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Safety Inspections and Approvals Begin Under CFTOD

It's time to start investigating what is happening with the resort set aside for military members and their families at Walt Disney World Resort. As you may recall, we were unhappy on the WDW Pro Channel that the pedestrian walkway was eliminated so that military members could no longer walk to the Polynesian and take a monorail or bus to their preferred locations. This was a 29 year perk taken away. We were further disappointed when information came out that Disney had been offered different...

Big Disney World Updates this Week!

This week we're doing big theme park news exclusives here on the Pro Patreon. Check in for twice-daily minimum updates through Thursday! It's time to go Behind the Magic...

The Big Star Wars News: A Patreon Exclusive

With just a few minutes before we begin recording this afternoon's video, I want to give my Patreon members the exclusive scoop. You'll still definitely want to check out the video which will feature Derek Anderson and Michelle of Force of Light. More info to come...

But the big news is that it now is essentially 99.9999% confirmed that The Mandalorian Season Four is CANCELLED. We're going to explain why in the video. The movie is still coming and goes into production in June. If you've...

Releasing a HUGE Star Wars Report this Afternoon

Who knows... I might even leak it here for paid members an hour before it lands on YouTube? 

Gina Carano Targeted with Bots

Happy Friday, Campers!

Today I want to give you an early preview of something likely to make waves next week in terms of news coverage. Master of the TDS has been uncovering bot activity directed by entertainment companies for the past six months, only going public with his findings in the last few weeks. One of the biggest stories you could imagine is if a significant portion of the outrage aimed at Gina Carano online that resulted in her firing was all faked. And yet that appears to b...

Special Discount Code for The Pro Store

Happy Friday, Patreon Members! We thought it would be a nice way to celebrate the weekend if we sent over a special discount code your way in case you're not a Leve 2+ member of The Pro Channel. Available until Sunday at midnight, use this code for a 20% discount on all Pro Store items!

Discount Code: BLUEMILK

New Item in The Pro Store: Don't Drink the Blue Milk!

Warn your family, warn your friends... heck, warn the other guests! This ain't no Beverly we're talking about!

Three Areas Peltz Might Hammer Disney on Today

It's the big day for Trian Partners, Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo. You might also say it's an interesting day for folks like Ike Perlmutter and Elon Musk as well. As opposed to the Bob Iger conference discussion where no questions were allowed from the audience, Peltz is going fully transparent with a Q&A that could be very broad in scope and scale.

So what are some of the areas that Peltz might strike significant blows against Disney? After the white paper, we've actually had a numb...

Live Content Survey

When we do live content on Patreon such as podcasts, AMAs, Q&As, etc... what time  works best for you being  to attend? 

Behind the Curtains of a YouTube Channel

You may have watched our recent discussion with LW Ghost about the IATSE strike that could be coming to Hollywood by August. What you may not have noticed is that we purposefully attempted to prove a point in the video. All of our "photos" that panned of strikes, workers in Hollywood and production sets... they were all made by AI. Each image took less than 30 seconds to generate. This was intentional to prove the point that IATSE is facing an existential crisis from AI.

Shared with y...

More Bots Impacting the Economics of Entertainment Info

Yesterday evening, I received a follow-up on the TDS bot army video from a friend who works in the music industry. He's a really cool fellow -- not only does he work in music, but he has fantastic experiences as an employee of the federal government designing trails for national parks. Hopefully we'll have him on the channel really soon to talk about some of that!

Anyway, he has some serious insight into how bots are used even more broadly to impact the economics of entertainment and I ...

A Trip to Oz Reminds Us "What Would Jim Do" Means Staying Away from Politics in Entertainment

In an age where the lines between entertainment and the real world increasingly blur, the call for a return to the core essence of storytelling has never been louder or more critical. It's particularly true in an election year where the United States (and the western world) is more divided than in the past century. Aficionados of good fiction all over the planet have a plea for escapism, for stories that transport us beyond the boundaries of our current realities, politics, and the ever-perva...

Thoughts from an Industry Exec on Nelson Peltz' Papers

Late last night I received opinion and analysis from an industry executive with about five decades of experience at the highest levels of Hollywood. I thought I would share the unedited (though identity protected) statement sent my way, with permission. 

Here's what the sane who remain in Hollywood have to say about the situation:

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Wow. Just finished. You know another brilliant thing about this--well TWO brilliant things?

1. It is what we call i...
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Nelson Peltz White Paper Deep Dive LIVE

Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo Release the White Paper (Part One)

The amount of stories we're about to cover for the next 48 hours is insane. There is so much new stuff inside the Trian Group white paper refuting Disney is bonkers. We're currently going through the analysis (which we thinks points to Trian having followed our channels and information)... but suffice to say there is so much to discuss that we don't even know where to begin.

That Park Place is going to livestream this evening to begin coverage of everything that has been presented. I'm ...

Why Dune Part Two WON'T Hold Like Oppenheimer

Good evening / morning to everyone out there!

