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Obama Nominates HBO VP For Ambassador To Spain
14 June 2013 1:55 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
As was widely expected, President Barack Obama today named James Costos as next Ambassador to Spain. The HBO VP of Global Licensing and Retail was a big bundler for Obama’s reelection campaign last year and co-hosted fundraisers in both La and NYC along with his partner Michael Smith. Despite the big bucks Obama raised from Hollywood last year, Costos is the only industry member to be named to such a post so far. Another big Obama fundraiser Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had been said to be angling to be named Ambassador to either her birth country of the United Kingdom or France but the Court of St. James post ended up going to other big money backer while the current rep in Paris, former Henson Company CEO Charles Rivkin, remains the same. Related: Obama With Bob Iger, Jim Gianopulos, & Jj Abrams At Peter Chernin Fundraisers; Jokes About Hollywood Democrat “Donor Fatigue” Costos, »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Disney Hopes New Videogame Will Bolster Its Worst Performing Division
12 June 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Every three months, Walt Disney Co. regales Wall Street with its quarterly results. There hasn’t been much for CEO Bob Iger to worry about since each of his divisions, from cable TV to theme parks, has performed strongly, with even the film studio showing signs of a turnaround this year. One laggard, however, has remained : Disney Interactive.
The group, which oversees games and online efforts, spent 16 consecutive quarters in the red until posting its first profit in February. But a $54 million loss the subsequent quarter means Iger’s pledge to investors that the division would be profitable for the duration of the company’s fiscal 2013 year, which wraps up in September, is unlikely.
To say that Disney hasn’t truly excited the videogame industry in years is an understatement.
“We have always had successful things, but we’ve never had enough of them or our hit ratio hasn’t been good enough, »
- Marc Graser
Obama With Bob Iger, Jim Gianopulos, & Jj Abrams At Peter Chernin Fundraisers; Jokes About Hollywood Democrat “Donor Fatigue”
7 June 2013 1:48 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Updated 1:46 Pm: Star attraction President Obama told some of the Hollywood’s biggest players and his biggest contributors that he understands if they’re feeling “donor fatigue” from all the times he’s hit them up for money. “We don’t have time to be fatigued because we’ve got too much to do,” he addressed the crowd at the two sold-out DNC fundraisers at former News Corp No. 2 and now independent mogul Peter Chernin’s house today. Tickets today range from $10,000 to $32,400. I’ve learned that longtime Obama supporter Disney boss Bob Iger flew back directly from a Fortune mag confab in China to make the lunch. And I’m told Fox Film chief Jim Gianopulos is also there along with Haim Saban as well. StarTrek/Star Wars director Jj Abrams and his wife Katie McGrath and HBO’s Mike Lombardo and his partner Sonny Ward, who held »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Obama Arrives in L.A. to Hit the Hollywood Atm
7 June 2013 11:19 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Amid widening scandals over IRS misconduct and controversy over secret surveillance of Americans’ phone and Internet use, President Barack Obama arrived in Los Angeles Friday morning to make another withdrawal from the Democrats’ Hollywood Atm. The president landed at Lax after a short flight from the Bay Area, then helicoptered to an exclusive fundraising event and luncheon (which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter in April) at the Santa Monica home of former News Corp. chief Peter Chernin and his wife, Megan. Entertainment industry attendees included: Director J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, Bob Iger, Mike Lombardo and Sonny Ward, Haim Saban and
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- Tina Daunt
Iger: Behind-The-Scenes Of Disney In China
7 June 2013 5:15 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Walt Disney Co chief Bob Iger was one of the panelists at Thursday’s Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu, China, discussing the interaction between culture and economics and brands in the future development of China: I think there’s a misconception that exists in the world, because technology and development overall has created access to markets, to territories, to countries that is unprecedented, meaning we’ve never seen it before, that maybe the world is gradually becoming kind of a one world culture. And I think that’s absolutely not the case. I think you can really trip a company up if they start believing that, because the pride that geographies or countries, or markets have for their own culture, and the desire to own and control it still is quite existent, whether it’s for political reasons, economic reasons, or just nationalistic reasons. And so if you are a global brand like Disney, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Disney Chief Bob Iger Elected Vice-Chair of the U.S.-China Business Council
