In June, MT Carney was plucked from Madison Avenue obscurity where she ran the Naked marketing agency, to run Disney’s global marketing machine. This weekend, her second major release, “Secretariat,” opened to a weak $12.9 million. TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman grilled Carney about her first few months and what she’s learned.
We hear you are hiring lots of consultants to help you do your job. Valerie Van Galder is working on “Pirates,” Kevin Campbell has just been hired, Dana Precious at Marvel. True?
I’m very respectful of the movie business and of people’s experience. I feel the combination of my experience and their movie experience will be great.