ChinaKnowledge.com is reporting that Disney has cleared all the regulatory and government approvals to go ahead with its theme park to be located outside of Shanghai. sources said a press conference would be held soon in Geneva to announce the approval. Earlier media reports said… Read More »Disney gets approval for Shanghai?
John Stamos you just finished filming the last episode of NBC’s longtime series ER what are you going to do next? I’m Going to Disney World!!!! Okay, so it’s not an official entry into Disney’s “What’s Next?” campaign as John Stamos filmed this himself. But… Read More »John Stamos films own “What’s Next?” Commercial
Local news CFNews13 reports that layoffs began yesterday at Walt Disney World. The story mentions executive level employees who had the option to receive a severance package or take their chances with layoffs. We’ve actually known of some of the executive layoffs for a few… Read More »Layoffs at the Magic Kingdom of Disney
UNITE HERE, whose Locals 681 and 11 cover Disneyland Resort hotel and restaurant workers, is currently undergoing some internal strife that may have led to a defection of 150,000 of its members to a rival union. As we discussed before (here and here are good… Read More »UNITE HERE Union Encounters Internal Strife
Had you happened to be wandering the Magic Kingdom on Monday or watching a charity event at Club Rix at Coronado Springs, you might have had a celebrity moment with Tina Fey or John Stamos (a big Disney fan and collector). If not, you can… Read More »John Stamos & Tina Fey Invade the Magic Kingdom
Animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, PONYO, has been picked up by Disney for a stateside distribution. August 14th will bring the movie that was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid to America. It is already a hit in Japan. With… Read More »Miyazaki’s PONYO gets August Release Date In US
I bet you didn’t know that Disney Parks has a News Bureau, but if you listen to the voice over at the end of this video you’ll hear John Graham announce himself as part of one. Curiouser and Curiouser. I wonder if that’s an indication… Read More »Another Dream Prize Awarded – World’s Largest Character Breakfast
Walt Disney Animation Studios latest film, BOLT, is now out on DVD. If you haven’t yet seen it, now is the time to catch this film that has as much heart as any Disney film and is technically amazing as well. BOLT is the first film that Pixar Studios chief John Lasseter and new Creative Executive for Animation at the Walt Disney Company was able to really mold.
Here’s a great interview with Lasseter on how Bolt came about. (Btw, I love his answer about his favorite Disney animated feature):
Question: What is the history of Bolt?
John Lasseter: Bolt was already in existence, but it was by the name of American Dog. We restarted the story and I brought on Chris Williams and Byron Howard, two amazing young talents, to direct it. I was by their side through every step of the production of this and it’s remarkable that the studio rallied around these two directors, great leaders, and they made this film in a record amount of time.