Category: Disney
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Disney+ Beats Expectations With Subscription Growth
Disney+ has beat subscription expectations in the last quarter. The announcement came from an earnings call on February 9. 2022. This comes in contrast with the quarter before where subscription numbers were soft. Instead, Disney+ gained 11.8 million new subscribers in the last quarter. According to StreetAccount, an average of analysts expected that Disney+ would…
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The Walt Disney Company Reports First Quarter Earnings for Fiscal 2022
BURBANK, Calif.–The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter ended January 1, 2022. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the quarter increased to $0.63 from $0.02 in the prior-year quarter. Excluding certain items(1), diluted EPS for the quarter increased to $1.06 from $0.32 in the prior-year…
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“West Side Story” Coming to Disney+ in March
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story will soon be on Disney+. The movie will arrive on Disney+ in the United States and many overseas markets on March 2nd. This will be followed by its arrival on Disney+ in Taiwan on March 9th and Japan on March 20th. The ABC special, Something’s Coming: West Side Story –…
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The Walt Disney Company Brings Home 23 Oscar Nominations
We are just under two months away from the 94th Annual Academy Awards and this year promises to be big for The Walt Disney Company! As Oscar nominations were announced this morning, Disney fans were thrilled to see so many familiar titles listed, including three for Best Animated Feature Film! Of the ten movies that…
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Disney+ Announces Catherine Zeta-Jones Joins Cast of “National Treasure”
Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined the cast of the Disney+ Original series National Treasure. She joins the series that is starring Lisette Alexis who portrays a young heroine named Jess. Jess is a DREAMer who also happens to be brilliant and resourceful and is also trying to find the truth about her family’s mysterious past and…
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Disney+ Releases Trailer and Poster for “Cheaper by the Dozen”
Disney+ has released a new trailer and poster for its remake of 2003’s Cheaper by the Dozen. This Disney+ Original movie stars Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff and is set to premiere on March 18, 2022. The trailer released today gives a look at the blended family of 12, the Bakers, and the craziness that…
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Celebrate Walt Disney’s Marceline with D23
Marceline, Missouri is one of those places that should be on every Walt Disney fans’ bucket list to visit. This is the small town that inspired not only Walt’s career but of course, Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland as well. Walt once said, “I’m glad I’m a small-town boy, and I’m glad Marceline was my…
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Disney Twenty-Three Cover to Feature Turning Red!
STAR SANDRA OH AND DIRECTOR DOMEE SHI DISCUSS THE MAGIC BEHIND DISNEY AND PIXAR’S NEWEST COLORFUL CREATION ALSO IN THE SPRING ISSUE: UNTANGLING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UPCOMING DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF AN ADVENTURE ABOARD THE STAR WARS: GALACTIC STARCRUISER, AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES ON THE MAKING OF THE NEW GUARDIANS OF THE…
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Disney+ Celebrates Black History Month With New Titles and Collections
February is Black History Month. In honor of Black History Month, Disney+ is adding new titles and adding a Celebrating Black Stories collection as well. This is part of an effort by Disney to amplify Black stories. Hulu and ESPN+ will also be adding content as well. New content will appear on the Black Stories…
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Disney+ Original Documentary “More Than Robots” To Premiere At SXSW Film Festival 2022
Documentary Film from Gillian Jacobs and Supper Club Streams Exclusively on Disney+ March 18 Today, Disney+ announced that the Gillian Jacobs-directed film “More Than Robots,” an original documentary presented by Supper Club and Disney+ and made in partnership with FIRST®, will premiere at the world-renowned SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival on March 14. On…
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Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers Complete Series Coming to Blu-Ray and Digital Download
Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers Complete Series will soon be available for fans to watch whenever they choose. All 65 of the original episode of the beloved series will be released for Digital Download and Blu-Ray on February 15, 2022. Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers originally ran for three seasons from 1989 through 1990 on the Disney…
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Disney’s Encanto Tune Hits #1 on Billboard Hot 100
We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Disney’s animated movie Encanto has hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. This is the first time that a Disney tune has done this since 1993’s A Whole New World from Aladdin. This is the first time that a song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda has reached the…
