Bob Iger is Back!!!
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The term woke has been weaponized by conservatives to trick people into thinking equal rights are a bad thing. They want people divided to keep them from figuring out that democrats and republicans are both awful choices and that neither of them care about the interests of the working class. The two party system is horrible.
Putting that aside, queer characters and characters of color need to continue being included in Disney's films and stories. You can call it woke… I call it basic human decency. Take your pick, they’re the same thing.
I’ll give Iger one thing though, he’s a diplomat. So he’ll be able to deal with Florida, Wall Street and the media pretty much simultaneously.
Let’s see if we’ll get better films.
Putting that aside, queer characters and characters of color need to continue being included in Disney's films and stories. You can call it woke… I call it basic human decency. Take your pick, they’re the same thing.
I’ll give Iger one thing though, he’s a diplomat. So he’ll be able to deal with Florida, Wall Street and the media pretty much simultaneously.
Let’s see if we’ll get better films.
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Behind the scenes of the coup.
Behind Bob Iger’s Stunning CEO Return & What’s Next For Media Giant
https://deadline.com/2022/11/bob-iger-d ... 235179101/
Inside Disney’s Bombshell Move to Fire Bob Chapek and Restore Bob Iger as CEO
https://www.thewrap.com/inside-disney-b ... bombshell/
Inside the Disney Board’s Decision to Swap Bobs
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235267844/
Behind the stunning exit of Disney CEO Bob Chapek
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... r-bog-iger
When Disney Decided to Dump its CEO, the Change Happened Fast
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... pened-fast
Why did Disney bring back Bob Iger?
https://www.screendaily.com/features/wh ... 15.article
Disney do-over: can Bob Iger pick up where he left off?
https://www.ft.com/content/3e550f37-12f ... f2fdde271b
Disney awarded Iger $10mn consultancy deal to advise CEO
https://www.ft.com/content/c6175aba-374 ... bdcc6504ec
Disney’s Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disneys-ro ... 1669165304
Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bob-iger-b ... 1671236928
Bob Iger's return to Disney is fueling concern over future CEO succession plan
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-st ... on-2022-11
Who will be Disney’s next CEO? Here are the top contenders to succeed Bob Iger
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/04/disney- ... -iger.html
Behind Bob Iger’s Stunning CEO Return & What’s Next For Media Giant
https://deadline.com/2022/11/bob-iger-d ... 235179101/
Inside Disney’s Bombshell Move to Fire Bob Chapek and Restore Bob Iger as CEO
https://www.thewrap.com/inside-disney-b ... bombshell/
Inside the Disney Board’s Decision to Swap Bobs
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235267844/
Behind the stunning exit of Disney CEO Bob Chapek
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... r-bog-iger
When Disney Decided to Dump its CEO, the Change Happened Fast
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... pened-fast
Why did Disney bring back Bob Iger?
https://www.screendaily.com/features/wh ... 15.article
Disney do-over: can Bob Iger pick up where he left off?
https://www.ft.com/content/3e550f37-12f ... f2fdde271b
Disney awarded Iger $10mn consultancy deal to advise CEO
https://www.ft.com/content/c6175aba-374 ... bdcc6504ec
Disney’s Robert Iger Loomed Over Bob Chapek After Ceding CEO Role, Creating Tensions
https://www.wsj.com/articles/disneys-ro ... 1669165304
Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bob-iger-b ... 1671236928
Bob Iger's return to Disney is fueling concern over future CEO succession plan
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-st ... on-2022-11
Who will be Disney’s next CEO? Here are the top contenders to succeed Bob Iger
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/04/disney- ... -iger.html
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If some people believe Disney will be less "woke" with Iger back, they couldn't be more wrong.
Source: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bob- ... 235443266/When asked Monday during an employee Q&A about where the studio would now fall on the ['Don’t Say Gay'] matter, Iger said “one of the core values of our storytelling is inclusion, and acceptance and tolerance. And we can’t lose that, we just can’t lose that… how we actually change the world through the good must continue. We’re not going to make everyone happy all the time, and we’re not [going to] try to. We’re certainly not going to lessen our core values in order to make everyone happy all the time.”
