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EXCLUSIVE:  Frank Patterson, who served as the Disney Vice President of Sales Eastern Division, has exited the studio after 17 years, Deadline has learned. Patterson is a second generation theatrical distribution vet; his father Frank Patterson Sr. was the longtime EVP and Head Film Buyer at Loews Theaters. When you…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney music vet Tom MacDougall has been named President, Walt Disney Music. MacDougall’s promotion comes in the wake of the studio’s Fox acquisition and recent content & distribution reorganization. Disney Studios Content is consolidating production of music for its live-action and animated content –both…

Disney this morning has named Alan Bergman as Chairman, Disney Studios Content, with Alan Horn continuing to serve as the division's Chief Creative Officer. The two previously served as Co-Chairmen since May 2019. News was swirling heading into Disney Investor Day on Dec. 10 that Horn might possibly retire, but that’s…

The Barcid Foundation is accepting applications for its third Native American Feature Film Writers Lab, a 10-week program that will take place online in late August through late October 2020. The Native American Feature Film Writers Lab was created in accordance with the Barcid Foundation's mission to improve media…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the departure of Emma Watts at 20th Century Studios last month, the label’s 18-year vet Steve Asbell has been named President, Production, of the Disney-owned film division, Deadline has learned. He’ll report to Walt Disney Studios Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer Alan Horn and Co-Chairman…

The VFX wizard behind such films as Titanic and Apollo 13, Robert Legato has made it his mission in recent years to advance the art form of photorealistic computer-generated animation. Winning his third Oscar in 2016 for his work on Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, Legato then reteamed with the director on a CG remake…

The first-time feature director behind Toy Story 4, Josh Cooley faced a particular kind of challenge when Don Rickles passed away in the middle of production, in April of 2017. Voicing Mr. Potato Head throughout the franchise, which kicked off in 1995, the legendary actor and stand-up comedian did initially sign on to…

With Toy Story 4, which marked his feature directorial debut, Josh Cooley faced a high-pressure situation, looking to create an excitingly fresh animated film that would do justice to the legacy of an iconic franchise, while conjuring up the perfect send-off for Woody, one of the most beloved characters in Pixar's…

Today, Walt Disney Studios' Chief Creative Officer and Co-Chairman Alan Horn and Co-Chairman Alan Bergman announced that Walt Disney Animation Studios President Andrew Millstein has been named Co-President of Blue Sky Studios. The news comes as the Burbank studio continues to bring the assets of Fox under its domain…

Matt Damon and Christian Bale have the need for speed in the first trailer for 20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari. In the first look at the film, we see Damon as a visionary American car designer and Bale — using his real accent (I think) — as the fearless British-born driver Kevin Miles as they try to build a car to…

In the wake of releasing the fastest grossing movie to a record $1 billion-plus proportions around the globe, Avengers: Endgame, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Robert Iger announced this morning that Disney 23 year vet and Walt Disney Studios President Alan Bergman is being promoted to Co-Chairman of the Studio…

EXCLUSIVE: Every Disney princess worth her salt deserves a song, and in Phil Johnston and Rich Moore’s Ralph Breaks the Internet, Vanellope von Schweetz gets one of her own, as seen in the video above. With lyrics by Johnston and Tom McDougall, and music by Alan Menken, the song is unlike any heard in a Disney…