Tag: Pixar

  • Bob Iger Wins Disney Proxy War

    Bob Iger Wins Disney Proxy War

    If it were put up for a vote, do you think the passengers aboard the Titanic would have voted for the iceberg? I think it’s possible. In today’s annual shareholder meeting, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that he had won the proxy war instigated by Nelson Peltz that sought to get Peltz and Jay Rasulo, a…

  • Non-Deadpool Super Bowl Trailers 2024

    Non-Deadpool Super Bowl Trailers 2024

    Deadpool & Wolverine is the one that took the internet by storm – so much so that it’s still trending over 24 hours later – but ten other movies got trailers at this year’s Super Bowl. The lack of reaction to them doesn’t bode well for their box office prospects, but some of them are worth…

  • Disney Sequel Updates: Moana 2 in 2024, Toy Story 5, Frozen III, and More

    Disney Sequel Updates: Moana 2 in 2024, Toy Story 5, Frozen III, and More

    Today, Disney announced the surprise release of Moana 2 on November 27th. The film is a reworking of the TV series that was announced in 2020, and both Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson are expected to return as Moana and Maui. Check out a first look and Disney CEO Bob Iger’s comments (courtesy of Variety) below: “Moana remains an incredibly…

  • Disney and Epic Games Create Fortnite-Related Video Game Universe

    Disney and Epic Games Create Fortnite-Related Video Game Universe

    Disney is turning to maybe the one entertainment platform where their name hasn’t yet become a joke: video games. In a statement released today following the company’s quarter 1 2024 earnings call, Disney revealed that they would be buying a $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games and will be creating games and “experiences” with the…

  • Disney+ Chasing Profitability: Pixar Will See Layoffs in 2024

    Disney+ Chasing Profitability: Pixar Will See Layoffs in 2024

    TechCrunch reports that Pixar Animation Studio will undergo layoffs this year, with insiders indicating it may be as much as 20% of the animation house’s workforce. The layoffs will include hires forced on the studio by Disney to produce content for Disney+. The studio insiders claim that the current staff of 1,300 will drop to…

  • Covid-Era Pixar Films to Hit Theaters

    Covid-Era Pixar Films to Hit Theaters

    This spring, Pixar titles Soul, Turning Red, and Luca will head to theaters. These films premiered on Disney+ during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively. These theatrical runs will lead up to the release of Inside Out 2 on June 14, 2024. Soul will debut in theaters on January 12, Turning Red on February 9, and Luca on…