The media announced a boycott of Disney, which was offended by the Los Angeles Times and did not let the film’s pre-screenings.

Los Angeles Times 3 November published a review of Hollywood films that will be released during the Christmas holidays. In the text there was a note that usually such reviews contain pictures of all studios, but this year the company Walt Disney has banned newspaper reporters from attending pre-shows for their films. "The Times continue to write reviews and talk about movies and programs Disney after they become available to the public, ”- noted in the article. Because of the same ban Los Angeles Times It was not possible to simultaneously release a review of the film “Thor: Ragnarok” with everyone.

The publication explained that the decision Disney Associated with materials about the company's connections with the authorities of Anaheim - a city in California in which Disneyland operates. 24 and 26 September, the newspaper published two articles on the fact that Disney tried to influence the local elections, and the authorities for two decades have provided Disney “Subsidies, benefits, and protection from future taxes” of a billion dollars.

After Los Angeles Times wrote about the ban Disney has criticized the publication. The studio announced that the newspaper "showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards," publishing a "biased and inaccurate series of materials." The Times in turn, argued that Disney did not request the publication of any edits.

Within a few days, the ban on visiting pre-orders for journalists Los Angeles Times was filmed. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Disney boycotted other publications. Out of solidarity with Los Angeles Times not to visit the studio pre-show decided The Washington Post, The New York Times, broker AV Club and other publications.

"In the foreseeable future, I will not attend film previews Disneyincluding pictures of its subsidiaries Lucasfilm and Marvel, and I will not write about these films until they are shown in theaters, the critic wrote The Washington Post Alyssa Rosenberg. “As a person who badly wants to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Panther, it hurts me to talk about it.” But bye Disney doesn't let the critics out of Los Angeles Times"I cannot, in my right mind, attend the same shows or write reviews in advance."

Tweet Rosenberg, referring to her statement, retweeted Ava Duverny, director of the Disney film “Time Break” (due out March 2018 of the year). “I praise the journalists who stand up for each other. I am with you, ”she wrote.

Solution Disney American critics didn’t like it either - relevant organizations from Los Angeles, New York and Boston, as well as the National Society of Film Critics of the USA decided to exclude films Disney of the contenders for their annual awards - the vote just had to go in November, December and early January.

As a result, 7 November, the studio announced that the ban on visiting pre-orders of films to journalists Los Angeles Times canceled - but did not mention the boycott. In a statement Disney It says that the company made this decision after “productive discussions with the new leadership of [the newspaper] of specific complaints from our side.”

The New York Times notes that Disney and previously tried to influence the media and analysts, if she did not like this or that publication. According to the newspaper, studio representatives say to journalists that access to films and the opportunity to talk with top managers of the company is “a privilege, not a right.”