Tag: Bob Iger

Guardians 3 Could Be Successful After All

Marvel’s scrappiest group of misfits is carving out an underdog story more endearing than anything it’s put out in the movies in years. After a disappointing opening weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had mostly been written off as another Marvel underperformer, perhaps even a bomb. It was ...

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Disney+ and Hulu are Merging

Disney will offer a combination of the Disney+ and Hulu apps by the end of the year, according to CEO Bob Iger on the second quarter fiscal earnings call. The apps will remain available as-is. There will be a price increase. Additionally, some content will be removed from Disney+, presumably to migr...

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What Does Guardians 3’s Weak Box Office Mean?

The opening weekend results are in, and it looks like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is going to be another Marvel disappointment at the box office. The last of James Gunn’s spacefaring MCU trilogy took in $118.4 million, which the entertainment media is complimenting as being above predictions, b...

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Disney Settles with Victoria Alonso

Victoria Alonso just scored a nice severance package. Deadline exclusively reports that Disney has settled the pending lawsuit with the Marvel producer, whom they fired a month ago. The details of the settlement are being kept confidential, but Deadline has heard that Alonso is getting “a multimil...

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Disney Fires Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter

The heads continue to roll at Disney, with the most recent being one nobody expected, but everybody probably should have. Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, has been laid off by Disney. Marvel Entertainment is a separate division from Marvel Studios and is in charge of merchandisi...

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What Do Disney’s Layoffs Say About Its Future?

Disney’s Red Wedding has officially begun. This week, the Mouse House is initiating the first of three rounds of layoffs, this one aiming to eliminate 7000 workers from the corporation. We knew this was coming, and while, on the one hand, it’s nice to see Disney reeling, it sucks that a lot of e...

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