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Bob Iger and Dick Cook update Disney’s recipe, will it be a success?

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With the stock price hovering around $30, up from $24 when his appointment was announced, Bob Iger must be doing something right, at least in the minds of investors. None the less, Iger decided to shake things up at the studio division of the Mouse House. If the realignment continues as expected it will signify… Read More »Bob Iger and Dick Cook update Disney’s recipe, will it be a success?

P2 still number One

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Finishing its third weekend with $35 million in additional loot and lifting its domestic total to $321.7 million, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is poised to pass Finding Nemo as Disney’s most successful film at the domestic box office. Pirates continues to open in more countries and is now over $124 million internationally,… Read More »P2 still number One

Big News for Walt Disney Feature Animation at Comic-Con

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Animation World Network reports back from Comic-Con 2006 with the state of the animation industry. The biggest news is that Eric Goldberg confirms the rumors that Disney has a 2-D hand drawn animated feature underway. The Frog Princess will be headed by The Little Mermaid‘s directors Ron Clements and John Musker. Other treats from the… Read More »Big News for Walt Disney Feature Animation at Comic-Con

Chunky is out at Disney

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Grant McCracken, marketing blogger, looks at two seemingly contridictory decisions by Disney Management how one might save Hollywood and how one risks ruining a studio. The first decision was to let Johnny Depp be Johnny Depp and create the Captain Jack Sparrow character exactly as he wanted to (well, except for the falling off nose… Read More »Chunky is out at Disney

New Disney Dance Dance Revolution Announced

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I’ll admit that I own a Disney Jungle Book Dance Pad game, I also own a Dance Dance Revolution. I’ll also admit I don’t use them nearly as much as I should to get any exercise benefit out of them. I really wanted to get the original Disney Dance Dance Revolution game that combined the… Read More »New Disney Dance Dance Revolution Announced

Crunch time for Mobile ESPN

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Disney’s mobile telephone and sports new service Mobile ESPN is a flop. Mobile ESPN is estimated to have 30,000 users by the end of the year, compared to the 240,000 predicted when Disney launched the service in February. Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst Jessica Reif Cohen said in a report that the service will cost… Read More »Crunch time for Mobile ESPN

Epcot vs. the world!

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EPCOT Central, a blog that really loves Epcot, was in Central Florida recently. But instead of visiting his beloved, he went to Universal and Islands of Adventure. While there he was reminded about what Disney gets right so much of the time.

Cars passes $300 and is yet to open in many countries

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Cars has crossed the $300 million mark for international box office and earned a very respectable $222 million in the states alone. Those numbers will continue to go up as Cars opens in more countries (including Italy, which should really like the film with its Ferrari characters). Upcoming Pixar has the details.