Tag: Hollywood
Bob Iger Looks to Sell Disney Assets
According to Bloomberg, Disney CEO Bob Iger is looking into selling about one-third of the company, primarily focusing on Disney’s TV assets. Channels like ABC, Freeform, and FX are up for sale, while Disney seeks a business partner for ESPN. At this time, they don’t want to sell ESPN altogether...
Read MoreDeadpool 3 and Mission: Impossible 8 Among Movies Halting Production Amid Actors’ Strike
Audiences may feel the effects of the actors’ strike sooner than they thought. According to The Hollywood Reporter, several films that are scheduled to arrive in theaters as early as next year have had their productions halted; one of them had been rumored to be near completion. The films THR has ...
Read MoreThe Actors’ Strike is Happening and AI is at its Center
Actors are leaving movie sets for the picket lines. SAG-AFTRA – the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists – will be going on strike at midnight tonight (Pacific Time), joining the continuing strike of the WGA, or Writers’ Guild of America. SAG has been threate...
Read MoreBob Iger Extends Contract, Comments on Strikes
Disney has extended CEO Bob Iger’s contract to 2026. It was previously supposed to end in 2024. Additionally, he recently spoke to CNBC’s David Faber about the Writer’s Guild and Actor’s Guild Strikes. Check out what Iger had to say here (via Variety): “It’s very disturbing to me. We’v...
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a Bomb and It’s Your Fault
If the coffin containing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny needed a final nail, this weekend was it. After a disastrous opening weekend and losing the Fourth of July box office to Sound of Freedom, it also dropped from first place in its second weekend of release, losing to Insidious: The Red Do...
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Bombs, to No One’s Surprise
As predicted, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is bombing at the box office. It met the insanely meager expectations box office predictors had set in its opening weekend, garnering $60 million domestically and $130 million worldwide. For a film that needs to make at least $800 million to break ...
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