Disney

The Walt Disney Company Type Media and entertainment conglomerate Status Active Led by Bob Chapek Founder(s) Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney Founded October 16, 1923 Head- quarters 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, United States Subsidiary companies Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures Marvel Studios Lucasfilm 20th Century Studios Pixar Marvel Comics etc. Website https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/

The Walt Disney Company, often shortened to Disney, is an American media and entertainment conglomerate. Founded as Disney Brothers Studio in 1923 by Walt and Roy O. Disney, it became renowned for its animated films and theme parks during the 20th century. Starting in 2005, it began to relentlessly expand its film division, Walt Disney Studios, with the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox (since renamed 20th Century Studios). Walt Disney Studios is now considered one of the "Big Five" Hollywood studios, along with Warner Bros., Universal, Sony, and Paramount. Disney launched the streaming service Disney+ in 2019, and owns a majority stake in Hulu as well.

Selected productions

• Mighty Joe Young (1998) [co-produced with RKO Pictures and The Jacobson Company]

Selected distributions

• Mech-X4 (TV 2016-2018) [produced by Bay City Productions]
• King Kong (TV TBA) [working title; co-produced by Atomic Monster Productions and World Builder Entertainment]

Selected home video releases

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) - DVD (2003 and 2005)
• Mighty Joe Young (1998) - VHS (1999), DVD (1999), Blu-ray (2018)

Trivia

• An unbuilt roller coaster at the Japan pavilion in Disney's Epcot theme park, based on Mt. Fuji, would have included Godzilla or a similar creature menacing guests.
• In the ninth issue of Dark Horse's Godzilla comic, Godzilla attacks a parody of Disney World and Disneyland called Smile World.
• ImageMovers Digital, a joint venture between Disney and ImageMovers, announced a giant monster film titled Calling All Robots in 2008, with Michael Dougherty directing. The film was one of several projects cancelled in 2011 when ImageMovers dissolved. Dougherty would later direct the MonsterVerse film Godzilla: King of the Monsters, released in 2019.

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