A set of six new character posters from Disney’s next animated feature “Big Hero 6” have made their way onto the internet. It’s not clear if these are official posters or rejected art for some sort of merchandise project. But they do have our first… Read More »Big Hero 6 Character Posters
You can’t blame Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn for being a little wistful as his first big Hollywood studio film wrapped up. As the project consumed the last two years of his life, this is what he had to say on Facebook:
I swear, I’ve gotten angry with filmmakers like Ridley Scott and George Lucas who can’t let go of their old films and want to keep going back and offering up different versions, but I can easily see myself doing that now.
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There isn’t much left. I’m still playing with the sound mix and the 3D and the DI (digital intermediate – basically the color-timing) – and there are some outstanding visual effects shots. But I still want to do what I can with what I have left to make the most stunning film I can for you guys on August 1! I think the Marvel producers are starting to understand my almost psychotic inability to be happy with anything, and to pick apart things to the very bitter end. They’re going to have to tear this movie from my bloody grip.
Gunn also writes, that he gets “teary-eyed when I think of how I won’t be working with Rocket, at least for a little while.” Does this mean we should bexpect a Guardians 2 announcement sometime soon? Perhaps even at Comic-con?
Like Marvel’s other recent releases, I think Disney expects Guardians to have a significant overseas play. That International poster is interesting for the fact that none of the characters have weapons in their hands unlike the domestic poster. Guess they figure violence does not play well overseas?
For now, we wait until August 1st for the official opening to find out if this film can win over audiences.
More new posters and a special character preview below the jump:
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Disney’s Frozen is the gift that keeps on giving for The Walt Disney Company. Just in theater box office sales it has earned over $400 million domestically, and $1.3 billion world wide. That doesn’t count the home video sales, which started while Frozen was still… Read More »How Disney’s Frozen Took Over The World
With properties like Marvel Superheroes, Disney Princesses, Pixar’s Cars, and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” the Walt Disney Company rang up a record 40.9 billion in global retail sales in 2013
The sales topped 2012′s $39.4 billion, $37.5 billion, in 2011, and $28.6 billion in 2010, according to Disney Consumer Products. Those kinds of numbers have long made the company the world’s top licensor.
Disney isn’t likely to give up that title anytime soon. …
It’s ramping up several major product pushes around “Cinderella,” the animated films “Inside Out” and “Big Hero 6,” Marvel’s “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Star Wars: Rebels” and “Star Wars: Episode VII” coming out through the end of 2015.
Let’s not forget that little juggernaut “Frozen” either.
The question is what should Disney do with that windfall of profits? Could they invest in more animation? What about the theme parks? or how about something really ambitious? What project would you have Disney focus on next?
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They say a film can be made into almost anything in the editing room. Mark Anthony Onzo has risen to that challenged and edited together a couple of trailers that re-imagine some recent Disney and Pixar animated classics as horror films. Take a look at… Read More »Pixar’s Brave or Disney’s Frozen, which makes the better horror movie?
Disney’s next animated feature draws inspiration from a Marvel comic book — “Big Hero 6.” Set in a futuristic San Fransokyo, the movie features a robotic prodigy named Hiro Hamada and his companion robot named Baymax. We did get to see a teaser trailer last month and now Disney has released two new posters for the movie.
So far, I’m really enjoying the art design on the film too. The comic book was originally set in Tokyo, but Disney’s artists have created an imaginary future world of SanFranokyo that allows them to create amazing scenes like in this concept art:
Full synopsis is below the jump:
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Artist Karen Hallion is back with another excellent Disney t-shirt for the Shirt-A-Day website Tee Fury. This one places Darth Vader’s daughter in the infamous stretch portrait from the Haunted Mansion. Leia’s Corruptible Mortal State comes in Charcoal, Silver or Blue, but you’ll need to… Read More »Princess Leia In the Haunted Mansion Mashup Tee & Print Available Today
Charlie Cox, who played Tristan in the delightfully kooky film version of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, has been cast in the lead role of Matt Murdock in Disney’s direct to Netflix TV series “Marvel’s Daredevil.” In the comic, Murdock is blinded as a young boy, but… Read More »Charlie Cox cast as Daredevil in Netflix Series