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Ryan Reynolds said a single, four-word line of advice from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has driven him – and haunted him – in the years since he first heard it. Prior to the release of Deadpool & Wolverine this summer, Reynolds recalled, “It had been six years since I had done one of those movies…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has made an “aggressive” effort to reassure film and TV production executives and the Broadway theater community that the state ardently supports their industries. “I was just sitting down with [Disney CEO] Bob Iger yesterday, talking about how I want more…

Attacks on ABC and other broadcast networks are nothing new for Donald Trump, but tonight the former president went full rabid dog on the Disney-owned outlet, its boss and its star newsman. Ahead of the ABC News hosted debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on September 10, Trump declared "ABC is…

EXCLUSIVE: Peyton and Eli Manning have won Super Bowls, Emmys and countless other trophies. But their mantel lacks a Tony Award – for now, anyway. In an elaborate promo for the fourth season of ESPN’s “ManningCast” (watch it above), the former NFL quarterback brothers set their sights on Broadway’s…

As expected, Disney's board has named director James P. Gorman to chair its Succession Planning Committee as the search for an executive to follow Bob Iger as CEO starts to heat up. Gorman joined the Disney Board earlier this year after having overseen a recent succession process at Morgan Stanley…

It was “a mistake” to tell CNBC in an interview last year that linear TV assets “may not be core” to the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a new podcast interview. “I wasn’t wrong about my observation, but it wasn’t necessary for me to utter those words publicly, because it caused an incredible…

The news of the moment keeps veering between cutbacks and comebacks. Keep your shrink on hold. Paramount is laying off thousands and closing its TV studio, but Skydance's David Ellison, its new owner, promises that an important new slate is on its way…

Disney CEO Bob Iger said he sees “tremendous value” in the company’s 11-year rights extension with the NBA despite the significant increase in costs over the previous agreement. Speaking on the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts, Iger also addressed potential…

Disney and NBCUniversal are locked in a dispute about how much the former must pay the latter for absorbing the rest of Hulu. Disney late last year paid Comcast's NBCU a previously agreed upon floor price of $8.6 billion and both sides had their own bankers calculating how much more, if any, was…

Disney gave more insight into its celebrated streaming profitability in Bob Iger-briefed executive remarks after its results early this morning, and it’s not just new content bringing people to the service. According to the remarks, which are a change from the way in which Disney usually unveils its…

This morning's third quarter earnings report revealed that Disney's combined streaming services are finally turning a profit but the Mouse House’s legal costs are still pretty pricey too. Specifically, $65 million pricey. “In the current quarter, the Company recorded a charge of $65 million…

Disney beat its own timeframe to reach streaming profits in an upbeat June quarter that also saw a big contribution from Inside Out 2. For well over a year, the company’s promised a streaming swing to the black in the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter but nailed it earlier, reporting $47 million in DTC operating…