Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid proved divisive. At the center of much of the debate was Halle Bailey, the young actress cast as Ariel. Three years later, she sat down with The Independent to discuss the experience and the support she received behind the scenes from other actresses who have also faced online hostility.
Disney may be stepping into familiar — and dangerous — territory yet again. According to entertainment scooper DanielRPK, the studio could be moving forward with a reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, re-titled Aurora, and set in Mexico.
Hollywood has a long, storied tradition of polishing troubled narratives until they sparkle brighter than a Swarovski display case. But the new Rachel Zegler Glamour profile — penned by none other than Hollywood feminist Helen Mirren — doesn’t just buff the apple. It dips it in molten sugar, rolls it in gold dust, and then tells us it’s organic.
When Rachel Zegler reflects on Snow White, she really wants audiences to believe the film was a success on streaming. It wasn’t, though.
The Walt Disney Company has officially ended its Disney Supplier Diversity initiative, a program previously designed to prioritize contracts with vendors based on factors such as race, gender, identity, veteran status, and disability. The change comes quietly but marks a major shift away from a policy that shaped vendor selection across the company’s theme parks, media divisions, and merchandise operations.
Earlier this year, Luscasfilm announced that it would be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope by re-releasing it on April 30th, 2027, and recently it was revealed that it would also have showings in IMAX.
The plot just thickened in Disney’s battle with YouTube TV. As the two companies fight over carriage fees and threaten a blackout of ESPN, ABC, and FX, Disney has quietly completed a blockbuster deal that explains everything: it now owns a 70% controlling stake in Fubo, the sports-focused streaming service once seen as a challenger to Hulu + Live TV.
There’s a major connection between the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the divisive Disney+ series The Acolyte.
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker left theaters nearly six years ago and divided fans as part of the divisive sequel trilogy. A few years later, The Acolyte went into production for Disney+. One would think that showrunner Leslye Headland might have tried to distance herself from the sequel trilogy despite its canonical status.
Disney budgets continue to skyrocket as box office returns plummet. It was recently alleged that The Walt Disney Company paid screenwriter Scott Z. Burns a seven-figure sum — the highest in Lucasfilm history — for a script that will never be made.
Hollywood’s media elite have struck again — this time, crowning one of the most controversial actresses of 2025 with one of its top honors. Glamour magazine has officially named Rachel Zegler a “Woman of the Year,” alongside fellow internet personality Ms. Rachel, actress Demi Moore, and singer Tyla. But the move is raising eyebrows across the industry, considering Zegler’s year has been defined far more by controversy than achievement.
Some new behind-the-scenes claims about The Hunt for Ben Solo are circulating—and they make the galaxy far, far away sound more like an episode of Succession than Star Wars.
While doing press for Wake Up Dead Man, the next installment in his ensemble murder mystery franchise, Johnson told Empire Magazine, “That cog will be turning the rest of my life. I love Star Wars.” His last (and so far, only) Star Wars movie, 2017’s The Last Jedi, proved divisive. It currently sits at a 16% “Heinous” score on Criticless with 132 voters.
The fallout from Adam Driver’s revelation that Disney rejected the idea for a Kylo Ren-centric Star Wars film just hit the stratosphere — literally. Star Wars fans furious over Disney’s decision to kill The Hunt for Ben Solo have taken their protest airborne, flying a banner over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, that read: “SAVE THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO.”