Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO... and Comes Back Again

[Lily Adler]

The 2020s really hasn't been Pixar's decade. First Disney took away the theatrical releases for Soul, Luca and Turning Red and now this.

 

[Mani-Man]

Disney is a massive corporation who makes family/mass entertainment for the largest amount of people, and pleasing their shareholders. They are not going to get deep involved in Internet culture wars, fighting against alt-right Youtubers. That isn't going to happen.

But these grifters actively hurt their product because they have a platform on youtube, because people care about scores on Metacritic etc and reviewbombing is painting a bad picture for their content etc.

If i put "Star wars" in the youtube search on the playstation for example, i very fast come around lying grifter videos...and so does the casual viewer etc.
Those hurt Disney and the shareholders.

I think one must ask how the in person and on set feelings are, if they do not feel supported online. I remember when the Star Wars twitter account stepped up when the Reva actress was getting hate. But near as I can tell, they haven't done it since.

It can help significant to stand behind your actors who get insane hate thrown their way...but Disney doesnt really care about their actors unfortunately.
You could lead the narrative and actively hurt these grifters by making them look as insane as they are.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

But these grifters actively hurt their product because they have a platform on youtube, because people care about scores on Metacritic etc and reviewbombing is painting a bad picture for their content etc.

If i put "Star wars" in the youtube search on the playstation for example, i very fast come around lying grifter videos...and so does the casual viewer etc.
Those hurt Disney and the shareholders.

It can help significant to stand behind your actors who get insane hate thrown their way...but Disney doesnt really care about their actors unfortunately.
You could lead the narrative and actively hurt these grifters by making them look as insane as they are.

And getting into the fray would only give those Youtubers more ammunition ("See!! Disney hates its fanbase!")

 

[Mani-Man]

And getting into the fray would only give those Youtubers more ammunition ("See!! Disney hates its fanbase!")

They literally do these kind of things already.
Like, Grifters already claim Disney casts POC to spite the fanbase and stuff.
And when actors or so push back, they play the victim.

Disney not willing to stand up for Actors, directors, writers etc encouraged these grifters because when there is no accountability for anything, they have nothing to fear.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

They literally do these kind of things already.
Like, Grifters already claim Disney casts POC to spite the fanbase and stuff.
And when actors or so push back, they play the victim.

Disney not willing to stand up for Actors, directors, writers etc encouraged these grifters because when there is no accountability for anything, they have nothing to fear.

Those grifters would LOVE IT if Disney condemned them. It wouldn't hold them accountable at all.

 

[TheVileOne]

While I agree with the sentiment, I don't know what the best option is here. I do think acknowledging them is a bit of a feed the trolls situation. I also think social media itself is a part of this disease. It's an institution that's not regulated and has grown out of control. It's kind of a you can't close pandora's box situation now.

I think the best way to de-fang them is to ultimately prove them wrong with the results. But that said, I admit I don't know the best solution here other than forcing YouTube to actually take action regarding the hateful rhetoric, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia, which they seldom do.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ex-Pixar Staffers Decry ‘Win or Lose’ Trans Storyline Being Scrapped: “Can’t Tell You How Much I Cried”​

One consultant on the episode says the company is "asking someone to play someone they're not" by changing a character voiced by trans actress Chanel Stewart to cisgender.

Ex-Pixar Staffers Decry ‘Win or Lose’ Trans Storyline Being Scrapped: “Can’t Tell You How Much I Cried”

One consultant on the episode says the company is "asking someone to play someone they're not" by changing a character voiced by trans actress Chanel Stewart to cisgender.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

“It’s 100 percent political,” a former Pixar employee who identifies as trans says about the Win or Lose decision. He notes that ABC News recently paid $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump: “Disney just had the settlement with Trump. We saw it recently with the Devil Dinosaur and Moon Girl episode that was cut. All of us who knew about Win or Lose and this character were all just clenching: ‘Please don’t hit us next.'”

Indeed, those with Pixar ties worry that the Win or Lose change is not an isolated situation in terms of projects pulling back on their messages. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in April, “The bottom line is that infusing messaging as sort of a number one priority in our films and TV shows is not what we’re up to. They need to be entertaining, and where the Disney company can have a positive impact on the world, whether it’s, you know, fostering acceptance and understanding of people of all different types, great.”

According to a former Pixar artist, the team behind Hoppers, the 2026 Jon Hamm-led Pixar film focusing on a human and beaver who swap bodies, was forced to downplay its planned message of environmentalism. “Unfortunately, when you have your whole film based around the importance of environmentalism, you can’t really walk back on that,” says the artist, who did not work directly on the movie. “That team struggled a lot to figure out, ‘What do we even do with this note?'”

Another title that turned heads internally was the forthcoming original feature Elio, centering on a boy who teams up with aliens. It had initially been slated to hit theaters in March but saw its release date pushed to summer 2025. Initial Elio director Adrian Molina, who is a gay man, departed the film earlier this year. Docter has stated that Molina, who will receive a director credit, moved to a different Pixar project.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Disney shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal

Disney shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal calling for the entertainment giant to drop participation in an LGBTQ+ survey.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Disney shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal

Disney shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal calling for the entertainment giant to drop participation in an LGBTQ+ survey.

www.usatoday.com

Sounds like they listened to people criticizing them over earlier actions.

 

[Sithborg]

The shareholders are not the executives. Its clear that there are more than enough maga execs in the higher echelon.

 

[CB Fan]

I missed the meeting but am really happy to see people didn’t fall for the tricky wording they used when presenting the measure for voting. They made it seem like they wanted Disney to participate, only when looking further into the group and proposal did their real intentions show.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Disney Announces Plans for New Theme Park and Resort with Miral in Abu Dhabi - The Walt Disney Company

Disney and Miral announced an agreement to create a landmark Disney theme park resort in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

thewaltdisneycompany.com

Disney announces Abu Dhabi theme park plans

The seventh Disney theme park is set to be built on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island. The company did not give a timeline for construction.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Disney Laying Off Hundreds In TV & Film Entertainment, Corporate Finance

Layoffs are underway at the Walt Disney Company on Monday, with several hundred employees impacted globally. The bulk are at Disney Entertainment.

deadline.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Kane52630]

Hilarious that they just NOW are going after it.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[CB Fan]

He must’ve been mad at Moana 2 lol.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ex-Pixar Staffers Decry ‘Win or Lose’ Trans Storyline Being Scrapped: “Can’t Tell You How Much I Cried”​

One consultant on the episode says the company is "asking someone to play someone they're not" by changing a character voiced by trans actress Chanel Stewart to cisgender.

Ex-Pixar Staffers Decry ‘Win or Lose’ Trans Storyline Being Scrapped: “Can’t Tell You How Much I Cried”

One consultant on the episode says the company is "asking someone to play someone they're not" by changing a character voiced by trans actress Chanel Stewart to cisgender.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Inside ‘Elio’s’ “Catastrophic” Path: America Ferrera’s Exit, Director Change and Erasure of Queer Themes

Creatives at Pixar who saw the original director's previous cut of 'Elio' tell THR about the movie's challenging production process: "'Elio' just [became] about totally nothing."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

See also:

'Politics is bad for business.' Why Disney's Bob Iger is trying to avoid hot buttons

Walt Disney Co. and its chief executive have made a sharp pivot since doubling-down on diversity and inclusion efforts in the wake of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis four and a half years ago.

www.latimes.com

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, they are strangling Pixar.

 

[blueharvest]