On September 29, Gallery will publish the memoir by former Disney ceo Bob Chapek, BEHIND THE CASTLE WALLS: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth. According to a release, the book will recount “the high-stakes maneuverings that unraveled behind the scenes from his 2020 appointment [as ceo] to his subsequent dismissal in 2022.” Taking over shortly after Covid-19 shut down the theme parks, “The stakes were high, the decisions unforgiving, and the backlash often inordinate, leaving him to wonder whether he had become the scapegoat in it all.” Chapek joined Disney in 1993, and was fired from his […]
