Bob Iger Steps Down As CEO Of Disney

[MikeandRaph87]

It's hard to know fact from fiction. This article suggests that Perlmutter blocked and delayed diversity within the Marvel Cinamattic Universe.I would have assumed the opposite since Marvel took a nose dive in quality putting a diversity agenda as it's top priority and if Perlmutter is a gatekeeper it would be him to be the sacrifice for the lack of returns overall post-Endgame.
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-fans-cele...disney-firing/

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

It's hard to know fact from fiction. This article suggests that Perlmutter blocked and delayed diversity within the Marvel Cinamattic Universe.I would have assumed the opposite since Marvel took a nose dive in quality putting a diversity agenda as it's top priority and if Perlmutter is a gatekeeper it would be him to be the sacrifice for the lack of returns overall post-Endgame.
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-fans-cele...disney-firing/

You never know with these people. They'll almost always learn the wrong lessons. Probably the takeaway they'll have is that it's not that forced diversity or LGBTQ stuff for kids that's the problem or driving people away, but rather that there's just not enough of it. That's the reason people aren't showing up.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

It's hard to know fact from fiction. This article suggests that Perlmutter blocked and delayed diversity within the Marvel Cinamattic Universe.I would have assumed the opposite since Marvel took a nose dive in quality putting a diversity agenda as it's top priority and if Perlmutter is a gatekeeper it would be him to be the sacrifice for the lack of returns overall post-Endgame.
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-fans-cele...disney-firing/

Here is an excerpt from Bob Iger's book

"I’ve been in the business long enough to have heard every old argument in the book, and I’ve learned that old arguments are just that: old, and out of step with where the world is and where it should be. We had a chance to make a great movie and to showcase an underrepresented segment of America, and those goals were not mutually exclusive. I called Ike and told him to tell his team to stop putting up roadblocks and ordered that we put both Black Panther and Captain Marvel into production."

Perlmutter also wanted to fire Kevin Feige at one point but Iger put a stop to it

As recently as February 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger discussed Perlmutter's continued irritation over not being able to fire Feige previously. Perlmutter was reportedly intent on firing Feige in 2015, which Iger stepped in to block before moving Marvel Studios out of Perlmutter's hands by making it a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios.

https://screenrant.com/marvel-ike-pe...aptain-marvel/

[ZariusTwo]

Asad Ayaz Named The Walt Disney Company’s First-Ever Chief Brand Officer


https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/asa...and-officer-2/

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Asad Ayaz Named The Walt Disney Company’s First-Ever Chief Brand Officer


https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/asa...and-officer-2/

I read that article and I'm still not sure what that job is. Like on the day to day.

[Andrew NDB]

Iger's contract extended out to 2026.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/bob-iger-r...y?id=101187959

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

It's hard to know fact from fiction. This article suggests that Perlmutter blocked and delayed diversity within the Marvel Cinamattic Universe.I would have assumed the opposite since Marvel took a nose dive in quality putting a diversity agenda as it's top priority and if Perlmutter is a gatekeeper it would be him to be the sacrifice for the lack of returns overall post-Endgame.
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-fans-cele...disney-firing/

Perlmutter lost of a lot of the clout he had in the decision making room after Age of Ultron.

No one really liked working with him and found his ideas on race and sex offensive. However it was two big decisions that forced the other execs to move against him:

Firstly he thought RDJ was too expensive and wanted to retire the character now that his contract was over hence the character quitting the Avengers. This others felt this was dumb idea and they should try and at least get Downey back at least for Civil War and as many movies as he was willing.

Secondly he hated the Civil War storyline and argued that the heroes had to either be brainwashed or tricked into fighting each other and that they all had to team up in the end to take down Baron Zemo and it all would go back to normal.

Everyone thought this was a terrible idea and Feige went over Perlmutter's head directly to Disney and made the case if they followed Perlmutter's plans of no Tony Stark and no consequences to Civil War the MCU wouldn't last much longer. In the end Disney agreed and ever since Perlmutter while still technically part of the Marvel Studios exec room doesn't actually do anything.

Also we finally got two Black Panther movies, Black Widow, Captain Marvel and Shang Chi. Five movies of "forced diversity" in nearly twenty he wasn't involved in. Although a better track record than the zero in the phases he was.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Captain Marvel.

Originally Posted by Galactus

"diversity"

Good joke, mate.
Next thing you say it was "most important cinema with a female protagonist" and "the groundbreaking first and foremost movie of that kind in the history of a cinema".

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Secondly he hated the Civil War storyline and argued that the heroes had to either be brainwashed or tricked into fighting each other and that they all had to team up in the end to take down Baron Zemo and it all would go back to normal.

Sounds a lot better than the comics version already.

The final version we got is a nice balance of his suggestions while giving the heroes some room to fight over their moral stances.