The number of movie releases under control Disney reduced – instead of 6-7 paintings a year, about 4 will now be released. And the focus will primarily be on creating content for Disney + and Hulu. At the moment, in the studio, for example, they are developing a remake “Alone at home”.
Another problem, according to the author of the article, was the lack of a “face” in the studio, at least for the moment. The main trump card now can be considered Avatar James Cameron, however, what the new products of the updated Fox will become is not clear.
Insiders insist that there are no restrictions on non-standard projects or films with a high age rating, since Disney will retain family paintings.
Disney was initially dissatisfied with Fox due to low 2019 release fees. First of all – X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Ality: Battle Angel. In general, losses for the second quarter of 2019 amounted to about $ 170 million.
Now another potential failure looms on the horizon – the tape Call of the Ancestors with Harrison Ford in the title role. It is expected that over the first weekend, February 21-23, the picture will collect about $ 15 million, which is very small, because due to additional shootings the budget was inflated to $ 125 million.
Watts herself, who helped in the creation of many projects, despite participating in the production of failed films, is also negatively evaluated. For example, she worked with Ryan Reynolds how over Deadpooland so on to come “The protagonist”.
In addition, Watts pushed James Mangold to do Ford vs Ferrari and persuaded Disney not to abandon Ridley Scott’s new movie The Last Duel. Now it is not clear how the departure of the head will affect major studio premieres in 2023, including King’s Man: The Beginning, “Death on the Nile” etc.
Who Disney wants to put in the same position is still unknown.
