Argentina’s Victoria Alonso left Marvel and there are rumors of layoffs at Disney

After 17 years with the firm, The Argentine Victoria Alonso left her position as executive president of production at Marvel Studios and surprised the fans of the brand. The woman had an outstanding step internationallyrecognized for driving greater diversity and inclusion in the cinematic universe.

For now, the details of his departure are unknown. However, there are two versions: one points to a bad relationship with his peers in the VFX departmentwhile the second indicates a massive departure of workers that Disney prepares for the next few hours.

Alonso is a professional visual effects expert. In 2006, she had joined the company to fill the role of head of visual effects and post-production; quickly, began to be part of the decision-making within the Marvel Cinematic Universewhich had an explosive expansion in recent years.

Among his works, co-produced hits like Iron Man in 2008 and Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011which led to his activity as executive producer of “The Avengers”which collected 1500 million dollars.

In 2019, victoria alonso was named as one of the most influential Hispanic women in the world by People magazine.

Two years later, he became executive president of production at Marvel Studios and marked a milestone. “I never would have imagined that I would have this adventure ahead of me and, as far as I am concerned, this is just beginning” he stated back then when he took office.

EThat same year she was recognized by the NGO Outfest at his awards gala at the Los Angeles Film Academy Museum, for their contributions to the representation and visibility in the media of the LGBTIQ+ community.

Mass layoffs expected at Disney


According to the publication “The Movie Thing”, The departure of the Argentine Victoria Alonso from Marvel would only be “the tip of the iceberg.”

The Argentine publication, an expert in international cinematography, anticipated that Disney projects some 4,000 layoffs among its workers, to restructure the company and lower costs.


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