Disney films are notable for operating on dual levels: they provide accessible narratives for younger audiences while simultaneously presenting philosophical considerations regarding identity, authority, and moral responsibility. Both the animated classic The Lion...
The Walt Disney Company bought “Fox” in the now-considered-infamously-expensive deal that brought them a lot of IP, both used and ignored, but did NOT buy their real estate—the huge studio located just west of Beverly Hills that had been home to 20th Century Fox for decades. Now, with the lease they took on that lot expiring, Disney has announce no plan to renew the deal, which was costing them an estimated $50 million a year.
When a $250 million Disney tentpole gets embarrassed at the box office, it should be newsworthy. When that same movie is surrounded by controversy, audience rejection, and a spectacular second-weekend collapse, it should be the story. But if you’re Collider, apparently the Snow White box office is a cause for celebration—because Rachel Zegler just hit a new “career milestone.”
There’s out of touch, and then there’s William Earl’s latest Variety editorial about movie theaters.
In what can only be described as a tone-deaf fever dream of corporate desperation, Earl — and by extension, Variety — suggests that America’s struggling cinemas could be revived by letting people text during screenings and buy weed with their popcorn.
No, seriously. This is the plan now.
When Pro contacted me about being on The Pro Show this week (which as you read this you know I happily agreed to do), I innocently asked him “So what’s up?” and what I meant by that was “Hey, we KNOW the stockholder call was garbage, we KNOW Snow White is a goner, so is there any NEW outrageous dumbness from the Mouse coming up?”
But before we move on from here, I thought maybe, just maybe, you’d not be utterly surfeited (is that a word?) with the no-business-like-Snow-business story to join me on a little journey into the “What if?” universe and consider what could have been (and this is NOT yet another review of the awful film because I famously HATE reviews that tell you what the reviewer WOULD have made instead of dealing with what is there on the screen).
Walt Disney World's latest round of special discounts and promotions for Spring through Fall 2025 paints a clear picture: the House of Mouse is feeling pressure. Typically cautious with discounting strategies, Disney World’s announcement of a deeply discounted 3-Day,...
Ubisoft is hemorrhaging money. That much has been clear since the release of its catastrophic Q3 FY25 earnings report, which revealed a company in freefall. Net bookings plunged 51.8% year-over-year in Q3 alone. Digital bookings fell 33.8%. Player recurring investment—the bread and butter of live-service games—dropped 33.7%. And the company’s debt-to-EBITDA ratio now sits at a nightmarish -21.1x, suggesting Ubisoft is losing money at a rate that makes its financial model unsustainable even before taxes, interest, or amortization are factored in.
So when Ubisoft suddenly announced this week that it had created a new gaming subsidiary—backed by a €1.16 billion ($1.25 billion) investment from Chinese tech giant Tencent—investors were understandably confused. Why would a company circling the drain be launching bold new ventures?
The way Disney handled Rachel Zegler after her political social media meltdown stands in stark contrast with the company’s firing of Gina Carano.
Marvel Entertainment ran an incredibly slow-moving live video premier on X in order to promote The Avengers Doomsday cast. It did not go well. The MCU is in a strange place. Nearly every one of its Disney+ live shows have been ratings disasters. The same has...
CNN wants you to believe that a 2014 online movement over video game journalism is responsible for virtually every controversy of the last decade. In its latest attempt to revise history, CNN frames Gamergate not as a call for transparency in media, but as the spark that supposedly ignited a digital wildfire engulfing everything from social platforms to political movements.
In a shocking revelation that somehow managed to slip through the filter of legacy media spin, Variety has confirmed what many already suspected: Rachel Zegler’s reckless behavior didn’t just tank Disney’s Snow White PR campaign—it directly endangered her co-star Gal Gadot and Gadot’s family, including her four children.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has finally released, and one might naively assume Ubisoft’s woes are over. Surely, with their self-proclaimed “reputable” marketing and unwavering dedication to historical authenticity, this game will sell like cold lemonade in the desert.
After all, the delays—costing a rumored $20 million—were supposedly to address every issue raised by fans and the barrage of bad press, right?
Just when you thought Sweet Baby Inc. couldn’t get any more ridiculous, their CEO Kim Belair has once again proven that there is no bottom to the progressive virtue-signaling rabbit hole. During GDC 2025, as pointed out on X by MasterOfTheTDS of Gothic Therapy (often first to the plate when it comes to reporting on Belair and SBI), Belair delivered this doozy of a statement.