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Happily ever after? Disney in the 21st century

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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Can Disney Ever Have a Happy Accident Like Squid Game?

Disney strategy has been to build off franchises, because they know a marvel film will do well. But that makes it less nimble than a place like net flik, who takes risks on totally new content. Disney's also starting to come up against hollywood. When creatives like actors and directors work with disney, they're often looking for a box office hit. If you are a movie maker, you want your film on the big screen. You may have heard of a very public fight disney had recently with the actress scarlet johansen. It was kind of a mess, and it did not make chapek look great. Aa, coverd this in

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