Tag: CEO

Disney CEO Talks Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige Taking Over the X-Men

Walt

With the Disney and 21st Century Fox merger all but done, Disney CEO Bob Iger talked about the direction moving forward, and how it features Kevin Feige in a leadership position. Iger was interviewed by THR on many topics related to Disney, and that includes the plan going forward for the 20th Century Fox Marvel properties. Those properties include X-Men and Fantastic Four, and at one point Iger was asked if Marvel would absorb the X-Men franchise and if Feige would be overseeing it. “I think it only makes sense,”…

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The Disney Empire Strikes Back…

Travis

And Travis likes it!?! The seemingly shocking to the world news yesterday was not some horrible destructive hurricane that hit the east coast.  No, it was that Disney purchased Lucasfilm LTD. for 4.05 billion.  You can read the full Disney Press Release here. Why do I like this deal?  Simply because Disney has been making excellent decisions with the properties they have acquired recently. Walt Disney Studios Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger appears to be a CEO who understands he needs to know what is going on, but does…

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