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235270555/“I think there’s a misperception here about what politics is,” Iger said. “Some of the subjects that have been proven to be controversial as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don’t think they are.”
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Iger's potential successors.
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271831/While there are internal candidates like TV entertainment chief Dana Walden, ESPN and sports head Jimmy Pitaro, and international chief Rebecca Campbell, Iger may also very well look outside the company, perhaps to a veteran entertainment executive (bring back Peter Rice?) or a more outside-the-box pick (former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was in the mix last time).
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So Michael Eisner HAS a chanceperhaps to a veteran entertainment executive
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Bob Iger’s Disney Return: 5 Far-Fetched (or Are They?) Megadeal Scenarios
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271915/
Bob Iger’s Austerity Era Begins at Disney: Behind His Most Pressing Concerns
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271831/
Disney Pays $900M for MLB’s Remaining Stake in Streaming Company BAMTech
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271788/
What’s Next for Hulu Under Disney CEO Bob Iger?
https://www.thewrap.com/hulu-bob-iger-disney-streaming/
Disney Stock Bump From CEO Bob Iger’s Return Has Already Evaporated
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-stock-bu ... iger-gone/
Iger's Big Disney Reorg Aims to Fix Problems He Helped Sow
https://variety.com/vip/igers-big-disne ... 235443268/
Shakespearean Subplots Threaten Bob Iger’s Second Act
https://deadline.com/2022/12/bob-iger-d ... 235185687/
Bob Iger’s Christmas Carol & The Ghosts Of Past, Present, & Future
https://deadline.com/2022/12/bob-iger-d ... 235203684/
Robert Iger’s Return Opens Door for Florida Lawmakers to Consider Restoring Disney’s Tax Privileges
https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-ige ... 1670117094
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271915/
Bob Iger’s Austerity Era Begins at Disney: Behind His Most Pressing Concerns
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271831/
Disney Pays $900M for MLB’s Remaining Stake in Streaming Company BAMTech
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235271788/
What’s Next for Hulu Under Disney CEO Bob Iger?
https://www.thewrap.com/hulu-bob-iger-disney-streaming/
Disney Stock Bump From CEO Bob Iger’s Return Has Already Evaporated
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-stock-bu ... iger-gone/
Iger's Big Disney Reorg Aims to Fix Problems He Helped Sow
https://variety.com/vip/igers-big-disne ... 235443268/
Shakespearean Subplots Threaten Bob Iger’s Second Act
https://deadline.com/2022/12/bob-iger-d ... 235185687/
Bob Iger’s Christmas Carol & The Ghosts Of Past, Present, & Future
https://deadline.com/2022/12/bob-iger-d ... 235203684/
Robert Iger’s Return Opens Door for Florida Lawmakers to Consider Restoring Disney’s Tax Privileges
https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-ige ... 1670117094
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Disney’s Christine McCarthy Emerges As Top CEO Contender To Succeed Bob Iger; CFO Was King Killer Who Took Down Bob Chapek
https://deadline.com/2022/12/disney-bob ... 235190043/
https://deadline.com/2022/12/disney-bob ... 235190043/
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A CFO with no creative experience doesn’t have to be a problem if she knows how to stay in her lane.
But power corrupts so I’m sure she’ll pretend to know all about production once she’s on top.
But power corrupts so I’m sure she’ll pretend to know all about production once she’s on top.
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Isn't she the person who said that it's good that the parks were cutting portions so "some guests can keep an eye on their waistline" or something like that?
Yeah, we don't need her.
Yeah, we don't need her.
