Overview
- Andy Park, a 16‑year veteran who led visual development on 15 Marvel projects, disclosed Monday on social media that he was laid off.
- Disney is cutting about 1,000 roles companywide as part of a streamlining plan tied to a new centralized marketing division under Asad Ayaz.
- Marvel has kept a small visual development team under department head Ryan Meinerding while moving to project‑by‑project hiring of outside artists.
- Park said he worked on more than 40 films and series since 2010, with credits ranging from early MCU entries to upcoming work on Avengers: Doomsday.
- The downsizing raises concerns about how Marvel will maintain consistent costume and character design, which the in‑house team long shaped across connected films.