Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek says the release pattern of Black Widow will be a “last-minute” decision, a sentiment that won’t reassure movie theater owners or others rooting for a Covid-19 rebound.
The executive made the comments to Bloomberg Television while standing in front of Disneyland, which just set its limited-capac…
With Disney and key exhibitors at loggerheads over the rental terms for the studio’s latest theatrical day and date Disney+ PVOD of Raya and the Last Dragon, leave it to a Girl Scout to call Disney CEO Bob Chapek to the carpet on why her local theater wasn’t playing the movie.
During the Q&A at Disney’s annual share…
Today at Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bob Chapek continued to underscore that the release date for Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is May 7, and that the Cate Shortland-directed title will be seen in theaters. Chapek made the same confirmation back on Feb. 11 during the studio’s fiscal Q1…
"It has been a very trying year. The most difficult we've had in recent memory, if ever," said Bob Iger, first up Tuesday at the company's virtual annual shareholders meeting. Sounding moved, he noted that it would be his last as he prepares to exit after 16 years as CEO and, more recently, executive chairman, and…
Disney CEO Chapek Bob Chapek Tuesday said he doesn't "really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning" – responding to a shareholder who accused Hollywood and the company of a double standard in firing Gina Carano from The Mandalorian because she's a conservative.
The stockholder, speaking…
Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Disneyland will open in “late April” — declining to give a specific date today but at least narrowing the window.
Under new state reopening guidelines released Friday by California public health officials, the park could have opened April 1. Attendance at the Magic Kingdom initially will be…
Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Monday that despite how rotten it was to have theme parks closed for so long, the forced downtime was also an opportunity to tinker with technology and data to reopen better than before, for both guests and for shareholders.
Speaking at a Morgan Stanley media conference, Chapek was cautious…
Disney CEO Bob Chapek suggested that the company will likely shrink the exclusive period when its films play only in theaters, though he didn’t offer any specifics.
“The consumer is probably more impatient than they’ve ever been before,” he said of the market shifts during Covid-19, “particularly since now they’ve had…
Walt Disney has named Jenny Cohen to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility, reporting directly to CEO Bob Chapek.
Cohen, a 23-year Disney veteran was most recently SVP, Brand, Franchise and Customer Relationship Management. She will lead the media giant's global Corporate Social…
More than a year after launching Disney+, a clear success with just shy of 94.9 million global subscribers, Disney has so far reported the least amount of viewership data of any major streaming competitor.
The company’s quarterly earnings call today with Wall Street analysts continued the close-to-the-vest trend…
Disney CEO Bob Chapek anticipates Disneyland and other parks in 2022 may be mask free and without onerous social distancing for a Covid free, vaccinated populace.
Theme parks have been hardest hit among Disney’s businesses. At a conference call to talk over the media giant’s latest earnings, execs said flagship…
Bob Iger, Disney’s executive chairman, saw his pay package slump to $21 million in fiscal 2020 from $47 million the year before, which included a large bonus.
Specifically, his previous package had non-equity incentive plan compensation of $21,75 million. Last year, that was zero.
CEO Bob Chapek earned $14.2 million…
