The world premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash takes place on Monday, December 1, in Los Angeles, CA. That’s almost three weeks before the film will be released in theaters on December 19, which means Disney is incredibly confident in the film. It has no problem with reactions leaking out early, presumably because the company […]
Disney Is Getting in on AI Slop
During an earnings call with shareholders today, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the company’s streaming platform, Disney+, is preparing to expand with new elements—including ways for subscribers to share and create Disney-themed content with generative AI. “The other thing that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to […]
A List of Ways You Can Cheat Death in ‘Star Wars’ That Someone Should Show Bob Iger
This week, we learned that we came shockingly close to the return of Adam Driver to Star Wars in a project called The Hunt for Ben Solo, which would’ve seen the actor (working with director Steven Soderbergh) revive Ben Solo after the events of Rise of Skywalker and navigate his redemptive arc. That is, until apparently Disney […]
Bob Iger Insists Disney’s Focus Is on Original Movies—but Is It?
A glance at the list of announced films coming from Walt Disney Studios—including Disney’s live-action and animated divisions, plus Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and more—will tell you a few things. The biggest is that the upcoming slate leans heavily toward sequels, reboots, remakes, and new entries in well-known series, something the […]
How Disneyland’s New Walt Animatronic Helps Celebrate the Past
Walt Disney—A Magical Life finally joins the Disneyland 70 anniversary festivities at the Disneyland Resort. The long-anticipated docu-style attraction featuring Walt Disney himself in audio-animatronic form is set to become a permanent feature at the Opera House on Main Street, USA, at the park’s entrance. io9 was on hand for the media preview of the […]