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Video touches on the new Distro hierarchy and creative roles power being reduced.
See relevant articles for additional details.
New Distro shotcaller and creative buck-stopper, Kareem.
The reason for this reorganization is in some ways to distance Disney from it's productions. "Well Lucas Film made it, we only distributed it. We'll fix it though".
This is the removal of traditional Disney executive creative oversight, ala the role of Chief Creative Officer, and giving those powers quietly to Distribution-- possibly to be able to deny being involved in creative at all when people complain.
This is so Disney can swoop in as savior, but also deny being a party to creative decision-making (while actually still retaining those powers quietly through Distribution). It's a major optics shift and an entirely different corporate culture now.
Does this mean stuff like Acolytes and High Republic doesn't get a budget? No, but it means Distro has final say on what creative does and can cite numbers so its not personal when they shut down ideas, and cut the budget down and de-prioritize all marketing for particular projects. Despite Disney deleting creative, they are actually retaining even more power over creative, while being able to deny they are involved in creative at all.
See relevant articles for additional details.
New Distro shotcaller and creative buck-stopper, Kareem.
The reason for this reorganization is in some ways to distance Disney from it's productions. "Well Lucas Film made it, we only distributed it. We'll fix it though".
This is the removal of traditional Disney executive creative oversight, ala the role of Chief Creative Officer, and giving those powers quietly to Distribution-- possibly to be able to deny being involved in creative at all when people complain.
This is so Disney can swoop in as savior, but also deny being a party to creative decision-making (while actually still retaining those powers quietly through Distribution). It's a major optics shift and an entirely different corporate culture now.
Does this mean stuff like Acolytes and High Republic doesn't get a budget? No, but it means Distro has final say on what creative does and can cite numbers so its not personal when they shut down ideas, and cut the budget down and de-prioritize all marketing for particular projects. Despite Disney deleting creative, they are actually retaining even more power over creative, while being able to deny they are involved in creative at all.
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