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Is Bob Chapek About to Turn “Woke Disney” Upside Down? VR & WDW Pro
Strange things are happenin' at The Walt Disney Company. Is Bob Chapek getting ready to lay down the boom on those who would push the company in divisive directions? I had the excellent opportunity yesterday to sit down with our good friend, Valliant Renegade,...
Chapek’s Tough Task: A Roundtable w Valliant Renegade, Kamran Pasha & WDW Pro
Baymax!, Lightyear, Turning Red, Reimagine Tomorrow... what is Disney up to? It's not every day that a triple threat of entertainment enthusiasts and analysts can come together with the type of content featured today. Join Valliant Renegade as he hosts a roundtable...
Disney Decimated by Lightyear: The Minions Pummel Pixar
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....
As Lightyear Flops Historically, Disney Animation Taunts the CEO with Baymax
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...
Bob Chapek, CEO of Disney, Given Unanimous Three-Year Extension
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...
The Disney Board of Directors Meets This Week for a Company “Health Check”
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...
Rumor: Disney Has “Silenced” Pixar to Prevent PR Problems
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...
Lightyear Dubbed “Flopyear” — The Second Weekend May Be Worse
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...
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Wins $400 Million, Inverting the Stats of Lightyear
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...
The Disney Backlash Is Real… Now How Can They Make a Comeback?
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....
Lightyear Is Such a Virtue Signaling Flop, Pixar Faces a Reckoning
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...
Lightyear Is Losing and That Means the Culture Is Shifting… Again
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...