Disney gets backlash from the writer’s strike.
91 Comments Published by clay February 2nd, 2008 in State and Local Politics.Now that the Pirates trilogy has released its final movie—finalized by the special edition
This year, the company is releasing Wall-E (Pixar’s new summer film) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (their holiday release), and fully expects to make big profits. But you have realize that Disney has also poured hundreds of millions into their production. In short, profits only come after the movie has premiered and bounced overseas, and only if they’re well received.
Disney’s cash cows, then, are not their elaborate, multi-million pictures, but their smaller, targeted films, like the hugely popular High School Musical series, which has spawned 2 films, several best selling albums,
As it turns out, the writer’s strike has hampered both films production. Disney can’t touch the scripts without the writers, and both are still in their infancy stages. Already, the Hannah Montana movie has been pushed back into 2009. And if filming of High School Musical 3 is pushed back too far, then its mid-October release date will be scrapped for a 2009 date, so the film doesn’t suck up money from the Narnia release. But by that time, fickle tweens might have moved on.
So what should Disney do? Make an ultimatum for the writers? Scrap the series altogether? Could the loss of money push Disney out of LA, even?
Deal to end writer’s strike may be near
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I THINK DISNEY SHOULD COMPROMISE WITH THEIR WRITERS. The writers have done nothing but good for disney making them billions and disneys money hungary c.e.o’s can’t even recognize that the once loyal writers for disney are left out of work while the big wigs sit pretty with their fingers in their ears. Why cant disney create their own compromise with their writers, it could be a good pr stunt to show that disney is more than a cold faceless corporations who will sell you the rope to hang them in. They make billions already and with the help of the writers they can finally make the new hannah montana and high school musical movies and make billions of revenue to make up for settling with the writers. California would be stupid to let disney leave LA as would the writers.
DISNEY CAN DO WHAT DISNEY WANTS TO DO. As far as the morals that Walt laid out disney is already a sell-out. As we can see by the rapidly degrading quality vs. quantity of disney movies, they either see the end or realize how powerful a legendary corporate name really is. And as far as the writer’s strike is concerned writers should get basic royalties for their brain-children. WRITE INTERNET SALES INTO CONTRACTS. But be realistic about it. There is no way in hell that anyone can stop web-based pirating or peer-to-peer transfers, because if movies were apples, then you could feed the world by copying that apple over and over again. Except movies aren’t apples, so they can only entertain the world.
Its all really a very stupid situation.
I agree with Buddy. I can’t really feel bad for the writers at all in striking, only for more money, when bootlegging is only increasing and becoming more popular and their desires might make the production of DVDs pointless and obsolete anyways. Personally, I think that Disney might as well make an ultimatum for the writers because even if they lost all of the writers, I’m pretty sure any I-Poly student could write a script of comparable quality for a couple hundred bucks. I don’t think Disney can be pushed out of L.A. They’re genius. Just might have to find a balance between quality and quantity. However, it doesn’t seem to me that they’re exactly breaking even with their quality productions, just not racking in ludicrous amounts as Hannah and HSM do. Still what’s the big deal? They’ll be fine.
It’s not companies faults all the time that theres bootleg versions of the movies. They can’t pay the writers for that, but things that are sold on the internet, then they should just give that to them.
Disney should NOT just scrap out the series, if it’s previously made them a lot of money, they should continue it. I really don’t think it can put Disney out of L.A. Disney is universaly known for the most part, and they have all the Disneylands across the planet to make money off of as well.
Disney should just work with the writers somehow and put them some kind of cut for the internet sales. It’s not that hard, I don’t see why a solution isn’t already found or easy to put into action.
in all honesty, you cant blame the writers of disney to want a cut from DVD’s and net sails and w.e. but most likely, there strike is going to just go on till the writers give in and give up, or they get some minut change in their contracts and then they just go bak to work. it really sucks but i mean, bottlegin movies happens. there really isnt any way to stop it unless we live in come hard core 1984 lifestyle and everything was monitored. just not goint to happen. so if disney would just make a compromise with the writers, this whole thing’ll be over and they can get on with making their not so wonderful movies and continue the cycle. and as for disney getting pushed out of La, not likely, theyd find out someway to stick around and keep spiting out movies.
The Disney Company is one of the largest entertainment corporations in the world. It has been around since the early 1920′s and they have made permanent establishments all over the Los Angeles area, not to mention the world. There is no way that Disney will be pushed out of here. They will not scrap the series, seeing as it has already brought in great amounts of money, even the much anticipated soon to be released series/films.
As for the writers’ strike, although it would be ideal for Disney to suck it up and concede to the writer’s demands… this won’t happen. If the writers’ strike was really affecting Disney enough to threaten their popular series or their enterprise they wouldn’t be sharing that with the public. No, instead they’d go non-union, a much cheaper and strike-free alternative. But then again- god forbid- this stunt might dent their public image slightly.
Until Thunder Mountain, Matterhorn, Splash Mountain and Space Mountain all manage to simultaneously decapitate their riders, Disney’s going to be fine. The writer’s strike isn’t going to destroy the Disney Corporation and make Walt rise from the grave. As long as there are little kids with stars in their eyes, parents eager to make a quick buck and the slightest bit of talent, and I use the term talent loosely, the Disney channel isn’t going to be at a loss for hit TV shows. It would be great PR if Disney brokered a deal with its writers, but they simply don’t need to. They’re the freakin’ Disney Corporation. Besides, most of the public has stopped giving a crap about the writers strike and until the fall season starts, the only time they’ll remember is the few days leading up to the Oscars.
Well i think that Disney should make a new contract for the writers if they want to get their movies off the ground this year. And it would be good for them to get this writer stuff over with for more movies to come out. High School Musical is a series that brings a lot of money to disney that cannot afford to be thrown out all together. Same goes for Hannah Montana. I dont think that the writers strike will even come close to throwing disney out of LA because they have their theme park which brings in so much money and I dont even think that disney will ever be shut down because of all the money each of their parks bring to the franchise. so i think that the company should just get the writers a new contract and start it up as soon as possible if they want those movies out this year.
I think they should just suck it up and pay the writers more. Are they really going to lose much money especially compared to high school musical profits
wow……ummmmmm, why do we have to write about this? the answer is excedingly simple. if you want increased revenue and good pr, work out a deal with your writers and give them what they want (it isnt too unreasonable as far as i know) and if you are happy with what you are already getting from your current sources, dont do anything. frankly, neither series has done anything for me except provide eye-candy so i really dont give a rat’s ass about wether they scrap them or not. looking at it from an economist’s point of view, id say that they should work something out with the writers that are crucial to the film making industry and sign a deal that the writers are happy with. it cant hurt them at all, and it will only help them. i doubt that anything will happen that can force disney out of LA unless, as laffin so glamourously put it, thunder mountain, matterhorn, space mountain, and splash mountain (and ill even add in the indianna jones ride and small world just for $|-|!7$ and giggles) manage to simultaneously decapitate their respective riders.
but my question is why cant we answer a question about the stars? id love to give my cynical oppinions on recent pop-culture figures that have garnered lots of undeserved, pointless (in my oppinion) attention into aspects of their lives that really dont affect us in any way, shape, or form.
this concludes the ranting of Joseph Aaron Kapp. for questions, submit them to spartanjak@gmail.com (the email address that i almost never check) and maybe, if i have time to, ill answer them.
Disney needs to settle something with the writers if they want their productions to be on time. If they invest in the writers right now, then when then movies come out they will have regained all of the money they invested. Disney needs to continue making those kids movies, because there is a lot of money in that area.If Disney does settle something with the writers than this year and next year may be one of their best selling years. Whether or not Disney gets these movies off the ground this year or next, it waill still receive plenty of attention with high school musical 3 and Hana Montana.
