A Disney employee has sued the Burbank entertainment giant for allegedly failing to investigate the sexual harassment and assault she allegedly suffered at the hands of an executive at the company. “Women were discouraged to come forward about his behaviors because management seemingly accepted Gonzales conduct as being part of the entertainment industry and his firing would hurt the company …
NEW YORK — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. The character was to span several films and series as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next-phase answer to Thanos, the villain of “Avengers: Endgame.” Majors had already appeared in “ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and the first two seasons of “Loki.” He was to star …
New York CNN Business — Like other changes to entertainment distribution through the years, the studio shift toward streaming — hastened by the unforeseen consequences of the pandemic — has Hollywood talent and their representatives demanding a different way to be paid. Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney over the simultaneous streaming release of “Black Widow” marks perhaps the most significant …
Disney is passing the torch at the top of its movie studio. The division Bergman and Horn oversee is now dubbed Disney Studios Content, which encompasses a sprawling array of units including the Blue Sky animation studio, prestigious film label Searchlight Pictures and Disney’s live theatrical production business, in addition to Lucasfilm, Marvel and Pixar. The heads of Disney’s production …
Lagos, Nigeria CNN — Disney, is joining forces with a Nigerian production and distribution company to market some of the American entertainment conglomerate’s new releases such as “Mulan” in English-speaking West Africa. The firm has also distributed and produced Nigerian box office hits such as “The Wedding Party,” and “New Money.’” “What the deal means is that we are exclusive …
Walt Disney Studios has postponed the March 27 release of “Mulan,” a source close to the studio confirms, making the action epic the latest Hollywood studio blockbuster release to be disrupted in light of escalating concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Disney also postponed planned releases of the already much-delayed X-Men franchise entry “The New Mutants,” to be released through Fox, …
New York: The Fox Studio backlot, first built in 1926 on a Century City ranch in Los Angeles, was enormous. “It’s a sad day for students of film history and I think it’s potentially a sad day for audiences too,” said Tom Rothman, former chairman of Fox and the current chief of Sony Pictures. “There will just be less diversity …
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