And just to be clear. This has absolutely nothing to do with "Developing Figment".
This is all about merchandising him.
This is all about merchandising him.
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News Bob Iger Reveals Disney May Develop Figment Content Beyond EPCOT
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It needs to go private. With someone who truly gives a %$#@ about the brand, the history, and guest. And stop making it a pure money play. I get it. We all want to make money. But you have to strive for balance.
Right now they've developed a "we'll pick your pockets clean and hope you don't notice" operation and have built up a lot of resentment from fanbois and what once were loyal customers.
I think everyone realizes that it has to balance out. Problem is that this a special breed of corporate imbecile. It won't happen until they are gone. All of them.
Streetway Again
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Two things can be true.
It can be a good sign for the future and that they are noticing is popularity.
It can also be an attempt to get people to be happy again after a string of fan angering choices that haven’t gone away.
I’m sure they have actual projects with figment in development. The fact that they mentioned it THIS early in development, to the point of having to say “may” does seem like they put the news out way more earlier than they should’ve, for good pr.
Figments Friend
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Figments Friend
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Theatrical film.
Lots of potential there if done right.
It’s possible success would motivate those within the Company to perhaps move forward with a positive redevelopment of the Pavillion.
But it the movie would need to be done RIGHT….a quality, immersive fantasy film with Dreamfinder and Figment that inspires and delights.
Big budget adventure.
Timeless fun…family friendly film.
Not, and i repeat NOT done in the slapdash style of the recent CGI ‘Smurfs’ and ‘Chipmunks’ films where the character goes to the real world and contemporary pop culture humor is played for laughs.
Yeah, no.
That old trope for animated CGI films has been done to death.
Not to mention how jarring and out of context it would be…unless they made Figment the ‘annoying’ incarnation.
Gawd no…
Hey, how about something imaginative …for a change…?
Tall order now perhaps.
Releasing a theatrical film release would also provoke a marketing campaign, creating awareness of these characters and well as attract the nostalgia crowd.
Then the film would cycle through the typical post-theatrical means…streaming, home video, on demand, etc.
Lots of directions this could go in….again, if done RIGHT and not with grade level zero stupidity.
Would be nice to see a film happen.
There has been a lot of talk on and off about it happening since the success of the ‘Figment’ comic series.
My boy Tony Baxter was suggesting this way back then….make a movie!
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I feel like if the Figment movie was still happening the soft pitch Figment question would have been the chance for Bob to announce it. He didn't.
Streetway Again
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After jungle cruise and HM 2023, are you sure you even would’ve WANTED a figment movie? In my opinion, a figment movie doing bad could’ve doomed the character forever so I’m glad it didn’t happen ngl.
Sure. Get someone to buy up about $180B worth of stock first. Then we'll talk.
This thread: Iger will never retire, the Board of Directors are doing nothing!!!
TWDC Sec filing a few days ago...
TWDC Sec filing a few days ago...
I know a guy
hopemax
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I assumed that the way he said it, the short form film is already in development. Putting it in Magic Eye Theater makes a lot of sense.
Figment probably annoys the heck out of the execs. He sells too much merchandise to dump, but not popular enough to justify a large capex expenditure. He moves the meter for long term Disney fans who continue to spend a lot of money. He doesn't move the meter enough for newer fans (there is that online influencer niche, though).
However, saying something about Figment at all, makes me wonder if there are deeper concerns about where the profits are going to come from in the near term (next 5 years). Like they know they are going to have to rely on extracting more money on existing customers with resources (read: older folks) instead of younger families.
Figment probably annoys the heck out of the execs. He sells too much merchandise to dump, but not popular enough to justify a large capex expenditure. He moves the meter for long term Disney fans who continue to spend a lot of money. He doesn't move the meter enough for newer fans (there is that online influencer niche, though).
However, saying something about Figment at all, makes me wonder if there are deeper concerns about where the profits are going to come from in the near term (next 5 years). Like they know they are going to have to rely on extracting more money on existing customers with resources (read: older folks) instead of younger families.
Tha Realest
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I mean there’s a tell here. He acknowledged how frequently he’s been asked about it and the company knows how interested fans AND SHAREHOLDERS are about Figment. And yet, the best we got was some vague notion that a short form film may be worked on? Nothing about the film project, or an update to the attraction?
Put another way, they fully realize how popular the character is to the company’s biggest fans and owners, and has been for years, but no firm commitment to do anything about it.
Put another way, they fully realize how popular the character is to the company’s biggest fans and owners, and has been for years, but no firm commitment to do anything about it.
Just gives you all kinds of warm fuzzies, doesn't it?
FigmentJedi
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Theme park adaptations need to go to the animation studios. Trying to capture Pirates's lightning in a bottle has never worked and WDI's original characters have always been more products of the animation studio lineage then the live-action departments.
There's a value to adaptations in being able to give these characters a place to live outside the park that aren't just grainy old YouTube videos. You just need to handle things with care. That cancelled animated Haunted Mansion show could have been just what the Mansion needed, but doing a mediocre version of Del Toro's treatment took priority because of suits that don't see the value of animation.
Streetway Again
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YES. YES. SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT.
WoundedDreamer
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While I get the skepticism, I'd bet this project gets made. The Q&A session was not a traditional Q&A where any shareholder can get up and ask whatever they want. Shareholders submitted their questions and then Disney selected the ones they wanted to answer. It almost sounded like he was reading from pre-written answers.
The fact that Iger and the shareholder relations team specifically chose this question indicates to me that this is likely moving forward. I'm optimistic on this one.
The fact that Iger and the shareholder relations team specifically chose this question indicates to me that this is likely moving forward. I'm optimistic on this one.
I think a Figment movie would be a great idea!
Agent H
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Yes. I liked those movies.
Captain Culpepper Cline
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Does Iger have “concepts of a plan”?
Mr. Sullivan
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With how much smoke there's been about various Figment projects, it to me sounds like they're not particularly interested in doing anything unless it'll be a guaranteed winner. I don't think all these rumors are just fan fueled, I believe and have believed for awhile they truly have been looking at the ride to do something with it, but that no one can pitch an idea that everyone is comfortable with. For all their willingness to do nonsensical stuff, the way he's spoken here shows that the people in charge are aware that if they touch Figment again, it's something they can't screw up. And honestly, I can see that meaning nothing's gonna happen until someone else is in charge.