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Disney has announced that smoking will not be depicted in its future films. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 07/25/07) "A study of seven decades of Disney classics has concluded the persistent portrayal of the elderly as villains and old hags could lead to children forming the wrong impression of pensioners." (Source: dailymail.co.uk, 05/31/07) "Sony has complained of "irregularities" in Walt Disney's boast that its latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie has smashed box office records." (Source: business.guardian.co.uk, 05/30/07) "Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios will celebrate this summer's most original animatedcomedy, RATATOUILLE, by bringing a mouthwatering experience to cities across the country with 'The Big Cheese Tour' it was announced today by Jim Gallagher, President of Buena Vista Pictures Marketing. The tour will kick off today, May 11, 2007, at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL and continue to cross the country stopping at many events and major food festivals throughout the summer." (Source: smartbrief.com, 05/12/07) Writer Paul Cozby claims he wrote "High School Musical": "Cozby's lawyer, Charles Baker of the Houston firm Porter & Hedges LLC, told Playbill.com that Cozby has filed suit against Disney Enterprises, 'claiming they stole his idea, claiming they infringed upon his trademark title [and] seeking damages and seeking an injunction' against the use of the title by Disney and, essentially, the continuation of the property." (Source: playbill.com, 05/10/07) |
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Writer Paul Cozby claims he wrote "High School Musical" "Cozby's lawyer, Charles Baker of the Houston firm Porter & Hedges LLC, told Playbill.com that Cozby has filed suit against Disney Enterprises, "claiming they stole his idea, claiming they infringed upon his trademark title [and] seeking damages and seeking an injunction" against the use of the title by Disney and, essentially, the continuation of the property." (Source: playbill.com, 05/10/07)
"The Tony Award-winning Disney musical, The Lion King, will open in Paris this fall. Le Roi Lion, as it will be called in French, will open at Theatre Mogador, Paris, Oct. 4." (Source: playbill.com, 04/23/07)
"Walt Disney Co.'s 1946 film 'Song of the South' was historic. It was Disney's first big live-action picture and produced one of the company's most famous songs -- the Oscar-winning 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.' It also carries the story line of the Splash Mountain rides at its theme parks... the movie remains hidden in the Disney archives but President and CEO Bob Iger recently said the company was reconsidering [rereleasing it]." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 03/24/07)
"Walt Disney Co., owner of Pixar animation studio, will release The Frog Princess in 2009 in a return to the hand-drawn movie format the company had stopped producing. The film, set in New Orleans, will feature Maddy, Disney's first black princess." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 03/09/07)
Fizzy Fruit(TM) and HarperCollins to Launch KEEP MOVING FORWARD Sweepstakes to Promote Newest Disney Animated Feature National Contest Offers Out-of-This-World Prize Pool, Including Space Camp(R) Adventure and Disney's "Meet The Robinsons" Movie Merchandise The Fizzy Fruit(TM) Company and HarperCollins Children's Books today announced the impending launch of the KEEP MOVING FORWARD Sweepstakes to promote Disney's theatrical film release of "Meet The Robinsons," scheduled for March 30, 2007. The contest, which can be accessed by visiting FizzyFruit.com, HarperCollinsChildrens.com, or SpaceCamp.com, will run from March 1 to May 30, 2007. Intriguing prizes include a thrilling adventure at the world-famous Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, a newly released "Meet The Robinsons" book collection published by HarperCollins, film soundtracks from Walt Disney Records featuring the music of Rob Thomas and the music of the Jonas Brothers, and other movie paraphernalia... The computer-animated "Meet The Robinsons" follows the adventures of Lewis, an orphan and budding inventor who yearns to find the family he's never known. Lewis is befriended by a mysterious stranger who takes him on a journey to the future, where Lewis discovers not only a world of flying cars and floating cities but also a secret that will change his life... and save the future. KEEP MOVING FORWARD is the Robinson family motto. The film is based upon William Joyce's book, "A Day with Wilbur Robinson," published by HarperCollins. (Source: Press Release)
"Hand-drawn animation, out of fashion in the computer age, experienced a rescue worthy of a fairy tale on Thursday, when Walt Disney animators announced they would bring back the art form to the big screen." (Source: yahoo.reuters.com, 02/08/07)
Magical Moments, Tantrums or a $250 Lullaby: "Parenting message boards like urbanbaby.com are filled with questions like 'anyone know if broadway show Tarzan could be ok for a 2.5yr old?'... Of the Disney shows, many parents of small children cite 'Beauty and the Beast' as the logical starter, with 'The Lion King' the next step. The verdict is still out on 'Mary Poppins.' At a recent Sunday matinee there was a small exodus of theatergoers at intermission, each group led by a little child." (Source: nytimes.com, 12/07/06)
"The Lion King" is now playing at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston St., Orlando, until January 14, 2007. Tickets: $17.50-$67.50. Some tickets are still available for shows through December 31, but your best chance of getting a ticket is to come in January. To purchase tickets, call 407-839-3900 or visit online.
