Bob Iger Explores Possibility of New Figment Content During Disney's Annual Shareholder Meeting
Next stop: Imagination!
During The Walt Disney Company’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bob Iger teased the possibility of new Figment content outside of the Disney Parks.
Imagination is a Blast:
- During today’s The Walt Disney Company shareholding meeting, a question about Figment got Bob Iger’s imagination running.
- Iger, who is the media giant's CEO, was asked during the Q & A portion of the meeting about whether the EPCOT icon would be featured in any media outside of the Disney Parks.
- Finding a bit of humor in the question, Iger shared that through his 24 shareholder meetings, 18 of which he served as CEO, he’s been asked about the purple dragon 15 times.
- While nothing was currently on the docket, Iger started with an “I’ll tell you what" before announcing he would speak with creatives about developing a series or short form video content centered around the character.
- Iger seemed surprised to receive another question about the perfect purple pigmented Figment, but quickly admitted that the character clearly holds popularity outside of being a Walt Disney World staple.
- While we know nothing about what this content will look like, hopefully we will see the return of Dreamfinder or other references to the original version of Journey into Imagination.
- If you are like me, I was confused remembering there being some sort of announcement about a Figment film being in development. That project was actually spearheaded by Seth Rogan’s Point Grey production company with Disney not officially being tied to the project. The Figment film is set to be brought to life by the creatives behind Detective Pikachu.
- Hopefully, both projects will see the light of day and inspire a new iteration of Journey Into Imagination. One I hope doesn’t include a skunk smell.
- Disney Parks also shared their excitement for the news on X. You can check out their post below:
- They also put together this clever video:
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