I feel it's important to clarify why I am not predicting that Dune Part Two will land near the billion or even $900m mark. Rather, I believe the movie will hit around $720m - $800m for its total box office haul. The reason is that Dune Part Two seems to have a particular niche audience demand of premium showings. Dune Part Two without premium screens is like Avatar in 2D. 

With Ghostbusters and Kong v Godzilla both coming out soon...

Sora Mistakes Are Still Shockingly Great

Happy Weekend!

Here's to a two-shower Saturday and your very own hippo.

Spot the AI Mistakes

Here's a puzzle for all our sleuths on the Patreon today. I generated the painting you see above using artificial intelligence. Can you spot the three obvious signs that AI was confused by reality and messed up the painting?

Patreon Exclusive: Master of the TDS Uncovers HUGE Story

We've been covering the issue of entertainment corporations seemingly using bots to manipulate Elon Musk's blue checkmark identity validation system on X. The purpose appears to be to break the system and impact what is visible and what is not. Topics trend that otherwise would not. Voices are quelled as they face a mob of synthetic ragers. And Master of the TDS has been the man in the lead figuring out how all of this works.

Now, he's made an even more startling discovery. Apparently, ...

Bob Iger Drops 90%+ of His Disney Stock

CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, is either not a fan of his own company or perhaps he's just not buying green bananas any longer. Whatever is going on, Iger has offloaded more than 90% of his TWDC stock over the last two years -- either via getting rid of stock in hand or stock promised to him via his contract.

It's a bizarre thing to see given that Iger is fighting for the future of the company via a proxy vote for board seats in April. Each of his shares could have been voted...

Patreon Chats for Pro Show LIVE 2/29

Drop your Patreon Chats down below as comments and we'll read them at the end of the show tomorrow! Remember that concise is nice! Try to limit your responses to 200 characters or less.

The Pro Show LIVE happens on 2/29 at 4:00 PM ET.

*By the way, folks -- this week only we're making this available to all members at every level. The next time we run this, it will be only for Level 2 Memberships. We just wanted to celebrate the start of the Patreon with ALL of you this ...

Disney Gets Dirty in Its Battle Against Nelson Peltz

After Jim Cramer declared his support for Nelson Peltz in the proxy fight for Disney's Board of Directors, it was always going to get very ugly. Now Disney is out swinging. Like a presidential campaign in late October, the Mouse House is fighting mad and ready to sling some mud. Once Peltz hit the entire board and the legacy of Bob Iger with claims about their stewardship of the company and its shares, now the attacks are coming from the happiest place on earth.

Particularly, one swipe ...

Important Reading to Understand Disney's Live Action Shakeup

Apologies for having to use the New York Times, but there is a bit of stuff that you won't find anywhere else about what Sean Bailey was planning... and why Bob Iger had seen enough.

Mufasa Might Be in Trouble... Moana to the "Rescue"?

Our team at That Park Place has been busy connecting the dots with stories that are breaking from Disney over the last 48 hours. And in doing so, I have to give huge credit to Vash Sky for helping solve what looks to be a real issue for Disney later this year. According to a number of articles and evidence, we're starting to think that the Mufasa movie has Disney more scared than Scar on a fiery ledge. And we're starting to think Moana's EXTREMELY rushed schedule and unique production circums...

Disney Fires Live Action Remake Guru Over Snow White / Little Mermaid Fiascos

They won't say this in the trades, but Bob Iger demands payment for embarrassing failures, even if those failures satisfied his virtue signal requirements. Thus another Disney executive is gone.

With immediate effect, Sean Bailey, the luminary force behind Walt Disney's metamorphosis of their animation vault into a colossal live-action film empire, bids adieu after an illustrious tenure of fifteen years behind the magic. David Greenbaum, the co-president of Searchlight, steps in as the...

Career Demographic Shift in Hollywood Is Tsunami of Change

The demographics behind those who create content for entertainment have shifted such that it's no surprise the flavor of Hollywood is totally different. The writers room has never been so drastically changed in such a short period of time. Whether for better or worse, women have gone from 35% of the writing force in Hollywood to 63% in less-than-a-decade. 

Likewise, as we have suspected for some time, minorities now make up the majority of writers behind North American entertainmen...

Disney World's "Learn to Code" Moment

The following is a pre-release, pre-edit article we're working on by LW Ghost. This one will likely have two authors on it as I have a bit to add. As part of your Patreon access, we're giving you an early read on what is sure to drive a TON of conversation over the next week all across the theme park news outlets. Take a look:

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At the recent press event put on by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the CFTOD District folks at the former HQ of the Reedy Creek Impr...

FCC Attempts to Create DEI Rubrics via Government Policy

Entertainment is not liberated from politics in an election year and that's exactly what we're seeing as the FCC attempts (again) to regulate DEI issues via the government. This is about swing number three or four on this with prior efforts all tossed out by courts. Now it seems the attempt is going to be based on "information gathering only" concepts... but the likelihood of that being the government's total interest is low. One thing is for sure: at the very least it's going to create new D...

Exclusive: Journalist FIRED for Covering National Geographic "Retrograde" Story

An exclusive interview with a German journalist who claims she was threatened and fired for attempting to cover a story out of congressional testimony.