Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek to publish memoir 'Behind the Castle Walls' on September 29

Bob Chapek, ousted as Disney CEO in November 2022, will publish a 272-page memoir titled 'Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth' on September 29, 2026, via Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books, according to Variety. The book promises first-time detail on his 2020 appointment, the pandemic shutdowns, the Scarlett Johansson 'Black Widow' dispute, and the boardroom politics of his dismissal.