{"id":17187,"date":"2023-06-04T22:01:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T02:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17187"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:24:20","slug":"disney-axes-key-emploees-including-lightyear-director-and-toy-story-2-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17187","title":{"rendered":"Disney Axes Key Employees Including Lightyear Director and Toy Story 2 Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Was it an ogre named Iger who cast a bad spell on the Magic Kingdom? Or is the Disney head prudently trying to cut costs in the interests of the bottom line?<br \/><br \/>According to news reports from Reuters, The Walt Disney Company under Bob Iger\u2019s leadership has slashed 7,000 staff positions in the past few months, with about 75 of them coming from the 1,200 employed by the Pixar Animation group. It was all part of the company\u2019s plan to save $5.5 billion by combining its film and television groups into a single Disney Entertainment unit.<br \/><br \/>Among the pink-slipped Pixar employees are Angus MacLane, Michael Agulnek, and Galyn Susman.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonbehavioral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/cipro.html\">cipro over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> MacLane, the director and producer of <strong><em>Lightyear<\/em><\/strong>, had also been part of the team that produced <em><strong>Coco, Incredibles 2<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Toy Story 4<\/strong><\/em>. Agulnek had been Pixar\u2019s vice president of publicity, and Susman was the <em><strong>Toy Story 2<\/strong><\/em> producer who famously rescued the film with her backup copy when the original was thought to have been accidentally deleted.<br \/><br \/>This was the first time cuts were made to the Pixar staff in ten years or so, when <em><strong>The Good Dinosaur<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s director Bob Peterson was let go, delaying the film\u2019s release. Disney had originally acquired Pixar in 2006 to bolster its Disney Animation group, which was them struggling.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonbehavioral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/zofran.html\">zofran over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><br \/><br \/>Observers say the recent cuts were motivated by financial woes. <em><strong>Lightyear<\/strong> <\/em>did not live up to expectations, making only $226.7 million worldwide on a reputed budget of 0 million.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonbehavioral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/augmentin.html\">augmentin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> By contrast, Pixar\u2019s Incredibles 2, released in 2018, had a global box office receipts of around $1.2 billion on a similar budget. <em><strong>Lightyear<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s poor showing has been attributed in part to its depiction of a same-sex relationship, which precluded it from being shown in fourteen countries in Asia and the Middle East.<br \/><br \/>As of October 2022, Disney was reported to have had 220,000 employees worldwide, so the 7,000 layoffs represent 3.2% of its staff. In announcing the staff cuts, Iger expressed his &#8220;enormous respect and appreciation for the dedication of our employees worldwide\u201d while adding \u201cWe are going to [take] a really hard look at everything ,,, because things in a more competitive world have simply gotten more expensive.\u201d<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was it an ogre named Iger who cast a bad spell on the Magic Kingdom? Or is the Disney head prudently trying to cut costs in the interests of the bottom line? 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