"Moviegoers who have become inured to ads and trivia quizzes before the film may soon be getting something that's old enough to seem new: cartoon shorts. After a hiatus of nearly 50 years, Walt Disney Studios is getting back into the business of producing short cartoons, starting with a Goofy vehicle next year. The studio has released a few shorts in recent years, but they were more artistic exercises than commercial endeavors. The new cartoons, by contrast, spring from an effort by a new leadership team at Pixar Animation Studios, now a Disney unit, to put the company back at the forefront of animation, with a form that it pioneered." (Source: iht.com, 12/03/06)
"'Cars' toy chests sold at Toys 'R' Us recalled by Delta Enterprise due to lead poisoning hazard." (Source: cpsc.gov, 11/09/06)
Pixar Characters Are Popping Up Everywhere
File this one under the "hard to believe" category: Disney's "Cars 2" hasn't been released, but apparently it's been made, and it's for sale on the black market in Peru! (Source: BBC News, 08/12/06) The production designer and director of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" chose three locations to film the movie: St. Vincent, Dominica, and the Exumas. Now you can have your own pirate-themed vacation in these same locals. (Source: NY Post, 07/04/06) "Disney acknowledges that a character in its kids' movie 'Cars' exhibits 'poor judgment' when it races a train to a crossing -- but the company says the dangerous stunt serves a purpose." (Source: suntimes.com, 07/01,06) "Disney films such as Glory Road and the animated Chicken Little will soon be available to own via computer download from the Internet-based movie site CinemaNow, but the movies can't be played on a standalone DVD player. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 05/31/06) "With a decline in DVD sales and the rising cost of making movies, Hollywood in general has been tightening its belt. And now Disney, as part of a long-term review, is contemplating layoffs, looking to rein in costs and rethinking the type of movies it wants to make at its live-action Disney Studios, according to people apprised of Disney's planning." (Source: NY Times, 05/26/06)
"Two of the stars of Disney/Pixar’s exciting new computer-animated feature 'CARS' will race straight off the movie screen and into the real world as actual life-sized models of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Sally Carrera, a snazzy 2002 Porsche 911 (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) will hit the road today for Disney/Pixar’s 'CARS Road Trip ‘06' presented by State Farm, it was announced today by Brett Dicker, Executive Vice President of Buena Vista Pictures Marketing." (Source: KHQA.com, 04/17/06) Disney announced in April that its Stars of Disney/Pixar's Cars was going to visit cities across the USA to promote its upcoming movie, CARS. What they didn't say is that those visits are not open to the public! (Source: meon.com, 05/09/06)
"Disney Theatrical already has a serious problem on its hands with "Tarzan." Given that -- what with the way that director Bob Crowley is currently staging this new musical as well as the way the Richard Rodgers Theatre is laid out -- almost a fourth of the seats in the orchestra section have a seriously obstructed view of this show." (Source: Jim Hill Media, 03/27/06)
"In April 2006, Discovery Networks will introduce viewers to high-altitude viewing with the debut of original Everest-themed programming across several of its networks... Everest programming on the Discovery Networks coincides with the opening of Walt Disney World's newest attraction." (Source: Discovery Channel, 03/22/06)
Disney returns to its past... "Disney has signed composer Alan Menken, an eight-time Oscar winner and one of the driving forces behind "The Little Mermaid" -- which helped resuscitate Disney animation in the '80s -- to a nonexclusive, multipicture deal. Highly regarded feature animation directors John Musker and Ron Clements, the team behind such animated hits as 'Mermaid' and 'Aladdin,' also are returning to the Disney fold." (Source: hollywoodreporter.com, 03/01/06)
Disney buys Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion! "With Tuesday's agreement to buy industry pioneer Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Co. sent a clear signal that it not only needs to fix its own ailing animation unit but also that it aggressively plans to be at the forefront of Hollywood's digital future." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 01/25/06)
