Disney in crisis, actors’ strike could stop animation production until the end of the year
The cartoon production company Disney has warned that the actors’ strike could stop the production of the animation until the end of this year.
Jennifer Lee, the creative director of Walt Disney Animation Studios, has been able to continue production until now, international media write.
But the actors’ union, of which her husband, actor Alfred Molina, is also a member, has been on strike for nearly three months.
Lee has stated that there is time, perhaps until the end of the year, before her films are affected by the crisis that the artists’ movement is creating.
However, she has expressed that she believes that there will be a fair agreement that will resolve the strike because according to her, the actors and producers are all together.
Disney is celebrating its centennial. In October 1923, Walt and his brother Roy officially founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Five years later they introduced Mickey and Minnie Mouse to the world, in the early black and white masterpiece, Steamboat Willie.
Since then, the company has become a successful animation powerhouse with beloved children’s productions such as Snow White, Cinderella and most recently Anna’s Story and El
