Do you think Disney is still in the revival era? If not, when would you say it ended, and when do you think we'll get another renaissance/revival era?
I've been hearing people dispute it for YEARS. Honestly I'd say it's fair to say the Revival Era ended with "Encanto"; a lot of people say it ended with "Moana," but given the fact that WiR2 was seen as an improvement over the predecessor (at least at the time) and "Frozen 2" broke the records of the first film, I can't NOT include them, and "Encanto" was just two films after F2.
NGL, it's hard for me to analyze; "Strange World" and "Wish" were flops, and exec influence/troubled production could be seen as reasons for this...but that's been happening since "Tangled" (well, technically several films pre-"Tangled" had production issues, but "Tangled" started the era of severe exec interference with micromanaging the creative teams in the modern era). Plus Disney is still doing this; "Hexed" just got a new director and main character this year, the same year it's set to debut. IDK why Fawn Veerasunthorn seems to be the favorite over there at Disney, but that's another thing. In any case, Disney films flopping due to poor management doesn't seem like something we're going to be out of anytime soon. I think they have great creative teams, but things keep damaging them, ie last-minute cast/crew changes a year before film releases as well as significant last-minute story changes, a lack of communication between music teams and the rest of the crew/leadership, etc.
At this point, I'm just hoping the 2030s is a good time for Disney; the 2020s has been largely a miss for me, and what's upcoming for the rest of the decade doesn't seem promising.
Posted Sep 11, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC