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May 2006

Orlando Bloom to fans: “I’ll be at the Pirates Premier, I hope you will be too”

According to the Orlando Bloom Files, the subject of their adoration is under the impression that thousands of his screaming fans will be lining the red-carpet at Disneyland on June 24th for the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest world premier. If you’re planning on attending, I guess you can take this as a… Read More »Orlando Bloom to fans: “I’ll be at the Pirates Premier, I hope you will be too”

The end of Contracts at Walt Disney Feature Animation

Steve at The Animation Guild blog discusses the recent history of Personal Service Contracts at Walt Disney Feature Animation and their future and enforceability. The PSC really came into popularity after the arrival of Eisner at Disney and the Dreamworks Split. The goal being to tie up all the talent at your studio instead of… Read More »The end of Contracts at Walt Disney Feature Animation

Pirates of the Caribbean II – Preview Site Live

The official site for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is now live!  The site takes you on a journey to seven exotic locations from the film. As you explore each location, interactive figures and objects reveal further secrets about the movie, including key items to be “plundered” and collected in order to face… Read More »Pirates of the Caribbean II – Preview Site Live

Riveting Television

Two big Television reports came out this weekend. First were the Primetime Rankings for the 05-06 season shows. ABC had a few big hits and no real catastrophes with the worst rated show beeing 115 out of 156: 4. Desperate Housewives    5. Grey’s Anatomy7. Dancing With the Stars (Thursday)    12. Monday Night Football … Read More »Riveting Television

Malaysia throws its hat into the ring

Add one more nation to the list of countries bidding to add a Disney Themepark to its economy. Malaysia, a federation of nation states with some troubled history, says it is holding talks with the Disney Company for a 2,000 acre parcel of land in the Nusajaya township. So now the list for another Disney… Read More »Malaysia throws its hat into the ring

Ratatouille Trailer Offline

I knew it was too good to be true. The French version of the ‘Ratatouille’ trailer has been taken off line at Disney’s request. That makes sense, why let it steal the thunder from ‘Cars’. The english version of the trailer is still slated to run infront of ‘Cars’ starting June 9th anyway… so the wait isn’t long.

For those of you who can’t wait, however, Ain’t It Cool News has a translated transcript from the french version.

Spoilers about the preview below the cut

 

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‘Lost’ goes Commercial…

When I first heard the news that LOST would have it’s own Alternate Reality Game (ARG), The Lost Experience, I was pretty excited. However, something turned me off from playing it almost as soon as it debuted. I’m pretty sure it was the subLYMONal commercial and website that is talked about in this article. I… Read More »‘Lost’ goes Commercial…

40th Anniversary of “it’s a small world” this weekend

Just as the sun never set on the British Empire, so too does the sun never set on Walt Disney’s magical attraction "it’s a small world." After debuting at the 1964 World’s Fair, "it’s a small world" opened on May 28th, 1966 at Disneyland and was an instant success. Since then it has opened at… Read More »40th Anniversary of “it’s a small world” this weekend