The demands of the writers do not seem to unreasonable however, it is unethical or not practical to institute this plan now. The idea of giving writers a 1.2% increase in production revenues after the movie has already been put into production may hurt Disney more than we may think. Yes, it is undeniable that Disney is a huge corporate entity with huge assets and because of this fact, it is much more complex then a simple small business. Disney is practically its own economy. With teams of highly educated economist and business men, Disney allocates funds and anticipates according to current market trends. They can not give to writers money that has been put aside for miscellaneous funds without compromising the integrity of their other departments. This issue should be resolved and it is always easy to advise for a compromise, but this is rarely as simple as it seems. With the money that Disney makes it should have foreseen this problem arising and allocated additional funding to its lawyers to write up contracts specifying payment conditions. Now they have an issue that they have created. In conclusion, my stance is that the writers wait till after the completion of current projects to negotiate wage increase but ultimately the blame falls on Disney for not taking proactive measures and as a result, Disney may have to deal with the consequences.
Hmm this is a very interesting case. I’m not as of a big fan of Disney really. The only things I enjoy from are the Disney-Pixar movies. They are both entertaining and pretty good. Their “power” movies like Pirates weren’t as good. I mean the first one was good, but the second and third kinda lost itself in the sea. I think the High School Musical movies are super whack. To be honest, I don’t think of Disney being all that great (except the Pixar stuff). With the situation with the writers, well I don’t think it is only Disney that is experiencing that. Their must be another strong company like Disney going through the same, maybe Dreamworks since it finished the Shrek series. Their will always be new ideas and new kids will grow into the stuff. What one generation dropped, the following one will pick it up. So I don’t think Disney will be hurt. What I’m so glad wasn’t effected was Marvel. Their upcoming movies better be good, oh and also The Dark Knight.
I think that Disney should throw the high school musical cast down a dark abyss, and shoot hannah montana in the face. But thats just me.
But for serio, pretty much most of what disney produces is going to be epic. They are such money making tycoons its pretty ridiculous. I mean how did Mr. Walt Disney pull off creating a place that makes people wait in lines all day, and make so much effing money off of it?
The self proclaimed happiest place on earth is the biggest example of how much power disney really has. So pretty much, when it comes to the writers strike, either way they go, disney will most likey come out on top; Guns a blazin’.
They should find a middle ground and set their differences aside. If its money the writers want, then money they shall recieve. Disney has plenty of it. Everyone wins! Disney is going to make tons of money no matter what. The difference of the money lost will pretty much just come out of high school musical 3, and hannah fuckin montanna movies.
As much as i dont want to admit, those two movies are seriously going to roll in the money for disney. Preubescent preteens are crazy for this kind of stuff. I live with one. She almost cried when i told her zoey 101 was cancelled because britney spears’s mini got preggers.
Cancelling the series is out of the question. Even though it will put a smile on everyone eles’s face. Disneys to do list should be, find common ground with the writers, make a deal thats fair for everyone, and roll on production with high school musical and hannah montanna.
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The first of the soon-to-be trilogy was @ least bearable to say the least. All I heard about the second was negative critique. So I never saw it. But if Disney thinks they can pull off another sequel to the original hit HSM, then so be it. Scrapping should only be an option when there aren’t any others left. But if you ask me, all Disney SEQUELS sucked anyways! Except for maybe one OR two… roughly. And even those weren’t worthy of an encore.
Anyways…From their pov, I don’t see why they would want to pull the plug on a production that has brought in so much profit and uproar in prior years.
well honestly I am not really interested in this topic because it seems like I am not directly affected by it. Disney I believe is a very stable corporation that helps to employ many people which betters our situation in the state. But I believe we are talking about films in this blog eventhough I do enjoy some disney films I feel that they are mostly directed towards small pre-teens. They really need to start negotiating with these writers if they dont people will start to suffer the concequences. I do not believe that disney will come to an end because they have made permanent establishments in LA. I believe that the economy will prosper evn more when this thing gets resolved. besides we still have that problem with pirated films that cause profits to go even lower than usual. I stongly believe that disney should really form an ultimatum for these writers like increasing there wages and there benifits since it is really hard for writers to make ends meet.
I personally dont feel bad for the writters on strike. They are striking for more money, some chances are that they will somehow remove money from others. I highly doubt disney will be pushed out of L.A. it is to much of a big company. A muli billion dollar company can’t just go away just like that. Not just that but many wtach their movies and disney is huge in tdays society. removing diesney will just bring a lot of angry people. Disney will just do what it wants to do. They are a billion dollar company and i believe that anything below disney will be difficult to remove disney form L.A.
Thankfully, it seems as though the writers strike will be coming to an end soon. However, Disney should absolutely comply with the strike, just like every other production company, and suck it up until it is resolved. An ultimatum is out of the question. Instead of trying to force the writers back into their jobs, Disney should be courteous enough to supply the writers with what they are demanding: more money. They’re going to make plenty of it…especially with the High School Musical 3 movie coming out soon. And as for the film getting pushed back…even if it does, it will still be wildly popular. I’m sure a film like that only has about a $24 million budget or so…no wild effects or expensive sets will need to be created in order to make the film a success considering it’s INSANE following it has received just by being on the Disney Channel. And along with the film will come DVD, CD and concert ticket sales, all which Disney will reap in. As for Disney leaving LA…I don’t think they’re going anywhere. The money Disney makes is collective of its themeparks, thousands of radio stations and television channels it owns, as well as its animation and production studios. Disney is a much more powerful company than we give it credit for and has seriously monopolized much of the radio and television industries. It is EVERYWHERE, and you cannot escape it, and it will not die before the writers strike ends. A pushed back Hannah Montana film could definitely hinder possible profits, but only by a slim margin considering after the movie is released there will be several versions of the soundtrack, the DVD, as well as “HANNAH MONTANA ON ICE!” and other similar cheesy productions. Disney will be fine. It’s the other, smaller companies that should be worried.
Like mostly everyone sid, i think Disney should just pay the writers alittle more or get rid of them completely and hire new writers who will work for what they are being paid. Especially now jobs are few and far between so maybe Disney can just find new writers and replace the old ones, becasue im sure htere are people going to be more than happy to work for Disney and have a paying job. In my opinion i think the writers should work out there problems and stop delaying production. The ultimatum the writers should be given is that they work for what they are paid or for alitle bit more and start looking for new jobs. I think that if companies told the woriters that if they dont want to write than they lose their jobs, i bet a lot of people will change there mind when it comes down to not having a paycheck. I dont believe that Disney should scrap the series because so many young kids lok up to these characters and the message that Disney is giving out in these movies is good, so i dont think they should get rid of the series. And i dont think Disney will be kicked out of LA. Disney makes a lot of money regardless if they cant make 2 new films by this year. Thats what i think. Writers should just compromise and get back to twork or find a different jobs. They are WRITERS and WRITING is what they choose to do as a career path, so i think they should do just that. WRITE!!
So what should Disney do? Make an ultimatum for the writers? Scrap the series altogether? Could the loss of money push Disney out of LA, even?
I think disney sould not be too worried about there situation. They should go find some freelance writers and get them to think up some ideas for new films.
NO the writers need time to soak in. This is a reaction to not being paid enough. Eventually the writers will not have any money and will be dying to get back to work.
In the year 2007 disney had made 10.7 billion dollars in profit. there are only a few companies every year that make a billion dollars ex… walmart.
No just the other day my sister went out to see the new hanna montana movie in 3D.
i dont know where that information was received but the Hanna montana movie is out in theaters right now.
NO the loss of money cant push disney out of LA. disney’s headquarters is located in LA if anything they would cut out smaller departments in texas or some where.
Disney should not be worried the writers strike will end and they can go and make there high school musical 3 crap.
So what should Disney do? Make an ultimatum for the writers? Scrap the series altogether? Could the loss of money push Disney out of LA, even?
what the writers need is a new contract with the union and the producers/corporations. this sounds like a salary job and technically the writers shouldn’t get a cut if it is. but from all the money that they make off of both movie theater sales and dvd sales its not like thiy’re losing alot of money, this is just a greedy way of making money, cutting the ones who made it out.
i know that these kinds of things are just a part of life, where you will buy something and sell it to someone and they might or might not make more money off of what you sold to them. especially business people do this, which is what they’re doing to these writers. lets say that openning night this movie made $6 million in that one night, and that there were 6 writers (i dont really know how many writers make a movie) the producers of this movie gives the writers a 0.1% cut…for those 6 writers thy would get $36000 while the producers would get still get a little more than $5.9 mil. but of coarse there is that business stance where they think that the actors and other people that were involved in the movie making process will also ask for a cut. thats why in the beginning i said that they need a new contract.
im not too familiar with all of this business stuff so i dont know all the causes and affects of the business world that they think about. but all i know is that with all the money that disney makes i dont think that it will affect them too much, they’re just being greedy.
Does it really matter what Disney does? There are three reasonable things that it can do. Fire the writer’s get news or finish the scripts with out writers, there movies can’t be any worse than they usually are. Wait until the writers give in and come back, and then continue production, might take a long though, quarrels among stubborn people last a long time. Or they can do what ever one expects them to do and make an agreement with the writers, what’s the whole point of working together if we can’t agree. (people sometimes act like children and call themselves educated). And i honestly don’t care what Disney decides, I and could even care less about the movies it is supposed to release. Yes it would be morally right from our prospective, if it were to reach an agreement with the writers and give them a portion of the money. But I don’t care, especially at a month like this, when project are due, when life by itself brings all the fun one could want, who being a premature adult would be infatuated by musical that takes place in a high school, or about some singer. after a while you realize that every thing is the same, there is nothing new that hasn’t been done under the face of the earth. It might be done in a different way but it’s the same, and especially if a production company isn’t good at making sequels then let it be. It’s almost like the stock market if every one puts their attention on one stock, and every buys, then it goes up, but it does last, because people flooded the market, same thing here if every one pays attention to one thing, then it;s popularity rises but not its quality, it won’t last, and it might end up losing all its money, but Disney will not leave, it is sown it to California.
So let Disney, let the girl finish her song and get off the stage, and let the high school students graduate.
I say disney should just go and get a bunch of scabs and finish the damn production. Even if the damn movies suck people are still going to go and see them because they already have big names and are already well know. I also agree with buddy. Disney can do whatever the hell disney wants to do. If the writers want their stupid royalities then just give it to them. But really and truely, this writers strike really hasn’t done that much damage to disney. They still make billions of dollars and keep bringing stupid torrist to our country to ride their rides and see their movies, even if they do suck, i mean come on its disney.
Disney is big and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. It’s DISNEY! They can’t be pushed out of LA for loss of money since they make SO much. Like most people said, I agree and say that Disney should just compromise with the writers and give them more money. Disney has a lot of money coming from everywhere. Theme parks, television shows, movies, toys, video games, concerts, and this list could go on forever. I don’t blame these writers for striking and wanting a higher salary. Disney needs these writers to continue to produce high selling films. Disney makes a lot of profit off these movies anyways. I don’t think they’ll scrap out the series, because they bring a lot of money to Disney. And, if they do decide not to higher their current writer’s salaries and get new writers who are willing to work for less, Disney will be fine. It’s all in the name. Once people see that a movie is Disney, a child would want to see it and would bring the whole family along with him and her.
What’s funny is that I knew that this Blog was going to have something to do with High School Musical when I read the email.
HSM is Disney’s MAJOR cash cow. I’m not quite sure of the actual figures but I’m pretty sure HSM makes more than Pirates and Narnia. And it helps that they have such a smaller budget when filming these made for TV flicks. There is no way that Disney will totally move on or scrap these projects. From the soundtrack sales alone, Disney should be making some major cash. The first high school musical soundtrack sold over six million copies and was the number one selling record of 2006, not to mention that the second soundtrack is still holding the #24 spot on the Billboard Top 200 at the moment after being released 18 weeks ago. I’m pretty sure that Disney will be just fine, even with the writers strike. With the 3rd High School Musical scheduled for a theatrical release, I see it doing some major numbers, regardless of whether or not the film has quality writing. Kids will still watch it. It doesn’t matter to them. Disney knows how to work the tween market. High School Musical 2 had 17.5million viewers the night it premiered. Now imagine if the movie had been a theatrical release.
None of these kids care about the script, hell, I’m pretty sure that Disney could give a bunch of high school kids the job of writing the script and flocks of kids would still go to watch. Well, as long as they keep Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in it.
As for Hannah Montana, the only problem I see the writers strike giving them is having them run re-runs for an extensive period of time. Kids would get bored. But they have really tapped a very young audience with this one. My three year old niece loves the show, and I don’t see her growing out of it soon. Disney should keep doing what they’re doing with this show. Like I stated above, they don’t need quality writers for this one. Hire some amateurs, and keep the show rolling, as for the movie, just wait out the strike. The 3D movie that they released still hit number 1 in the box office even though it was only shown in 1,000 theaters. It may have had weak competition but it still had good numbers. Anything Hannah Montana sells.
Disney has really tapped into the teen/pre-teen market. And if they keep up what they’ve been doing for the past 2 years, I don’t see them going anywhere. The only problem I see is the target audience losing interest and growing out of HSM/Hannah Montana. But I suggest that Disney just keeps milking this cash cow until it’s dry. If anything, have them go on a concert tour again, if the strike holds out THAT long. Disney, knows what it’s doing.
I think that Disney should compromise with their writers, simply because Disney was built by entreprenuers. They pride themselves on coming up with creative, unique, and special films and productions. Obviously the key to coming up with these creative is to have creative writers. The writers for Disney are the oil to their well-working machine, the writers are as important to Disney as an engine is to a car. If there is an issue with your’s cars engine, you know that it is imperative that you get the problem fixed before it backfires, the same goes for Disney and their writers. Disney needs to fix their problem with their writers before it backfires on them and other companies who are willing to pay the writers more steal them Disney’s grasps and use the writers’ creative genius to become competitive with Disney. Maybe I’m just superstitious but to me it seems like a good idea, that if something is working extremely well and I’m having tons of success with it, I dont change it unless it fails. Disney’s writers havent failed them yet so they should get the money they deserve for making Disney so much money.
This whole article is making it seem like Disney is this small little company reliant on a couple movies here and there. It really isn’t. Disney is a major monopolizing corporation that holds millions of dollars. One little writers stike is not going to crumble the Disney legacy. Have we forgotten about the many theme parks that generate millions year after year? I haven’t and neither has the Disney company.
Taking down Disney is no measely task. This may be a dilemna that Disney must deal with, but by no means will it be a huge feat for Disney to overcome. The writers and Disney will come to an agreement. I believe the writers do have the right for profits from online sales and I believe Disney will realise this, and come to an reconciliation before any real damage is done. Every company is out for money. The Disney company would not let something this trivial bring them down.
I think disney should make an agreement with the writers to make their profits for everyone. If disney sees that their movies are going to make a lot of money then there should not be any problem with disney sharing their profits with the writers. If disney scraps the series then they will loose a lot of money and that they will loose a huge fan base for those movies.
Ok first of all, people are saying the pirates movies sucked, THEY DID NOT!!!!. The only reson they are saying this is because the word DISNEY is there, i bet if it was a whole diffrent studio makiong them people wwould have liked them… but to get back on task… Disney really doesnt have to do anything… they are fine for probably another five to ten years at most like 15. With new shows like Hannah Montana and new movies with High School Musical 3 and also Hannah Montana movie, Disney will be set. The two movies that have came out already are making money and people are going to keep buying things. These two shows are one opf those shows that never gets old, until the actor/actress meses up in the real world Cough cough Hillary Duff. But really disney has nothing to worry about, even if they dont make those two movies the chrnicles of narnia is going to make BANK!!!! and this new cartoon will be great especially if its like a movie like toy story or aladin, kids never get tired of those, no matter how old you are.
Really the writers, even though they dont get what they want, they got to think of the little kids, comeon not many people have pirated films of disney, well soem but not as many as movies like Rush Hour 3 or CloverFeild… Disney movies are meant for kids and even if they do get a bootleg, the kids will still want the toys and the clothes and the backpack, and room set… so really the writers should just write mkae the little kids happy. Writers are kind of like Santa… giving kids THINGS!!
Scrap the things together… i dont get this… but ill try. If the writers dont come back… nothing will happen, Disney has enough things ut at this moment that will sell plenty of merchndised… if the writers come back its like Jordan coming back and wining 3 more rings… Disney will be making lots more movies and alot faster. Overall people and kids will be happy.
NO! heck no, Disney will not leave LA, the only thing that can make Disney do that is uhhhhhhh NOTHING! Disney is here for another 192382198473982307281345678234654327853 years, and more if people still live.
Ok first of all, people are saying the pirates movies sucked, THEY DID NOT!!!!. The only reson they are saying this is because the word DISNEY is there, i bet if it was a whole diffrent studio makiong them people wwould have liked them… but to get back on task… Disney really doesnt have to do anything… they are fine for probably another five to ten years at most like 15. With new shows like Hannah Montana and new movies with High School Musical 3 and also Hannah Montana movie, Disney will be set. The two movies that have came out already are making money and people are going to keep buying things. These two shows are one opf those shows that never gets old, until the actor/actress meses up in the real world Cough cough Hillary Duff. But really disney has nothing to worry about, even if they dont make those two movies the chrnicles of narnia is going to make BANK!!!! and this new cartoon will be great especially if its like a movie like toy story or aladin, kids never get tired of those, no matter how old you are.
Really the writers, even though they dont get what they want, they got to think of the little kids, comeon not many people have pirated films of disney, well soem but not as many as movies like Rush Hour 3 or CloverFeild… Disney movies are meant for kids and even if they do get a bootleg, the kids will still want the toys and the clothes and the backpack, and room set… so really the writers should just write mkae the little kids happy. Writers are kind of like Santa… giving kids THINGS!!
Scrap the things together… i dont get this… but ill try. If the writers dont come back… nothing will happen, Disney has enough things ut at this moment that will sell plenty of merchndised… if the writers come back its like Jordan coming back and wining 3 more rings… Disney will be making lots more movies and alot faster. Overall people and kids will be happy.
NO! heck no, Disney will not leave LA, the only thing that can make Disney do that is uhhhhhhh NOTHING! Disney is here for another 192382198473982307281345678234654327853 years, and more if people still live.
Now my opionion, well i like disney i dont care how old i am, they make some tight movies like chronicles of narnia, and chris yes marvle films are good, but come on disney has magic action , adventure and best of all mickey mouse WHAT NOW!!! but yea i go to disney land they make there money, i see my little nieces and other litle guys and girls weraing disney stuff, its eevrywhere. DISNEY IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!!!
first, disney wasn’t a sell-out in the times Walt was there. he was just kind of creepy. in the early 90s the disney channel was was friggin’ great. mainly because all they showed was old disney cartoons. but then it started to grow and then it sold out.
fuck hannah montana, fuck high school musical. that’s what’s killing the earth. those two things (along with the pirates trilogy) put disney in a world of lordship. which is why they don’t need to comply with the writer’s strike. they have so much money they can basically do whatever they want. sure, they should do whatever the writers are asking, but unless they want to make themselves look good and give the writers money just to show everyone that they are generous, the probably won’t.
but who really knows?
it’s disney.
I don’t think there’s any way that Disney would be pushed out of LA permanently. Especially not from lost profit on only two movies. And they have the Prince Caspian thing coming out along with Wall E. After all, they did make a butt load of money on other movies like the Pirates series, etc, already.
I’d love to think that they’d give the writers money. I sympathize with the writers and their need for a higher salary. Right now, it seems like they’re at a stale mate. Someone’s going to need to give in. Bottom line: Disney needs writers and the writers need money. Isn’t there any way they can meet halfway?
I don’t think they should scrap the series. Both the Highschool Musical Movie and the Hannah Montana Movie will give Disney a lot of money. A lot of “tweens” and older fans follow both series. I think that it would be wise if Disney didn’t scrap them, because the potential profit is freakin’ huge for them. They’ve had big successes already with other films. This is their chance to make even more money. After all, that’s all that big corporations care about: the money.
I agree with Buddy! Let Disney Do what they want!! Duhh! they Do what they want already why should we tell them what to do with there money onw just because of the writers strick!! They have MILLIONS ALREADY!! What will change!! Disney Has ALLL The right to their own scrips! Diseny IF they want their money give them their FRECKIN MONEY!!! There are too msny children waiting for all that disney has in their bags of tricks.. why have they suffer because of some stupid writers strick thatdisent involve disney anyway. Lets Not push anything back keep the ball rolling and maybe others will follow. The faster we stop this strick the faster we could get back making millions instead of LOSING MILLIONS!! That would be the smart chose!!! DUH!!
NO! Not Hannah Montana! I will die! I will die! BOO. Disney just needs to go ahead and realize who’s writing the show. They cant do anything without their writers. If they were so worried about giving up a portion of that big pool of money to their writers, they should have just hired a bunch of illegals to do it for cheaper. I’m not that big of a fan of Disney’s, so if they got pushed out of LA i wouldn’t really care. When it comes down to it, Disney’s really nothing without Hannah Montana, and Bambi died a long time ago. I guess what I’m saying is that Disney shouldn’t be afraid to call it a chicken cesar wrap, and be good to go. If they ever left, I can see all the 12 year olds marching through the streets trying to get Disney to come back.. There not going anywhere. Its been too long.
i think Disney should compromise with the writers i mean they do make more money off the theme parks i mean how much money do they get form that because Disney is quite expensive you have to think about the ticket the snacks the lunches the dinners the git shops and how much u spend there the pictures ect…the Disney stores which include clothing and toys ect and how many kids buy the Disney stores i mean they aren’t really going to lose anything by giving the writes a little bit of the cut they can get it by everything else and i mean this will also save them quite a lot of money and gain money is the get high school musical out sooner the kids will still be into i mean do it while the show is hot instead of not hot. what kid doesn’t want high school musical… i think they should give the writers a break
I think that Disney should just give the Writers more money Because disney makes alot of money anyway and it wouldnt hurt to give the writers more. Disney Makes alot of Profit off everything such as the disney stores all the shows and even the radio station. Disney shouldnt be greedy they should share the wealth
They also make alot of money with all the theme parks everywhere, if it werent for the writers all the disney shows would be cancelled and pretty much lame. Right now there is Nothing but disney re-runs and all the disney fans are getting tired of watching the same episodes all the time so disney is losing money by the writers being on strike so therefore they need to give the writers more money.
At first I didnt notice or pay attention to the writers strike. It didnt seem to involve me until my favorite shows and movies were being delyed. There were not new episodes coming out and the release of movies were getting held back. I have not seen any new episodes for a long time but i havent lost intrest. Just because there isnt anything new dosnt nessisarly mean people will loose intrest.
I think disney would loose a lot more if they were to cancel their movie series. It would make more sence to wait this out. Disney should compromise with the writers. Make them a deal.
I dont think Disney is any way would be moves out of LA. It has too much of an impact of peoples lives to take it out.
Disney makes so much fucking money i would think they would be able to pay the writers alittle more. Disney has 4 theme parks around the world, a disney store in almost every mall, i would say they have the markets covered. If a new more bucks would make disneys writers happy then why not pay them more. As far as disney being pushed out of LA, no way in hell that is going to happen, especially over lost profits of 2 moives.
i agree with David. fuck hannah montana, fuck high school musical. that’s what’s killing the earth.
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In all likelihood, the writer’s strike will be over before this becomes a problem. Its interesting, though, to ponder what might happen if they didn’t make it. I had no idea, until recently, that high school musical made so much money.
