The systemic problems of Disney are finally taking a toll on Marvel Entertainment. As troubles shake the board and Disney stock keeps falling under Bob Iger’s tenure, Marvel is laying off employees. Marvel Studios is coming off of its worst year ever, as The Marvels broke records for low sales, and fans were apathetic to […]
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De-Transitioned Influencer Chloe Cole To Bob Iger & Disney: ‘The Lawsuits Are Coming Sir’
Chloe Cole directly confronted Disney and Bob Iger with a proposal at Wednesday’s shareholders’ meeting, warning that lawsuits are coming. Disney faced criticism from Chloe Cole at Wednesday’s shareholder meeting over its stance on “transgender” employment practices. Both Do No Harm, an organization dedicated to combating DEI trends in medicine, and the National Legal and […]
Disney Doubles Down: Nelson Peltz Loses Proxy Fight As Bob Iger Takes A Victory Lap
Disney investors doubled down in the face of investor Nelson Peltz’s challenge, solidifying their commitment to woke messaging, forcing DEI, and affirming CEO Bob Iger’s leadership. The battle, culminating at the annual shareholders meeting, showcased the irrational obsessive compulsiveness of Disney’s investor base, which opted to maintain the current losing trajectory over potential shifts proposed […]
Major Disney Shareholder Nelson Peltz Slams Woke Disney & Marvel
“Why do I have to have a Marvel that’s all women?” Billionaire investor and major shareholder Nelson Peltz criticized woke Disney and Marvel amid a board proxy battle. Nelson Peltz, billionaire investor and principal at Trian Partners, which holds a substantial $3.5 billion stake in Disney, has entered a vigorous proxy contest in a bid […]
The Death of Disney Animation (part IV)
We have finally reached the end of the story. Disney Animation is indeed and truly dead. I don’t see how it can come back from the thing that killed it. In the first three parts of this series, I took a look at Disney Animations’ beginnings, its rise to lead the world of animation in the […]
Disney Clamps Down on Female ‘Star Wars’ Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Limiting Her Involvement with Franchise
Disney has clamped down on Pakistani documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy—slated to direct the first installment of a new Star Wars trilogy—banning her from being involved in any other Star Wars projects. The move comes after a money dispute between Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the Disney company, and actress Daisy Ridley (the star of the new trilogy). Another […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger Announces Slowdown In Marvel Content, But Wokeness Will Stay
Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a slowdown in Marvel content, but all indications are that wokeness will stay. In its latest quarterly earnings report, The Walt Disney Company’s Bob Iger dropped a bombshell: the announcement of Moana 2, accompanied by an unveiling of the studio’s film schedule for 2025 and 2026. However, what caught many […]
Disney’s Greedy Streaming Ambitions Force Deep Cuts at Beloved Pixar Studio as CEO Bob Iger Pursues Streaming Profits
Legendary animation company Pixar is expected to lay off a significant portion of its workforce in 2024—up to 20%, according to insiders. The actions are the most recent setback for Pixar’s creative team as parent company Disney continues to put streaming revenue ahead of artistic integrity. Budgets for Pixar teams, who were already overworked creating […]
Nelson Peltz Blocked From the Disney Board of Directors?
Bad news, if you are looking for hope for the Walt Disney Company. Bob Iger has probably blocked Nelson Peltz and James Rasulu from getting on the Disney Board of Directors, at least for this year. When ValueAct threw its hat in the ring, I had said at the time that Mason Morfit was going to […]
Bob Iger’s Disney Has 99 Problems, But Positive Messages Ain’t One
Did the penny finally drop at Disney after their recent box office failures, or is Bob Iger gas-lighting an unsuspecting public? Last week Disney CEO, Bob Iger, said that “creators at Disney have lost sight of what their jobs should be, entertain first, not messages” and added that “stories infused with ‘positive messages for the […]
