A small vocal segment of the fandom is calling for a Star Wars Celebration boycott. The 2027 event is being organized by ReedPop, a subsidiary of RELX. The protesters argue that since RELX holds government contracts that work directly with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Star Wars community is being “used as a shield for corporate complicity in state violence.”
Disney is showing no signs of slowing down its live-action remake machine, as it has appointed Paramount executive Daria Cercek, who recently oversaw Disney’s major holiday competitor Sonic The Hedgehog 3, to head its Disney Live Action Theatrical Division.
Disney has announced that the remaining attractions using its controversial Virtual Queue system, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom, will transition to standby lines starting February 25, 2025. This marks the end of the Virtual Queue era across Walt Disney World parks (at least for now…), a move many fans have been demanding for years.
Captain America: Brave New World opened over the holiday weekend to a domestic box office total of $100 million, with $88 million coming from its first three-day weekend and an additional $12 million from the extended double holiday. Internationally, the film grossed $92.4 million, bringing its worldwide total to $192.4 million.
Disney has filed a Notice of Commencement for work at the Haunted Mansion in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, sparking speculation that the attraction may soon see changes similar to the controversial bride updates recently made at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.
Disney has officially received approval from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to begin construction on a new Cars-themed land at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, a move that will erase classic attractions like Tom Sawyer Island and significantly alter the Rivers of America, Frontierland, and Liberty Square.
Disney’s live-action Snow White remake continues to face relentless criticism, and its latest teaser trailer, released over the weekend, has only fueled the fire. The newest teaser earned 1.7 million views but was met with overwhelming negativity, garnering only 5,300 likes compared to a staggering 81,000 Snow White dislikes. This trend of massive dislike ratios has plagued every piece of promotional material for the film, signaling a potential box office catastrophe when it hits theaters on March 21, 2025.
Captain America: Brave New World has been awarded a B- CinemaScore, marking the lowest grade ever received by a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. This places the film behind even The Marvels and the previously criticized Eternals and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. That means Brave New World is offically the weakest audience-rated MCU film to date.
There has been, granted through his vision, intent, and demands, an entire cultural shift within this once great company. The rot of following those “alternatives” is widespread and is in both creative and practical visible results.
Recently there was a plumbing/sewage leak in the upper floor restroom of “The Land” pavilion at EPCOT. It was nasty but they stopped the leak. But then, a couple of weeks later, the ceilings below it in the entry area for “Soarin’” caved in, likely weakened structurally by water damage from the prior event
In a startling new low for Disney, the company put out a poll asking guests to predict when their loved ones might die.
According to a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney sent a 47-page survey to Disney Vacation Club members this fall, loaded with invasive questions about their finances. But one question in particular stood out for its morbid audacity: Disney asked respondents how likely they were to experience the “loss of a family member or loved one” within the next five years—or to be “receiving/managing an inheritance.”
It’s official: Skeleton Crew is a flop. It has become the lowest-performing Star Wars project to date. Not a single episode of Skeleton Crew made it onto Nielsen’s streaming ratings charts—a grim first for the once-unshakable franchise.
The Walt Disney Company faced a stunning and embarassing repudiation of its brand strength in India as Reliance Media rebranded Disney+ Hotstar to JioHotstar, stripping away Disney’s iconic name. This move marks the culmination of a catastrophic decline for Hotstar, which plummeted from a $16 billion valuation when Bob Iger first acquired it to just $4 billion by the time of Disney’s merger with Reliance.
Captain America: Brave New World has finally hit theaters, but the production was anything but smooth. Plagued by endless reshoots, political controversy, and behind-the-scenes drama, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) arrives under a dark cloud of fan skepticism and industry fatigue.