MajicMan: This is because Disney is screwed. The C level employees at this company have no brains, no talent, no morals and no integrity.
Nobody in any decision-making capacity at Disney is capable of producing good new IP or backing good new IP and getting it made. This is why they have been buying IPs like crazy. Disney's future is only the theme parks
They bought Pixar and all they do is make sequels to IP they bought. Toy Story 4, How many Cars movies? Incredibles 2, Monsters U., Finding Dori.
They bought Marvel and what are they making? Movies based on comic stories from 30-50 years ago.The Infinity War story line is from 1991 Infinity Gauntlet.
They bought Star Wars and put a stupid b*tch in charge and Kathleen Kennedy has run the franchise into the ground that Star Wars movies are being cancelled and the last one actually lost money when you add in the all the marketing and merchandise produced and unsold.
Now they bought the Movie and entertainment division from Fox for more than $70 billion.
And ESPN is screwed. They have been laying off talent, the flagship program SportsCenter is irrelevant (which is why they keep changing formats and it will be a money loser soon - if it is not already). They signed massive contracts to televise the NBA and NFL going forward, except with cord cutting they are losing subscribers and revenue and the amount they owe going forward for the next 15 years is gigantic.
Now they want in on games again, but are reviving an old name and old games to get a last cash grab.
NO fan of Disney, but a lot this rant is BS.
And the what the hell iis wrong with using a classic Marvel comic plot line if it makes for a good movie.
Frankly, I prefere the classic Marvel plotlines to the convoluted messes they have today.