Nobody can corral a crowd of kids on Friday night quite like the Disney Channel. Net’s debut of “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie” drew a whopping average audience of 11.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen prelims, making it cable’s most-watched telecast of the year. Disney Channel can now claim
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Rob Zombie wants to direct Pirates 4…?
Walt Disney Pictures is moving forward with a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie that will focus on Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) searching for the fountain of youth. Gore Verbinski will not return to direct the new film, so Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer had to search for his replacement.
Disney Pixar’s Newt Movie Pushed Back to 2012
Summer 2011: Newt marks the directing debut of multiple Academy Award winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who made his Pixar debut with the short film Lifted, which premiered in front of Ratatouille. What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by
Robin Williams in Disney’s ‘Wedding Banned’
Robin Williams is plotting to run down the aisle for Disney, signing on to star in “Wedding Banned” for Touchstone Pictures. In the comedy, Williams will play one-half of a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day in order to keep her from making a mistake. The
The Bear and the Bow – Disney Pixar Movie
The Bear and the Bow is an upcoming film and will be Pixar Animation Studios‘ 13th animated feature film. The film will be directed by Brenda Chapman, produced by Katherine Sarafian and features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson. The film will be released during the
Luxo Jr included in Pixar “Up” Special Edition
Remember Luxo Jr, the Pixar short which managed to make an anglepoise lamp into an unbelievably cute cartoon character? Now you can own one. The Up – Limited Edition Luxo Jr. Lamp Pack is in fact an attempt to convince you to buy a Blu-ray copy of Pixar and Disney’s
Ace of Cakes “Duff” pops up in Disney’s ‘You Again’
“Ace of Cakes’ †Chef Duff just finished a new challenge. The Food Network star — Jeffrey Adam “Duff” Goldman — created a wild wedding cake for “You Again,†the new Disney comedy, directed by Andy Fickman and currently shooting in and around L.A. We visited him on the Pasadena
Disney Changes Blu-Ray Plans: Fantasia is Out, Dumbo is In
Despite it not being on their originally announced list of upcoming Blu-Ray titles, it now seems that Dumbo may be the next Disney classic to get a release under the Diamond Edition banner. According to Planeta HD, the disc will shelf in February of next year (they reported March at
Wall-e & Eve are a match made in heaven
You can now get them as a couple, the way Pixar and robot love intended. For $120. Who can resist? Wall-E is holding EVE’s pistol arm and defending her in the pic above. These two have a love that knows no bounds and sells movie tickets like nothing else. Now
Disney Revs Up for ‘Cars’ BirthDay Gift Set
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Nov. 10 will re-release the 2006 Pixar CG-animated film Cars as a Blu-ray combo pack gift set. The $49.99 set will include Cars on both Blu-ray Disc and DVD, plus die-cast model replicas of characters Lightning McQueen and Mater. The DVD includes the animated
Possible Cars 2 Title & Trailer
Haha just kidding 🙂 Seriously though here is the word on the street: Jim Hill Media, a site devoted to all things Disney, recently stumbled upon possible evidence that the studio has selected a title for Pixar’s sequel to Cars. Although the movie isn’t due until June 2011, the site
Disney, Zemeckis board ‘Yellow Submarine’
Disney and Robert Zemeckis are looking to catch the wave of Beatlemania, floating a new 3-D “Yellow Submarine” for the bigscreen, with merchandising in tow and prospects for spinning off both a Broadway musical and a Cirque du Soleil stage production. Disney hopes to have the film ready to premiere
Disney’s – “When in Rome” First Look w/ video goodness
An ambitious young New Yorker (KRISTEN BELL), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of those who threw them in:Â a sausage magnate (DANNY DEVITO), a street magician (JON HEDER), an adoring painter
Muppets spotted in Disneyland
It looks like Disney is trying to bring back the Muppets craze – and we doubt it’s just to promote the Muppets 3D show at the Disney’s Hollywood Studios park. Rumor has it that Disney has been filming numerous scenes of the Muppets around the Disney parks to create a
