If Disney goes from a public to a private company some items that can work in their favor is that they don't have to report to shareholders and do not have to publicly report earnings.Have we met?
I’ve advocated Disney being taken private on forums for about 15 years (date NOT a coincidence)…
It the only way to “save it”
But being so massive - it’s almost impossible.
Let’s pool our money
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News Bob Iger outlines the need to transform the Walt Disney Company resulting in 7000 job losses and $5.5 billion in cost savings
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Vegas Disney Fan
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Going for the safe, low risk, bet... I hate it but I’d probably do the same.
I’m still bothered by the comment about rejecting good scripts if they don’t meet diversity standards, if it’s a good story it should be made, or at worst modified, not outright rejected, story needs to become the #1 priority again.
Tha Realest
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Where was that comment made?
Epstein’s dismissal was part of companywide layoffs that impacted Elizabeth Newman, VP of Development who was based at 20th Television while overseeing Creative Acquisitions for Disney Television Studios; Mark Levenstein, SVP Production for Hulu; Jayne Bieber, SVP Production Management & Operations for Freeform; and nearly the entire Disney metaverse team.
Looks like they are starting at the exec level
Looks like they are starting at the exec level
asianway
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He was a VP? For some reason I thought he was a manager
flynnibus
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Looks more like starting at the division level... and whacking the whole thing off vs trying to re-absorb into the rest of the body.
Rteetz
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VP level for about the last year and a half. Prior he was a director.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Why Disney Is No Longer Considering Scripts That Lack Diversity, Even If They're 'Well-Written'
Disney is changing with the times.
www.cinemablend.com
Sirwalterraleigh
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TalkingHead
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…except one is pals with a prominent Disney Twitter influencer hack who puts out podcasts that you couldn’t pay me to listen to. Oh well!
Sirwalterraleigh
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We can all debate and argure about the "type" of movies and content that Disney needs to make in the future. Politics and culture war topics aside....yes, we can all debate in many different ways about this issue. I get it....
What we ALL must agree on no matter what side we are on is this: Disney MUST find some way to make financially sucessful movies and shows again. Disney MUST find a way to make movies that people WANT to go to see!! Other animation studios ARE doing this....under the exact same economic and social conditions that Disney is.
Again....super simple...Disney must make movies that people....want...to...see. [sigh]
Rigjt now?...for whatever reason...this is just not happening and this NEEDS to change fast. If Disney continues to get more of the same? The studios will suffer and so will Disney +.
This means more and more Parks money will be taken away from the parks to prop-up failing studios and D+. This will continue to hurt the parks.
What we ALL must agree on no matter what side we are on is this: Disney MUST find some way to make financially sucessful movies and shows again. Disney MUST find a way to make movies that people WANT to go to see!! Other animation studios ARE doing this....under the exact same economic and social conditions that Disney is.
Again....super simple...Disney must make movies that people....want...to...see. [sigh]
Rigjt now?...for whatever reason...this is just not happening and this NEEDS to change fast. If Disney continues to get more of the same? The studios will suffer and so will Disney +.
This means more and more Parks money will be taken away from the parks to prop-up failing studios and D+. This will continue to hurt the parks.
flynnibus
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And you think their current outlook doesn't have high hopes?
Guardians
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Indiana F'ing Jones
A Freaking Avengers
plus more marvel.. more pixar.. etc
Again this current re-org is not due to office bombs. There are much bigger things going on here than a current run of movies.
Tha Realest
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Oh I know the one.
Smiley/OCD
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And 2 miles away on Jeff Davis Hwy. (Rt. 1), is the best BBQ I’ve ever had…Allman’s BBQ
Tha Realest
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Guardians should do fine, but will underperform.
Elemental/Wish will underperform.
Indy will do fine.
The Little Mermaid will underperform relative to other live action remakes.
The big bad of the current Avengers phase was just criminally charged in Manhattan.
Disstevefan1
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TWDC is creatively bankrupt….
Either that, or simply too cheap to go the creative route…
Walt must be spinning in his grave or should I say urn…
"High hopes"?....which movie that Disney has released in 4 years did "not" have "high hopes"? Answer = They ALWAYS had "high hopes". The latest Ant Man had VERY "high hopes" but look what happened. Light Year, Stranger Things,...etc.
I had "high hopes" for Puss N Boots...and that movie was great. "High hopes" justified!
Every single thing that Disney makes has "high hopes". Look at the Star Wars Galactic StarCruiser hotel. What did "high hopes" do for that business model?
It seems to me that Disney THINKS that everything they make will be extremely well recieved by their customers. They are CLEARLY "not" able to know what WILL be a hit at all. Disney is NOT in touch with what their customers want anymore. Disney thought Harmonious was awesome and were very shocked to see it was NOT the hit they were expecting it to be. The list of failures is endless. Movies and parks.
"High hopes" at Disney is everywhere. Maybe some people need to step back...be honest...and say: "Guys....what we have on this drawing board is not good and I dont have high hopes for it. We need to regroup and rethink this..."
As far as the future movies on the Disney docket? I have no idea if they are good movies or not. Maybe they ARE incredible. Sadly,...after seeing what Im seeing today?...I dont have "high hopes" any more like I used to.
I really hope Im dead wrong...I really do.
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networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
They need to rid the decision-maker ranks that choose to pit one audience group against others. If they ever want to progress beyond the shock jock Jerry Springer level of entertainment, it has to be large general population targets, not niche constituencies as their shared experiences might be welcomed like a third eye in the middle of your forehead. Broad themes like O'hana which its not explicitly defined but can be understood and interpreted by the observer are ok, while explicitly stating that marriage in the context of Disney shall always be constrained to one wife with three husbands is not.
Classic fables are not only highly entertaining, but they also play an important role in highlighting and demonstrating character traits. For centuries, fables served the crucial role of communicating a shared history, reinforcing a culture's values, and calling attention to important traditions.
Just recognize that the tenants of your culture are not those of everyone else and attempts to steamroll the opposing ones are always met with rejection. Indeed stoking the fires of a culture war will make some happy if it favors their viewpoint, but economically may be suicide if the majority of your customer base doesn't agree.
Sorcerer Mickey
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That is definitely an interesting choice of words.