Former Marvel Executive Ike Perlmutter Speaks Out on Disney Firing and Cost Cutting

Former Marvel executive Ike Perlmutter claims that his firing from the company was due to fundamental differences in business between his thinking and Disney leadership, particularly over the growing costs of producing Marvel films and their respective runtimes. Perlmutter clashed with current Disney leadership in recent years to ensure the "bottom line," and he believes that his termination was a convenient excuse to get rid of a longtime executive who dared to challenge the company's way of doing business. Perlmutter has been a controversial figure in Marvel's leadership, seeking to fire popular executive Kevin Feige in 2015 and attempting to scuttle plans for the Black Panther and Captain Marvel movies.