I never was a fan of high school musical or hannna montanna. To me, they’re pretty stupid. As a writer, its a disgrace to see such bad, cliched, unoriginal material. It makes my eyes burn.
So if high school musical died, I would be overjoyed.
i havent really been keeping up with the writers strike so i dont really know much about it but i think disney should compromise with the writers. disney needs the writers to write and the writers need jobs to make money so its a win win if worked out properly. i really dont care what disney decides to do probably because im not much of a hannah montana fan or a high school musical fan but what ever disney does decide to do it cant really hurt them much well maybe if they decide to cancel the movies then it might so i think they should just delay the movies. i dont think the girls are going to forget zac efron or that the boys are going to forget hannah montana any time soon.
Well, I don’t know what Disney SHOULD do, because I’m sure there are a plethora more factors than just the writer’s strike, but one thing I think they might do if necessary would be to move. My guess would be Japan. Do you know how popular Kingdom Hearts is?
OK, first off Disney is freaken RICH! according to wikipedia, The Walt Dinsey Company took in $65.6 Billion in Revenues in 2006. So to me it is ABSURD that Disney is being SOOOOO CHEAP that they don’t want to pay their writers. I defintely think the writers should be paid more because they ARE THE REASON WHY THEIR MOVIES do so well! Without the writers, disney wouldnt make the money that they do make from their hugely popular movies like The Priates Of The Carribean, High School Musical, or even Hannah Montana. Basically, Disney needs to stop being cheap and pay the writers the right amount of money! But if Dinsey is too stubborn to negotiate with their writers and get moved out of L.A., then I would HIGHLY recommend that they move to Toronto, Ontario, Canada!!! It is really pretty there, it is cheap to film there, and it is CANADA! haha! I love Canada! Anyway, I highly recommend that Disney pay the writers so we can keep Disney in L.A. and keep the much needed money for our economy!
Wow are you kidding? its DISNEY! as far as i am concerned Disney can do what ever they want. They are one of the biggest companies in the WORLD!!
Since Disney has so much money they should give in and finally just give the writers what they want.Which is more money.
The last thing Disney has to worry about is the thought and crisis of not pulling in auidence or profit. Disney is a childhood favorite of everybody,i’m pretty sure just because movie dates are going to have to be pushed back,Disney will lose viewers.
Just let the writers get out of their little “rebel” stage so they can get back to work where all of them belong.
Disney is nothing without their writers. without their writers there wouldn’t be cool movies that target kids. if the kids wants to see it, the parents have to go with them buying at least 2 tickets for the movies. once they see it they want toys and all that crap. then they’ll buy the DVD to watch countless of times. then they see that those movies are done by Disney, so then they bug their paretns about going to a vacation at disneyland that cost a lot of money. you see, without the writers writing awesome movies Disney will die. so yes, it couild definitely leave L.A. beacause of this. chanell is right, they are a huge company, they have a lot of money, so they should just pay their writers, the money comes back anyways from the money they get back from the movies and shows. So I say pay the damn writers, and if you don’t, good-bye.
As stated earlier in the year, the film industry would not be affected by the writer strike because of the stockpile of scripts already written. It now seems that Disney is struggling because of the popularity of the first movies they released. The success of the High School Musical series has forced Disney to write new scripts for the new movies is why they are now being affected by the strike.
The strike is almost over any way, and it is being said that the major resolutions have already been resolved, and final disscussions are being finalized. Disney should continue with their High School musical three deadline because the writers will come back to finish scripts, and the Hannah Montana movie is aready written, just needs to be filmed. Disney won’t be losing any money over this, and there will be no need to leave L.A. The Chronicles of Narnia release for Christmas, and the Hannah Montana movie, along with the release of High School Musical 3, Disney will be rolling in reveneues by the end of this year. They should stay on track to film each of these movies and continue along with producing their television station.
I think disney should give the writers what they want so it will benefit both of them. I mean without the writers, Disney can not make any more movies, which means there is no money being raised. Disney needs thier movies in order for them to get any profits. If they come out with some crappy movies then no one will even bother to buy a movie ticket and watch it. The Writers are the ones who make the movie interesting, so Disney should allow them to have what they want so no one has to suffer.
Ok, if there is anything that Disney should do is not piss off the writers. Disney produces some great films that are enjoyable by many people around the world. If they were to piss off the writers during this strike, they’d be in much bigger trouble than what they are in now.
Compromise.. egh. I don’t know. The best thing Disney can do is wait it all out. They should have enough material to get them through a few months while this issue is resolved. So in the short run they’re ok, in the long run, they could be in big trouble.
It’s evident how much money HSM and Hannah Montana are bringing in. Plus they have a music label too, I’m sure the Jonas Brothers are bringing in some good amount of cash right now.
As for pushing Disney out of LA… not going to happen. Not even close.
Disney should allow the writers to have what they want. The problem is simple: No Writers = No GOOD movies. What i am saying is that without writers there won’t be any good movies coming out. Right now they are just releasing two movies and thats it. Disney makes thier profits by making movies and tv shows that people would go out and buy. But if nothing interesting is coming out then there will be not as much buyers. With out writers, most likely Disney will just go and start selling thier “open vault movies” like Cinderella or Aladdin. They can just earn a little money for that. So what i am saying is Disney needs the writers to make interesting movies, with out them…. Thats It Folks!!
if the writers don’t want to write no more then what else is there to do. i think disney should find something new. they need to have a group meeting like how us ipoly kids do it and disney should think of other ideas that will sell money or pay people to think of ideas and then will develop maybe their own writers or just find new writers and make a contract with them with fine print, contract should be like one of those that hurt your eyes because its small and its like a million pages long then they will just end up signing it. i heard disney owns a porno. idk if thats true or now but im pretty sure disney will not go bankrupt unless every kid in america sues them. if disney doesn’t make anymore money then that would suck because all the little kids would be watching nickolodean and they will make more money now. also we wouldnt have a gradnight anymore or they disney tickets would be off the wall like 5,000 dollars to ride nemo. disney is still a good business.
i really think that Disney should make an agreement with the writers. disney is a multi million corp. and wont be at loss if they paid their workers a little extra more money than they are getting paid. look at how many theme parks, stores, cds, dvds, and movies that they have and how expensive they all are. if the companies dont have writers, then we wont have any good movies and they would all come out all crappy; just like HSM2. like everyone has stated before, i dont think that Disney, would be going anywhere from here. i think that after selling all their stuff they would have more money left over to pay their writers fairly, they way they are supposed to be paid..
I think this is interesting because everyone knows the possible outcomes, yet we haven’t a clue what they’re really going to do about it. And it is a problem! There is some serious compromising needed to be done. I think they should kiss and make-up either way, because Disney WILL take a bad dive if they don’t.. and c’mon, that’d just about suck if they didn’t. I know I’m addicted to everything Disney, regardless of the movie genre. Plus, without the writers.. who’s gonna write? Suck it up. Compromise people. Quite acting like stubborn kids.
The writers strike has pushed not just Disney productions but also other main production companies like abc7. So many shows and movies haven’t been able to go into production because of the strike. So if Disney which is one of the largest movie production companies wants to push their movies to get started or finish then they should settle something with the writers. Disney is known for their movies shown to all ages and since the latest movie was already released then they might be in trouble. The loss of money from the movies already started could make Disney lose a lot of their money. With a settled contract for the writers the movie productions can continue and push Disney into making the money they used to and release their movies on time.
i dont think that all the money they would receive from the hannah montana and high school musical 3 would get them out of LA. they already have a lot of other resources, and the narnia series is a big hit. but like everyone else i do believe that they do need to make an ultimatum with the writers. i think its funny though no one is realty going to say oh no, eff the writers, unless you’re the company saying eff you to them. So for my reasoning i believe that the writers have already done enough for them. and i believe the writers who thought they deserved more money should probably try and compromise things. both sides, not just the company’s. but they writers too.
