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Walt Disney is about to re-enter shark infested waters as the battle of the rights to the Winnie The Pooh character is about to be rejoined. It’s a lucrative battle with as much as $6 billion a year in revenue at stake. Among the cases to be decided is another attempt by the Sleslingers to… Read More »Highlights of Upcoming Pooh Court Battles
The Newsweek article looking at the hit crazy that High School Musical has become has been posted to MSNBC.
Six months after its premiere, "High School Musical" rolls on, a
singing and dancing juggernaut. Almost 37 million viewers have watched
the $4.2 million production at least once since its first airing, and
the musical—a pop confection that makes "Grease" look like "Rebel
Without a Cause"—surged back into the spotlight this month, grabbing
six Emmy nominations. The soundtrack, a top-10 hit since its January
release, is the year’s biggest-selling CD, at 2.7 million copies. After
five weeks, the DVD has sold an eye-popping 2.1 million copies.
The DVD is still ranked #20 at Amazon and continues to do well on iTunes. High School Musical has a sequel in production and there’s word that High Schools will be able to license the rights to host their own version of the show as a stage musical. That should have record setting numbers at auditions around the country and might usher in a resurgance in interest in Broadway musicals. A good thing in my book. (Btw, you can now buy the piano score and music sheets for the songs so you can learn how to play or sing them)
Btw, the story leaked the plot for HSM-2, it’s a spoiler, so I’ve put it below the cut.
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Read More »High School Musical, the making of the phenomenon
Although this is kind of common knowledge, it’s funny to see Eisner repeat it at this year’s Media Summit in Sun Valley. Eisner repeats his tale of ambushing Warren Buffet to make the ABC/Cap Cities deal way back when in 1995. The NYP has the full story and a photo of Eisner now, no longer… Read More »Eisner’s Grand Plot to Acquire ABC
While all media moguls big and small were thinking big in Sun Valley, Idaho this week, stock analysts are predicting a weak 2007 for big entertainment companies. Disney’s Stock took a sizable hit as did other media companies. In Sun Valley, YouTube and its affect on Television viewing habits was a big topic of discussion,… Read More »Media Summit gets bad news (for some)
Haven’t we heard this story before, screenwriter claims Disney Stole his Pirates Screenplay. Apparently this guy is from the Orlando area although he lived in LA at the time. Disney has been pretty successful in defending against like lawsuits in the past, not sure what Jerry Bruckheimer’s record is on this. But I imagine he’s… Read More »Screenwriter claims Disney Stole his Pirates Screenplay
I’m amazed at how big a story this Variety story on Disney cutting film production by 50% (and the resulting job loss) has become. Rumors of the desire to slash production have floating around for the last 10 years or so. Ever since Disney reached their high point of 30 films in one year (including… Read More »News of Disney cutting film output
I can’t believe I still haven’t seen Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest yet. This weekend for sure. The funny thing is I’m almost as excited to see the new Walt Disney Pictures logo that was attached at the front of P2. Rumors of a replacement for the old white castle on blue back… Read More »Millions of People see new Disney Logo and hardly a peep!
The Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund has awarded $1.4 million to nonprofit environmental groups and universities studying endangered species. Eighty-two programs in 27 countries will benefit from the latest round of funding, which will address a variety of needs, including tracking collars for tigers and wolves, four-wheel-drive vehicles for reaching remote African areas and new wings… Read More »Disney Eco Fund Pays Out