Disney has a formula: Take a beloved animated property, update its sensibilities for modern audiences, recast it with a bunch of familiar faces and voices, and rehash it all in "live-action"/CGI form.
Disney says it's not moving ahead with a planned office park in Orlando because of "new leadership and changing business conditions." Its dispute with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be a factor.
The film, Strange World, tells the story of a family of explorers and includes a character who has a crush on another boy. The fifth-grade teacher says a student's mother lodged a complaint.
ESPN was not part of the first phase of Disney reductions. Besides this week's layoffs, another round of job cuts will take place by the start of summer. Both phases impact off-air employees.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on Disney World by announcing a bill that would allow the state to exert unprecedented oversight on the park resort's rides and monorail.
Auli'I Cravalho and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who voiced Moana and Maui, respectively, in the 2016 film, will reprise their roles in the live-action version, Disney said.
The board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee development around Walt Disney World announced on Tuesday that they didn't quite have the power they thought they had.
A parents' rights activist, a Christian nationalist and three lawyer donors now have control over Walt Disney World's development capabilities, thanks to a bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.