This topic doesn’t really affect me so honestly I don’t care that much about it. However, i think Disney should definitely give the writers at least a small cut from DVD’s. After all, without them, there’d BE no film in the first place. All of the people who are involved with the production and the film itself should be given what they deserve, and these writers deserve the money. I don’t know if they should get as much as they’re asking for (whatever that may be) since usually when this kind of situation occurs they want more than they can be given, but they should definitely get some. I don’t think Disney should be so worried about this. Disneyland alone brings in so much money every year. It’s called the “Happiest Place On Earth”, which draws people from allover the globe to want to go and see what all the fuss is about. Disney has its loyal fans and such, so they shouldn’t be so nervous. Plus, eventually the writers will give in, after all, they have to get their income from somewhere, and I doubt they’d get more somewhere else. THey should be fine.
I think there should be some compromising. Yea it will be impossible to eliminate what is already occuring, but there can be methods to help minimize the problem. If writers didn’t too strong on this dilemma they wouldn’t have gone this far for their stance, especially with this recession we r facing. Whether it be to increase salary or what not Disney can’t do it without them, but they can do without Disney. So it would only be in the best interest of Disney to please the writer’s to the best of their ability, but the writers need to be just as understanding in that they aren’t going to exactly what they want to the fullest because there comes a point where you cna only do so much before you just forget about it all-in-all.
First of all, Disney has lots of $$$. so i dont know why Disney isn’t compromising with their writers. I really don’t blame the writers for striking for a better salary. If Disney wants to keep earning all the money that they do, then i don’t see the point as to why they are not raising their writers salary. The writers are the ones that make up a big percentage of Disneys’ earnings with all the scripts to the movies that Disney has produce. This writers could be wanted by other movie producing companies.And if Disney makes the mistake of not raising the writers salary, these other big movie produsing companies can take al of Disneys writers.Disney already earns a heck of a load of money from all the Disneys across the world, as well as products from previous movie hits that Disneyhas produce such as High School Musical, Pirates, Finding Nemo ( my personal favorite from Pixar movies), and lets not forget all the ultimate favorites like Peter Pan, and all of the pricesses Movies. all of these movies have products such as clothes, perfumes, bed stuff, decorations, school materials etc.. and im pretty sure that Disney gets money from there. I really dont see the point as to why Disney should wait any longer to solve this problems with their unique and creative writers, i mean if they push back movie day premieres they might as well push back audiences too. If Disney does end up pushing dates back, they are most likely going to lose some Audiences specialy little kids, i mean Hannah Montana has become a big Idol but i doubt that she will be as famous as she is now, kids grow and they start to get to other things. Its kind of like fashion, one trend might be in one season but in a few months IS SO NOT THE THING! you know what i mean? The same goes to High School Musical. lol Disney cant be move from its place it would take millions of dollars for it to happen( and that’s only if its possible) and isn’t the big arugument about money anyway!!!
i think they should just give what the writers want, because with out them they can’t do anything and have to put everything on hold. Making everything more stressful on themselves on trying to solve the problem on film production. So they should just let the writers get a piece for DVD’s. Also if they want to make more money they will compromise because the writers do everything for them really. From movies to shows so if they want to continue making money they will want to compromise. If not everything Disney wants to do will be on hold.
Disney should just come to an agreement with the writers. Its jeopardizing the profits the company makes! They’d make tons of money off those movies and the writer strike is clearly putting the productions at stake because they have to pull them back. By compromising you’d solve the whole problem! People need to learn how to get along. They should make a fair compromise where its equal for both the company and the writers. Disney just need to face the fact that, they need their writers in order for a production to be successful. They both need each other, their each other’s half’s and in order to make a whole, you need the other one.
I don’t think that Disney will be pushed out of LA because of money problems. I also think that they should come to an agreement with the writers so that they can continue the production of their up coming movies. Disney made a lot of money off of the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, and I’m sure that they will make a lot off of Prince Caspin. I can’t see Disney being pushed out of LA. They make so much off the theme park and Disney is a huge corp. that can handle the loss. Tourist come from all over the world to California, and most of them visit Disneyland and California Adventure. I’m sure that Disney will be fine. Disney should try to come to an agreement with the writers so they can produce the High School Musical and Hannah Montana movies soon. If they don’t, those who would watch those movies may get tired of waiting for them and may not want to watch them in the end. But in the end, I believe that Disney will be fine and there is no way they will be pushed out of LA.
My opinion is similar to those of others… i believe that disney and the writers should form some type of agreement. i dont get why there isnt already a solution for this problem already. in reality i think that it should be okay for the writers to strike and want more then what they get because as of everything titled by disney they have all been created and written by the writers not mickey mouse so i believe they’re right for wanting more but then again why dont they leave and look for some other company that will compromise with them. They already have the talent they can do without disney.I dont see why giving the writers or employees more $ will affect them i mean they make lots of profit of their stores, DVD’s and amusement parks all over the world they should be fine with sharing the wealth
what is disney complaining about? i think they should compromise with the writers! disney is one of the biggest companies in the world, gettin money from not only movies, but pictures, tv shows, the disney channel, music, and other products. if jay leno cam pay his writers out of his own pocket, just so he can have them back, why cant the gigantic tyrant known as disney do the same? scrapping both projects should be the very last result. they would lose so much money it might even throw them out of LA. just give the writers what they want!
haha i just noticed me and andrea used the same line n the smiley lol
Disney needs to compromise with their writers. That’s the only way the best possible outcome will come out of this. The writers are essential to be able to put out these profitable movies. If Disney waits too long, then it could be too late. and this could result in less people watching the movie. I know my sister is a addict to both HSM and Hannah Montana. However if the movie will come out later due to the writers’ strike, she will probably lose interest and not watch either movie. They would make tons of money with HSM and Hannah Montana. Little girls love Hannah Montana. i mean her concerts were constantly sold out everywhere! Her new 3-d movie was a huge hit. HSM is an attraction everywhere. If these movies come out later due to the writers strike, it will affect Disney slightly or majorly. Basically without writers, there will be no movie. Disney’s best bet is to compromise with the writers, and hurry to get these movies released as soon as possible.
I think Disney already makes a lot of money as it is so I think that Disney should pay the writters more so they could actually get to work and do something about the problem. I do think that Disney should give the writters an ultimatum. The ultimatum should be that Disney should increase there salary because I believe that the writters play an important role in the movies like by Disney not being able to touch anything thats a big role that the writters play. Hence, meaning that without the writters there wouldnt be no movie production. In that case the writters want more money to make there magic happen. I dont think that they should scrap all series together because than people wont no what to go watch. Another reason why they shouldnt scrap all series together is because the audience wont have anything to look foward to in the upcoming years since so many differnt movies came out in one year. Like for exaple if all the movies come out as one than it wouldnt be convinient to the audince nor Disney because the audince would want to see more than one movie and for DIsney it wouldnt be that much profit because its only production from one movie. Hence, not a lot of money will come out of that. So i suggest they dont scrap all series together to make it more profitable for everybody that way everybody is happy. For sure Disney isnt going anywhere because Disney has a lot of money with our without The movie Productions. Disney has many other things to get money from like for example the Disney Cruse, The animal Kindom the other Disney resots and things like that, that make a difference. Im pretty sure Disney makes more than enough money with all those things that is why i really really dont think Disney is ever moving out of LA it just has way too much money to avoid that from happening.
I heard on the news recently that the writers strike was going to come to an end. I think that Disney should just agree to what the writers want because they have done a lot for the writing community. Although I do not really feel bad for the writers because they are in for just more money. Disney can’t stop others from pirating movies. If Disney gave money to the writer that would mean that they would have to pay other people as well such as the directors. I don’t think that Disney will be moving out of LA because they other sources of income that can support them. All in all whatever Disney does is up to them and they will probably agree to some of the writers terms, but not all of them. We just have to wait and see.
