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Powerful PR chief and top attorney to leave Disney in a changing of the guard
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July 13, 2021 2:53 PM PT
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Two top Walt Disney Co. executives including the company’s hard-charging, longtime public relations chief Zenia Mucha will leave the company early next year, marking the latest moves in a broader changing of the guard at the world’s largest entertainment company.
Mucha, Disney’s chief communications officer who has led its robust PR machine for nearly two decades, announced Tuesday that she had decided to not renew her employment contract when it expires at the end of this year. General counsel Alan Braverman, who has served as Disney’s top lawyer since 2003, will also exit at year’s end when his contract expires.
Doogie Howser Reboot Adds Mulan Star Jason Scott Lee
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., is getting starting to come together. Earlier this month it was reported that
Mulan star Jason Scott Lee has signed on to play the titular character s father, Benny Kameāloha.
I Am Not Okay With This Kathleen Rose Perkins will play Lahela s mother, Dr. Clara Hannon, according to
The Wrap. Lee recently starred in Disney s live-action
Mulan as the villain Bori Khan.
The 10-episode series will be set in Hawaii and follows Lahela Doogie Kameāloha, a mixed-race 16-year-old girl who is juggling both a medical career as well as life as a teenager. Lahela s family will play a major role in the series with her mother (Perkins) also being her supervisor at the hospital she works at while her Hawaiian Local Boy father (Lee) attempts to come to terms with the fact that his daughter is growing up.
WandaVision Ushers In Streaming’s Franchise-Dominated Future
Entertainment giants are leveraging fan favorites to keep viewers tuned in and paying
WandaVision is the first of several Marvel original series that will air on Disney+.
Disney+ January 15, 2021
A month before Disney+ was officially unveiled, a message for Marvel fans trickled out: Get ready to pay if you want to understand what’s happening in future movies.