Cartoonbrew has been good enough to post two video clips of Neal Gabler talking about his biography of Walt Disney. It sounds like a great festival this year and definitely one of the things I miss not being in the Los Angeles area any more.
416 Film has produced a fan mash-up trailer of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and The Muppets.
Eric Stoltz!Brilliant!
This is not Tarantino’s first encounter with the Muppet’s. He made a cameo appearance in "The Muppets Wizard of Oz".
See also Heat Fozzy, another mash-up trailer. Finally, don’t watch the Pirates Of The Caribbean mash-up below the cut.
Over on SciFi Wire Thomas Haden Church, who’s in that other little summer movie, talks about his experiences providing the voice for Buttons, a rabbit from Disney Animation Studios future release "American Dog". "They hired me a couple of years ago, and [we] went through, God, at least a year and a half of them… Read More »Thomas Haden Church talks American Dog
Have I mentioned that I love the internet. Growing up I would have done just about anything to have ride simulators like these for my favorite Disney attractions. Now TheMagical has released four ride simulators for four e-tickets at the Disneyland Paris Resort. Pretend you’re the cast member in charge at Space Mountain, Tower of… Read More »Disneyland Paris ride simulator games!
Created in the Trainz railroad simulator universe, this is a recreation of the Walt Disney World monorail system. It includes an incredibly detailed recreation of the monorail’s control systems and the Contemporary Hotel with the ride through lobby station as well. Pretty incredible!
Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland has just re-opened after a 5 month rehabilitation (btw, I love it when Disney uses this term, makes it sound like the attraction just went through drug rehab). Lots of great new stuff, still no on-board synchronized soundtrack on the cars, however. One of these days I hope to make… Read More »Space Mountain re-opens at Tokyo Disneyland
It’s not secret that Dubai is quickly becoming the world destination for vacation tourism. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has been rumored to be in talks with Disney for a resort and theme park in the region. And now we hear that Universal Studios will building a theme park there. A Universal Studios theme park will… Read More »Universal Studios to build in Dubai
A special 9 minute clip from the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille should will be available starting at 12:01AM PDT on May 1st exclusively on the front page of Disney.com. Additionally, the Disney Xtreme Digital (Disney XD) section will launch an exclusive
Ratatouille XD Channel. The customized channel will include a
customized video playlist, character widget where users learn about the
characters from the film, a speed chat room to include select French
phrases, and many more games and activities. Much of the XD Channel is available now.
The full press release is included below the cut. Ratatouille hits the theaters June 29th.