6 June 2013 10:01 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Walt Disney Company Chairman Bob Iger has been elected vice-chair of the U.S.-China Business Council, the non-profit trade group said Thursday. In addition, the group elected DuPont Chairwoman and CEO Ellen Kullman to be its chair and rounded out its board with top executives from Fortune 500 companies like Pfizer, DuPont and Ford. Kullman succeeds Bob McDonald, the former chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble as Uscbc chair. Iger's election is an indication of the growing importance of China to the entertainment business. Last year, China surpassed Japan to become the largest international »
- Brent Lang
Moguls Pay Homage To Anne Sweeney In Mirror Award Video
4 June 2013 1:55 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Rupert Murdoch, Brian Roberts, Bob Iger, David Zaslav, Julius Genachowski, and Katie Couric are among the boldfaced names paying tribute to Disney/ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney in this video from Syracuse University and Broadway Video. It will be shown at university’s Mirror Awards luncheon tomorrow in NYC where Sweeney will receive the Fred Dressler Leadership Award. The university will present a Lifetime Achievement Award honoring Dick Clark, and the I-3 innovation award to political statistician Nate Silver. The Mirror Awards also recognize some of the year’s best journalism about the media. Click over to view. »
- DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
Is Disney Working On Star Wars Theme Park?
2 June 2013 3:36 AM, PDT | AirlockAlpha.com | See recent Airlock Alpha news »
Star Trek is getting its own theme park in Jordan, so isn't it time that Star Wars did as well? And did doesn't help that it's now owned by the creator of the theme park in the first place, Disney. The company that bought the franchise last year for $4 billion is reportedly on its way to doing just that. In a recent earnings call for Disney, the company's chief executive officer Bob Iger said that "in addition to the Star Wars feature films that we've already talked about, we're also working on opportunities for television and our parks. It's still very early in the process. We'll announce details as these developments evolve." That doesn't necessarily mean that Star Wars: The Theme Park is opening soon. However, it could mean expanded opportunities for Star Wars in existing Disney »
New Blood in AMPAS’ Exec Ranks Might Rub off on Oscarcast
31 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Behind-the-scenes campaigning is under way to select your successor as Academy president, Hawk, so this is the moment to do some last-minute pushing and prodding. For despite the several smart steps you have taken during your brief tenure, the high-minded but elitist Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to pursue some stubbornly anachronistic policies.
You’re an old friend, Hawk, but whenever I’ve asked your thoughts about doing a column on the Academy, you’ve given me that “you’ve got to be kidding” stare that you’ve always reserved for those semi-crazed film directors you’ve skillfully shepherded during your long producing career.
But it’s time to address some troubling issues still facing the Academy, some involving showmanship, others involving leadership. Let’s start with the simplest: The flatulent Oscar show has to be shorter, even if sound and short subjects and a few other »
- Peter Bart
No Hard Feelings: Brett Ratner Donates $1 Million to Academy Museum
29 May 2013 1:18 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Brett Ratner — the producer-director who famously had to resign as Oscar host after making an anti-gay slur — apparently isn’t holding any grudges as he has donated $1 million to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
“Brett has a sincere love of movies and film history, and we are excited to welcome him to our group of supporters,” said Bill Kramer, the museum’s managing director of development.
AMPAS has already raised more than half of the $300 million it needs to raise for the museum with a fundraising campaign chaired by Bob Iger and co-chaired by Annette Bening and Tom Hanks.
“I feel blessed to be part of such a magnificent museum. I was blown away by the recent Kubrick exhibit at Lacma, which the Academy co-sponsored. I couldn’t be more excited that our Academy will finally have its own museum that will preserve and exhibit cinema’s greatest work, »
- Pat Saperstein
Brett Ratner Donates $1 Million To The Academy Museum Campaign
29 May 2013 12:43 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today a $1 million gift from director Brett Ratner to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
“Brett has a sincere love of movies and film history, and we are excited to welcome him to our group of supporters,” said Bill Kramer, the museum’s managing director of development.
