It appears Pixar Animation Studios is developing a new animated musical with Turning Red director Domee Shi attached to the project. The film remains untitled and in early development. The project was revealed as part of Pixar’s future production slate. Pixar is...
The movie "experts" missed it again. Lightyear is a massive flop and the Minions are beating projections by huge margins. There's no way around it anymore. The strategy of The Walt Disney Company that disenfranchises about half of its market is a failed plan....
Bob Chapek received a three-year extension as head of Disney. Now, with Pixar's Lightyear bombing, another studio dares him to delete even more divisive children's content. The following article deals with financial issues for Disney. This article does not...
Some thought Bob Chapek was in the hot seat at Disney. It turns out he was always in the driver's seat and the Board of Directors just gave him the green light. Bob Chapek, the supposedly beleaguered CEO of The Walt Disney Company, has been renewed early and...
A "health check" is coming for The Walt Disney Company... and it's coming from the people with the very most power. Following the devastating flop that is Lightyear, The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors (including CEO Bob Chapek) will come together in...
The noisiest studio at Disney is suddenly not making very much noise. Has Pixar lost its buzz? We had been hearing for a little while that The Walt Disney Company might be keen on preventing Pixar and its associates from making public statements about Lightyear...
Things are not going well for Pixar at the box office. And for the most part, after being seriously vocal through backchannels to publications, the studio is now essentially silent. Lightyear is heading towards one of the worst flops in all of Disney's history at...
With Sonic the Hedgehog 2, our filmmakers and producing partners delivered the high-quality theatrical experience that the whole family had been waiting for, and we are thrilled with the enthusiastic global response to the characters and world we have created out of...
Is there a way forward for Disney after the failure of Lightyear? The Walt Disney Company is under a revelatory moment as they grapple with the utter failure of Lightyear, the muted reaction to Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the relatively poor ratings for Turning Red....
There are times when a failure is too big and too important for a studio to continue on in the way it had been. Lightyear has missed to such a level. There are spoilers in this article regarding Lightyear. Batman v Superman and its abysmal reception was enough to end...
To infinity and beyond... or to losses and falling below projections? Late on Friday, trade publications began to softly adjust their Lightyear projections. No, the movie will not be making the $90 million we were looking at a week ago. No, the movie will...
A Bad Start Could Signal a Bomb Incoming for Buzz Update: 8:05 PM EST 6/17/22 Variety is downgrading Lightyear from an expected $70M weekend opening in the US... down to only $55M with a best-case-scenario of $60M. It could drop even lower. Read the following...
It's everything Maverick stands against. Which one you will like probably comes down to your thoughts on that statement. After having watched Top Gun Maverick, I found sitting through the entirety of Lightear to be something of a paradox shift. In almost every single...