I hope someone in Burbank is sending a big box of chocolates to Emeryville this week. Monsters University debuted number one at the box office with a take of $82 million domestic and $136.5 worldwide. That’s well above average for Pixar film openings, placing it… Read More »Monsters University Schools Competition at Box Office
Disney and Cars.com are partnering to give away tickets to the next summer blockbuster – The Lone Ranger. The new drama-filled, action-adventure movie will be in theaters starting July 3. In the meantime, fans can visit www.Cars.com/nodrama for special trailer footage from the movie and… Read More »Disney Partners with Cars.com to Give away Free Tickets to The Lone Ranger
It’s not even released yet and Disney Infinity is already expanding the movie roster to include two of this summers big films, Monsters University and The Lone Ranger. Similar to Activision’s Skylanders game, Disney Infinity will contain stand alone games based off each new movie… Read More »Disney Infinity Adds News Worlds
Recently, the biggest TV news stories have been revivals of beloved shows Arrested Development and Boy Meets World, with the latter getting a sequel/reboot and the former being resurrected on Netflix. Those stories then encouraged devoted fans, or wannabe fans, to binge watch the old… Read More »TV Binge Watching: America’s Newest Pastime
Although Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room was originally sponsored by United Airlines, in 1973 the sponsorship was taken over by Dole. This brought the addition of Dole Pineapple flavored treats to the little bar in front of the attraction. So, as the Tiki Room celebrates… Read More »Behind the Tiki Bar at Disneyland’s Enchanted Tiki Room
Hey “Boy Meets World” fans, Disney Channel has officially placed an order for episodes of “Girl Meets World,” the comedy series followup from the original series. Starring are 11-year-old Rowan Blanchard (“Spy Kids All the Time in World in 4D”) as the girl — Riley Matthews — 14-year-old Sabrina Carpenter (“Sofia the First” voice cast and a newly signed Hollywood Records recording artist) as her best friend Maya, and Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage reprising the “Cory and Topanga” roles they made famous in ABC’s hugely popular sitcom “Boy Meets World” (1993-2000).
Adam Bonnett, Executive Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide said, “Boy Meets World’ and its story of adolescent self discovery resonated with an entire generation of tweens. In the same way audiences fell in love with Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, we look forward to introducing our viewers to their daughter Riley Matthews in ‘Girl Meets World’ and building a memorable connection with a whole new generation of fans.”Read More »Girl Meets World Meets Disney Channel Approval
Prior to Monsters University most audiences will be lucky enough to see the newest short from Pixar – The Blue Umbrella. It’s the least Pixar short of the series in terms of its photo-realistic design, but also somehow completely Pixar too. I don’t want to give anything away, but there is a definite connection between the world of the Umbrellas and Monstropolis.
It’s been 12 years since Monsters, Inc first made audiences fall in love with a short one-eyed monster and his giant fluffy blue friend. The kids that saw that film in theaters then have since grown up and are ready to introduce another generation of kids to the world of Monstropolis. But rather than making a sequel, Pixar decided to set the next film in the past.
“One of the challenges with a prequel is that by definition, everyone knows how the story ends. So it can be difficult to uncover the drama because we already know everything’s going to work out. It’s hard to define those stakes. You have to learn something new about the characters—which we ultimately do in ‘MU.’,” said director Dan Scanlon.Read More »Monsters University Shows Pixar Still Has The Magic
Does this look like the face of a fairy godmother to you? It will be soon. Helena Bonham Carter joined the cast of Disney’s upcoming live action version of Cinderella as the fairy godmother. Carter last worked with Disney as the Red Queen in Tim… Read More »Helena Bonham Carter Joins Cast of Disney’s Cinderella