Filmmaker George Lucas has backed Walt ... The grandchildren of Disney founders Roy and Walt Disney last month publicly backed Iger and the board, calling the activist investors “wolves in ...

George Lucas, who is currently the largest individual investor in Disney, has backed the current board and encouraged ... company has made since Bob came back.” Peltz, in a proxy filing with ...

Trian owns a $3.5B stake in Disney, mostly via common stock. Peltz has criticized the composition of Disney's board ... he has been involved with. George Lucas — best known for creating the ...

But he has attracted some heavyweight backers to his corner, with Star Wars creator and director George Lucas the latest ... is pushing for two seats on Disney’s board, while Blackwells is ...

A great deal has been made about Disney’s struggles at the box office of late, but those battles have become a possible war for The Walt Disney Company as the entertainment giant is fighting a ...

Star Wars creator George Lucas is rallying in support of ... who are both seeking seats on the board. The groups have attacked Disney's streaming losses, its stock performance, and the lack ...

Question: Who do the Star Wars creator George ... for board seats at the entertainment giant, with Peltz aiming to get himself and a deputy on the board while Disney plays defense. Lucas owns ...

George Lucas’ “Star Wars” producer Rick McCallum recently appeared on an episode of the “Young Indy Chronicles” podcast and ...

Underworld has become the hottest “show that never was” to be rediscovered by social media platforms and franchise pundits.

"The problem was that each episode was bigger than the films, so the lowest I could get it down to with the tech that existed ...

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