James Gorman, the former Morgan Stanley CEO who joined Disney’s board earlier this year in a signal to investors about the company’s succession process, has been named chairman. He will succeed Mark Parker on January 2, 2025. Parker, executive chairman of Nike, is leaving the board after serving as a…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s Moana 2 landed on long-lead tracking Friday morning and it’s looking to do $100 million-plus over its Wednesday through Sunday opening during Thanksgiving week, $75M-$82M of that during its Friday-Sunday portion. These figures come from tracking service Quorum. The first Moana in…

EXCLUSIVE: After helping bring the Paddington franchise and a new Willy Wonka movie to life, director Paul King has his sights set on another iconic character. Sources tell Deadline that King has come on to direct a new Prince Charming movie at Disney. Simon Farnaby and Jon Croker are co-writing along…

EXCLUSIVE: It has only been six months since Producers United launched an appeal to its content-making bosses to stop the systemic erosion facing career producers – those who lead productions, sign the budgets, and whose livings come solely from fees on the projects they produce. The upstart group has…

When Ncuti Gatwa recorded The Graham Norton Show last Thursday, he delivered what appeared to be good news for Doctor Who fans: his third season as the Time Lord would shoot next year. Gatwa’s comments were briefed to the press by The Graham Norton Show‘s publicity team on Friday morning, but his…

Summer is over, so that means it’s time for the annual Disneyland price hike. The park announced today that most daily ticket prices are going up by about 6% while the top-tier Magic Key pass is rising a whopping 20%. New rates are effective today. For comparison, the Consumer Price Index rose…

Jodie Turner-Smith is calling out Disney for not having a stronger response against the cyberbullying Star Wars: The Acolyte star Amandla Stenberg faced. In a new interview, Turner-Smith, who played Mother Aniseya in the Disney+ series, slammed the studio for not protecting…

EXCLUSIVE: Adele Lim is returning to work with Disney as director of the third installment of its prized Princess Diaries franchise. It’s the second time Lim will be behind the camera after writing Disney’s animated 2021 movie, Raya and the Last Dragon. Lim made her directorial debut with the…

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EXCLUSIVE: Liam Keelan is exiting his role as Disney’s SVP of Original Content, EMEA, we can reveal. The veteran British exec has been with Disney for nearly five years, but has decided to leave in early 2025. News of the departure was transmitted internally moments ago. A recruitment process…

After dipping a toe into the continuous, live programming waters last month, Disney+ is adding four more live channels. The new offerings, Hallowstream, Hits & Heroes, Throwbacks, and Real Life, expand on the two launched in August, ABC News and Disney+ Playtime. In announcing the expansion, the…

EXCLUSIVE: More layoff news in what already has been a depressing week. Disney is in the middle of a new wave of cuts as part of a “cost-saving initiative,” sources tell Deadline. We hear about 300 or so people are affected by the layoffs that started yesterday and are continuing today and tomorrow, with…