Disney’s Bob Iger On Reducing Marvel Output, Balancing Sequels And Original Films

Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company will limit its output of Marvel movies to “two good films” a year — three maximum — from about four and also cut the numbers of TV series spinoffs for the franchise.

Speaking on a conference call with analysts after quarterly numbers, Iger took questions about the studio strategy after some high-profile misses led to widespread talk of “superhero fatigue.”

Marvel shows will dip to two series a year from four.

Iger said he’s “working hard with the studio to reduce output and focus more on quality” and that “overall I feel great” about how things are shaping up.

He said Disney more broadly is going to balance sequels with originals but defended the latter. “There’s a lot of value in sequels” since the properties are known and require less effort in terms of marketing.

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