After years of insane growth. I'm not saying that Chapek was instrumental to that either but I just don't think that Disney is quite seeing that maybe Chapek's decision are what's actually causing a very small decline.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down as CEO. Bob Chapek will replace him. (CNBC)
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Iger was on Bill Simmons podcast recently and eluded that he'd be stepping down in tbe next couole years.
Guy was a force at Disney also if was a great interview esp because iger was technically Simmons top boss during his beef with espn. Can't Google it now but go look for it it was about a week ago or so.
Lot of respect for iger for his work at Disney and he seems really introspective.
Here it is it's a good interview
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Guy was a force at Disney also if was a great interview esp because iger was technically Simmons top boss during his beef with espn. Can't Google it now but go look for it it was about a week ago or so.
Lot of respect for iger for his work at Disney and he seems really introspective.
Here it is it's a good interview
Disney CEO Robert Iger on the Streaming Wars and Leadership Lessons | The Bill Simmons Podcast
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Disney CEO Robert Iger to discuss his book The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years As CEO of the...
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Surprised he stepped down this soon, since he's still contracted to stay as CEO for another year. Though he is still the chairman as of now?
No matter how one feels about the quality of Disney films, Iger was definitely an excellent CEO that got shit done! Plus the 180 he did for the company after the Eisner years.
And I'm also barely hearing about this Bob Chapek now. Yeesh, so that explains why Star Wars Galaxy's Edge didn't turn out so well at first? Not really confident how he will manage the company as a whole. Just hope it doesn't have a significant effect on the creative efforts of Feige and friends.
No matter how one feels about the quality of Disney films, Iger was definitely an excellent CEO that got shit done! Plus the 180 he did for the company after the Eisner years.
And I'm also barely hearing about this Bob Chapek now. Yeesh, so that explains why Star Wars Galaxy's Edge didn't turn out so well at first? Not really confident how he will manage the company as a whole. Just hope it doesn't have a significant effect on the creative efforts of Feige and friends.
Coronavirus and potential parks shutting down is my guess. Not something he wants to deal with at the end of his run.
I really don't know what you're trying to say or add to the conversation.
He's been at the helm for 15 years and he'll be 70 this year. While he made no announcement prior it was thought that he'd be stepping down within the next couple years. There doesn't have to be an ulterior motive, global pandemics, or anything else. He's overseen the largest period of growth at Disney in generations, maybe ever going back to Walt or Roy, Disney owns Fox and his pet project, Disney+, has so far been a major success. He'll be on till 2021 as executive chairman and will certainly ease the transition.
I was thinking office space but this is a better movie. Cock a doodle doo motherfuckers.What about Bobs?
Yea but his replacement is news and judging by the reactions, it's a big deal.
Truly the end of an era. Iger did a lot for the film part of the company and had a lot of clean-up to do on the international parks side. There's definitely been a lot left to be desired on the domestic park side, particularly over in Florida, but there's no doubt that he build one of the strongest portfolios in entertainment. I don't have a lot of confidence in Chapek due to his track record in the parks division, especially on the domestic front, but we know the way things work at Disney in those positions: sink or swim.
But yes, you can tell this was a sudden decision to get ahead of the upcoming losses. Might be a veiled way to test Chapek by seeing how he fends off the wolves since we are going to see the company dealing with the Coronavirus fallout on the film, parks and manufacturing timeline fronts. Interesting times ahead my friends.
But yes, you can tell this was a sudden decision to get ahead of the upcoming losses. Might be a veiled way to test Chapek by seeing how he fends off the wolves since we are going to see the company dealing with the Coronavirus fallout on the film, parks and manufacturing timeline fronts. Interesting times ahead my friends.
After a dominant 2019 and the launch of Disney+, couldn't think of a better time to retire and end on a high.
(Well, maybe having a good Star Wars movie to wrap up the trilogy)
(Well, maybe having a good Star Wars movie to wrap up the trilogy)
Not good under Chapek. He's a money guy. He'll go for any decision that makes him more money (appease China, etc.).
and that wasn't Iger?
