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Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger says several more films, originally planned for theatrical release, may be put straight on the Disney+ streaming platform.
Speaking to Barrons, Iger spoke about the recent decision to fast-track both “Frozen II” and “Artemis Fowl” to the company’s streamer, in turn forgoing a theatrical on the latter.
“In terms of movies going ahead after Artemis, there may be a few more that we end up putting directly onto Disney+, but for the most part a lot of the big tentpole Disney films, we’ll simply wait for slots. In some cases, we’ve announced new ones already, but later on in the calendar,” Iger said in an interview with the publication.
While Iger doesn’t name the films that might bypass theaters, most folks have money down on Marvel’s “The New Mutants” which was taken off the calendar – for a third or fourth time – after the coronavirus pandemic hit.
“In some cases we’ve moved things onto Disney+ faster than we would have. Frozen 2 was one of them, but Onward would be the biggest example. It was in theaters when this happened. We moved to a pay-per-view period for a couple of weeks where people could buy it and own it. And then we ended up putting it on Disney+.”
