Experiencing very little dropoff from it’s opening weekend numbers Disney’s Invincible has kept it’s place at the top of the box office with a 4-day take of $15.2 million. That brings it’s 11 day total to $38 million. (Link)
More shots of the Black Pearl, this time during filming in Redondo Beach. It’s my understanding that the crew is back at the Walt Disney Studios wrapping up some soundstage work, then Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End will go into post production. Of course that means Johnny Depp is in Los Angeles right… Read More »P3, filming in Redondo Beach
The Orange Counter register has published an article which I’m sure thrills the hearts of Disneyland managment. In it they label Disneyland Resort’s second gate, California Adventure, one of the major economic stories of Orange County, CA. Disneyland’s second gate was always going to suffer an inferiority complex. Built during lean times in Disney’s checkered… Read More »DCA, one of Orange Counties economic failures
Tugger the movie started out as the story of a little studio that could start up after the collapse of Disney animation in Florida. It was the story of corporate sponsorship and local premieres… then it all fell apart. The Orlando Sentinel follows up on the story of Genesis Orlando Studios and their film Tugger:… Read More »The sad tale of Tugger
Yesterday, my beautiful wife and I went to see the Titanic artifacts exhibit at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. I can’t recall having ever boarded the ship before. From newspaper reports over the last few years, it sounds like the operation is in trouble, and I can understand after having been there first-hand.… Read More »Visiting the Queen Mary, a Former Disney Operation
Adam Guren laments the state of Six Flags Magic Mountain in today’s Los Angles Times. The park is in the northern Los Angeles County area, and as such, competes with the Disneyland Resort for dollars from locals who want to get out of the home for entertainment. The problem isn’t necessarily the teens in the… Read More »Checking In on Local Disneyland Competition
Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times has given us a piece talking about the loooooong-awaited next Indiana Jones film, asking if it is too late to do another one. Although the films weren’t from Disney, the character and story elements have long been a part of Disney theme parks. Now, Empire magazine tells us… Read More »Finally, Maybe, Possibly Another Indiana Jones Film?
Jenny at BlackWing Diaries has two wonderful posts that pay tribute to the man who brought storytelling magic to Disney and Pixar films since the late 80s, Joe Ranft. Ranft died tragically in an auto accident just over a year ago now. The gaping hole where he once stood in the process that is animation… Read More »Joe Ranft, still incredibly missed