First off my speculation on the writer’s strike is I can understand the point of both sides. For example the writer’s want a part of the money from the DVD downloads sales. It would be understandable that the writers’ think they deserve a part of it since they contribute to the making of the script, which without would have no movies. However I can also see why the production team does not want to give it to them. They are saying that other people like actors will try to do the same thing. In the end I believe Disney should make an ultimatum for the writers so they can go backing to filming movies.
Disney should settle a deal with the writer’s strike because the company would lose money. A lot of companies are losing money from the writer’s strike and many shows had fewer episodes because they could not continue to use the scripts anymore. So I believe that Disney should set an example and try to solve the problem with their writer’s to get them back to work.
I believe that Disney should try to make an ultimatum for the writers s that they ca start filming on some of their movies like High School Musical 3 and the Hannah Montana movie. If Disney does not act quickly to bring back their writers, they will lose even more money that they are potentially losing now.
I believe that disney and the writers should come to some sort of comprimise. To be honest with you, I dont believe the writer strike is going to do a whole lot of damage to disney, because the worst case scenario for them is that they are going to have to hire new writers. Im pretty sure they could find some new creative writers who are willing to work for less. I mean disney isn’t where it is today for being a stupid company. They will find some sort of solution, whether it be give into the writers demands, come to a compromise, or just fire them all together and hire new writers. To be honest with you, I dont think the writers of Hannah Montana or Highschool musical are all that great in the first place, Im pretty sure they could be easily replaced. And like some people said earlier it doesnt really matter how bad the script is, the names alone are going to make money.
Disney should just compromise with their writers if they think things will get very bad without their writers but i highly doubt anything bad is going to come out of them not having any high school musical 3 or Hannah Montana crap because they are a legendary corp that has been around for a very long time and has developed some of the best films ever i think Disney will be fine with whatever decision they make
personally i couldnt care less about this issue… but anyway Disney should make peace with their writters and make the goddam deal. Disney is such a strong empire and they could do whatever, and fuckin mickey mouse will be happy and all that fun stuff. I dont see how there is anyway disney could be pushed out of L.A. God! fuckin i dont even see what the issue is here… disney is the man, and he does what he wants.
No matter what Disney will never be pushed out of LA, its Disney! They have made so many hit films, made so much money in the box office, and are even creating more future blockbusters. New films are coming out this year, and people are going to love them. But with the writer’s strike some of the new things that were supposed to come out this year are being pushed back, such as the third installment of High School Musical, which was supposed to begin filming in March and released in theaters later this year. But rumors are saying that it is probably going to be pushed back into 2009 because of the writer’s strike. In my opinion I think that Disney should just pay their writer’s, they have more than enough money to pay them. And I think that Disney is being a little to greedy. There shouldn’t be an ultimatum, but Disney needs to pay what the writers deserve.
And a definitely no to scrapping out any of the Disney series. I love the shows on Disney channel, and would be mad if they took them off air. Some people may not care, but I do! And on top of that the younger fans would be really upset, Hannah Montana, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and some of the new shows like Phineas and Ferb, and Wizards of Waverly Place, if they were gone oh man you would be hearing from the mothers all over the country! So to end the mess that was started, Disney needs to pay up, get filming started on HSM3 and the Hannah Montana movie, and call it a day, okay? Because all of the bogus is really stupid, what made Disney think that they could stop paying their employees? Because these writers should get the money they deserve for all of the work they do.
Disney should come to a agree with the writers and just move on. Those movie make billions of dollars and deserve a piece of that money after all they did write them.
But if they do not come to an agreement there the should just cut the out or move out of Hollywood but in that case it would be a lose lose situation and it would hard the economy of the la area or even California if they move out of state. Its just best of all that they come to an agreement.
I think the writer’s are only hurting themselves. They should know the production companies won’t give in, because if they do, they are gonna have to cave for the screen actors and directors guilds. It’s not the movie companies fault that people are posting illegal bootlegs, and they want more money. They are being selfish. Think of all the millions of people entertained by their work. They are sell-outs. They already get paid and still want more.
The High School Musical series is probably the most single successful thing to hit disney in the past several years. High School Musical came out of nowhere, spread throughout the world, and became a global phenomenon. Disney came out with not only High School Musical DVDs and CDs, but also went onto other merchandise such as bed sheets, posters, pins, dolls, etc. High School Musical’s popularity seems to have skyrocketed overnight, and I personally do not see or know why. They even came out with a High School Musical, which was pretty much exactly the same thing as the movie, minus all of the story line. Then High School Musical 2 came out, and the all hype seemed to start back up again. High School Musical 2 managed to pull in 17.5 million viewers the night it aired. Even though the second movie could not hold a candle to the first, many several disney channel regulars are still anticipatingly awaiting the debut of High School Musical 3, which is set for a theatrical release. Because the first and second High School Musical movies were made for tv movies, and they did not cost that much to make, disney made bank off of all the extra random merchandise that they came out with. I believe that pushing back the scheduled release date of the third movie will not affect how many people go to watch it negatively. Teenagers and little children are the majority of the people who watch the High School Musical series. Little children will go to watch the third movie reguardless of when it hits theaters. And the parents having to pay for their own ticket, as well as their children’s is just extra money in disney’s pocket. The teenagers will go watch the movie reguardless as well because since they do not air either of the High School movies on the air often, there is a slim chance that they will be that bored or tired of it. Disney will not lose money whether or not High School Musical 3′s released is pushed back or not.
As for Hannah Montana, disney channel viewers are getting a little bit tired of having to keep watching re-runs, but even so, little children love Hannah Montana. Disney as done the same thing here in terms of merchandise: clothing, dolls, etc. Disney is no slouch in the merchandise game. Same thing here, disney decided to also have a Hannah Montana concert. It consisted of Hannah performing her hit songs from her tv show. And these concert tickets were not cheap. It cost way too much for even nose bleed seats. So since they realized not everyone could afford these ridiculously overpriced seats, disney decided to make more money by filming a Hannah Montana concert and making it into a movie, so everyone cold afford to enjoy a concert.
Disney is not going to lose money off of this writer strike. If anything, they are going to make more money when these movies eventually come out due to the fact that loyal fans had to wait forever to see it.
Well i personally don’t have much sympathy for the writers because they are only finding out that they are hurting them self and only them. yeah the companies might be suffering but it wont be long till someone else comes in and says ill do the job for the same amount of money that you were paying the writers. Because heck what ever Disney produces, it will make money only because it has the title Disney. so i don’t think Disney has anything to worry about.
Disney will be fine. They are in no way, going to be pushed out of LA. I think Disney should carry on the 2 movies because of the potential profits. They can afford to take the risk. But I also think that they should compromise with the wirters. They should stop being greedy, considering all the money they made of of the Pirates movies and the Lion the Witch and the Wordrobe.
I dont see why Disney wont do this. They already make plenty more money of the franchisees. Cutting off some of that wont hurt them, but it will greatly help the writers.
Disney is screwed. Unless they make an ultimatum for the writers and a strong one then they’re going to lose money. Disney will never leave LA that’s just crazy talk. But if I were Disney I would make a temporary deal with the writers and then screw them over in the end for trying to mess with my money. Then I would just higher foreign writers in the future. But hey that’s just me.
If Disney waits to long to make these movie kids will get over it. Kids have extremely short attention spans so if you tell them a movies coming out it better come out, or they will forget and move on to the next superficial thing.
Disney should scrap the whole thing. Disney is supposed to be a symbol of innocent childhood joys. I think Disney should be more respectful to its founder, Walt Disney, and carry out his dreams instead of their dreams of greed and riches. I think Walt Disney may not of respected the writer’s strike but would of respected then enough not to cut deals to get his way. There are plenty of other industries within the Disney Empire that can be expanded or worked on that can easily make as much profit as a tween movie. Like the huge Disney Empire will fall due a year or so of a halt in Movie productions. It is not sully a Movie corporation.
The only reason Disney will have to leave is if they don’t feel their profit is great enough. I don’t think they will ever have to leave due to loosing too much money that they can’t afford to be here in the states.
