Attention KlicKNettars, we are in the middle of March Madness. Most of you are probably reading this Wkly Hit List and watching the NCAA Basketball Tournaments at the same time, and here at KlicKNet, we are very grateful that you are. It's amazing that we're almost two and a half months into the Year 2026, which I hope is the year that KlicKNet Productions films Rhodey, NY. Speaking of which, we held interviews this week with Producers who are willing to lend a hand to our project and there's gonna be more soon depending on who applies for the job. If you're a Film Producer reading this Wkly Hit List, be sure to click on the link to Backstage.com and sign up for the role of Rhodey, NY Producer, and if you're willing to donate to the project, please do so by going to our GoFundMe page. Now it's time for a new 5-Day Rounder which picked up some juicy news stories this week.
I would like to point that we meant to talk about the 98th Academy Awards from last Sunday and look back at how many predictions KlicKNet got right, but there's another story we wanna talk tis week, so the Oscars will have to wait til next week. I would also like to inform KlicKNettars that KlicKNet plans on making a new campaign video for Rhodey, NY, one that's gonna be different from last year's video. Knowing what we know now, it shouldn't be a problem this year, just like it hasn't been a problem celebrating the 5th Anniversary of FakeTV Box, the flagship series of our YouTube channel. With that in mind, we bring you Flashback Friday and another classic episode of FakeTV Box. This one from 2023 was when Fill-In Host Tuck Tomeson reacted to the Official Trailer of Good Burger 2 and announced that the SAG-AFTRA Strike was finally over, though they're a good chance that another Hollywood Strike with Writers could occur this year, we'll just have to wait and see.
There's a New Era in The Walt Disney Company as we speak and our Inside Scoop concerns what will happen now that Josh D’Amaro is the New CEO. This past Wednesday was the company's shareholders’ meeting as well as its farewell to Bob Iger who was CEO from 2005 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2026. Josh D’Amaro has been seen in videos on social media talking about what the focus for the future is going to be Disney, and it's loud and clear that it's all about UNTITY, which is a luxury that most families in America don't have, especially when their black. When talking to shareholders during the meeting last Wednesday, Josh D’Amaro stated that: “We will capitalize on our strengths by focusing on coming together as one Disney.” There happens to be a video in which some kind of business model appears on the screen with the company’s 7 business ventures, all surrounding the Mickey icon.
We couldn't find the video that contains the business model, but we were able to find a picture of it as you clearly see from up above this paragraph. It's quite obvious what this Mickey icon is trying to tell us. In the middle, you see the words “IP and “Fans” in the two Mickey ears, and the two words “One Disney” within the head of Mickey Mouse.
According to an article from the Disney Food Blog: "The goal of the company is to draw consumers in by focusing on the IP that fans know and love. D’Amaro noted that he hopes to keep the relationship strong with the fans, “The heart of that relationship is, and it will always be, our storytelling.” As we've seen Disney branch out into new ventures over the years and decades, it has shown as passionate it is about 4 storytelling and fan-favorite intellectual properties. So in a way, Josh D'Amaro is telling us that he's going to be the first Disney CEO that listens to the fans, and if that's the case, then maybe as fans we should tell him "enough of the all live-action remakes," like why the heck are they making sequel to last year's Live-Action Lilo & Stitch for 2028, just 'cause it made a billion dollars worldwide doesn't mean it's guaranteed that lightning is gonna strike twice. Speaking of lightning, I would like for Disney to make a live-action remake of Hercules, heck I would do a whole episode of FakeTV Box about how macho Zeus looks in a live-action environment compared to how Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder portrayed him with Russell Crowe.
In conclusion, some of us are looking forward to seeing Disney's attempt to centralize, connect, and stop being so siloed in its ventures. "Siloed" by the way means a company isolating itself from others, at least thats the way I read in the Dictionary. From here on out, Storytelling, IPs, and the fans will be at the center of what The Walt Disney Company does, which will spread outward to the 7 main ventures, which according to the "OneDisney" chart are: film, streaming, sports, consumer products, gaming, Disney Cruise Line, and Disney Experiences. It'll take some time for this New Long-Term Goal to take effect, who knows how the company will look one year from now and if Josh D'Amaro will do something really major that will get Disney fans really excited. I wonder if he knows that D23 2026 is coming this Summer.
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