Considering what he's been saying on Twitter about his displeasure with Disney and the fact that he left the script out in the open, his career might already be in jeopardy. I know Pacific Rim didn't help him much either. Then again... maybe him "admitting" that he left the script was some sort of weird punishment by Disney for daring to speak out. He needed to prostrate himself before them to make amends for his rebellious behavior. That's kinda creepy.
Everything about how Disney’s manages its IP and talent is kinda creepy.
As a slightly related aside, we watched Toy Story 2 on Disney plus and in the credits they removed the fake outtake where the prospector is trying to seduce two barbies while suggesting he can get them a part in the next film.
It’s obvious why they did it, considering John Lassiter himself got fucking metoo’d, but I did a little digging and couldn’t find a lot of buzz for it online, just a few minor articles. No virtue signalling, no gloating, no major fanfare at all. They just erased that scene forever, Stalin style.
On its own it’s not a big deal, but keep in mind that these fucks now own, what, a half dozen news networks?
That plus the fact they turned their broadcast TV divisions into essentially an ad farm for their films. We have shitty rural internet so we likely watch more over-the-air television than most, and it’s inescapable.
They show the classic movies on the air right before the remakes. You see movie posters in the background of TV shows, merchandizing front and center where the actors practically look at the camera. Hell, Speechless was a decent show until the third season where they literally had an episode about the family going to the premier of the Last Jedi.
How the fuck can you trust a company like that to deliver news at all? Among all the other desperate publicity flailing, I fully expect to see full-blown prime time news stories about Rise of Skywalker for the whole month.
It’s all creepy and it’s all shitty. I know advertisers have always pulled this shit but it feels more invasive than ever and has an unsettlingly precise psychological element to it.
Anywho, fuck Didney. Fuck them for holding good art hostage, and fuck them for trying to strangle the the pop culture art ecosystem for almost a century.