Disney didn’t have to look far to find the new Ariel for the lead role in its stage adaption of The Little Mermaid. They found her right in the backyard. The production is workshopping in Denver and Sierra Boggess is a 2000 graduate of Denver’s George Washington High School. The Little Mermaid will move from… Read More »Little Mermaid is cast for Broadway Bound Show
National Geographic magazine has a wonderful history of detailing Disney properties. This time they look beyond the gates to see what changes Walt Disney’s Florida Project hath wrought on Central Florida. When people tell the story of Orlando’s stunning transformation from swamp and sinkhole to 21st-century metropolis, they begin, inevitably, with the man and the… Read More »National Geographic looks Beyond Disney World
I thought they would hold off on making this announcement until the Pirates Of The Caribbean Three premiere in May, but today Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced that two more cruise ships have been ordered for the Disney Cruise Line fleet. These vessels will be roughly twice the size of the existing ships… Read More »Disney to Double Cruise Ships
DLRP Today has a great look at some of the concept art and clay models used to build the ‘Cars Race Rally’ attraction at Disneyland Paris Studios. There will be 12 spinning cars and the attraction has a very art deco feel. The backstage images come from a video on the Disneyland15 website. Disneyland Paris… Read More »Imagineering the ‘Cars Race Rally’ at Disneyland Paris
MouseKingdom Blog Turns One. Congrats to the crew at MouseKingdom Blog, they’ve been a source for interesting Disney news and opinion that I’ve come to rely on. Living The Disney Live. Doobie, webmaster of LaughingPlace.com, has posted another report that provides some insight into what it’s like to experience those infamous press events. Upcoming Pixar… Read More »Disney Links Roundup – 2/21/07
Keira Knightley. Five new photos from Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End have been leaked on to the series of tubes we call the internets. Nothing very spoilery here, but if you want to remain pure, I wouldn’t click through. That Sao Feng is a bad ass too. Now if we could only get… Read More »New Photos of Pirates Three Leaked
Do you own Disney stock but can’t make it to the March 8th Shareholder meeting in New Orleans? Don’t worry. This year the annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, including remarks by management regarding the Company, will be available live via audio webcast at www.disney.com/investors beginning at 8:00 a.m. PST / 11:00… Read More »Walt Disney Company Shareholder Meeting to be Webcast
A lawsuit filed by the Higgins children against ABC, Disney, and the producers of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition continues to wind its way through the courts. It’s a sad story, but the essential facts are this: 1) EM:HE contracted with the owners of the Leomiti family home to redo their house after hearing of the… Read More »Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Higgins/Leomiti Lawsuit News