Disney CEO Hints at Shorter Theatrical Windows for Blockbusters in a Post-Lockdown World Share Disney CEO Hints at Shorter Theatrical Windows for Blockbusters in a Post-Lockdown World Bob Chapek chimes in on the state of movie releases as new hope arrises for theaters to be reopened soon. Hollywood studios have been irrevocably altered by the changes wrought by the 2020 global shutdown of theaters. Online streaming has today become arguably the most important entertainment format in the industry, surpassing cinema halls. Keeping this massive change in view, while speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, Walt Disney Company chief exec Bob Chapek hinted that there will be no going back to the old method of theatrical distribution.