Under Iger we got, a relaunch of Star Wars that outside of the Last Jedi was similar to the original trilogy, a massive number of live action remakes of Disney animated movies, promoting that ____ movie would have the first gay character in their franchise history only to have that character be a background character who mentions their gay lover once, or its some character who kisses in the background, and that scene would be cut in international airings.
Happy that Chapek is taken out of the Parks development since I am not a fan of his vision of slapping IP onto everything.
Though I know whoever takes over will ultimately report to him so I guess nothing will change.
Though I know whoever takes over will ultimately report to him so I guess nothing will change.
Iger was a money man BUT he was also very hands off when it came to letting people run their own departments if they kept churning out hits. Far as I know he never really interfered with Feige and the MCU and even helped get him more independence by removing that racist fuckwad Pearlmutter from the chain of command so Feige reported to Iger directly.
From everything I heard about Chapek, he looks to be another micromanager whose only goal is to keep costs low.
The park that has had RotR boarding passes sell out in less than minutes after park opening. Get out of here.
That's actually due to capacity and throughput issues on the ride itself. The parks are not crazy crowded after the initial bumrush to get in; at least that's how's it's been over at Disneyland when I've gone on the weekends since Rise opened up. All that's happening is that attendence is being front-loaded; to be fair, that usually means more in food sales since you're keeping people in the gate longer.
Bob not making enough money for their satisfaction?
Hopefully he was just ready to retire.
Disney needs to get rid of this guy fast.
At D23 (Disney paid convention for hardcore fans) this guy went on to the Disney Parks Panel and talked about Disney forming a partnership with Target for nearly 20min in a 90min panel.
At D23 (Disney paid convention for hardcore fans) this guy went on to the Disney Parks Panel and talked about Disney forming a partnership with Target for nearly 20min in a 90min panel.
Sure, you want my Paypal to give me the money now or?
You don't hire an interim person and keep them for a decade. That's an incredibly long time for a CEO to be in place and the impact a CEO can have in that amount of time is massive.
I'm critical of Iger in many ways but he's certainly better than his replacement.
Chapek is fucking awful.
A true visionary who knows where things belong...
Chapek is fucking awful.
A true visionary who knows where things belong...
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This sort of leadership looks to be another Walt/Roy and Eisner/Wells dynamic.
Bob Iger staying around for the creative decision making is definitely reminiscent of what Walt Disney did before his passing.
Bob Iger staying around for the creative decision making is definitely reminiscent of what Walt Disney did before his passing.
Have we all been watching Succession or something.
Tom was the Parks guy there right?
And that park was turning out so good when Iger just entered the picture :(
Chapek came and said, oh i see you build a whole park anchored by this 1920s huge structure you can see from all around the park, why dont... i just slam this cheapo factory shit, put a big ip and call it a day...
Wait, while we are at it, downgrade buena vista street and destroy paradise pier, with i dont know... pixar maybe.
I hope so. Chapek has NO positive traits. I've been following the parks pretty intently over the past few years and no one, ever (ever) has had a single nice thing to say about him. His singular goal seems to be figuring out how to wring as much money out of the consumer as possible.
You know what, maybe Chapek's positive trait was that the other options were actually FAR worse.
Good riddance
Someone make a gif superimposing Iger and Eisner over the force ghosts' faces at the end and Chapek over Luke's.
Well yeah, that's probably the reason they're picking him for CEO.
RotR is still instantly getting booked to max capacity for the entire day within 1 minute of the park opening. Hollywood Studios has massive lines long before the park opens every day. It hasn't gone down at all at Disney World.
Pretty much.
It's an incredibly sad thing to see.
Ride capacity is a massively problematic thing at Disney nowadays and it's the main reason the parks are incredibly overcrowded.
The Great Movie Ride? Let's replace that with a ride that has a far lower capacity, instead of the logical thing of putting it in the Animation Courtyard...
Instead of replacing they should be adding rides.
As someone who lives in Europe im happy I could visit the park before the destruction started. Still incredibly sad, because that should have never happened.
Yeah I went to HS last Friday and the park was beyond packed. I had to wait like an hour to get a legacy lightsaber, Smugglers Run was over 3 hour wait. It's bizarre how much RotR boosted traffic, I went in October and was able to walk on to Smugglers Run