from Instagram: Brought my own Guardian to the MEAC/SWAC Challenge red carpet event for Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy at Downtown Disney AMC. Got to meet Djimon Hounsou who plays Korath the Pursuer in the film, we’ll have an interview with him up tomorrow.
By the time we entered the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood (across from Disney’s El Capitan pictured above) for the world premiere of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy my boys were already well-versed in (what had been until recently) the previously unknown band of unlikely heroes.… Read More »Guardians of the Galaxy Hits on All Levels
from Instagram Construction for Downtown Disney continues, but some parts of Pleasure Island look like they could reopen tomorrow. What was your favorite PI club?
Starting opening day of San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel began releasing limited edition Avengers: Age of Ultron character posters. The first ones featured what looked like battle scenes centering on Iron Man and new character Scarlet Witch. Then SDCC attendees got to see posters for Hawkeye,… Read More »SDCC’14 Coverage: Marvel Releases Limited Edition Avengers Age of Ultron Posters That Harbor a Secret
Many viewers were shocked when the TV series Once Upon a Time revealed the story would be taking a Frozen turn in Season Four. If you were wondering just how they decided to incorporate Disney’s biggest animated fairytale into the show, the reasoning was revealed… Read More »So Why Did Once Upon a Time Choose that Frozen Storyline?
While we didn’t get any big news about Star Wars: Episode VII at San Diego Comic Con, Marvel did announce that beginning next year they would be releasing three Star Wars titles: Star Wars: Princess Leia, Star Wars: Darth Vader, and, of course Star Wars. All three of these titles will take place between Episode IV and Episode V.
SDCC attendees also were treated to see a little bit from the new animated show Star Wars Rebels, including an extended look at the show as well as a couple of clips and an interview with Simon Kinberg, one of the show’s writers.
extended look (watch for the R2D2 and C-3PO cameos)
two new clips below the jump:
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Last weekend I went on a brief walking tour of the new Marketplace Co-Op in Downtown Disney Orlando. This location will serve as a testing ground for new store concepts for Disney. If it is popular, a concept could eventually get its own store elsewhere in the resort.
The tiki corner. This is my favorite section of the store by far
Here are the six original concepts:
Beautifully Disney – A beauty destination for women featuring make-up, fragrance and beauty accessories;
Cherry Tree Lane – Accessories for the sophisticated woman with a passion for scarves, shoes, bags and jewelry;
D-Tech on Demand – A place to personalize and customize your own electronic accessories;
The Trophy Room – Vintage-inspired, lifestyle sports apparel and collectibles;
Disney Centerpiece – Home products offering a splash of Disney in room furnishings, textiles and everyday ware;
Zoey and Pickles – A girls’ destination with the latest trends.
Now join me on a walking tour:
I’d love for them to do the same thing with food, come to think of it.
Director James Gunn with his friend Mikayla Hoover
For the last few weeks, I’ve been following Guardians of The Galaxy Director @jamesgunn on Twitter and as well as on Facebook. It’s been one series after another of great posts, behind the scenes photos, and a rare glimpse as a Director rises to whatever level super stars achieve in Hollywood. Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy is that good.
In an early profile FilmJournal interviewed Gunn about what it was like as he was competing for the director’s chair
“The more I talked about it, the more excited I got. I saw the opportunity to do the exact movie I’d always wanted to do and never thought I’d have the chance—a space opera. As we talked, I could see visually what I would do with the movie, like bringing back some of the colorful palettes of sci-fi movies like Forbidden Planet and Fantastic Voyage. So I threw my hat in the ring. At first it was me against five other directors; then it was me against three other directors; then it was me against one other director; and then it was just me.”
and on the challenges of creating a whole corner of the galaxy from the ground up
“On a normal movie, you’d set a scene in a kitchen and then go to the production designer and he’d say, ‘We can use this toaster or this toaster or this toaster.’ In this movie, if the characters are going to have toast, you’ve got to figure out how the process works. Are there toasters? Are they in the wall? You’re really creating everything from the ground up and I felt like I had a lot of freedom to create the universe I wanted.”
It really is a great interview, read the whole thing.
Another recent profile on Gunn was in the Los Angeles Times. Gunn talks about more about how much he’s enjoyed working on the projectRead More »Who is James Gunn, besides the director of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy