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Disney has revealed the full scope of its D23 fan event for 2024, and it is truly massive. The company announced at CES this year that it would break new ground this year with its biennial fan convention, streaming portions of it on Disney+ for the first time and expanding to international markets…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav expects media deals to pick up sharply, be it traditional M&A or streaming pacts, as the contours of the industry continue to evolve. "I think probably over the next year or two you're going to see some real consolidation, whether that happens from companies…

The NBA is moving ever closer to clinching a set of media rights deals worth a total of $76 billion, even as uncertainty continues to swirl around the league’s future with longtime partner Turner Sports. NBCUniversal, Amazon Prime Video and Disney/ESPN have all finalized their packages, a person…

Bette Midler is calling on Disney and urging them to get a script for Hocus Pocus 3. The star of the Halloween film says she has not seen a script for the third installment, which has been in development following the success of the sequel last year on Disney+. “I haven’t seen the script, but…

As it continues its mind-blowing trajectory, and with Tuesday's receipts now included, Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing Pixar movie of all time at the worldwide box office. On Tuesday, it passed Pixar’s Incredibles 2 ($1.243B) to get to this latest milestone. The running global…

July in full swing sees top media executives and an impressive political cohort gathered at a storied mountain resort to hike, chat and whitewater raft. The elixir of relaxed proximity distilled in Sun Valley’s rustic woods is credited with hatching a number of consequential deals over the…

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Chauncey (What If…?) has been tapped to write Season 3 of Disney+'s X-Men '97, Marvel Animation's revival of the classic '90s animated series, sources tell Deadline. Chauncey succeeds Beau DeMayo who parted ways with Marvel earlier this year, ahead of X-Men ’97‘s March 20 premiere…

All is not well in the Mouse’s house. The largest bargaining unit of Disney workers in California – representing everyone from custodians and ride operators to candy makers and merchandise clerks – today announced that a strike authorization vote is scheduled for Disneyland cast members. The results…

After scripting the beloved fashion-world dramedy The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, which grossed over $326 million worldwide in its June 2006 debut, Aline Brosh McKenna has been tapped to script a sequel in early development at Disney, sources have confirmed to…

The global streaming giants have called on a Canadian court to stop plans to introduce laws requiring them to pay for local news. The Motion Picture Association-Canada (MPA-Canada), which represents the likes of Netflix, Paramount and Disney, has claimed in a court filing the requirement “is a…

The judge in the case of two women suing Disney over its scrapped plan to move staffers 2,500 miles across the country has stepped down because her daughter works for Burbank-based conglomerate. Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl stepped aside last week, and a new jurist — Judge Lawrence P. Riff — was assigned…

NRG, Screen Engine and other three-week-in-advance box office tracking services are reporting a domestic box office opening for Disney/Marvel Studios’ first R-rated movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, at $160 million-$165 million, which would not only be the best opening year-to-date but also a record start for…