The Academy launched the Museum’s capital campaign in 2012 and has already secured more than half of the campaign’s $300 million goal in commitments. The campaign is chaired by Bob Iger and co-chaired by Annette Bening and Tom Hanks.
“Thanks to the generosity of founding supporters like Brett, we are now able to realize the long-held dream of the Academy and that of the global film community to build a museum dedicated to the history and future of the movies,” said Iger.
“I feel blessed to be part of such a magnificent museum. I »
- Michelle McCue
Toldja! Paramount Pocketing $190M From Disney For Marvel ‘Iron Man 3′ + ‘Avengers’
23 May 2013 2:31 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Previous: Paramount Makes Money Off ‘Avengers’ Too A year ago I was first to toldja about Paramount‘s big payday from The Avengers and Iron Man 3 - the two movies left on its 6-pic distribution deal with Marvel. Now I can tell you how much Disney moolah it pocketed. According to calculations I’ve received from insiders, Paramount receives 9% of Disney’s take on what is expected to be $1.2 billion worldwide gross theatrical receipts plus projected ancillary (like homevideo, VOD, television) for Iron Man 3. So that works out to be about $90 million to the Melrose Avenue studio. Paramount also pockets 8% of Disney’s take on the $1.5 billion worldwide gross theatrical receipts plus ancillary for The Avengers. So that works out to be about $100 million. In other words, the total dollars equal $190M. “It’s very nice,” a Paramount exec deadpanned. Oh, and did I mention that, when I first wrote about this deal, »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
Pulled Down! Sexified Merida Vanishes From Disney Site!
15 May 2013 4:01 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Last Monday, we told you about the brouhaha going on about Disney's sexy makeover of Merida, our heroine in "Brave." The studio has announced that Merida would be Disney's 11th princess. That was nice and all, but they had to give her more vivacious curves as well. The film's director (who was replaced in the middle of the making of "Brave" but was awarded an Oscar anyway), Brenda Chapman, wrote a passionate letter to her newspaper denouncing Disney's makeover decision.
Many folks are indeed passionate about this sexified Merida look that A Mighty Girl, a blog dedicated to empowering girls, created a Change.org petition and posted, yup, another impassioned letter to Bob Iger, Disney CEO. Right now, the petition has garnered more than 200,000 votes! Wow! You can sign if you want by clicking here.
So Disney's response to the controversy? Merida's sexified self disappeared from Disney's princess website! Vanished! »
- Manny
Clark Gregg Promises 'Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Will Be Great
15 May 2013 9:40 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Get ready to see a whole new side to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." ABC premiered a trailer for the upcoming fall series during their New York upfronts, and the show looks like a fitting addition to the world Marvel has worked so hard to create. In fact, Deadline reports that the show owes it's entire existence to bonus footage from "Marvel's The Avengers," according to ABC Entertainment Group chief Paul Lee.
"Last spring, [Disney chairman] Bob Iger sent us some bonus footage from 'The Avengers' with a simple question, 'Is there a show here?'" said Lee during ABC's upfront.
One of the most exciting elements of the upcoming show is that it marks the return of Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson. Though he was thought to have died during the events of last summer's "Marvel's The Avengers," Coulson is back and better than ever for. »
- Terri Schwartz
Joss Whedon Presents Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
15 May 2013 4:34 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
“Last spring, [Disney top executive] Bob Iger sent us some bonus footage from The Avengers, with a simple question, ‘Is there a show here? said ABC president Paul Lee. Reports say, Iger saw the Marvel short Item 47 and the impression it left on Disney's CEO was the genesis for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Standing on stage before the media at the ABC Upfront Joss Whedon began, "I’ll be brief. I was born…," to a smattering of chuckles that then turned into widespread laughter when he quickly deadpanned, "I wasn’t born. I was grown in a lab… and fed on Marvel Comics — and that turned out Ok for me." Whedon kept the presentation moving, stating that "[The Avengers] worked because everyone felt included, " and said that he hopes to bring that same sense of inclusion to the new television show. On actor Clark Gregg, Whedon couldn't »
Disney Backlash As Brave’s Merida Gets “Sexy” Makeover
15 May 2013 1:58 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
On May 11, 2013, Disney crowned Merida from Disney/Pixar’s feature film “Brave” as the 11th official Disney princess, making her the first Pixar princess. The ceremony took place at Cinderella’s Castle in Disney’s Orlando theme park. Merida joins the likes of Snow White, Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Belle, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, and Aurora from “Sleeping Beauty.” The woman that Disney has selected to be Merida in Orlando is impeccable (unless she can’t do a Scottish accent). Her resemblance to the Scottish princess is uncanny.
