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Disney's $1 Billion Deal Brings Its Magic to OpenAI

The landmark $1 billion licensing agreement between Disney and OpenAI aims to establish “meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.”

MarketBeat · Dec 14, 2025

Disney Just Signed Over Its Characters To OpenAI, What Does This Mean For Creatives?

Disney’s $1.5B deal with OpenAI will let fans make AI videos with more than 200 characters, but what happens to human creativity?

Pedestrian.tv · Dec 13, 2025

Bob Iger Says ‘Creativity Is the New Productivity’ as Disney Bets $1 Billion on OpenAI and Entertainment Wars Heat Up

Disney just dropped $1 billion on OpenAI and handed over the keys to its most valuable characters — Mickey Mouse, Elsa, the entire Marvel universe — to Sora, OpenAI’s AI video generator.

Barchart · Dec 12, 2025

'Creativity is the new productivity': Bob Iger on why Disney chose to be 'aggressive,' adding OpenAI as a $1 billion partner

"We'd rather participate in the rather dramatic growth, rather than just watching it happen and essentially being disrupted by it," Iger told CNBC.

Fortune · Dec 11, 2025

Bob Iger says Disney’s $1 billion deal with OpenAI is an ‘opportunity, not a threat’: ‘We’d rather participate than be disrupted by it’

The three-year deal will bring more than 200 Disney characters to Sora.

Fortune · Dec 11, 2025

Disney to invest $1bn in OpenAI, allowing characters in Sora video tool

Agreement comes amid anxiety in Hollywood over impact of AI on the industry, expression and rights of creators

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2025

Jeff Williams, who retired from Apple after 27 years, less than a month ago, just got called up by Disney to join its board of directors

Jeff Williams’s track record aligns closely with Disney’s priorities for the future.

Fortune · Dec 10, 2025

Daisy Ridley ‘heard rumblings’ about Adam Driver’s Star Wars movie The Hunt for Ben Solo

Daisy Ridley has revealed she “heard rumblings” about Adam Driver’s Star Wars film The Hunt for Ben Solo, and has praised fans for rallying together in an effort to get the movie made.

BANG Premier · Dec 10, 2025

Decapitated by activists: the collapse of CEO tenure and how to fight back

If the idea of a sudden, bloody purge at the top of a company, French Revolution-style, gains traction with vocal investors, a coup can quickly follow.

Fortune · Dec 2, 2025

Disney boss Bob Iger called Avatar 3 "magnificent" and even shot down executive notes, according to James Cameron

Bob Iger is a big fan of Avatar: Fire and Ash

Total Film · Nov 27, 2025