Disney is laying off several hundred employees across multiple parts of the company, with Pixar taking the largest share of the cuts affecting its film studios.
The reductions are spread across Disney’s corporate operations, ESPN, Disney Entertainment Television and the company’s studio business.
Pixar has been hit hardest on the studio side. The animation company is cutting jobs primarily in production and operations, although the reductions affect less than 10% of its overall workforce.
National Geographic is taking the largest hit within Disney’s television division. ESPN is also affected, with some of those changes connected to the company’s ongoing integration of NFL Network operations.
Employees included in the latest round were notified Tuesday morning.
Disney said the cuts are part of an ongoing review of how the company manages resources and reinvests across its businesses as the entertainment industry continues to change.
The layoffs arrive despite recent success at Pixar, including the strong theatrical performance of Toy Story 5. The studio has continued balancing major sequels with original projects while adjusting its production strategy following earlier workforce reductions.
Pixar previously cut approximately 175 employees in 2024 as Disney moved away from producing original streaming series for Disney+ and returned the studio’s focus more heavily toward theatrical films.
The latest round is expected to be Pixar’s largest reduction since those 2024 cuts.
Disney also eliminated around 1,000 positions earlier in 2026 across marketing, television, studio operations, product, technology and corporate departments.
The company has not released a complete breakdown showing exactly how many employees are affected in every division.
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