Alan Horn, the longtime head of Walt Disney's studio operations, announced Monday he is retiring from the company at the end of the year, joining an exodus of executives departing Disney alongside Executive Chairman Robert Iger
’s studio operations, announced Monday he is retiring from the company at the end of the year, joining an exodus of executives departing Disney alongside Executive Chairman Robert Iger.
Mr. Bergman has worked alongside Mr. Horn at Disney’s studio for several years. He now faces a tricky year ahead on his own, as theatrical releasesin the wake of Covid-19. Disney’s streaming strategy also still forces executives to decide film-by-film on how to distribute them—on the big screen or in the home.
The box-office success created a dynamic in Hollywood in which Disney ruled the release calendar, sending rivals scurrying to other weekends to avoid going head-to-head with a new Pixar or Lucasfilm release. During Mr. Horn’s tenure, 20 Disney films passed the billion-dollar mark, including the highest-grossing domestic release in history, 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
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