Jack and Nick

Because the lead princess, played by Rachel Ziegler, is outspokenly pro-Palestine. But the evil queen, played by Gal Gadot, is pro-Israel. She actually served in the Israeli army. And that made movie promotion for these two actresses awkward and basically not happen. And then the third surprise was The Seven Dwarves, which was one big controversy.

Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame, a dwarf himself, called the movie that Disney produced backwards. He said the film shouldn't portray dwarves the way it was portraying them. And then Disney made things worse by trying to fix it. They didn't hire dwarf actors to play The Seven Dwarves. They created computer-generated dwarves instead. Ugh.

Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame, a dwarf himself, called the movie that Disney produced backwards. He said the film shouldn't portray dwarves the way it was portraying them. And then Disney made things worse by trying to fix it. They didn't hire dwarf actors to play The Seven Dwarves. They created computer-generated dwarves instead. Ugh.

Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame, a dwarf himself, called the movie that Disney produced backwards. He said the film shouldn't portray dwarves the way it was portraying them. And then Disney made things worse by trying to fix it. They didn't hire dwarf actors to play The Seven Dwarves. They created computer-generated dwarves instead. Ugh.

Which, like, you could have implored seven people to be in your Disney movie. Instead, you used a computer? Jack, add it all up, and what exactly was the result for the new Snow White? This whole movie was a nightmare that Disney just wanted to end. There's no magic lamp you can rub to make things right here, Disney.

Which, like, you could have implored seven people to be in your Disney movie. Instead, you used a computer? Jack, add it all up, and what exactly was the result for the new Snow White? This whole movie was a nightmare that Disney just wanted to end. There's no magic lamp you can rub to make things right here, Disney.

Which, like, you could have implored seven people to be in your Disney movie. Instead, you used a computer? Jack, add it all up, and what exactly was the result for the new Snow White? This whole movie was a nightmare that Disney just wanted to end. There's no magic lamp you can rub to make things right here, Disney.

I'll bet you 20 bucks you've never seen a trailer for this movie because Disney didn't promote it whatsoever. Or to put things in Snow White terms, Disney went full bashful on this movie when it came to promoting it. They scaled back the premiere. There was no red carpet event with interviews. They canceled the whole promotional tour.

I'll bet you 20 bucks you've never seen a trailer for this movie because Disney didn't promote it whatsoever. Or to put things in Snow White terms, Disney went full bashful on this movie when it came to promoting it. They scaled back the premiere. There was no red carpet event with interviews. They canceled the whole promotional tour.

I'll bet you 20 bucks you've never seen a trailer for this movie because Disney didn't promote it whatsoever. Or to put things in Snow White terms, Disney went full bashful on this movie when it came to promoting it. They scaled back the premiere. There was no red carpet event with interviews. They canceled the whole promotional tour.

But Jack, to sprinkle on some context here, this Snow White film was announced back in 2016. Disney couldn't have predicted the PR bomb that they were building. Disney could not have predicted there'd be a new war in the Middle East, President Trump would be elected twice, and there would be a whole DEI backlash.

But Jack, to sprinkle on some context here, this Snow White film was announced back in 2016. Disney couldn't have predicted the PR bomb that they were building. Disney could not have predicted there'd be a new war in the Middle East, President Trump would be elected twice, and there would be a whole DEI backlash.

But Jack, to sprinkle on some context here, this Snow White film was announced back in 2016. Disney couldn't have predicted the PR bomb that they were building. Disney could not have predicted there'd be a new war in the Middle East, President Trump would be elected twice, and there would be a whole DEI backlash.

But stripping out the controversies of this one movie, how is Disney's remake strategy working overall? That's what Jack and I were really curious about. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Disney? There's still a lot of money in the Disney vault. Yetis, everyone knows about Star Wars and Marvel, Disney's two big franchises.

But stripping out the controversies of this one movie, how is Disney's remake strategy working overall? That's what Jack and I were really curious about. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Disney? There's still a lot of money in the Disney vault. Yetis, everyone knows about Star Wars and Marvel, Disney's two big franchises.

But stripping out the controversies of this one movie, how is Disney's remake strategy working overall? That's what Jack and I were really curious about. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Disney? There's still a lot of money in the Disney vault. Yetis, everyone knows about Star Wars and Marvel, Disney's two big franchises.

But no one talks about the third franchise, which is all of the Disney remakes. Remakes are a franchise. In fact, in the last 10 years, Disney's done nine live action or computer remakes of animated classics. They've done Cinderella, Cruella, Little Mermaid. all got fresh remakes in the last decade. But Jack and I took the time to look at the financial results of each of those remakes.

But no one talks about the third franchise, which is all of the Disney remakes. Remakes are a franchise. In fact, in the last 10 years, Disney's done nine live action or computer remakes of animated classics. They've done Cinderella, Cruella, Little Mermaid. all got fresh remakes in the last decade. But Jack and I took the time to look at the financial results of each of those remakes.

But no one talks about the third franchise, which is all of the Disney remakes. Remakes are a franchise. In fact, in the last 10 years, Disney's done nine live action or computer remakes of animated classics. They've done Cinderella, Cruella, Little Mermaid. all got fresh remakes in the last decade. But Jack and I took the time to look at the financial results of each of those remakes.

And Jack, what did we discover? Each one did surprisingly well. Aladdin, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, those live-action remakes did a billion dollars globally on $200 million film budgets. Now, interestingly, critics didn't love them, and none of these films were in the top five movies for their respective years. But each was a reliable profit puppy for Disney because Disney's got time.