By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2019 2:15 pm EST
We knew something like this was going to happen, but seeing those numbers puts everything in stark perspective. It’s almost impossible to get excited about the X-Men and the Fantastic Four coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe when you consider the human cost of what their arrival means.
Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, has left his mark on the company by acquiring major industry players like Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm and strengthening the Disney brand in the face of rising competition from rivals like Netflix, but none of his previous acquisitions resulted in significant layoffs like this. The history books will concentrate on how Disney consumed a major competitor and brought about the end of a studio that’s been operating for nearly one hundred years and has hundreds of classics to its name, but they may forget the human ramifications of this decision. You can bet the people who worked on that historic studio lot every day will never forget. We wish them the best of luck.
