after it had been criticized by “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage.“Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there,” the actor said during an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “It makes no sense to me.
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The Walt Disney Company has upped studio vet Lylle Breier to EVP, Marketing Partnerships and Special Events. Breier began her career at Walt Disney Studios as an undergraduate intern at Buena Vista Pictures while at UCLA. Most recently, Breier served as SVP, Global Marketing Partnerships, Promotions, Synergy and Special Events.
In her new role, Breier will oversee global studio marketing and enterprise corporate functions as well as various duties central to the company’s growth and engagement strategies. She will be responsible for driving marketing partnerships for both feature films and streaming releases, including multi-platform brand campaigns, creative content production, event sponsorships and product placement for Disney Live Action, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios/Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Disney+. She will also lead the strategy, production, and operation of Special Events, including premieres, stunts, stage presentations, and fan conventions.
“Whether securing multi-platform partnerships or pulling off large-scale events across the globe, Lylle has been at the center of some the industry’s most elaborate, memorable and successful programs,” said Asad Ayaz, Chief Brand Officer, The Walt Disney Company and President, Marketing, The Walt Disney Studios and Disney+ in a statement today. “Her ability to create and drive exceptional experiences and foster enduring connections is a testament to all that she’s achieved and what’s yet to come and I couldn’t be more thrilled to congratulate her on this promotion.”
Throughout Breier’s tenure at Disney, she was key in launching iconic franchises through innovative partnerships, mega world
after it had been criticized by “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage.“Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there,” the actor said during an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “It makes no sense to me.
And the theatrical calendar shake-ups continue as the SAG-AFTRA guild strike fails to resolve itself. The biggest shift announced today? It’s something that’s not directly about the standoff between SAF and the AMPTP, actually: Searchlight has pulled “Magazine Dreams” from its December 8 release date as its star, Jonathan Majors, faces his domestic violence trial date on November 29. READ MORE: ‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Jonathan Majors Shoulders The Weight In This Incel, Bodybuilding Drama [Sundance] It’s telling that Searchlight has pulled “Magazine Dreams” from its calendar entirely, not resetting it for another date.
Disney+ has just shared some exciting news for Doctor Who fans!
Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain and France when it reported results last week.Disney said in August it would raise by 27% the price of the ad-free tier of the Disney+ service to $13.99 and hike by 20% the no-ad version of Hulu.
I think Walt would be grumpy.
Disney distribution executive Matt Kalavsky has been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Sales Manager, Domestic Theatrical Distribution for Disney Entertainment.
So what’s up next for James Wan after “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” finally hits theaters this December? According to EW (via THR), Wan’s Atomic Monster banner will produce a live-action “Gargoyle” series for Disney+. And while Wan won’t direct the series, one of his close cohorts will: Gary Dauberman, who’s worked with Wan on several installments in “The Conjuring” cinematic universe.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Warwick Davis is the face of the “Willow” franchise, which kicked off in 1988 with Ron Howard’s fantasy film and continued with the short-lived Disney+ sequel series in 2022. Disney canceled the television series after only one eight-episode season, and then it pulled the show off of Disney+ entirely for cost-cutting measures. Davis is now calling out Disney on X (formerly Twitter), asking the studio in a recent post to answer the many fans wondering why they can no longer watch the show via streaming.
Bosses at the Trafford Centre have confirmed the details for its Christmas Grotto for 2023 - and a new indoor Christmas Market will surround it. The shopping centre's Santa's Grotto is always one of the most popular in the region and in previous years has had themes including Paddington and Peter Rabbit.
Disney is celebrating 100 years of magic today (October 16) and what better way to celebrate than by taking fun-filled movies quiz? Ten decades of creativity, innovation, and determination created The Walt Disney Company you know today, and it all started back in 1923 when Walt and his brother Roy founded the Disney Animation Studios in Hollywood. A mere five years later Mickey Mouse was drawn for the first time.
Prom Pact was first released in March this year, but one short clip from the movie is spreading online this week.The scene shows a cheering crowd at a high school basketball game – but one row of audience members look markedly different to those around them.While the people in the front row are all normal human actors, a close look at the row of “people” them is very disturbing indeed: Dead-eyed and stiff, their bodies jerk strangely as they stare straight ahead.They seem more like animated blow-up dolls than humans.
Marta Balaga Two is better than one. Amsterdam-based Skoop Media has closed a deal with Walter Presents on “Evilside” and “Sleepers” for the U.K., Ireland, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The platform will have exclusive VOD rights in these territories.
Disney and TikTok today announced a collaboration to celebrate The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary. Fans on the platform “will be able to watch videos from across Disney’s brands, create their own videos with Disney music and effects, play daily Disney trivia, and collect and trade “Character Cards” to win unique profile frames.”
Actor Danny Walters, who stars as Keanu in EastEnders, has spoken about a particularly mean jibe that led him to his astonishing four-stone weight loss. Danny, who slimmed down from 16 stone to 12 stone, opened up about how he began his fitness journey after a girl referred to him as the "ugly fat guy" while he was on holiday as a youngster.
Ray Quinn and Emily Fletcher said their 'I Do's' at Cheshire's incredible Grade-1 listed Peckforton Castle - which has already seen a host of celebrity A-listers take their vows in its incredible grounds.The 35-year-old X Factor finalist and his dance teacher bride Emily, 31, recited their personal vows to each other in the castle's Great Hall, complete with its incredible 10m-high vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows. "We'd been to so many different venues but this place just stood out for us, it really felt like a bit of us,” nto tears," Ray told us a few days after the ceremony on Monday 2 October, which was covered exclusively by OK!.
Walt Garrison, who won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys and competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died at 79. The NFL team posted the notice on its website Thursday that Garrison died overnight. It did not give a cause of death.
Disney was desperate to find a way to make “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,”the first feature-length animated movie ever made, actually feel like a feature-length movie. He’d been doing his best to ignore the naysayers who christened the very idea of the film as “Disney’s folly.” But they did trigger a nagging concern for the 35-year-old studio chief: Audiences might reject an animated movie if it remained stuck in the realm of the flat, two-dimensional shorts that had propelled Mickey Mouse to worldwide celebrity.
Leah Remini and Kevin James, virtually reunited to celebrate the sitcom’s 25th anniversary, which included a special remembrance of the late Jerry Stiller.Stars including Gary Valentine, Victor Williams, and Patton Oswalt joined Remini and James for a table read and Q&A session in a video uploaded to Remini’s YouTube channel on Tuesday. The show’s co-creator and executive producer Michael Weithorn called it “very bittersweet” to reunite wihtout Stiller, who died in May 2020 at age 92.“He was the soul of the show in a very real way,” Weithorn said. “He grounded us.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter The Walt Disney Company has elevated Lylle Breier to executive VP of marketing partnerships and special events. In her new role, Breier responsibilities will span global studio marketing and enterprise corporate functions departments, overseeing various aspects of the company’s growth and engagement strategies.
Breaking Bad spin-off about Walt Jr in the future.In a new interview with Variety, Gilligan said he often thinks about the characters and what they might be up to now and discussed some possible spin-off ideas for the show – including one about Walter White’s (played by Bryan Cranston) son in the show, Walt Jr (RJ Mitte).He said: “Every now and then I find myself thinking about those characters, daydreaming about what would have happened to them. Anna Gunn [who played Walt’s wife, Skyler] and RJ Mitte are such wonderful people playing such interesting roles that I can’t help but want a happy ending for them.“When Breaking Bad ends, it’s not a very happy ending for those characters at all, but it is presented that their lives go on. I’d like to believe things get better for them.