Disney is too concerned about their profits. They have even sued school districts for showing Disney movies to classes with more students than allowed to view it at one time. That is ridiculous. It’s a public school. They aren’t making any money off of showing it. How much money could it really be loosing from that? Why take time to sue a school district that is already under funded when our education throughout the states is noticeably worse than other countries? I think that is horrible and shows how wrapped up in themselves Disney has become.
I think that Disney should compromise with their writers over the money issue. I think that they eventually will too, because I don’t see Disney leaving L.A. anytime soon because they began here and Disney wouldn’t be hurt by giving in just a little because the company is rich.
That being said, to even think that Disney would leave just because of 2 movies is preposterous. It wont happen, Disney is more than a movie company so for the risk of it to be hurt even, the problem would have to be bigger.
Honestly I think that Disney will be just fine.Eben though the writer’s strike has taken it’s tol. on Hollywood, I think that Disney will pull through. Andanother thing is that they’re not just releasing only 3 movies. There is more. But the only bade thing is that the strike is causing the whole process to srall. I think the only other ultimatum or option Disney woyld have to recover it’z profits is through the theme paks and products, which many will agree are overpriced already. As an ultimatum for the writer’s there really isn’t any, at this point it’s either give them what they want or not. And as for Disney moving out of L.A., this really seems to be an unlikely idea. Disney is a major asset of L.A. and it’s history and culture, and has “marked it’s territory,” if you may. Not to mention Disneyland is right around the corner, so it would seem unnlikely for Disney to move out of it’s area.
High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and the Narnia series have all proved to be probably the biggest hits of Disney ever, besides the Pirates series. But with the writers strike and all, I believe that Disney should just wait until the strike is over. Which I have recently red, should be over soon. Disny osn;t going anywhere. With Disneyland and all the merchandise they produce and make profit off of, I feel that Disney isn;t going anywhere anyhime soon. They should’nt scrap the series because that would just make them lose even more money. Little kids and tweens alike Idolize girls like Hannah Monana. I know that even my little sisters love her and with the promise of a movie coming out, they would love to and would wait otside of a movie to come out. So Disney will be just fine if they have patience and wait for the writers to come back.
Disney should work something out with their writers.
It’s in the best interest of Disney that they come to some kind of agreement with them being that the writers are really the ones bringing in the big bucks.
Not only that, but they should try to have their writers come up with ideas that won’t be so costly. Sure, many of the writers ideas are great ones, but Disney should consider lowering the amount of money being used to make these scrpits become a reality in the films they make.
As far as pirated films goes, they can’t help that. I don’t think any film industry can, there’s really no way to put a stop to it.
Disney should really consider the whole compromising with the writers. I mean if it would get them more money then what’s the lose? The writers are just realizing how important they are to Disney, and now want other needs. I know that if it were me whom were writing all these great stories for Disney and they weren’t meeting my needs I would let them know exactly how I felt. If Disney doesn’t come to an agreement then they can be sure that they’ll loose a lot more money and fans than they will if they just compromise and keep their writers happy, it’s as simple as that.
well disney needs to share the wealth with the writers. these writers are making disney money… mad bank. they need to come to some middle ground with these people to keep making money. they need to stop being selfish and let the writers get in on some of the cash. if they dont work something out they will be loosing much more money tan if they agreed with the writers.
Disney is one of the biggest industries and makes so much money a year. I believe that Disney should compromise with the writers. I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t. With all the hit shows that Disney has, such as Hannah Montana, They would be stupid to take them away. I don’t think the audience will be too sad to see their favorite episode being aired more than once. This article talked about how they might lose “tweens” because they’re going to forget about the shows and move on to something else. I highly doubt this because if they’ve followed these shows for this long then I don’t think they will stop now.
I think it’s highly unlikely that Disney will be moving out of L.A. anytime soon. Disney is too big and L.A. would regret it finacially if they let Disney leave. They still have so many movies coming out. The profit that they lost during all of this will seem like it never happened when these movies come out. The day that Disney moves from L.A., is the day that pigs fly!
Disney should just wait until this writer’s strike comes to a close because movies are a great part of their revenue, but that is certainly not the only way Disney makes their money. With a channel, radio station and DVD’s that go away to the vault every couple months, Disney already has their audience in the bag and die hard HSMers and Hannah Montana-nites will wait for the movies to come out. I can see High School Music losing its popularity, but unless Hannah Montana gets a HUGE scandal (and I mean huge because scandals of yesterday are nothing today) she will still hold her fan base and they will still flock to see her movie in 2009, 2010, 2015 or whenever it comes out.
I am not opposed to the writers getting what they deserve, but this issue will resolve itself so there is no need for Disney to go out of their way to make it end faster. This is not the first writers’ strike and it certainly won’t be the last, so there is no need to panic. And with a company like Disney, I doubt if CEO Bob Iger will even lose a wink of sleep over this. If I was him I’d sleep like a baby because with or without the movies, its still a billion dollar business that will never stop growing.
The truth is that the writers protest has affected many of us. Although Disney being a big production company that has many films that they have in storage and are waiting to be released, they will eventually feel the pressure of the writers protest in its production sales. Disney has had much success in their films such as High school Musical and will continue to release movies that will be enjoyed through out the world. A compromise has to be done between writers and Disney. If they don’t want any future conflicts in their future they need to compromise where both Disney and the unemployed writers come to the middle so that neither Disney nor the writers have the upper hand. This will help Disney in the future because if Disney lets out movies most likely at the movies premiers writers will be attraction attention for example they might attend a movie premiere just to try to ruin it for Disney such as they did for the golden awards.
I believe that Disney may make a small move away from films, but they won’t take much of a hit from it. In order to analyze this article you must understand exactly how multi-faceted the Disney company has become. You’d be surprised at all the markets that Disney has a hand in. They affect nearly all of our large industries, including farming.
I don’t think Disney will be going away, but they may start scraping or rushing some ideas.
i think the writers had every right to strike. With the constantly rising rates of bootlegged films, one can imagine how much money they are loosing. As far as Disney is concerned, they should compromise with their writers. Its the only way to come to a solution were both parties are semi-pleased.
Disney is a huge industry and with shows as popular as Hannah Montana and High School Musical, i dont think that they ahve anything to worry about. Fans won’t mind if an episode is aired just one more time. They arent just going to forget about a favorite show because its been a couple weeks without new episodes.
Even though most film industries are moving out of LA and into other areas or countries, i dont think Disney will.
The writers want to get payed thats all. Cmon, if you where a writer im pretty sure you’d want a cut from everything thats produced dvd or digital. Of course there is always going to be bootlegging so Disney already has to compete with bootleggers so just pay the writers and get it over with. If Disney doesn’t pay, it won’t dislodge them from anything because they are firmly seated here. But a big company like Disney won’t take a huge hit by paying the writer’s more. For the sake of time just get it over with, pay them and all the problems go away. Disney’s back in business and the writers should be content for a long time.
Hannah Montana’s concert in 3-D seemed to revolutionized the way Disney is prepared to release movies. The 3-D movie did SO WELL that Disney has reported that all other movies will be featured and released in the third dimension. Was the film’s popularity, though, due to the new movie technology or to the tween sensation’s previous iconic stance on television? What will all their money from their films result in? Disney has yet, since MATTERHORN, been able to establish a new invention to the world. So, what are they planning for in the future? More theme parks, new ways to view tv and music, a MASSIVE TWEEN AND MOUSE TAKEOVER? I have to give it to Disney, though. Narnia: Prince Caspian does look pretty cool.
Honestly, Disney will be fine. Nothing is going to really happen to them.
However, the writers are the reason these movies are such a big hit. But the company itself has so much more in other businesses for making money; merchandise, the park, and their other movies.
I think they should work with the writers. Negotiation could be a good idea. Paying them more shouldn’t be that big of a deal considering all the money they pull-in. Bootlegging and all that other stuff is always going to be an issue and I think it’s going to be an ongoing issue.
I don’t think Disney will ever leave L.A.