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Inside Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Fiasco March 26, 2025
On Aug. 12, 2024, three days after Rachel Zegler hit the stage at Disney’s D23 fan event to introduce the first official trailer of “Snow White,” she thanked supporters effusively in an X post for driving the teaser to 120 million views in 24 hours. ...
Disney Is Bungling its Most Treasured Property March 24, 2025
Disney’s new live-action Snow White, dogged by controversy after controversy, must have been cursed at birth by a wicked fairy (oops, wait, wrong fairy tale)....
Disney’s ‘Mufasa’ and the Back Story on Hollywood Back Stories May 03, 2024
“This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows, on the other side of the light.” So goes the voice-over for a newly released trailer to “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the follow-up to Disney’s 2019 movie “The Lion King,” itself a remake that e...
Bob Iger’s Invincible Era Is Over March 28, 2024
If Bob Iger were a Marvel superhero, his power would be persuasion. The Disney CEO has long leaned on his ability to convince others of his plans. From film and TV writers, directors and stars, to Disney shareholders, to the company’s own board membe...
Human Dignity and the Politics of Dune March 25, 2024
Dune: Part Two is a blockbuster worthy of the name. Earning over $200 million dollars so far at the box office, it is the highest-grossing film of 2024, and proof that, in the era of superhero film fatigue—as well as the failure of storytelling that ...
What’s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content? March 13, 2024
As the child of a popular mom blogger in the 2010s, Vanessa* worked throughout her childhood and adolescence. She filmed videos, edited social media posts, and participated in brand deals with companies like Disney—plus, she wrote and starred in cont...
Second Coming of Megan Ellison March 07, 2024
In early 2021, Megan Ellison emerged from a self-imposed Hollywood exile and did something she hadn’t done in over a year: She signed on to back a movie, Nimona. There was a time when this would not have been remarkable, when Ellison’s Annapurna Pict...
The Princess and the Girlboss February 27, 2024
Although Disney has never shied away from a certain amount of darkness in its animated feature films — this is, after all, the studio that notoriously introduced millions of traumatized children to the concept of seeing your parents murdered in front...
Warner, Fox, Disney to Launch Streaming Sports Venture February 07, 2024
It’s a game-changer.Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney are set to launch a new streaming joint venture that will make all of their sports programming available under a single broadband roof, a move that will put content from ESPN, TNT and F...
