ESPN and NFL reach $15 billion Monday Night Football deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League and ESPN have agreed to a deal that will keep "Monday Night Football" on the cable sports network through 2021, extending the current contract by The...
View Article"English Patient" producer sues Miramax for $20 million
By Fred Schruers LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Producer Saul Zaentz has sued distributor Miramax and its former owner, the Walt Disney Co., for $20 million, claiming the defendants hid profits to the The...
View ArticleDisney’s Bob Iger to cede CEO post in 2015
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger will step down in March 2015 after less than 10 years at the helm of the largest U.S. media and entertainment conglomerate. Iger will The...
View ArticleHulu sale called off after months of talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An attempted sale of online video website Hulu has fallen through after months of difficult and complex negotiations between owners such as Walt Disney Co and potential buyers....
View ArticleNetflix extends streaming deal for ABC content
(Reuters) - Netflix said it has extended its license agreement with ABC Television Group, a division of Walt Disney Co, to continue to stream TV shows over the Internet. With the extension of the The...
View ArticleThriller "Contraband" leads weekend box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adult thriller "Contraband" starring Mark Wahlberg grabbed the weekend movie box office title, beating expectations with an estimated $24.1 million in ticket sales at U.S. and...
View ArticleHulu challenges cable with first original drama
By Yinka Adegoke LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hulu, the popular online video service, has taken another step to becoming a full-fledged alternative to cable television by commissioning its first scripted...
View Article"Lone Ranger" finally set to start shooting
By Kurt Orzeck LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After trudging through a rough patch, production is finally set to begin on Disney's Johnny Depp-starring reboot of "The Lone Ranger." Principal photography...
View Article‘Lorax’ beats Disney Mars epic at box office
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dr. Seuss movie "The Lorax" stayed firmly planted at No. 1 on box office charts over the weekend, easily trumping the debut of Walt Disney Co's expensive The...
View ArticleDisney projects $200 million ‘John Carter’ loss
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co shares fell 1 percent in after hour trading on Monday after the company said it expects mega-budget science-fiction movie "John Carter" will lose about $200 The...
View ArticleMegabomb ‘John Carter’ may be Hollywood’s biggest loser
By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ultra competitive movie studios rarely want to sit atop this box office list. When the Walt Disney Co said on Monday that it expected its sci-fi movie "John The...
View ArticleNews Corp’s Fox ponders sports network change
By Ronald Grover and Yinka Adegoke LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's Fox Sports unit is contemplating steps to overhaul "Fuel", but has no immediate plans for its fledgling action-sports The...
View ArticleDisney Earnings Rise Despite John Carter Loss
By Lisa Richwine and Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's quarterly earnings beat Wall Street expectations as profit rose 21 percent despite a loss from the science fiction film The...
View ArticleDisney names Hollywood veteran Horn as studio boss
By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has named movie studio executive Alan Horn chairman of its film division, turning to a Hollywood veteran to run a unit plagued by executive...
View ArticleDisney delays ‘Infinity’ gaming initiative until August
(Reuters) Walt Disney Co has pushed back the launch date of its new video game and toy initiative known as “Infinity” to August from June, saying it was seeking to capitalize on a more favorable retail...
View ArticleTV website Hulu elevates content chief to acting CEO
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Video website Hulu on Thursday said that content chief Andy Forssell will lead the company as acting CEO while owners Walt Disney Co and News Corp decide on the future of the...
View ArticleDisney lays off about 150 movie studio employees
(Reuters) Walt Disney Co on Wednesday confirmed the company is laying off employees in its movie studio division, a cost-cutting step after a review of the unit’s operations. In a brief statement,...
View ArticleDisney-owned ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs: source
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co’s most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with...
View ArticleDisney, Jerry Bruckheimer sued over ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise
By Tim Kenneally – LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) Could Disney have done a little plundering of its own when coming up with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise? The company has been hit with a...
View ArticleFilm Isn’t Dead – Kodak Signs Deal with Studios
Will Provide Motion Picture Film for Movies and Television By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) What a difference a year makes. After 20th Century Fox announced last year at CinemaCon that it would be ending...
View ArticleDisney extends CEO Iger’s tenure by 15 months to June 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Walt Disney Co on Monday extended Bob Iger’s tenure as its chief executive by 15 months, allowing him to remain both CEO and chairman through June 30, 2016. Iger, 62, had planned...
View ArticleLast-minute Disney policy change averts proxy access vote
By Lisa Richwine – PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) Walt Disney Co appeased large shareholders who demanded more say in the naming of directors and splitting of the chairman and chief executive officer jobs...
View ArticleExclusive: Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million
By Ronald Grover – LOS ANGELES (Reuters) The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios, one of YouTube’s largest networks, for $500 million, a deal that makes Disney a major online video...
View ArticleTatiana Maslany, Rooney and Kate Mara Testing For Star Wars Spinoff
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars spinoff is starting to gather steam. While we know nothing about the story, we do know that the screenplay isn’t finished, as original scribe...
View ArticleDisney Eyes Chris Pratt For Indiana Jones Reboot
Indiana Jones getting rebooted may not be as scary with this casting! By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Sometimes, there is casting that is so perfect you hope that the studios take advantage. When Fox...
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