Well, that’s it for Dick Cook, the head of the filmmaking arm of the Walt Disney studios. Apparently the massive amount of bank Cook brought in following such successes as the Pirates of the Caribbean series and National Treasure was scarce enough for Disney, who booted Cook to the curb in a “mutual decision” (yeah, as in “you’re going to agree to leave or we’re going to agree to throw you out”) following catastrophes resulting in losses like G-Force, Bedtime Stories and Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Oh, and an industry-wide downturn in DVD sales.
I think it’s a low blow, myself–you can’t blame Cook for the sales slump in the DVD sector. And you can’t blame him for Bedtime Stories, either–an Adam Sandler comedy almost always cleans up. Granted, the gerbil spy network and the bubbleheaded shopholic should’ve been avoided like the plague but anyone can drop a ball or two every so often. That’s just human nature.
Hopefully Cook can find better work elsewhere.
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