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Disney Earns Top Score in HRC Foundation Corporate Equality Index
The Walt Disney Company proudly announces that for the 16th year in a row it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Disney’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria earned…
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Bob Foster Passes Away At 97
Bob Foster, who helped head the property search and land acquisition for Walt Disney World, has passed away. He began at Walt Disney Productions in 1956, working in real property law and as a legal counsel for Disneyland. He also managed the legislative package that established the Reedy Creek Improvement District. In 1970, he was…
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Tami Garcia, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Shares Letter With Potential Hires
Tami Garcia, the Senior Vice President or Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products has written a public letter to potential Disney hires. In it, she shares the benefits and reasons to explore some of the opportunities of working for Disney. Read the full letter below: If you’ve ever been…
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Alexia Quadrani to Lead Investor Relations for The Walt Disney Company
Alexia Quadrani is being named Senior Vice President, Investor Relations for The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Christine McCarthy, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Quadrani most recently served as Managing Director and Senior Analyst for J.P. Morgan’s U.S. Media Equity Research group. She will report directly to McCarthy. “Alexia…
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Bette Midler Wraps Filming on Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus fans are one step closer to seeing the sequel. Bette Midler has shared that she finished filming her portions of Hocus Pocus 2. In a post on Twitter, Midler shared a photo of what looked to be some sort of edible spooky treat with the caption “THAT’S A WRAP!!!!” The treat had a…
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D23 Celebrates Tokyo DisneySea’s 20th Anniversary with Virtual Event
D23 is continuing to find brand new ways to entertain Disney fans from around the world. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea, D23 is giving its members the opportunity to “Celebrate Tokyo DisneySea with D23 and Walt Disney Imagineering” as their “Magical Milestones” series continues to mark some of the biggest Disney Parks anniversaries. This exclusive virtual event…
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Disney Princess Toy Line Heads Back to Mattel, Star Wars Stays With Hasbro
The Disney Princess toy line is heading back to Mattel. This comes after the toy company lost licensing rights to Hasbro in 2016. With this return, Mattel will again be making toys for the Disney Princess toy line that includes the Frozen franchise and more. Mattel will again start selling Disney toys in 2023. The…
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Disney+ Orders Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
DISNEY+ HAS ORDERED A THRILLING QUEST BASED ON “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS,” THE INTERNATIONALLY BEST-SELLING BOOK SERIES BY RICK RIORDAN, TO GO INTO PRODUCTION THIS SUMMER Riordan and Jon Steinberg Will Write the Pilot with James Bobin Directing; All Three Serve As Executive Producers on the Disney Branded Television Series From 20th Television BURBANK, Calif. (January 25,…
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Bob Iger and Bob Chapek Saw Compensation Double in 2021 Regulatory Filing Reveals
In regulatory filings from The Walt Disney Company, a look at the pay of Disney executives was given in 2021. For both now-retired Bob Iger and CEO Bob Chapek, 2021 saw a significant increase in income after the challenging events of 2020. The now-retired Executive Chairman Bob Iger saw his compensation grow from $21 million…
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“The Aristocats” Getting Live-Action Remake at Disney
The Aristocats is the newest film to get the animation to live-action remake treatment at Disney. Variety has confirmed that the 1970 animated musical is being made into a live-action film. The new version of The Aristocats has Will Gluck, who directed Peter Rabbit and Onward scribe Keith Bunin is the script. Gluck is also…
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A Series Inspired By The Award-Winning Book “The Crossover” By Kwame Alexander, Is Set For Disney+
The SpringHill Company’s LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Jamal Henderson Joining Series as Executive Producers BURBANK, Calif. (January 20, 2022) – “The Crossover,” a drama series based on the critically acclaimed bestselling novel in verse by Kwame Alexander, a Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Book Awards’ Author Honoree, has been ordered to series for premiere on…
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The Walt Disney Company Creates International Content Group To Expand Pipeline Of Local Content And Continue To Grow Its Global Direct-To-Consumer Business
Rebecca Campbell to lead new international content creation hub for Company’s DTC platforms as Chairman, International Content and Operations Michael Paull promoted to newly created role overseeing Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu and Star+ Joe Earley named President of Hulu BURBANK, Calif., January 19, 2022 –To support the ongoing expansion of The Walt Disney Company’s (NYSE: DIS)…