Bob Iger Enthuses About Disney's Exciting Release Slate

TV & Film

May 9

At this point, pretty much everyone on Earth is aware of the entertainment juggernaut that is Disney. Having started as an animated studio that eventually expanded to feel-good live-action movies, the studio has also bought Pixar, Lucasfilm, ESPN, Fox, Marvel, and many more entertainment entities. As a result, it always seems like Disney has at least a few upcoming movies in the works. Company CEO Bob Iger seems particularly excited about the next few, as he recently said, “I have a lot of confidence that are upcoming slate.”

He has already seen the live-action Lilo and Stitch movie “a few times” and “can endorse it wholeheartedly.” Thunderbolts is also in theatres now. Some other big films coming up for Disney this year include Pixar’s Elio, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Tron: Ares, Zootopia 2, and Avatar 3: Fire and Ash, among others. Next year includes another Avengers movie, the Mandalorian movie, the next chapter in the Toy Story saga, and a Live-action Moana. He describes the next year and a half as “as strong as any slate that I’ve seen in a long time, since — well in 2019 I think was our best year — the strongest I’ve seen since then.”