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Petition to Remove EA’s Star Wars License Reaches 80K Signatures
Petition to Remove EA’s Star Wars License Reaches 80K Signatures Early last week, a petition surfaced with the intent of requesting that LucasFilm parent company Disney remove the Star Wars license from Electronic Arts. As can be expected, Star Wars fans were frustrated with the studio’s handling of the franchise for Battlefront 2, especially as it pertains to microtransactions and loot boxes. When we first reported on the petition, it was gaining steam and had about 19,000 signatures, but now it has exploded. It’s only a few days later, and now the petition is up to 82,000 signatures and climbing.
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Walt Disney Studios Hits $5B Globally for Third Consecutive Year; 'Thor: Ragnarok' Crosses $800M
Yesterday, The Walt Disney Studios crossed the $5B mark in annual global box office for the third year in a row, becoming the first and only studio to have reached this threshold three times. The global total from Jan. 1-Nov. 29, 2017, is $5,003.1M, including $1,763.3M domestically and $3,239.8M internationally.
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Why Disney Is Expecting To Lose A Lot Of Money On Hulu Next Year
Hulu might be winning big with original series' like The Handmaid's Tale, but other facets of the subscription service still require a little T.L.C. until they get some legs. The "C", in this instance at least, is cash. Disney reports they're expecting around $100 million in losses in the next fiscal year due to the launch of Hulu Live. Apparently, putting live television on a streaming service is not cheap!
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Lucasfilm oversees Electronic Arts Star Wars games with weekly meetings
It's easy to think that Star Wars: Battlefront II is the sole result of Electronic Arts' work. That publisher taken the lead on developing and promoting the sci-fi shooter, which is available now on PC and consoles. But Lucasfilm is involved with everything.
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Marvel Heroes developers say they were let go the day before Thanksgiving
More troubling news from the developers of soon to be no more Marvel Heroes: staff at studio Gazillion report they were all let go yesterday - the day before Thanksgiving. Not only that, the developers report Marvel Heroes, a Marvel-themed free-to-play Diablo-style game for PC and consoles, will shut down tomorrow, Friday 24th November. The note on the Marvel Heroes website says the game will go dark on 31st December 2017.
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Disney May Have Stepped in on Battlefront II's PR Nightmare
Disney may have stepped in on Electronic Arts’ (EA) public relations nightmare revolving around their latest release, Star Wars: Battlefront II. During the past week, the video games’ big debut, which was supposed to be a comeback after 2015’s reboot letdown, has been clouded with drama surrounding microtransactions, loot boxes, enabling gambling and angry Star Wars fans. While the idea of pay-to-win has been plaguing the video game industry since mobile gaming started, fans have been relentless in their protest to stop Battlefront II from becoming a game meant to make money for EA, and not for the Star Wars community.
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Disney’s streaming service has won, and it hasn’t even launched yet
During The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly earnings call on November 9th, CEO Bob Iger casually dropped some news. The tidbit that made the biggest headlines was that the company had just closed a deal with writer-director Rian Johnson to create a new trilogy of movies in the Star Wars universe, giving Lucasfilm the kind of long-term pact with a single director that it’s arguably been missing since George Lucas handed over the keys in 2012.
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Disney’s streaming service has won, and it hasn’t even launched yet
When you have the most important franchises in the world, nothing else matters
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Disney Ends Ban on Los Angeles Times Amid Fierce Backlash
Amid a growing backlash, the Walt Disney Company on Tuesday reversed its decision to bar The Los Angeles Times from press screenings of its movies following an investigation by the newspaper into the media giant’s business dealings in Anaheim. “We’ve had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at The Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns, and as a result, we’ve agreed to restore access to advance screenings for their film critics,” Disney said in a statement.
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4 Critics Groups Denounce Disney's Blackout of LA Times, Disqualify Studio From Awards
The National Society of Film Critics joined the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics in denouncing the Walt Disney Company’s media blackout of the Los Angeles Times announced last week in retaliation for critical stories by the paper. In addition, all four groups voted to disqualify Disney’s films from year-end awards consideration until the blackout is publicly lifted.
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Disney Reportedly in Talks to Purchase 21st Century Fox
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly in talks to purchase most of 21st Century Fox, according to CNBC. According to the report, talks have been taking place for Disney to buy most of the company, not including the news and sports assets. While talks have been taking place over the last several weeks, there no guarantee that there will be a deal. The report says that talks have ceased for the time being, but that the entire conversation has been on again and off again for some time.
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Disney Retaliates Against the Los Angeles Times After Damning Exposé
They say that journalism is a calling. Noble as that may seem, part of the job is sitting through advance screenings of films like Thor: Ragnarok to inform readers whether it’s worth their time and money. That mission is particularly important for The Los Angeles Times, given LA’s position at the heart of the entertainment industry. But a multinational corporation is denying the newspaper a chance to complete it out of spite. By David Uberti.
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Trump’s likely pick to empower women is mad that Disney movies don’t feature enough strong male leads
It’s hard to imagine a more ironic choice for America’s next ambassador-at-large for women’s issues. The position is tasked with overseeing State Department programs to end gender-based violence and empower women and girls around the world. So, naturally, President Donald Trump is reportedly considering Penny Young Nance, a far-right Christian activist who opposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act...
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Thor: Ragnarok, a joyous, trashy, retro-nostalgic comedy, is the best of the Marvel films
The third in the Thor series, directed by New Zealand wunderkind Taika Waititi, is thoughtful, hilarious and looks magnificent.
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ABC Wanted to Cancel ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ but Disney Wouldn’t Let Them
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans, you aren’t going to like what follows. Recently Variety shared some behind the scenes information on how things are going over at ABC. Generally, the news was pretty negative. A good chunk of the article details the problems Inhumans has had, but there isn’t much new to share there. What did come out, however, is that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was in a very precarious situation before it was finally renewed for a fifth season.
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Marvel and Star Wars films will ditch Netflix for Disney's own service
Get your fill of Marvel movies on Netflix now. Starting in 2019, the only place you'll be able to stream new Marvel or Star Wars movies will be Disney's own streaming service. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed the two hit film series will be exclusive to Disney's upcoming streaming service at a media conference in LA on Thursday, CNBC reports.
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Disneyland apologises for banning boy from Princess experience
Disneyland Paris has apologised after barring a three-year-old from participating in its “Princess for a Day” experience because he is not a girl. Hayley McLean-Glass said she asked if she would be able to book the treat as a Christmas present for her son, Noah, who is a “superfan” of the Disney film Frozen and loves to dress up as Elsa, one of its lead characters.
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Disney Company is violating privacy protection laws
California claims the Walt Disney Company violates data protection laws by collecting the personal data of children from 42 of their apps and sharing the data with advertisers without the parent's consent.
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Young Cord-Cutters Concerned About Costs but Willing to Pay for Streaming
Younger viewers think they’re paying too much for streaming services — but they’re still willing to sign up if they want to watch a particular show. That could be good news for the Walt Disney Co., which earlier this month said it would launch ESPN- and Disney-branded streaming services, pulling some of its own programs from Netflix. This move “ultimately gives us much greater control of our own destiny,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said during a third-quarter earnings call.
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The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music
In the spring of 1986, in the bedroom of a walk-up apartment on South Beverly Drive in L.A., a semi-struggling songwriter named Mark Mueller pressed “record” on his rudimentary reel-to-reel tape recorder, sat down at his Roland Juno 1 synthesizer, and started thinking about ducks. Disney was looking for a theme song for a new animated series called DuckTales. They wanted a sense of adventure and excitement, a tune that would complement the technicolor energy of the show itself.
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