The Walt Disney Company is cutting hundreds more jobs in a new round of layoffs that touches nearly every corner of the business. The cuts span corporate functions, ESPN, Disney Entertainment Television, and the film studios, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, with Pixar and National Geographic reportedly among the hardest hit divisions.
Pixar Takes The Biggest Hit On The Studio Side
On the film side, the majority of the reductions are landing at Pixar, per Variety. Reports place the number at roughly 100 to 116 employees, which is less than 10 percent of the studio’s roughly 1,100 person workforce, with the cuts concentrated in production and operations. It is the studio’s largest round of layoffs since 2024, when about 175 jobs were eliminated as Pixar scaled back its streaming series output. The timing is striking, as the cuts arrive with Toy Story 5 closing in on $1 billion at the global box office and a slate that includes Gatto in March 2027 and Incredibles 3 in June 2028, both expected to be showcased at next month’s D23 fan event in Anaheim.
Cuts Across Television And Sports
Disney Entertainment Television is losing just under 100 positions in this round, with National Geographic absorbing the deepest reductions across both its cable network and its editorial and operations teams, along with about a dozen ABC News staffers. The wave also extends into ESPN, where on-air talent including Karl Ravech and Ryan Clark were let go the same morning. ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro told staff that most of the sports cuts were tied to the recent acquisition of NFL Network, making this one of the more sweeping single days of job reductions at the company in the past year.
Part Of A Larger Pattern
This marks Disney’s third round of layoffs in 2026, following a consolidation of the marketing division in January and a broader reduction of roughly 1,000 positions in April that spanned the studios, television networks, ESPN, and the product and technology unit. Disney has trimmed staff several times since 2023 as it works to control costs across streaming, television, and its studio operations. A company spokesperson said the changes are part of a continual evaluation of how Disney manages resources and reinvests across the company as the industry evolves. We will continue to follow the story as more details emerge about which teams are impacted.
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