Google is cooperating with Disney‘s cease and desist, removing dozens of AI-generated videos featuring characters belonging to the century-old entertainment conglomerate. Following the Disney’s $1B deal with OpenAI for three-year licensing of several characters on Sora, Google has taken down…

Dana Walden has gone on the record on two topics that have swirled around Hollywood this year: the Disney CEO race and Jimmy Kimmel. Walden, who is Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, opened up about both topics in an interview with Bloomberg's The Circuit with Emily Chang. Asked what it's…

As the battle between Netflix and Paramount over who will own Warner Bros heats up again, Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday strategically stepped in with some opinions of his own. With his eyes on the streaming wars endgame, Iger wouldn’t openly reveal whether he prefers David Ellison’s Paramount…

Disney has put its chips in on AI. The Hollywood giant has signed a major deal with OpenAI, investing $1B in the artificial intelligence giant and handing over characters from Frozen and Star Wars to generative AI video app Sora. It is comfortably the most significant collaboration between…

Disney’s board of directors has nominated former Apple executive Jeff Williams to join its ranks, which would expand the governing body to 11 members. Shareholders will get to cast votes for or against Williams being added as an independent director, as well as on the re-election of the 10…

Disney+ is eyeing more comedy series out of the UK, global originals chief Eric Schrier said this morning. The President of Disney TV Studios and Global Original Television Strategy at Disney Entertainment said the move was in part a response to serious nature of global discourse right now…

Although Season 2 of Disney's Percy Jackson and the Olympians television series adaptation hasn't even arrived yet, the cast and crew are hard at work on Season 3 already. The series received a very early Season 3 renewal in March 2025, and some very key players have been cast for the third…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Disney's Zootopia 2 has continued its wild ride throughout this weekend, landing the biggest global launch for any movie in 2025 at an estimated $556.4M through Sunday. The international box office portion of that is $400.4M.   There is a lot to unpack here, including many records…

Disney's Zootopia 2 has big shoes to fill after the original animated film won the 2017 Oscar for Best Animated Feature. With an anticipated $125 million-plus North American box office debut beginning with previews Wednesday, the sequel has successfully built on the first installment, which opened to…

Dana Walden, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, recalled the early days of Glee, the Ryan Murphy musical comedy-drama series that had a tough initial reception but taught her some key lessons. "First, through Ryan's eyes, I got to understand how harsh criticism feels to a creator, particularly…

UPDATED with new trailer: Disney today released the second trailer for Hoppers, the latest feature toon from Pixar, and revealed a slew of new additions to its voice cast including Oscar queen Meryl Streep, Ego Nwodim and Dave Franco. Watch the new clip above and the first one below. Kathy…

Disney will spend $24 billion on content in fiscal 2026, up $1 billion from last year and split about 50-50 between sports and entertainment, said CFO Hugh Johnson. Going forward, "I think that that mix is likely to hold reasonably well. If anything, entertainment may grow a little bit faster…