Disney CEO Bob Chapek says price hikes may hit Disney World, Disneyland again

K.J. Yossman Amazon boss Jeff Bezos (pictured above, left) thanked “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne at the U.K. premiere of the Amazon Prime Video series on Tuesday night – for ignoring his notes on the show. “Every showrunner’s dream – and I mean every showrunner – their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and executive chairman,” Bezos quipped while introducing the first two episodes of the series at the Odeon Luxe cinema in Leicester Square. “They loved that. I need to thank you both for listening whenever it helped but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”

Marc Anthony and his fiancee Nadia Ferreira received a warm welcome upon their arrival in Paraguay. As soon as they landed on Paraguayan soil, the local media swarmed around the beauty queen, also known for being the first runner-up in the last edition of Miss Universe. Ferreira is in her native country to pass the crown to the upcoming queen, Miss Paraguay 2022.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Film studios in Asia-Pacific are expanding the scale of their operations and want location incentives to keep pace. “Incentives are fundamental, they are an expectation [of production managers] and having one is no longer a USP,” said Rashid Karim, CEO of Iskandar Malaysia Studios. He was speaking at the Content Asia summit conference in Bangkok on Thursday. The IMS facility opened ten years ago around the same time as Malaysia introduced a location production incentive scheme. These days, the scheme offers a generous 35% uncapped rebate. But since the scheme launched, rival locations in the Asian region including Thailand, India and Mongolia have launched or are in the process of launching rebate schemes.

Britney Spears is focusing on her own bliss now. How does she plan to do that? By getting off Instagram once again.

All3Media CEO Jane Turton has said the debate around British public service broadcasting needs to be “reframed” as the biggest indie bosses in the country debate future PSB, privatization and the plethora of reboots.

.«I'm a native New Yorker. Sophie decided to go to school out in Los Angeles for college and then decided to stay... I have one kid and if I want to see her, I have to be out there,» Bobby explained of his West Coast adventures. "… I spend most of my time in New York, but then a really good percentage of my time in Los Angles.

told Entertainment Tonight at the Hollywood, California, Disney+ premiere of the MCU show on Monday that she did her own stunts as Titania, a social media influencer with super-human strength who ends up as She-Hulk’s (Jennifer Walters) rival. “I was hurting in places that I really didn’t know exists,” Jamil said about her action scenes and stunt sequences.“Like, you’ll probably have to bleep this out, but I pulled a muscle in my a–hole,” she added. “I didn’t know that was possible.”“I just felt my publicist’s heart stop beating next to me,” Jamil added after laughing off the reveal.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorExperiential media and immersive technology company Cosm will paunch its first public venue in Hollywood Park, it announced on Wednesday. The location will be the first venue of its kind to utilize Cosm’s domed and compound curved LED technology.As part of Hollywood Park’s retail district, the venue will showcase a 26.6-meter diameter LED dome in a 65,000 total square feet facility that can hold up to 1,700 guests.

Better Call Saul has come to an end, and now Bob Odenkirk is saying goodbye.

One week after Disney CEO Bob Chapek noted on the company’s quarterly earnings call, “We’re still seeing demand in excess of the reservations that we’re making available to our guests,” Disneyland rolled out new availability — and increased prices — for its year-old Magic Key annual pass offering. The menu includes one new tier, Inspire, which is the most expensive. The old top-tier Dream Key, which was $1399, is no longer available.

The final episode of “Better Call Saul” airs on Monday, Aug. 15, and star Bob Odenkirk says he and the cast will be among the many fans who’ll be watching the series finale of the acclaimed “Breaking Bad” prequel.

In a letter to Disney CEO Bob Chapek, activist investor Daniel Loeb urged the exec to spin off ESPN and integrate Hulu into Disney+, among other changes.

Katie Price has reportedly found herself in hot water with her ex husband Kieran Hayler over a video she shared of their daughter Bunny online. A representative for Kieran reportedly said "alarm bells" rang when he watched the video, which has since been deleted by the former glamour model. The three-minute video showed eight-year-old Bunny eating a lollipop.

Disney stock rose about 5% Thursday after posting a beat on earnings, profit, streaming subscriber growth and parks for its fiscal third quarter ended in June. It announced a new Disney+ ad-supported tier will launch on Dec. 8 for $7.99 – the current price of the ad-free service, which will jump to $10.99. That’s nice if you can get it.

Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced the 29 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (APM), a core strand of the festival’s industry activities, including new works from Thailand’s Aditya Assarat, China’s Wang Qi, Vietnam’s Le Bao and Myanmar’s Maung Sun, whose producer Ma Aeint is currently in prison in Yangon.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Asian Project Market, the film financing event attached to the Busan festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market, will return this year as an in-person event. To increase the focus on regional projects it has selected 29 titles and excluded those from outside Asia.The APM will be held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) and run Oct.

As sports rights prove the small screen game changer, the ball is in Disney’s court when it comes to the NBA.