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New Disney Class Action Overtime Suit Could Be Settled Soon, Says Lawyer

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday December 13, 2012 @ 5:48pm PSTTags: Lawsuit, Walt Disney Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: A former Senior Financial Analyst at Walt Disney Pictures today launched a class action suit against the company over overtime pay and Labor Code violations. However, this lawsuit (read it here), filed in LA Superior Court this afternoon, could all be over very soon according to one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys. “Although the lawsuit was filed today, the parties have reached a tentative agreement, subject to Court approval, to resolve the dispute without an admission of liability on the part of Disney. We will be seeking court approval of the Settlement in the near future,” Dennis Moss told Deadline today.  In the suit Katherine Clay, on behalf of 30 former and current employees of the company, seeks various levels of damages for each plaintiff class member up to $4000 depending how long they worked at Walt Disney Pictures. READ MORE »

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Brett Ratner Backing ‘Flamingo Kid’ Remake At Disney

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 19, 2012 @ 3:46pm PDTTags: big deal, Brett Ratner, Matt Dillon, Walt Disney Pictures
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EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Pictures has set up a remake of the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid, and it will be produced by Brett Ratner’s Rat Entertainment and Michael Phillips’ Lighthouse Productions. Nzingha Stewart, who has directed videos … Read More »

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Priceless ‘John Carter’ Email From Disney

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 4:37pm PSTTags: John Carter, Walt Disney Pictures

Disney sent a message to thousands of financial analysts and Wall Street types aimed at drawing their attention to about-to-bomb $250M-budget John Carter even though it’s looking like a $100 million writeoff. Talk about tone deaf. “The best part is the subject line of the email. Disney obviously hasn’t noticed … Read More »

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Walt Disney Pictures Sued By Fired Bigwig

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 3:57pm PSTTags: Walt Disney Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Former EVP Music/Creative Marketing Glen Lajeski filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court today alleging breach of contract. It claims that he was terminated without warning or explanation by Walt Disney Pictures 2 years before his employment pact was due to expire and without providing him any opportunity to … Read More »

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Disney Acquires ‘The Runner’ For Marc Forster, Brian Grazer And Blacklight Transmedia

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 8, 2011 @ 12:35pm PSTTags: Brad Simpson, Brian Grazer, CAA, Gerard Butler, Joseph Kosinski, Management 360, Marc Forster, Sean Bailey, Walt Disney Pictures, William Monahan
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EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney Pictures has acquired The Runner, a pitch for a futuristic science fiction film that will be written by Dave Andron as a potential directing vehicle for Marc Forster.  Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is producing with Forster’s Apparatus … Read More »

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Walt Disney Pictures Adds Distribution Execs Under Hollis

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 7, 2011 @ 7:12pm PSTTags: Chuck Viane Disney, Chuck Viane Retirement, Movies, Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures has tapped Ken Caldwell as SVP of theatrical sales for North America and Jeff Forman as SVP of theatrical sales for international, upping the pair to be key members of new distribution boss David Hollis’ team. In July, Hollis, EVP of theatrical exhibition sales and distribution, takes over the duties … Read More »

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