Disney has released a little clip from it’s December 25th release of the Sondheim musical “Into the Woods.” It features a few behind the scenes moments setting up the clip and then you get Meryl Streep, as The Witch, singing “Stay With Me.” We knew… Read More »Watch “Stay with Me” clip from Disney’s Into The Woods
It’s official, we have the first full trailer for Disney live-action adaptation of Cinderella! Directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, this film seems to pack nostalgia for the animated original in spades. Seeing more than a few moments brought to life is truly wonderful. I’m sure… Read More »Cinderella trailer reveals live action remake
A second trailer for Age of Ultron was just released! Unfortunately it is severely lacking in any form of substantial new footage. We do see a little more of what is most likely the battle with Baron Von Struckers forces in the beginning of the… Read More »Avengers: Age of Ultron – Trailer 2
Ladies and gentlemen of the books, check your course listings, for instead of Chemistry you could be earning credit for studying the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Right now you have to be a student at the University of Baltimore, but if you are look for “Media Genres: Media Marvels” at registration, you and your fellow classmates will soon be exploring Marvel’s modern movie legacy together. The course is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
According to the press release for the course, “you will scrutinize the intricately plotted world of Marvel films—the Iron Man, Thor and Captain America series, characters from the Avengers, and now the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, which is widely expected to be the highest grossing film of 2014 [and] examine how Marvel’s series of interconnected films and television shows, plus related media and comic book sources and Joseph Campbell’s monomyth of the “hero’s journey,” offer important insights into modern culture.”
“One thing we’ll do is dive into the impact of the Guardians of the Galaxy film, which proved two things: Mainstream movie audiences are not remotely tired of superhero movies; and Marvel Studios can now release a sci-fi adventure that actually features talking trees and raccoons,” said course instructor Arnold T. Blumberg, D.C.D. ’04, an adjunct faculty member in UB’s Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences. “It’s not that they’re getting away with it—they’ve created a universe in which fans completely accept these developments, and they’re ready for even more.”
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Disney is dominating the 2014 box office owing especially to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy continued strong performance. In fact, it has now been number one at the box office for more weekends that Marvel’s The Avengers. In fact, the only other movies in the… Read More »Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy continues box office domination
It’s a strong possibility the fifth edition of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise will be filmed no where near the island nations south of the continent. Instead, production will move down under to the land of Oz, thanks to a $20.2 million tax incentive… Read More »Tax Incentives Lure Pirates V Down Under
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy takes the audience on a journey to a strange new world previously unseen on the big screen. That gives the costume designers a lot of leeway in their designs, however, there are still certain realities they are forced to deal… Read More »The Making of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Props and Costumes, Part II
Update: Looks like McFarland has been pushed back to a February 20th, 2015 release date.
As mentioned earlier today, Disney is having a great year at the box office. Four more chances remain to make it an even better one. Here are the remaining films of 2014 from Walt Disney Studios.
October 10th – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Disney’s “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life—a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he’s not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn’t had one.
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” directed by Independent Spirit Award-winner Miguel Arteta (“The Good Girl,” “Cedar Rapids,” “Youth in Revolt”) from a screenplay by Rob Lieber, is a 21 Laps Entertainment/Jim Henson Company production.