Disney’s Chapek Says Program Production Delayed as Delta Variant Spreads

Disney’s Chapek Says Program Production Delayed as Delta Variant Spreads
Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, speaks during the 10th anniversary ceremony of Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong on Sept. 11, 2015. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Walt Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek said on Tuesday the resurgence of the Delta variant of the coronavirus was delaying production of some of its titles.

“Our TV group has hundreds of new programs in production ... but the resurgence of COVID and Delta did impact some of our productions so that we’ve got a lighter product quarter in Q4 than we might have expected,” Chapek said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference.