Want to make family movies and have $625 million laying around? Then you can partner with former Disney executive Dick Cook and create your own studio. The former head of Disney, who was replaced in 2009 by Rich Ross, is reportedly "soliciting investors, including private-equity firms, hedge funds and wealthy individuals" to get money to…
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Most geeks know the number 42 as Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And if that's the case, Jackie Robinson is the Ultimate Question. Robinson was the first African American Major League Baseball player and is the only player to…
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In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the sad state of Disney's live action brand, assess Tomas Alfredson's proclivities for gender-bending storylines, offer up some unabashed praise for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and report back on the first week of the fall TV season. Special guest Adam Kempenaar…
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As you've probably heard by now, Dick Cook has been fired OR stepped down as Disney Chairman after working for the company for 38 years. The effects of this shocking move will be felt in the weeks to come, but we're starting to hear of some of the possible aftershocks. For example, one of the…
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After three days of no significant news, it's crazy that the week's biggest event went down literally at five PM Pacific on a Friday night. Dick Cook, the popular chairman of Disney who's been working for the mouse house for the past 38 years (chairman for the last seven years), was fired tonight by CEO…
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