"The Walt Disney Co. will scrap production of the latest 'Toy Story' sequel and hand the project over to Pixar Animation Studios Inc. as part of its deal to acquire Pixar, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday." (Source: Reuters, 01/26/06)
Ruby writes: "My grandchildren are interested in learning the "Mickey Mouse" theme song the Mousekeeters used to sing on their tv show. However, some of the words I have forgotten. I can remember the beginning but after we spell Mickey Mouse's name the part that ''forever let us ...." is the part I can not remember the exact words. I tried finding a place to write to Disney on his website but to no avail. Do you by any chance have the words to the song? Thank you for your help." "Forever we will hold your banner high-high-high-high!" For the rest of the lyrics, click here.
"The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday announced its first film production in China, adding to its efforts to break into the booming Chinese entertainment market. The Chinese-language film, "The Secret of the Magic Gourd," began shooting in October in the eastern city of Hangzhou and is due to be released next year, Disney said. It is based on a popular children's book by the late Chinese novelist Zhang Tianyi." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 12/14/05)
"Walt Disney Studios is hoping that the same kind of church-based campaign that helped turn 'The Passion of the Christ' into a blockbuster will convert C.S. Lewis' children's classic 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' into a big-screen franchise - with "Lion King"-sized profits." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 10/05/05)
"Walt Disney Co.'s film unit will post a loss of up to $300 million for the current quarter, Chief Financial Officer Thomas Staggs warned Wednesday, describing the studio's performance as "considerably worse than we anticipated." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 09/13/05) "Walt Disney Co. on Thursday agreed to distribute and show movies digitally, jump-starting an effort to usher the nation's theaters into the electronic age." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 09/16/05) "Disney Theatricals has officially announced a theater and dates for Tarzan. The show, directed and designed by Bob Crowley, will begin previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 24 in preparation for a May 10 opening." (Source: broadway.com, 09/16/05) "Jeanine Tesori may compose the score for the Broadway-bound stage musical Shrek... Shrek will premiere in New York, though no time-frame has yet been announced." (Source: playbill.com, 06/27/05)
Disney is using a Christian marketing campaign to promote "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on Lewis' novel for children and Christian allegory..." Release date: Dec. 9, 2005. In the Narnia story, a lion named Aslan is a Christ-like figure who offers himself as a sacrifice to save another character. He is tortured and killed, and then resurrected to transform Narnia into a heaven on Earth." Disney has been criticized for years by religious leaders for "betraying its family-values legacy by providing health benefits to same-sex partners, allowing Gay Days at theme parks (first week in June is Gay Week) and producing controversial movies, books and TV programming through Disney subsidiaries." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 03/16/05)
Ellen writes: "why didn't Disney come out with The Song of the South on DVD? I just loved that movie." Disney had been selling The Song of the South outside the USA, but since December, 2001 they have totally withdrawn the video worldwide. They feel that the portrayal of blacks in the film is not socially acceptable. For more details, click here. For information on ordering, click here.
Cinescape Magazine confirms that writers are working on the sequel to TRON. The writers are adding to the Jeff Bridges character some elements drawn from Joseph Conrad’s HEARTS OF DARKNESS which itself inspired the movie, APOCALYPSE NOW. (Source: Cinescape Magazine)
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