In the beginning was the "Beauty & The Beast" stage show at Disneyland, CA. It was a 25 minute whirl wind tour through the songs, sets, and story of the animated feature. B&TB was the first stage show at Disneyland to retell one of the feature length classics, previous shows had been in the revue… Read More »Disney’s Broadway Strategy, export it!
Cartoonbrew has gathered links to three blogs that are revisiting the Walt Disney Animated Classic Pinocchio. Most recently Michael Sporn has started posting the original storyboards for the film. It great to look back at some of the wonderful artistry that went into those early Disney productions. While you’re at CartoonBrew be sure to visit… Read More »Pinocchio examined and CartoonBrew films debuts
Jeff Pepper takes a look at Disney’s recent flurry of news over two upcoming films that appear to be returning to the Princess mold. It is impossible to navigate through the many worlds of Disney entertainment these days without bumping into some aspect of its overwhelming and very successful Princess franchise. It is therefore almost… Read More »Disney’s Princess Revival
Click To Play The Muppet Mobile Lab, featuring Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, visits Pixar. There is definitely some custom dialogue this time, however, Dr Bunsen Honeydew’s lips don’t always move when he’s speaking. So there is still some work to be done. Great stuff, however. Can’t wait to see it in Orlando. Hint. Hint.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End trailer will debut March 19th on Dancing With The Stars.
It’s the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Time to get your Wookie on? If so then plan to be at the Star Wars Weekends this year. The guest list (subject to change as Yoda says, "Always in motion is the future.") has just been announced at StarWars.com and… Read More »Star Wars Weekends 2007 Lineup Announced
Daveland has some most excellent shots (page 1 and page 2) of the Monsanto House Of The Future under construction at Disneyland. You really get a feel for the scale of the project, not to mention how close it was to Sleeping Beauty Castle. I can imagine the outcry from online Disney fans if this… Read More »Monsanto Home Of The Future Construction Photos
Anne Thompson at Daily Variety reports on a script of interest to those of us who are into Disney history… There’s a hot script making the rounds of the Hollywood studios. According to the cover page, "Two Blind Mice" is "based on the true story of Michael Eisner & Mike Ovitz and their time at… Read More »Screenplay Resurfacing About Ovitz vs. Eisner