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Disney has outlined just how powerful and important video games are to the company's future. In a blog post ahead of D23--where Kingdom Hearts news is expected--the company's gaming boss, Sean Shoptaw, revealed that games are now a "fundamental part of the broader entertainment landscape." He said Disney has reaped the rewards...

Disney+ has announced its first-ever local Canadian original titles and teased its initial two projects from the initiative. The first is an eight-episode scripted comedy called Knighted from Heavy Lifting Productions in association with 3 Arts Entertainment that follows the absurd documentary-style investigation into a missing person’s case at a medieval theatre...

Disney is cutting several hundred positions, with Pixar and National Geographic among the divisions most affected by the move. Tuesday’s layoffs come as ESPN also has let go of staffers as a result of a deal with the NFL. Staffers at Disney Entertainment Television and Studios, among other units, have been notified, a person familiar

Disney is planning to lay off as many as 1,000 employees over the next few months, Deadline has confirmed, the first cuts to come from the entertainment giant since naming its new CEO Josh D’Amaro. The company’s global head count stood at a bit more than 230,000 as of the end of the most recent

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is developing a caper drama series with Fool Me Once scribe Danny Brocklehurst. We understand the show is titled After the Move to Nevada. Brocklehurst’s script is about a gangster movie fan who goes to a crime convention in Nevada, hence the title. While there, he gets mistaken for a mafia boss, and

News Dream on Disney Dreamlight Valley's latest update is coming this month It features the iconic pairing of The Lady and the Tramp Jump into a new Realm and help the couple avoid the nefarious Dog Catchers Being based on the works of one of the biggest entertainment companies on the planet, Disney Dreamlight Valley

Disney shares dipped 1.5% on Tuesday after the company crowned Experiences chairman Josh D’Amaro as its next CEO and Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden as president and chief creative officer. Iger, whose contract is set to expire at the end of 2026, will transition into the role of senior advisor and remain a board member, subject

As Disney CEO Bob Iger prepares to hand off the reins of the company to his successor later this year, he offered some key advice during the company’s fiscal first quarter earnings call on Monday. “I believe that in the world that changes as much as it does that in some form or another, trying