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FT Edit presents: Disney struggles to revive the magic
FT Edit presents: Disney struggles to revive the magic
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8 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
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Elemental, the new movie from Pixar studios, recently disappointed at the box office.On this episode, Chris Grimes, the FT’s Los Angeles correspondent, takes us inside Disney, the owner of Pixar, and asks whether it can regain its creative crown after a few years of concentrating on lucrative sequels to its existing franchises and on its streaming business, Disney+. It has been a long time since Toy Story, and critics are fretting that Pixar has lost its touch. Even Marvel, which was reliably turning out annual blockbusters, has stumbled recently with the likes of Ant-Man. Chris wrote this article shortly after the release of Elemental.You can also find this story in FT Edit, an iPhone app that gives you a taste of the very best of FT journalism. After a month’s free trial, it is 99p or 99 cents a month for the next six months. Try it out if you want the best global politics, analysis and opinion pieces.Learn more about FT Edit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Aug 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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