would be CEO, okay he’s not perfect, but I think he can fix up a few things in the company with the following wish list of what can do within his first year as CEO
Things That Josh D’Amaro Could Potentially Do in His First Year as Disney CEO: updated edition (because it’s now official)
-Put the SoraAI/Disney deal to an absolute stop and kill off the contract before its proposed September launch
-Put the Disney remake hype train to an indefinite halt after Moana (2026), as most, if not all remakes that are in production right now would be stopped immediately and then eventually cancelled (including Tangled), (which that would have Dana Walden make that final call rather than Josh), like how the beginning of Iger’s first tenure as CEO killed off the Disney DVD sequels (another cash grab fad Disney used to do)
-Convince a multiyear contract with Weigel Broadcasting Co. to allow “MeTV Toons” to air classic Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoon shorts after Disney turned down the opportunity to do so when the channel launched in 2024, as it would be the beginning of having Disney license their own content again in a post Disney Plus world (after admitting that D+ won’t be the company’s cash cow they were originally predicting like with the parks)
-Allow House of Mouse to stream on Disney Plus (after a long wait)
-Give Disney’s TV Animation division more love than it actually has, with more theme park love for characters from Gravity Falls, The Owl House, The Ghost & Molly McGee, and their two big ratings hits Big City Greens & Kiff hopefully beginning with Disneyland’s after hours event Disney Channel Nite in April (or in TOH’s case, Pride Nite in June), more merchandise based on those shows that would hit retailers by the Fall (like Hot Topic) from more T-shirts, Youtooz plushies & figures, etc, and more or less, rerunning the less popular/ended shows as much as Big City Greens or Kiff (with Freeform getting the rerun rights to The Owl House, Molly McGee, the DuckTales reboot, and Gravity Falls as part of a new Friday Night animation block as part of a proposed revamped schedule of that channel that focuses nothing but movies 75% of the year)
-Speaking of The Owl House, it would be a great time to resurrect the beloved cult series, which instead of a new special, it would be resurrected as a theatrically released 2D animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (rather than their TV division where the show was originally conceived), with A24 potentially distributing the film in the North American market, with the show’s entire voice cast reprising their roles (alongside the additions of Willem Dafoe, Ashly Burch, America Ferrera (as The Good Witch Azurq, Luz’s hero), Alan Tudyk, John Leguizamo (as Manny Noceda. Luz’s father who would be seen in full for the first time in flashback scenes of the movie, In Leguizamo’s third WDAS Film after Encanto and Zootopia 2), and several others playing new characters), with Seth Kearsley & Fawn Veerasunthorn directing the film (with a third director in Stephen Sandoval or BCG creator, Chris Houghton joining the production crew later on), and Rachel Vine (one of the show’s original writers), Jared Bush, and Trent Correy & Dan Abraham penning the script
-Uncancel The Ghost & Molly McGee and give it two additional seasons to be released on Prime Video (since Disney Channel wouldn’t show interest on resurrecting the show, due to them screwing over the series by its second season)
-Greenlight an Elena of Avalor prequel special (before turning it into a theatrically released film for Elena to find a bigger audience, which would turn out better than what Moana 2 did in terms of being a movie)
-Greenlight a brand new Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur special for Disney Plus (after the show prematurely ended despite critical acclaim and fan/cast support), and would finally release the banned trans episode to the public
-Put a long standing tradition of the company NOT allowing its movies to repertory play in theaters to an end, as the company would begin to allow its movies from its live action division like The Muppet Christmas Carol, 20th Century Studios titles that Disney would keep like Home Alone, Anastasia, The Simpsons Movie, and selected Disney animated films like A Goofy Movie (although the films from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar would still be off limits and would only be bought back if they want to or every few years for its anniversary of a beloved feature film) to be shown in theaters like Cinemark, AMC, Regal, and others alongside other iconic movies from rival studios during the summertime for families and during the Holiday season
-Have the cancelled Fox show, The Great North be picked up by ABC (and America’s Funniest Home Videos finally getting axed by the network), with reruns starting immediately in the Fall, before deciding to restart the series again at its sixth season
-Reduce ticket and hotel booking prices at BOTH Walt Disney World and Disneyland
-Permanently end the Reservation System at BOTH Domestic Parks, we’re not in the pandemic era anymore
-Reimagine Disneyland’s version of Fantasmic, where a new Maleficent dragon would be constructed, a few new show surprises would be added, and more
-Put the Abu Dhabi Disneyland project on an indefinite hold as this was Iger’s final dream (since Iger’s retiring, I don’t see how this park is still happening on top of the controversial topics on the area)
-With the overwhelming success of Zootopia 2 in the country, imagine and consider a new Disney theme park in South Korea, which WDI cast members will get the mono from their new CEO (it’s a way better idea than the Abu Dhabi project)
-Greenlight an Owl House land for Hollywood Studios in Florida (where Star Tours currently sits, as forums were talking about the possibility of Star Tours at DHS heading to Defunctland) and as part of a proposed Fantasyland overhaul at Disneyland Park in Anaheim
-Propose a fifth theme park on Disney World property in Orlando to successfully compete with Epic Universe (even though it’ll be a bit too late)
-Repair Disneyland’s entertainment problems (okay sure, Fantasyland Theatre’s getting a Bluey show next month, but that’s unlikely going to be a long term solution despite the show’s popularity), like the Hyperion Theater getting a new show and the Magic Eye Theater getting a new show
-Sell the rights to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies to Netflix (with the four existing ones being acquired by Netflix with future releases set to come to Netflix)
-Since Josh will be focusing on video games, I think one of the first things he’ll do as CEO is to give Disney and Epic Games the green light to a video game based on “The Owl House”, and have the show’s characters be among the many Disney characters that would be incorporated into the popular game, Fortnite, to have the show’s fandom finally bring in some new life and content after several years after the show’s conclusion
-The last one would likely make less sense than resurrecting a cancelled cult classic Disney Channel cartoon, but I think he should make a major gram to PBS and would donate $10 million to each and every PBS station in the United States and would be a factor for PBS and NPR to stay afloat
