Disney’s unusual marketing strategy for Avengers: Doomsday seems to be paying off for Marvel in a big way. Marvel attached a character-focused teaser trailer to Avatar: Fire and Ash screenings over a four-week period. A few days after their theatrical debuts, the teasers were posted online. Insiders have told The Hollywood Reporter that the four teasers for next December’s entry in the MCU have already hit a combined 1.02 billion views across YouTube and social media.
It seems trouble continues to brew at EPCOT in The Land Pavilion. Just weeks after a sewage leak forced the temporary closure of Soarin’ Around the World and flooded parts of the pavilion, a new issue has emerged—this time, a section of the ceiling in the Soarin’ queue has collapsed over a guest walkway.
Leslye Headland, Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant and the creator of Disney’s The Acolyte, has suddenly exited her latest Netflix project, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Disney Parks and Experiences have long relied on cutting-edge technology to bring immersive storytelling to life, with animatronics playing a crucial role in attractions from Pirates of the Caribbean to the newly opened Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. However, the rise of...
Universal Studios Hollywood is once again outmaneuvering Disney when it comes to delivering massive themed entertainment at a reasonable price. Enter Fan Fest Nights, an all-new immersive event that takes the best of Halloween Horror Nights but trades out the terror for something even bigger—sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, and anime adventures brought to life.
Disney’s ill-fated Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the overpriced and short-lived hotel experience that shut down after barely a year, will not be repurposed for guests, according to a rumor from The Wrap. It will instead reportedly transform into office space for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Once upon a time, a Disney World trip was the dream vacation for middle-class American families. Now, due to Walt Disney World cost increases, it’s increasingly looking like an exclusive getaway for the ultra-rich—or those willing to take on financial ruin for a few days of nostalgia.
Anthony Mackie, the star of Captain America: Brave New World, made comments that appear to signal a dramatic shift from Marvel and Disney’s usual identity-focused messaging around race.
The Daisy Ridley-led Star Wars Rey movie has officially tapped its third writer, George Nolfi, in what seems like another chapter in the ongoing saga of delays and turbulence under Kathleen Kennedy’s leadership at Lucasfilm.
In a press event held at the Hotel De La Ville in Rome, Italy, Mackie claimed to the European audience, “Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don’t think the term ‘America’ should be one of those representations. It’s about a man who keeps his word, who has honor, dignity, and integrity.”
A source with an excellent track record has reached out to That Park Place with information regarding Disney projects in development that we believe is tantalizing and worthy of significant consideration. According to our contact, The Walt Disney Company is taking a wait-and-see approach to Frozen 3 and Rey Movie scripts with special attention given to how Snow White, starring Rachel Zegler, performs at the box office in 2025. Despite Moana 2 managing to cross the billion dollar mark worldwide, many feel the film was a cash grab that has harmed the franchise more broadly, especially in regards to its future consumer enthusiasm. If Snow White dramatically underperforms Disney’s desires, it could point to necessary retooling given the current sociopolitical landscape looks nothing like Disney had likely projected when many of these projects were first announced.
Marvel Studios’ dominance in pop culture has been unraveling for years, and its latest Disney+ offerings are proof. According to Luminate’s 2024 Film and TV Report, Agatha All Along and Echo have become two of the least-watched Marvel series of all time, with viewership numbers that fall embarrassingly below even Secret Invasion, one of the most reviled Marvel productions ever released.
This past weekend, numerous access media outlets and Star Wars-centric publications celebrated the perceived success of The Acolyte following the release of Luminate’s 2024 Film and TV report. Headlines and X posts boasted that The Acolyte was Disney+‘s second most-watched series of the year, accumulating 2.7 billion minutes of viewership. However, when the surface-level accolades are set aside and the numbers are examined in greater detail, this supposed victory turns into a major loss and a stark reflection of Disney’s ongoing struggles with the Star Wars franchise and streaming platform Disney+.