Robert Iger says in this interview that the two big problems with Disney movies right now are 1) Not enough executives on the set and 2) an excess of "messaging." Just a reminder that he rose to the top without holding a single job that was even creativity-adjacent. deadline.com/2023/12/the-...
A lack of on-set supervision is cited by Disney CEO Bob Iger for the flop of 'The Marvels"
If by “more executives on the set” he means “people who would actually market the film” then he might have a point. The film itself was great fun and thank goodness no executives were there to ruin it.
Oh so it was Nia DaCosta's decision for The Marvels to be a sequel to 5 different things, three of them Disney+ shows? That's what happened, hmm, Bob? Studio executives wanted to keep Marvel movies nice and self-contained but that renegade director insisted on promoting Disney's streaming service...
I had a really good time with that movie 🤷♂️
idk, conventional wisdom is that “the suits” do nothing and should just get out of the way, but after comparing the average quality of relatively suit-stewarded HBO shows with “hands off” Netflix ouput, I’m starting to realize they have a bigger role than artists and the public care to admit.
The real reason Marvels tanked was because execs like Iger were so busy trying to screw artists that the artists couldn't promote their own film. www.cbr.com/the-marvels-...
Some claim The Marvels' opening weekend box office performance killed the MCU, but what it actually proves is SAG-AFTRA's point about actors' worth.
I have a different definition than you do of creative adjacent. Before becoming president of ABC (which is far away enough to not be adjacent), he was prime time programming chief at CBS (which is close enough to be adjacent).
The guy cannot stop putting his foot in his mouth, singling out the ONLY Marvel movie directed by a Black woman to be the one that needed executive on-set attention, presumably by white men like himself.
I had more fun at THE MARVELS than all of QUANTUMANIA, SECRET INVASION and THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER *put together* so maybe the man who freely admitted to killing off TWIN PEAKS should take a big swig of STFU
The way Iger says "There wasn’t as much supervision on the set..." makes it sound like a film set is just a playground, and the actors, crew and director were unsupervised children. It is as if Iger was saying, "There wasn't much *adult* supervision on the set..."