Disney CEO Bob Chapek doesnt think movie releases will ever go back to the old way – The A.V. Club
Bob Chapek (left) and Groot (right)Photo: Joshua Sudock/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images)
One of the more interesting stories of the—horrified shudder—first third or so of the COVID-19 pandemic was the months-long feud between AMC and NBCUniversal that started when Universal announced that Trolls World Tour had done so well on on-demand platforms after losing its theatrical run that future Universal movies would also potentially be skipping the theaters even after the pandemic had ended. AMC was so mad about this that it declared that no Universal movie would ever play in an AMC theater again, which Universal could not have cared less about, but a few months later they came to an agreement involving shortened theatrical windows that apparently made everyone happy. Then, Disney starte...