Tag: The Walt Disney Company
Disney Thaws Out ‘Frozen,’ ‘Zootopia’ & ‘Toy Story’ Sequels, Shapes New Entertainment Division as Co. Faces Cost Cuts
During today's Q1 earnings call, Walt Disney Co.'s boomerang CEO Bob Iger revealed that Disney-Pixar animation favorites will be returning to the big screen,...
GBI Celebrates Stan Lee Centennial with Disney+ Documentary, Online Store
In celebration of recent 100th anniversary of the birth of Stan Lee (December 28), Genius Brands International — the controlling partner of Stan Lee Universe, owner...
TV & Streaming Bytes: December Series Sales
TeamTO announced new partnerships for their action-comedy animated series Jade Armor (26 x 22') with the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC), the leading platform for kids...
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy Rumored as Iger’s Successor
Following the surprising return of Bob Iger to the helm of The Walt Disney Company, longtime Mouse House executive and current Senior Executive Vice...
Bob Iger Confirms Disney Hiring Freeze, Quashes Apple Acquisition Rumors at Disney Town Hall
Bob Iger launched his return term as Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company with a town hall address from the Mouse House's...
Bob Iger Returns to the Disney Table, Tagging Out Bob Chapek as CEO
Bob Iger has come out of retirement after less than a year to retake the reins of The Walt Disney Company. Iger is relieving...
Franklin Institute Sneak Peeks Disney100: The Exhibition Artifacts, Gallery Renderings
Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of Disney100: The Exhibition, debuting at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on February 18, 2023....
Jeff Malmberg Dives Down the Mouse Hole for ‘Mickey: The Story of a Mouse’
***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
Representing both the acme of corporate consumerism and a white-gloved hero...
Disney Announces Million-Dollar Grant to Exceptional Minds
This past weekend, Exceptional Minds (exceptional-minds.org), a nonprofit academy and working studio training young adults on the autism spectrum for careers in the creative...
People on the Move: Disney Extends Chapek’s Contract, Cosmos-Maya’s Mehta Steps Down, Addison Joins Lupus Films & More
Having taken over the post from Bob Iger in February 2020 (just one month before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world's...
TV & Streaming: CAKE & Invida Find ‘Lost Bots,’ Toon2Tango Taps Baboon for ‘Bek and the Bunnies,’ Yellow Bird Rocks Young Nick Cave Toon...
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE (cakeentertainment.com) announced its partnership with award-winning Slovenian production and animation studio Invida on the brand-new CG buddy comedy The Lost...
Disney Sets Massive TV & Streaming Animation Slate at Annecy
Today, Disney Television Animation, Disney Junior and Disney Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to announce...
Sen. Hawley (R) Takes Copyright Legislation Jab at Disney while Disney+ Subs Soar
Continuing the secondary backlash to Disney's response to Florida's anti-LGBTQ "Don't Say Gay" bill, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has introduced legislation that...
#DisneySayGay: WDC Companies Share Pro-LGBTQ+ Messages on Walkout Day
Following a series of virtual walkouts by employees and just ahead of planned in-person walkouts across the company Tuesday (March 22), The Walt Disney...
#DisneySayGay Updates: ‘Lightyear’ Same-Sex Kiss Reinstated, Blue Sky Staff Reveals ‘Nimona’ Pushback
The contention around The Walt Disney Company's response to the passage of Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill — which has seen the Mouse...
Disney ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Controversy: Chapek Apologizes, Studio Halts FL Political Donations
After impassioned responses from its employees, creators and the wider animation community, The Walt Disney Company is trying to make up for its fumble...
“This Is Our Lives”: Disney & Pixar Employees Rebuke ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Response
In the ongoing fallout regarding The Walt Disney Company's response to the Florida "Don't Say Gay" bill, which bars public schools from instructing lower...
Animation Guild Calls Out Disney’s Response to FL ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
In a statement issued by The Animation Guild's QueerTAG Committee, the org expressed acute disappointment in The Walt Disney Company and CEO Bob Chapek...
People on the Move: TeamTO’s Kouper Named Personality of the Year, Milano Heads Rai Kids & More
Corinne Kouper has been awarded Ecran Total’s 2021 Personality of the Year Award for her vast impact on the French animation industry in her...
People on the Move: Arnold Replaces Iger at Disney, Unity Completes Weta Buy, Saperstein Dissolves Yeti Farm Partnership & More
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors announced that it has elected Susan E. Arnold as Chairman of the Board, effective December 31. Arnold,...
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