Like a super hero who is trying to be everywhere at once, runDisney is adding a new half-marathon to the line up. The Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon will debut November 14-16, 2014 at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim, CA. The new three-day race weekend… Read More »Comic Book Heroes To Run at Disneyland – Avengers Themed Super Heroes Half Marathon Coming This Fall
During a special event at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, Disney Consumer Products unveiled four new toy lines expected to hit stores this year.
Actors Andrew Garfield and Jorge Vega of the upcoming film Amazing Spider-Man 2 debuted new toys based on the movie. In the photo, Vega holds the Amazing Spider-Man 2 Giant Web Slinging Spider-Man Figure by Hasbro (SRP $29.99; available Fall 2014).
Then actor Dane Cook, the voice of Dusty Crophopper, debuted toys from this summer’s Disney film, Planes: Fire & Rescue. In the photo, he’s holding a Fire Blastin’ Dusty Crophopper toy by Mattel (SRP $49.99, available June 2014).
The Force was with actor Freddie Prinze, Jr, as he introduced toys inspired by the upcoming animated TV series, “Star Wars Rebels.” Prinze, who voices Kanan on the show, holds a LEGO Star Wars Rebels Ghost Ship (SRP $79.99, available August 2014) from the show, with Stormtroopers keeping a watchful eye.
Actor Chris Pratt of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy made a special appearance via video to share his excitement about how his character’s stories are being brought to life through the action-packed Guardians toy line. He’s especially excited about the Star-Lord Quad Blaster by Hasbro (SRP $19.99, available July 2014), which fires four included NERF darts.
“Disney Consumer Products is firing on all cylinders across our diverse franchise portfolio, and at this year’s Toy Fair we’re building off a successful 2013 to showcase the best of our new and storied properties that will heat up toy aisles in 2014,” said Josh Silverman, executive vice president, global licensing at Disney Consumer Products. “We’re excited to see these four properties take off at retail as we know these innovative products will resonate with kids and fans who want to create their own heroic stories.”
Thanks to Disney Consumer Products for the photos from the event. Plenty more below the jump:
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Geek & Sundry is talking comics in a weekly video podcast hosted by Amy Dallen. Their most recent video looked at “Seekers of the Weird,” a comic series developed by Walt Disney’s Imagineers and artists from Marvel and based on designs for a never-built Disneyland… Read More »Tour The Art Behind Seekers of the Weird Comic from Disney Kingdoms Series
Guardians of the Galaxy is going to be Marvel’s most unique movie with the most unfamiliar characters to date. They’ve got an uphill battle ahead of them in order for this movie to be successful. They’ve proved that they’re on the right track today by releasing a poster for the movie as well as five short videos introducing each character and the actor portraying them.
Rocket Raccoon
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The first trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy premiered on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC tonight. Here it is for your consumption and enjoyment. More humor than I expected. I think Disney has a fairly strong August ahead of it. What did you think?… Read More »Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Trailer
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Update: 15 seconds of the trailer have been leaked by Marvel. Check them out below before watching the whole thing tonight!
I’ll be honest, the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book is not one I’m at all familiar with. But my friends who like it tell me the movie is going to be totally awesome. I am starting to like the character renderings, including this clip from the movie’s first trailer.
Marvel released 15 seconds of the trailer this morning:
If you want to see more of the trailer, you’ll have to tune in to ABC on Tuesday night to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jimmy will present the World Premiere of the trailer for “Guardians of the Galaxy,” with help from the movie’s star Chris Pratt.
After Jimmy Kimmel Live airs, the trailer will be posted for 24 hours exclusively on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s YouTube channel. (and dozens of other channels who will either record it off the TV or just download it from YouTube…)
If you’re like me and need to learn more about Guardians of the Galaxy, the full plot synopsis is below the jump:
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