Bob Iger has this week announced that he is stepping down from his role as Disney CEO, sooner than expected. In 2019 Bob Iger annouced that he would be leaving his position as Disney CEO in 2021 but this week that timetable has been sped up, with Iger stepping down immediately from the position. In […]
Disney+ doesn’t feel the need to make as much original content as Netflix
Disney+ has proved to be rather popular and is going for a quality over quantity approach with its original content. The streaming service wars are hotting up and Disney+ is certainly making its presence known in the early days of its run. So far the platform has an impressive 28 million subscribers, thanks largely to […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the priority for Star Wars lies in television, teases The Mandalorian spin-offs
During Walt Disney’s latest earnings call (via Collider), Disney CEO Bob Iger stated the foreseeable future of Star Wars will lie in television for the next few years and teased the possibility of spin-off’s for The Mandalorian. “The priority in the next few years is television with The Mandalorian season 2 coming in October, and then more […]
Disney’s Bob Iger on The Mandalorian’s ‘Baby Yoda’, says Jon Favreau isn’t a fan of the moniker
While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has done little to repair the fractured Star Wars fanbase, it hasn’t all been bad news for the franchise lately as Disney and Lucasfilm’s live-action Disney+ series The Mandalorian has been earning rave reviews from both fans and critics alike. The show’s biggest success however seems to be […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger isn’t ruling out future Star Wars trilogies
Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, says he is not ruling out future trilogies in the Star Wars franchise. This month, the Skywalker saga and the sequel Star Wars trilogy is coming to an end with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We have also learned from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy that they will be […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the number of Star Wars projects in development is “smaller than you think”
The Skywalker Saga is set to come to an end this Christmas with the release of The Rise of Skywalker, but Episode IX won’t be the last Star Wars project to come out in the near future thanks to the Disney+ streaming service. However, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, the actual number of projects in development is “probably smaller […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Han Solo movie: “It’s gonna be fine”
With all of the crazy news surrounding the Han Solo movie these days, it’s hard to accurately gauge how this movie will turn out. With Phil Lord and Chris Miller actually being fired from the project (apparently because they believed they were making a comedy), and being abruptly replaced with Ron Howard, and even rumors that […]
Disney’s Bob Iger says “less is more” when it comes to Star Wars movie releases
When Disney kicked off its Star Wars era with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in 2015, the studio announced plans for annual releases, which – had they proven successful – would presumably have led to multiple movies per year, similar to the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Unfortunately for Disney, it […]
Disney’s Bob Iger prioritised Black Panther for Marvel after reading a comic
Disney CEO, Bob Iger, says that he decided to prioritise Black Panther for Marvel after reading a comic. Black Panther is one of the most successful Marve movies ever, especially in the US market. The character will continue to have a big presence in the MCU but what made Disney decide to push ahead with […]
Disney originally considered Marvel “too edgy” to buy
Disney CEO, Bob Iger, has revealed that the studio once considered Marvel “too edgy” to purchase. The acquisition of Marvel by Disney is certainly one of the most fruitful purchases in entertainment history, with the MCU finding incredible success with fans and at the box office. We have now learned that Disney actually considered buying […]
