Disney is laying off over 1,000 employees, including nearly the entire Academy Award-winning visual development team at Marvel Studios. Only a skeleton crew remains to coordinate hiring on a per-project basis.
Disney is laying off over 1,000 employees, including nearly the entire Academy Award-winning visual development team at Marvel Studios. Only a skeleton crew remains to coordinate hiring on a per-project basis.
this will be new industry standard if nobody continues to do anything
c0smicgirly on
The CEO knows “it will be hard.”
These jerks need to realize benefits, paychecks, etc are part of the societal contract so THEY stay safe as well, I’m just saying.
SECdeezTrades on
Seems kinda dumb since Marvel was printing cash. AI replacing marvel effects is still a few years off, and they just canceled their partnership with OpenAI so…
the-magnetic-rose on
Aaaand that’s why I switched careers from animation.
Grimaceisbaby on
This is horrible and so stupid.
BaddyDaddy777 on
Right before the Avengers movies, that will heavily be CGI driven? Damn, man
Glittering_Cow9208 on
There needs to be so much more legal prevention to this kind of nonsense. They’re trying to avoid salaried workers and that’s fucked ip
melodyblushinglizard on
Creative Disney = Good
Corporate Disney = Pure Evil
Glad_Pea_4871 on
why do they feel the need to contract so severely? surely the can afford a few lackluster quarters being DISNEY
Rough_Programmer_997 on
*long sigh*
AllTheCoolNames on
Every day I still have a job in vfx is a day I’m grateful for tbh
steamburn123 on
omfg i ain’t watching disney anymore
40_Love on
I’m sure the executive salaries and mult-million dollar bonuses will not be affected…
Maleficent_Prune6846 on
when the downfall has a downfall
aftergl0wing on
i’m assuming that this is disney’s way of switching to a contract hire system to avoid paying out benefits and healthcare?
thatdoginyakuza8 on
_with no surprise in my eyes_ yay capitalism
deathspanker on
Record breaking profits and still fire people. Burn them companies.
nyyanksfan81 on
And the ceo will give himself a nice bonus at the end of the yr now
km1116 on
Someone I know in the business said that studio chiefs are delaying projects “until we can do it with AI.” So they acknowledge the tech is not good now, but they’re fine waiting a few years so that they can do effects or animations with 1/20 the crew.
burritoman88 on
Just in time for everyone to be overwhelmed by Doomsday / Secret Wars post production!
BlueCX17 on
I know this isn’t always the most loved franchise on the internet but Avatar fans can rest easy because Jim Cameron does the visual work through Weta Workshop and his own Light Storm Entertainment, and other collaboration at his high standard.
Disney does not own the Avatar IP just distribution and promotion and merchandise/theme park licenses.
StoreHistorical9175 on
aight no more disney movies for me then
hello_to_da_booty on
I’m gonna pirate their shit even more
AcademicDrag742 on
Time to gather all my Disney DVDs I’ve collected for the past 10 years and hide them.
MiddleOccasion1394 on
……………………….. do they …….not plan to make more Marvel movies?
ObiwanNgobi on
Disney movies are about to look even shittier
Afwife1992 on
Disney isn’t hurting either. Unlike many studios Disney’s revenue for 2025 was $95.716B, a 3.47% increase year-over-year. And they have multiple revenue streams to boot. D+, merchandise and parks.
FireFlower-Bass-7716 on
wow, this is grim.
I know that as cinephiles we won’t tolerate AI shit, and hand-crafted, low-budget indie films will continue to be in demand the same way people still want to raise their own chickens, knit scarves and bake with sourdough. And if I were a film school student today I would lean into that as a goal, not big budget, big productions. Because those Marvel type big blockbusters are the films that will fall to AI.
ILikePlayingHumans on
This could also bite them in the way that no new team coming in will attempt to finish a project early because they lose money and livelihood with a project finishing
copperblood on
Is this the same VFX team that successfully voted to unionize in 2023? Yeah… looks like it is :/
Time-Penalty-1154 on
their next movies are going to be so AI LOL
taydraisabot on
More like Disnope
Bec_son on
AI “replacing” them my guess, they’ll be replacing them either with scabs or ai and they’ll see a quality drop hard.
TheWokenessInjector on
Imagine being a main reason for getting an Academy Award and then being terminated.
We need a certain plumber, ASAP.
PsychologicalEbb3140 on
RDJ got $90,000,000 for doomsday by the way.
Tough_Block9334 on
Everything is going the route of contract/project based work
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Wow movies are about to suck even more smh
this will be new industry standard if nobody continues to do anything
The CEO knows “it will be hard.”
These jerks need to realize benefits, paychecks, etc are part of the societal contract so THEY stay safe as well, I’m just saying.
Seems kinda dumb since Marvel was printing cash. AI replacing marvel effects is still a few years off, and they just canceled their partnership with OpenAI so…
Aaaand that’s why I switched careers from animation.
This is horrible and so stupid.
Right before the Avengers movies, that will heavily be CGI driven? Damn, man
There needs to be so much more legal prevention to this kind of nonsense. They’re trying to avoid salaried workers and that’s fucked ip
Creative Disney = Good
Corporate Disney = Pure Evil
why do they feel the need to contract so severely? surely the can afford a few lackluster quarters being DISNEY
*long sigh*
Every day I still have a job in vfx is a day I’m grateful for tbh
omfg i ain’t watching disney anymore
I’m sure the executive salaries and mult-million dollar bonuses will not be affected…
when the downfall has a downfall
i’m assuming that this is disney’s way of switching to a contract hire system to avoid paying out benefits and healthcare?
_with no surprise in my eyes_ yay capitalism
Record breaking profits and still fire people. Burn them companies.
And the ceo will give himself a nice bonus at the end of the yr now
Someone I know in the business said that studio chiefs are delaying projects “until we can do it with AI.” So they acknowledge the tech is not good now, but they’re fine waiting a few years so that they can do effects or animations with 1/20 the crew.
Just in time for everyone to be overwhelmed by Doomsday / Secret Wars post production!
I know this isn’t always the most loved franchise on the internet but Avatar fans can rest easy because Jim Cameron does the visual work through Weta Workshop and his own Light Storm Entertainment, and other collaboration at his high standard.
Disney does not own the Avatar IP just distribution and promotion and merchandise/theme park licenses.
aight no more disney movies for me then
I’m gonna pirate their shit even more
Time to gather all my Disney DVDs I’ve collected for the past 10 years and hide them.
……………………….. do they …….not plan to make more Marvel movies?
Disney movies are about to look even shittier
Disney isn’t hurting either. Unlike many studios Disney’s revenue for 2025 was $95.716B, a 3.47% increase year-over-year. And they have multiple revenue streams to boot. D+, merchandise and parks.
wow, this is grim.
I know that as cinephiles we won’t tolerate AI shit, and hand-crafted, low-budget indie films will continue to be in demand the same way people still want to raise their own chickens, knit scarves and bake with sourdough. And if I were a film school student today I would lean into that as a goal, not big budget, big productions. Because those Marvel type big blockbusters are the films that will fall to AI.
This could also bite them in the way that no new team coming in will attempt to finish a project early because they lose money and livelihood with a project finishing
Is this the same VFX team that successfully voted to unionize in 2023? Yeah… looks like it is :/
their next movies are going to be so AI LOL
More like Disnope
AI “replacing” them my guess, they’ll be replacing them either with scabs or ai and they’ll see a quality drop hard.
Imagine being a main reason for getting an Academy Award and then being terminated.
We need a certain plumber, ASAP.
RDJ got $90,000,000 for doomsday by the way.
Everything is going the route of contract/project based work