Sean Bailey, king of remakes at Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture production, has stepped down at the entertainment company after pressure from investors to “reverse Disney’s box office cold streak,” The New York Times reports . Bailey will still be producing a new Tron movie, however.
Bailey has been in his role as a production president with Disney for 14 years and produced the live-action Aladdin, a more realistic version of The Lion King, and the live-action Beauty and the Beast. His latest remakes, however, have been less successful. He produced The Little Mermaid remake and The Haunted Mansion, which faired poorly at the box office.
Bailey will be replaced by co-president of Searchlight Pictures, David Greenbaum. “Our job now is to build worlds,” Bailey said in 2011.
Disney has been struggling in recent months as their films have fallen flat with the American public. They have leaned hard into progressive messaging […]
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