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Source:Scrutiny on the Disney board
If anyone is to blame for the Bob vs. Bob C.E.O. circus of the past few months, it’s the Walt Disney Co. board of directors, which endorsed Bob Chapek in June (and unanimously so, though we later learned it wasn’t exactly unanimous) only to discard him and his beard in a dumpster outside the Starbucks on West Alameda five months later. Bloomberg reported the Chapek go-away money will be “at least” $23 million, but it could be much more, and we will learn that number this year. I’m guessing that chair Susan Arnold and her 12-person board, which still doesn’t include a single member with significant entertainment experience (other than Bob Iger), will come under much more scrutiny then, when investors and the media learn how much the June renewal through 2025 ended up costing the company.
https://puck.news/23-semi-surefire-holl ... -for-2023/
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Disney boss tells workers to return to office four days a week
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64218702
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64218702
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Starting in March…Farerb wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:35 am Disney boss tells workers to return to office four days a week
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64218702
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Disney Board Creates Committee to Find Next CEO
https://wdwnt.com/?p=847105
Mark Parker Named New Disney Chairman, Succeeding Susan Arnold
https://wdwnt.com/?p=847098
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Disney CEO Bob Iger rolls back theme park price hikes under Bob Chapek
https://nypost.com/2023/01/11/disney-ce ... ice-hikes/
https://wdwnt.com/?p=847105
Mark Parker Named New Disney Chairman, Succeeding Susan Arnold
https://wdwnt.com/?p=847098
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Disney CEO Bob Iger rolls back theme park price hikes under Bob Chapek
https://nypost.com/2023/01/11/disney-ce ... ice-hikes/
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Today is the earnings call, so surely we'll get some updates.
Disney CEO Bob Iger has 'very little room for maneuver' as he tackles layoffs, budget cuts, a company reorg, and questions over the future of Hulu and ESPN
https://www.businessinsider.com/disney- ... spn-2023-2
Disney CEO Bob Iger has 'very little room for maneuver' as he tackles layoffs, budget cuts, a company reorg, and questions over the future of Hulu and ESPN
https://www.businessinsider.com/disney- ... spn-2023-2
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Well, this should be interesting.blackcauldron85 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:07 pm Today is the earnings call, so surely we'll get some updates.
Disney CEO Bob Iger has 'very little room for maneuver' as he tackles layoffs, budget cuts, a company reorg, and questions over the future of Hulu and ESPN
https://www.businessinsider.com/disney- ... spn-2023-2
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They announced sequels for Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia...
The final nail in the coffin for any creativity at Disney. If that's the line up for the coming years I'm officially done...
The final nail in the coffin for any creativity at Disney. If that's the line up for the coming years I'm officially done...
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He just announced that sequels to Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia are in the works. If that's sign of the "creativity" we can expect from Disney in the future then I'm officially done with the studio...
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Yay! I would've thought Zootopia 2 would've been announced a year or two ago, glad it's finally happening. Looking forward to both it and Frozen 3. I'm always going to watch the new Toy Story films, but hopefully this one will end up being an uptick from 4. I didn't hate 4, it just felt sort of inconsequential.
I don't mind two sequels after several years of original projects now in Raya, Encanto, Strange World, and Wish. With PIXAR, their original films are more spotty for me. I'd take another original film from Domee Shi for sure, otherwise anything else has as much chance at being good as being bad (Elemental looks pretty bad at the outset to me), so I wouldn't mind sequels to better properties like Toy Story, Luca, or Inside Out. Besides, they have an original film coming to in Elio.
I don't mind two sequels after several years of original projects now in Raya, Encanto, Strange World, and Wish. With PIXAR, their original films are more spotty for me. I'd take another original film from Domee Shi for sure, otherwise anything else has as much chance at being good as being bad (Elemental looks pretty bad at the outset to me), so I wouldn't mind sequels to better properties like Toy Story, Luca, or Inside Out. Besides, they have an original film coming to in Elio.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
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Iger is pulling out the big guns. I guess that's one way to get the stock back up again. He's doing the same thing he did before his retirement where he planned all the heavy hitters to be released at the same time so he would leave with a bang. As for creativity, they run out of that at Disney a long time ago. Besides, creativity is more than just coming up with original IP.
I'm actually surprised they haven't announced another sequel to The Incredibles and Finding Nemo whose previous installments also hit the billion dollar mark. Maybe they're saving that for the next earnings call.