Category: Disney
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Disney Updates Movie Release Schedule
This last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger shared on Disney’s annual shareholder virtual meeting that there is a strong slate of movies from the company. Since returning to The Walt Disney Company as the CEO, Iger has said multiple times that the company is focusing on quality content over quantity. He has also stressed the…
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Disney+ to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing in June
It has been known for quite some time that Disney+ will be cracking down on password sharing. The actual implementation of the updated user agreements for Disney+ regarding password sharing hadn’t been known until now. Bob Iger, fresh off winning a proxy fight against shareholder activist billionaire Nelson Peltz, spoke with CNBC on Thursday morning.…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Shares Confidence for Strong Future at Disney Annual Shareholder Meeting
Disney CEO Bob Iger shared that he has a sense of “renewed strength” during Disney’s annual shareholder meeting after Disney’s slate of nominees were elected to the Board of Directors. He also thanked shareholders for their “trust and confidence” in Disney with their votes. Shortly after the meeting, Disney shared that it appeared that Disney’s…
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Disney Shares Concept Art For Future Avatar Experience at Disneyland Resort
During its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, The Walt Disney Company shared concept art for what a future experience based on the Avatar movies could look like. This was a brief glimpse of what could possibly be but it will undoubtedly foster more conversation, excitement, and opinions as people analyze every inch…
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Disney Reveals New Look at ‘Moana 2’ During Annual Shareholder Meeting
During its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Disney shared a new look at Moana 2. The image shows Moana paddling out on her canoe into the sea with a look of determination on her face. In this sequel to the hit animated musical, Auli‘i Cravalho returns to lend her voice to Moana…
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Shareholders Vote To Elect Disney’s Full Slate of 12 Directors
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced that, based on the tabulation of its proxy solicitor, it appears that Disney’s full slate of 12 directors has been elected by a substantial margin over the nominees of Trian and Blackwells at Disney’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. Final voting tallies are subject to certification by…
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LIVE BLOG: 2024 The Walt Disney Company Annual Shareholder Meeting
On April 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM PDT The Walt Disney Company is holding its annual shareholder meeting virtually. Below is Daps Magic’s live coverage of this annual meeting. Tune in to watch the developments live or check back later! The full LIVE BLOG can be found here as well. What did you think of…
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Disney Reportedly Fends Off Proxy Fight Foes
The Walt Disney Company has reportedly had its full slate of 12 nominations reach a point where they will be elected to Disney’s Board of Directors. This means that the company has successfully fended off the efforts of Trian Group and also Blackwells Capital. This is according to Reuters. As of Tuesday night, there were…
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The Walt Disney Company and NatGeo Announce Global Earth Month Campaign ourHOME +
(BURBANK, CA / WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 1, 2024) The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic announced today a new global cross-platform campaign, ourHOME, timed to coincide with Earth Month. The campaign will spotlight efforts internally and externally that help protect, restore and celebrate ourHOME by highlighting creators, storytellers and cast members for their contributions. For over a century,…
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It’s the Eye of the Tiger in New ‘Tiger’ Trailer From Disneynature
A trailer has been released for Disneynature’s newest film, Tiger. The trailer, along with a new poster, comes ahead of this new film’s arrival on Earth Day, April 22, 2024 on Disney+. This new film comes 15 years after the first Disneynature film was released. The first Disneynature film, Earth, was the first one to…
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Disney Store Times Square Kicks Off Celebration of Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ on Broadway’s 10th Anniversary
Just days after Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway celebrated its 10th anniversary, Disney Store Times Square has now kicked off its own celebration of this iconic show. From April 1 to April 28, Disney Store Time Square will be hosting its own celebration of this Broadway favorite with Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway 10th Anniversary merchandise and…
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Meet Ruby, Space Babies, A Villain, and The Doctor in New ‘Doctor Who’ Trailer
A new trailer has been released for Doctor Who. In it, fans get introduced to Ruby, space babies, a terrifying villain of of course The Doctor. The trailer was released on Easter Sunday ahead of its arrival on Disney+ in May. The trailer is full of new adventures and challenges for The Doctor and Ruby…
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Hannah Montana Weekend Coming to Disney’s El Capitan Theatre
A special “Disney 2000s at the El Capitan Theatre” throwback weekend featuring recently named Disney Legend Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana is coming April 20 and 21. “Hannah Montana: The Movie” and “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 3D” will each be shown for one night. Playing Saturday, April 20 at…
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Wishes Come True as Disney ‘Aladdin’ Celebrates 10 Years of Broadway Magic
On March 20, 2024, Disney Aladdin celebrated its 10th anniversary on Broadway. To say the night was a wish come true for fans of the Broadway musical would be an understatement. The show was filled with Easter Eggs, including 24 returning alumni of the show including the original stars. The show has built quite the…
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SOLD OUT: D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event Tickets
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is officially sold out of all general tickets. On the first day of sales for all D23 members, tickets sold out within hours of being made available. This came after two days of pre-sales for D23 Gold Members and D23 members (Gold or General) with a Visa card. By…
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Tickets Begin to Sell Out on Second Day of Pre-sales for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event
Tickets sold out on Wednesday during sales for Visa card holders who were also D23 members and also using their Visa cards. Tickets went on sale at 12:00 noon PT for those who were eligible to purchase tickets on Wednesday. Shortly after ticket sales opened, a notice could be seen on the queue page reminding…
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The Walt Disney Company To Webcast Annual Shareholder Meeting
The Walt Disney Company will be webcasting its annual shareholder meeting on April 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM PT. The meeting will include comments by Disney CEO Bob Iger and other leaders from the company. It will also mark the end of the current proxy fight that Disney has predominantly with Nelson Peltz and his…
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Hulu on Disney+ Officially Launches
Those who have Disney+ might have noticed a change this week in the logo. This came as Disney geared up for the official integration of Hulu with Disney+. Today, Disney announced that Hulu on Disney+ officially has launched. This for subscribers of both Disney+ and Hulu (Disney Bundle) in the United States. “The collective power…
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Disney+ Releasing Beach Boys Documentary
Just in time for the summer season to begin, “The Beach Boys,” a documentary about the iconic band, will premiere on Disney+ on May 24. They were formed in Hawthorne, CA in 1961. The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The group was known…
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D23 Gold Member Tickets Sell Out in Three Hours
The first round of tickets for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event went on sale on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. By 3:00 PM, it appeared that ticket sales had concluded for the day when the pre-sale was paused. A notice on the the queue page for tickets said the following: The ticket allotment for today’s…
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Next ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Movie to Be a “Reboot”
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is one of the more popular series of movies from The Walt Disney Company. However, there hasn’t been a new movie in the franchise since 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales. This doesn’t mean that there haven’t been any efforts made for a new film, though. In fact, work…
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The Coffee Builders to Host Disney Legend Bob Gurr in Phoenix
The restaurant and design studio, The Coffee Builders and Porter Barn Wood are co-hosting the iconic theme park designer and one of the original Disney Imagineers, Bob Gurr, for a one-day-only seminar series. Gurr is a living theme park legend whom Walt Disney personally hired to design attraction vehicles for beloved rides including Disneyland’s Monorail,…
