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Where Disney’s Hollywood Empire Went Wrong
How corporate missteps compelled the House of Mouse to prioritize business decisions over creative ones, damaging its crown jewels of Hollywood IP.
Each studio division has taken the process of sequelizing films further and broader than any of its competitors: Marvel with interlocking movie and TV plotlines and characters that jump between franchises in service of an overarching superhero metanarrative; Lucasfilm with a trio of Galaxy Far, Far Away trilogies begun in 1977 that remain unmatched in duration or cultural influence. On this week’s episode of Land of the Giants: The Disney Dilemma, we delve down into the corporate missteps that compelled the House of Mouse to prioritize business decisions over creative ones, damaging its “crown jewels of Hollywood IP” in the process. We talk to Shawn Levy, director of Deadpool & Wolverine who just might end up pulling double duty as both Marvel messiah and Jedi Jesus, now in active development on a new Star Wars movie.
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