Sports and fashion superstar Serena Williams has a great affinity for Disney. So she’s been sneaking in some quality vacation time before resuming training for the season-ending WTA Finale in Singapore. As part of her visit to the Magic Kingdom Williams stopped to Princess Merida… Read More »Tennis superstar Serena Williams strikes a “brave’’ pose with Princess Merida
Raise your hand if you think Pixar’s Brave is an under-appreciated effort in the animation studios’ oeuvre! It was a bit of a departure for the folks up in Emeryville, but just because the story is different, doesn’t mean it’s any less Pixar. At its… Read More »Behind the Scenes: Pixar’s Mother & Daughter Film – Brave
There is only so much loss and interference in one’s life one can take before they snap. When you live in the magical sleepy village of Storybrooke, that means major complications for Emma Swan and the rest of the citizens. At the end of last… Read More »Once Upon A Time season 5 preview: The Dark Swan
It’s getting to be a habit. Every week on Tee Fury there’s another set of great Disney themed t-shirts for us fans. Today you get to choose between two excellent designs by Megan Lara (who are we kidding, you can have both if you want).… Read More »Princess Battle on Tee Fury today – Merida vs Tiana
Earlier this week famed photographer of the stars Annie Leibovitz added Jessica Chastain to the list of celebrities she has featured in her Disney Dream Portraits series. The famous redhead portrayed Pixar’s first princess, also a redhead, Merida from the hit animated feature Brave.
Today we get two exciting videos that take us behind the scenes of the photo shoot and reveal how the magic is made. (Love the fake horse in the shot above. Makes sense though.) Appropriately enough for the Scottish princess, the photo shoot took place in an area of Cold Spring, New York known as the Hudson Highlands.
Turns out Chastain is a fan of a certain activity enjoyed by many guests at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World – Pin Trading. Below she shares her Pin Trading strategy:Read More »Behind the Scenes on Jessica Chastain’s Disney Dream Portrait Shoot with Annie Leibovitz
Photograph Annie Leibovitz’s collaboration with Disney Parks for the wonderful Disney Dream Portrait series continues. This time with the first every character from a Pixar film. Jessica Chastain portrays Princess Merida from “Brave” in this portrait entitled “Where your destiny awaits.” Chastain previously appeared in “The Help” a Dreamworks film distributed by Walt Disney Studios and for which she received multiple award nominations.
I’m not sure they captured Merida’s horse correctly, but I do love the choice of subject for this photo. What do you think? How did they do capturing the spirit of Merida?
Behind the scenes pic below the jump:
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Over the weekend Merida became the 11th princess of Disney’s Royal Court and the first princess to come from a film not originating from the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Brave, of course, was a Pixar film and Merida was not just any Disney princess, but… Read More »Brave’s Merida Joined Disney’s Royal Princess Court in Special Coronation
There’s been a period of silence following Brave’s win at the Academy Awards, but now director Mark Andrews is talking about the prospects of a sequel. They’re pretty good, winning the Oscar certainly helped. Andrews was in Scotland working with students on a film project… Read More »Director of Pixar’s Brave Speaks About Potential Sequel