RAMROD 117,011 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Bob Iger, who stepped down from his second stint as Disney CEO in March, gave an exit interview to Financial Times in which he revealed that he tried to acquire the James Bond franchise for Disney amid a spending spree that included the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and “Star Wars.” Pixar was priority number one for Iger, and the studio “felt unstoppable” when it acquired Pixar in May 2006 for $7.4 billion. “It was like the clouds lifted and the sun started to shine again,” Iger said. “We put together a list of acquisition targets. Marvel was one, ‘Star Wars’ was another, James Bond was one. We had a list and I figured let’s just tick them off and buy them all.” James Bond is the franchise that got away (Amazon is its current owner). Other companies did, too. Iger told FT that he was close to buying Twitter from owner Jack Dorsey “at a very attractive price.” The plan was to turn Twitter into a global distribution platform for Disney, but Iger admitted he got cold feet on the morning of the deal and worried it would be “a horrible distraction.” Elon Musk ended up buying Twitter and transforming it into X. Disney also flirted with an Apple merger. Iger first revealed in his 2019 memoir that he believed the two companies would’ve combined or “at least discussed the possibility” of merging “very seriously” if Steve Jobs “were still alive.” But now Iger revealed that “some conversations” did actually take place between Apple and Disney about a merger that Iger thinks would have been “truly transformational and equal.” “We talked about it internally, and we had some conversations with Apple about it, but it never went anywhere,” Iger said. Apple didn’t show that much interest.” https://variety.com/2026/film/news/disney-failed-buy-james-bond-twitter-apple-bob-iger-1236788523/ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,011 Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Can't imagine how Twitter like if Disney owned it, but can't be much worse that what is now, right? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starmie25 22,563 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Thankfully PIXAR is still a seperate company and has slowly gotten back on track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 26,461 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 3 minutes ago, RAMROD said: James Bond is the franchise that got away (Amazon is its current owner) This was a big deal when it happened, but it honestly feels like one the saddest developments of recent cinema & it hasn't even fully set in yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awakened M 3,225 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I'mma need someone to shut this game of Monopoly down. I'm not getting any sleep tonight because I woke up to a beautiful life. I'm awake. 4 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceres 3,342 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I for one, cannot imagine a James Bond franchise under Disney. Chris Pratt as Bond, Zendaya as the bond girl, Scarlett Johanssen as the villain. Imagine Dragons does the theme song but they insert AvaMAxxx and Born to Be Wild into the movie somewhere. Bond asks for a shaken not stirred MickeyMilkshake or something. ugh ✧ ✧ ✧ 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 26,461 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) 1 minute ago, Ceres said: I for one, cannot imagine a James Bond franchise under Disney. Chris Pratt as Bond, Zendaya as the bond girl, Scarlett Johanssen as the villain. Imagine Dragons does the theme song but they insert AvaMAxxx and Born to Be Wild into the movie somewhere. Bond asks for a shaken not stirred MickeyMilkshake or something. ugh You just punched me in the throat, through the internet Eon Productions was its only home Edited June 23 by NUTELLA 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceres 3,342 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 2 minutes ago, Ceres said: I for one, cannot imagine a James Bond franchise under Disney. Chris Pratt as Bond, Zendaya as the bond girl, Scarlett Johanssen as the villain. Imagine Dragons does the theme song but they insert AvaMAxxx and Born to Be Wild into the movie somewhere. Bond asks for a shaken not stirred MickeyMilkshake or something. ugh ** Timothee Chalamet as the villain lets be real ✧ ✧ ✧ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,011 Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 3 minutes ago, Ceres said: ** Timothee Chalamet as the villain lets be real Timothee is Warner bros golden boy, he got first look feature film deal with the studio, doubt he will do Disney movies currently. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,895 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I love tea like this interesting to imagine Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 125,703 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Come up with original content, do that challenge. Everything these days has to be the prequel of a sequel of a reboot. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helxig 45,335 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Evil. I'll be myself until they fūcking close the coffin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison Rae 18,089 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 disney seems too scared to do anything original or unique these days highly doubt steve jobs would’ve considered merging with disney tbh sitting on his lap sipping diet pepsi Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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