{"id":1852769,"date":"2023-02-19T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1852769"},"modified":"2023-02-19T08:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:54:17","slug":"despite-disney-ceo-bob-iger-implying-brand-is-damaged-star-wars-reportedly-moving-full-steam-ahead-on-taika-waititis-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-disney-ceo-bob-iger-implying-brand-is-damaged-star-wars-reportedly-moving-full-steam-ahead-on-taika-waititis-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Disney CEO Bob Iger Implying Brand Is Damaged, Star Wars Reportedly Moving Full Steam Ahead On Taika Waititi\u2019s Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdespite-disney-ceo-bob-iger-implying-brand-is-damaged-star-wars-reportedly-moving-full-steam-ahead-on-taika-waititis-film%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1852769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>In a classic case of \u2018one-step forward, two-steps back&#8217;, despite Disney CEO Bob Iger recently implying that all of the company&#8217;s brands needed to be &#8220;curated&#8221; In order to improve their quality, some company insiders claim that Taika Waititi&#8217;s Star Wars project was still being worked on by them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_199084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199084\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.18-07.37-boundingintocomics-63f080316d3f3.jpg\" alt=\"Taika Waititi and Tessa Thompson are moments away from revealing just how little the director cared about Thor: Love and Thunder during an interview with Vanity Fair\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.18-07.37-boundingintocomics-63f080316d3f3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.18-07.37-boundingintocomics-63f080316d3f3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.18-07.37-boundingintocomics-63f080316d3f3-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.18-07.37-boundingintocomics-63f080316d3f3-768x432-1.jpg 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-199084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanity Fair interview: Taika Waititi and Tessa Thompson reveal just how much the director cared for Thor: Love and Thunder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/01\/27\/time-bandits-creator-terry-gilliam-reportedly-extremely-unhappy-with-taika-waititis-upcoming-apple-tv-adaptation-his-disdain-for-the-entire-project-was-quite-obvious\/\">\u2018Time Bandits&#8217; Creator Terry Gilliam Reportedly Extremely Unhappy With Taika Waititi&#8217;s Upcoming Apple TV Adaptation: &#8220;His Disdain For The Entire Project Was Quite Obvious&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On February 16, 2016, Waititi made this confirmation public. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/marvel-star-wars-tv-shows-movies-slowdown-1235326681\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, Marvel intends to scale back its operations in the coming year. &#8220;the pace at which we&#8217;re putting out the Disney Plus shows&#8221; in an effort to help save the brand and stop it from hemorrhaging of money \u2013 &#8220;Numbers matter now, and costs are going to be outlined and enforced,&#8221; asserted one such source \u2013\u00a0 Star Wars is allegedly seeking to do just the opposite.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_195482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195482\" class=\"size-full wp-image-195482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Grogu, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) in Lucasfilm&#039;s THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-1340x560-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.17-06.33-boundingintocomics-63c6e9ee00d9f-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-195482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R), Grogu, Din Djarin(Pedro Pascal), and Greef Karaga (Carl Weathers), in Lucasfilm\u2019s THE MANDALORIAN (season three), exclusively on Disney+ \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One Disney insider says that the company will not only be looking to capitalize on the planned releases, but also the coming year. <em>Ashoka<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Skeleton Crew<\/em>And <em>Mandalorian <\/em>Season 3 is underway, but they are actively working with Waititi as well. <em>HBO&#8217;s Watchmen<\/em> Damon Lindelof, creator, to bring their respective projects to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lucasfilm may ramp up,&#8221; Source: THR &#8220;but it will have to abide by the same fiscal discipline as the rest of the company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jedi in a scene from Lucasfilm&#039;s THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-1340x560-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d9412ce10d3-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-197068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene featuring Jedi from Lucasfilm&#8217;s THE MANDALORIAN season three exclusively on Disney+ \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/26\/chris-hemsworth-says-his-return-to-the-mcu-depends-on-thor-being-portrayed-drastically-different-from-taika-waititis-bastardization\/\">Chris Hemsworth &#8211; Thor being portrayed is his condition for returning to the MCU &#8220;Drastically Different&#8221; Bastardization from Taika Waititi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above, this confirms that <em>Thor: Love and Thunder <\/em>Director&#8217;s Star Wars movie is still in development. This comes days after Iger admitted that many of House of Mouse&#8217;s largest brands were suffering from oversaturation as well as a shocking lack of quality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be better at curating the Disney and the Pixar and the Marvel and the Star Wars of it all as well,&#8221; During the company&#8217;s annual shareholder meeting, the Disney boss spoke to attendees.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/earnings\/call-transcripts\/2023\/02\/08\/walt-disney-dis-q1-2023-earnings-call-transcript\/\">Earnings call for Q1 2023<\/a> February 8, 2008. &#8220;And of course, reduce costs on everything that we make because, while we&#8217;re extremely proud of what&#8217;s on the screen, it&#8217;s gotten to a point where it&#8217;s extraordinarily expensive. And we want all the quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Paz Vizsla and the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) in Lucasfilm&#039;s THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.12.09-07.34-boundingintocomics-63938db7924d9-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R: Paz Vizsla, the Mandalorian(Pedro Pascal), in Lucasfilm&#8217;s THE BOOK of BOBA FETT exclusively on Disney+ \u00a9 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; \u2122. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;And, of course, reduce costs on everything that we make,&#8221; He concluded. &#8220;While we are extremely what&#8217;s proud on the screen, it&#8217;s gotten to a point where it&#8217;s extraordinarily expensive. We want all the quality. We want the quality on the screen, but we have to look at what they cost us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned Disney Star Wars movie is the next Disney release. <em>Mandalorian <\/em>Season 3 premieres on Disney Plus March 1st.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197069\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mandalorians in a scene from Lucasfilm&#039;s THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-1340x560-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-768x321-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.01.31-04.26-boundingintocomics-63d94138a18ab-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-197069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mandalorians appear in a scene from Lucasfilm\u2019s THE MANDALORIAN, Season Three exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92023 Lucasfilm Ltd. &#038; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/18\/in-seeming-dig-at-taika-waititi-thor-star-chris-hemsworth-says-he-refuses-to-work-with-any-more-mad-genius-directors\/\">In Seeming Dig At Taika Waititi, \u2018Thor&#8217; Star Chris Hemsworth Says He Refuses To Work With Any More &#8220;Mad Genius&#8221; Directors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a classic case of \u2018one-step forward, two-steps back&#8217;, despite Disney CEO Bob Iger recently implying that all of the company&#8217;s brands needed to be &#8220;curated&#8221; In order to improve their quality, some company insiders claim that Taika Waititi&#8217;s Star Wars project was still being worked on by them. 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