This week, Falcon’s Beyond revealed that Simon Phillips will be joining its board of entertainment.
Falcon’s Beyond is an experiential entertainment development enterprise specializing in intellectual property (IP) expansion through theme parks, patented technologies, consumer products, and beyond.
Phillips has held numerous executive positions at many industry leaders including Marvel, Disney, and Moonbug Entertainment. As a member of Marvel’s leadership team, Phillips guided the company’s retail and paved the way for its eventual sale to Disney. In his position as executive vice-president and general manager at the Walt Disney Co., his efforts to bolster retail items across various Disney brands through licensing generated more than $16 billion in annual sales.
At Falcon’s Beyond, Phillips hopes to lead the industry into the future with stories across the entire transmedia spectrum.
About the company, Phillips says “Falcon’s Beyond is playing in an unlimited sandbox. This transmedia superpower sets Falcon’s Beyond apart from its competition. No one else can do what Falcon’s Beyond can. It’s disruptive, it’s progressive. Falcon’s represents the future of engagement in IP.”
