Disney’s Bob Iger On Reducing Marvel Output, Balancing Sequels And Original Films
deadline.comDisney CEO Bob Iger said the company will limit its output of Marvel movies to “two good films” a year — three maximum — from about four and also cut the numbers of TV series spinoffs for the franchise.
Speaking on a conference call with analysts after quarterly numbers, Iger took questions about the studio strategy after some high-profile misses led to widespread talk of “superhero fatigue.” Marvel shows will dip to two series a year from four.
He called output “a vestige of basically a desire in the past to increase volume. We are stemmed from a desire in the past to increase volume.
We are slowly going to decrease volume.” Iger said he’s “working hard with the studio to reduce output and focus more on quality” and that “overall I feel great” about how things are shaping up.
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