Despite some critics claiming Apocalytpo was not high concept enough (not every film can be Apocalypse Now), movie audiences look to have found something to like in Mel Gibson’s latest action adventure flick. Deadline Hollywood blog reports that Apocalypto has taken the Box Office lead based on early Friday returns. There is a reason Gibson’s… Read More »Apocalypto takes early Box Office lead
The current owners of the house Elias Disney built for his family in Chicago, have put the home up for auction on eBay. Opening bid is currently at $250,000.00. This is the home where the Disney’s lived when Walt was born. He’d live there for four years before moving to Marceline, MO to escape the… Read More »Walt’s Childhood Home in Chicago forsale on eBay
LaughingPlace.com reports that the dance clubs at Pleasure Island will be going 21 and over. The two comedy clubs will remain all ages, with guests under 18 being accompanied by an adult. PI is in the middle of a major remodeling (although I don’t think they’re going far enough). Also admission is no longer required… Read More »Pleasure Island Clubs to go 21 and over
I’m not that knowledgable about the inner workings of the National Labor Relations Board or the contracts between the unions and Disney. But I do know that Disney’s recent decision to oursource some of the frontline customer service jobs at the resort is a bad business decision, despite any short term money savings or labor… Read More »Disney World in hot water over Labor Relations
ABC is making some mid-season moves to bolster it’s position as leader of the pack this year. We already discussed that they’re moving LOST back an hour to 10PM to avoid a head to head battle with American Idol. Now we learn that they’ve ordered more shows of "Show Me The Money" a game show… Read More »ABC News
One of the things that I liked most about early Disney PR was that they always tried to let guests know about what attractions were being considered for construction. They went so far as to have preview centers in Disneyland, or boat rides to the gates of Walt Disney World while it was still under… Read More »New Map for Disneyland Paris has attraction previews
Over at his blog, The Long Tail, Wired Editor Chris Anderson posts a very interesting fact about how far Pixar has come with its renderfarms from the early days of 3D Feature animation. If you had to guess how long it takes to render a frame in today’s Pixar farms compared to those of 10… Read More »Render me Tender
The final list of nominations for the 2006 Annie Awards has been released. Disney and Pixar netted 17 nominations. Also Disney animator Andreas Deja is up for a juried award. The full list is below the cut.