Steve Jobs was pretty instrumental in Disney buying Marvel according to Bob Iger. The movie landscape has changed dramatically since Disney purchased Marvel in 2009. This deal will certainly go down as one of the most fruitful in entertainment history and has helped secure Disney’s dominance of the global box office. But did you know […]
Disney’s Bob Iger reiterates that X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool are “part of Marvel Studios”
Since the historic merger between between the Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox, the one question fans have been asking is if Fox’s Marvel characters will be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During Disney’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger reiterated that the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool are “part of Marvel Studios”, […]
Disney wants to make more Planet of the Apes movies
Disney is planning to make more Planet of the Apes movies according to a recent report. Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox has certainly increased its portfolio of high profile movie franchises. One of these is Planet of the Apes and now we know that Disney has every intention of continuing the series. Variety is […]
Disney CEO confident that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be “extremely popular” with fans
Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, says that he is confident that fans of the franchise are going to be very pleased with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We are only a matter of months away from the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – the much anticipated final chapter in the […]
Bob Iger jokes he needs Wikipedia to see everything that Disney owns
Disney CEO Bob Iger has joked that he needed to look on Wikipedia to see everything that the studio now owns. It’s fair to say that Disney is a very successful company and they are certainly dominating the movie business as a studio, thanks to the large number of high profile properties they own like […]
Disney boss says expect Star Wars “slowdown” in the wake of Solo: A Star Wars Story
The journey to the cinema screen for Solo: A Star Wars Story is so well documented that even a protracted Star Wars scrawl couldn’t condense the hirings, firings, castings, and eventual catastrophe, but now the dust kicked up by the Millennium Falcon has settled, Disney head honcho Bob Iger has been speaking to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Bob Iger says Star Wars: The Last Jedi is “a great next chapter in the iconic Skywalker family saga”
To be fair, a Disney CEO who has seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi 10 months prior to release isn’t exactly going to publicly bash the mega-hyped blockbuster on social media. However, the tweet embedded below suggests that Disney’s Bob Iger endorses the film as a worthy next chapter in the ongoing Skywalker saga. SEE […]
Disney’s Bob Iger says Marvel movies “will go on forever”, more Star Wars after Episode IX
If you’re a Marvel and / or Star Wars fan and somewhat concerned that Disney could bring the curtain down on your favourite franchise after Infinity War or the conclusion of the Sequel Trilogy then fear no more, as Disney chairman Bob Iger has confirmed that won’t be the case. “Marvel, you’re dealing with thousands and thousands of characters […]
Disney’s Bob Iger rules out R-rated Marvel movies
In the wake of Deadpool’s box office success, 20th Century Fox is embracing the R-rated comic book movie, with Wolverine 3 aiming for that rating and X-Force looking likely to follow suit, while Warner Bros. too has announced an R-rated cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, despite venturing into darker territory with […]
New look at the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As part of a profile on Bob Iger at Fortune Magazine, a new image of the Disney CEO has arrived online, showing him standing on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens next to the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Star Wars: The […]