Merida has been praised by audiences and the media as an ideal Disney princess for little girls to admire and take many pages out of her book. But Disney’s makeover of the Scot undermines the admiration. So much so that a petition has been started to repeal the diminishment. In the petition, Merida is described as “strong, confident, and self-rescuing.” In the movie “Brave, »
- Matthew Curry
Pixar Is Making More Sequels -- Here Are the Ones We Want to See Most
14 May 2013 6:00 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Generally speaking, investor calls are god-awful boring – even if you’re an actual investor in the company sponsoring the call – but every once in awhile an executive will reveal something cool or hint at some tantalizing thing for the future. Such was the case when Disney boss Bob Iger chatted with investors a few days back. While talking all things House of Mouse, Iger eventually got around to Pixar. Aside from offering praise for the beloved animation studio, he had this to say: “On the animation front, Pixar continues to create great value for our company too. We are very excited about Monsters University which opens next month. Pixar’s slate of films for the next five years includes fantastic original stories as well as some great...
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- Mike Bracken
Joss Whedon At ABC Upfront Brings Longer Trailer For ‘Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
14 May 2013 3:45 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
“Last spring, Bob Iger sent us some bonus footage from The Avengers, with a simple question, ‘Is there a show here?’” said ABC Entertainment Group chief Paul Lee at the network’s upfront presentation today. Obviously the answer was yes, and next fall the ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. takes the Tuesday 8 Pm slot previously given to Dancing With The Stars which moves to Monday night for a 2-hour block. Joss Whedon was nervous and rambling as he faced TV media buyers and advertisers right before the end of the presentation. He appeared on stage with the entire cast of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge. Whedon at first tried to be funny. “I’ll be brief. I was born…” But then he grew serious. “I wasn’t born. I was grown in a lab… and fed on Marvel Comics »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
Joss Whedon At ABC Upfront Brings Longer Trailer For ‘Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
14 May 2013 3:45 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
“Last spring, Bob Iger sent us some bonus footage from The Avengers, with a simple question, ‘Is there a show here?’” said ABC Entertainment Group chief Paul Lee at the network’s upfront presentation today. Obviously the answer was yes, and next fall the ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. takes the Tuesday 8 Pm slot previously given to Dancing With The Stars which moves to Monday night for a 2-hour block. Joss Whedon was nervous and rambling as he faced TV media buyers and advertisers right before the end of the presentation. He appeared on stage with the entire cast of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge. Whedon at first tried to be funny. “I’ll be brief. I was born…” But then he grew serious. “I wasn’t born. I was grown in a lab… and fed on Marvel Comics »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
Pixar Working on More Sequels, Is Toy Story 4 Happening?
14 May 2013 3:44 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
A few days ago, Disney held a conference call with stockholders, revealing that Pixar is developing even more sequels to some of its films, outside of "Monsters, Inc" and "Finding Nemo," which have already been announced. Disney CEO Bob Iger said: "We are very excited about 'Monsters University,' which opens next month. Pixar's slate of films for the next five years includes fantastic original stories as well as some great sequels to their previous hits. And as we recently announced, we are in production on one of those sequels, 'Finding Dory,' featuring Ellen DeGeneres once again as the voice of Dory, one of the most beloved characters from 'Finding Nemo,' which was one of the most popular and profitable movies to date." Iger didn't say which films will be getting sequels, but it's safe to say that it won't be "The Incredibles." The obvious »
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