In this case, I would argue the opposite. Chapek wanted Disney to use their already owned IPs. In some cases that works, like for the Marvel universe. However people do tire of previously successful franchises, which appears to be the case with Indy. Or don’t want a remake, as the Little Mermaid just broke even in sales.
Sometimes original content, while harder to do, works better. Disney has gotten away from that, and doubled down on not doing it during Chapek’s watch.
Anyway, enough about the mouse. So we have a new railroad CEO that came up through the ranks. That is what everyone wanted, right?
I have been watching ‘The Movies that Made Us’ on Netflix. It seems that the ‘gestation’ period for a movie takes a number of years between ‘SOMEONES’ idea about creating it to get tot he point that the idea gets ‘pitched’ to studio’s for production, and then even more time to cast, shoot, edit and come up with a ‘final product’.
Chapek was in charge for 18 months and took over for Iger after his 15 years. Given how long it takes to get a movie written produced and in the pipeline, pretty sure Iger was responsible for the lack of product.
And he got to be in charge during the double whammy of COVID and the rise of Disney+. Juggling streaming with theater releases is still a formula that I don’t think has been figured out yet.