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I read that very concerning article posted by Variety about the new Disney shakeup being implemented by Bob Chapek as the era of Bob Iger comes to an end this coming December 2021: (Disney’s New World Order Leads to Confusion and Bruised Egos)
One of these changes once Iger steps down is that Allan Horn will be leaving as well, he is technically the “boss” of Kevin Feige since Iger stepped in and removed Ike Perlmutter who was whom Feige used to report to and the go between to Horn.
Back in 2015 it was reported that Feige almost left Marvel due to clashes he had with Perlmutter: (Kevin Feige nearly left the MCU over diversity clashes with Ike Perlmutter, according to Mark Ruffalo - The Beat) Iger stepped in and took that extra layer away so Feige now had a direct contact with Horn instead of having to always go through Perlmutter.
With Iger gone and now Chapek running things, he’s going to replace Horn, one of the most successful film executives in the last 40 years, with Alan Bergman, who is not a film executive at all - he ran finance for Disney. Rumors then had that Horn was grooming Feige to become an eventual successor. However the biggest issue with Chapek’s shakeup is putting that extra managerial layer back again between the producers and executives, people in distribution who will now have more power than producers, making it harder for creators and producers to get their work/creations out, something Feige almost left Marvel for because of Perlmutter. Worst, seems that Chapek is basically promoting people who have don’t have the best experience for those positions, he’s promoting them because they’re “loyal to him”.
So not only might Feige have to go through an extra layer again to get approval from someone who isn’t even qualified, but worst he’ll also be looking to get approval from an executive who has little if any knowledge of the film business. A lot of producers are already not happy with these changes being implemented at Disney right now, they’re starting to speak out.
One of these changes once Iger steps down is that Allan Horn will be leaving as well, he is technically the “boss” of Kevin Feige since Iger stepped in and removed Ike Perlmutter who was whom Feige used to report to and the go between to Horn.
Back in 2015 it was reported that Feige almost left Marvel due to clashes he had with Perlmutter: (Kevin Feige nearly left the MCU over diversity clashes with Ike Perlmutter, according to Mark Ruffalo - The Beat) Iger stepped in and took that extra layer away so Feige now had a direct contact with Horn instead of having to always go through Perlmutter.
With Iger gone and now Chapek running things, he’s going to replace Horn, one of the most successful film executives in the last 40 years, with Alan Bergman, who is not a film executive at all - he ran finance for Disney. Rumors then had that Horn was grooming Feige to become an eventual successor. However the biggest issue with Chapek’s shakeup is putting that extra managerial layer back again between the producers and executives, people in distribution who will now have more power than producers, making it harder for creators and producers to get their work/creations out, something Feige almost left Marvel for because of Perlmutter. Worst, seems that Chapek is basically promoting people who have don’t have the best experience for those positions, he’s promoting them because they’re “loyal to him”.
So not only might Feige have to go through an extra layer again to get approval from someone who isn’t even qualified, but worst he’ll also be looking to get approval from an executive who has little if any knowledge of the film business. A lot of producers are already not happy with these changes being implemented at Disney right now, they’re starting to speak out.
