Director-writer Jared Bush is replacing Jennifer Lee as chief creative officer of the Walt Disney Animation Studios as Lee returns to filmmaking full time at the company and stewards the Frozen franchise, Disney announced Thursday. He’ll report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman, effective immediately.

Walt Disney Animation Studios, in a significant leadership shift, on Thursday named Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jared Bush as its new chief creative officer, effective immediately.

Frozen II was the last big hit that Disney Animation had. The pandemic would follow shortly after its release. Raya and the Last Dragon was released while many theaters were still closed. Encanto, Strange World, and Wish were all disappointments at the box office, though Encanto would find new life on Disney+.

The entertainment company reportedly issued a memo to staff that a migration away from Slack’s collaboration application will conclude next year. The move follows a high-profile data breach that led to the publication of 44 million Slack messages and tens of thousands of documents by a hacking group.

The company's Slack server was hacked in July, leading to more than a terabyte of company data being leaked to the public.

"I would like to share that senior leadership has made the decision to transition away from Slack across the company," Johnston told staffers Wednesday in email obtained by Status. "Our technology teams are now managing the transition off Slack by the end of Q1 FY25 for most businesses.