Disney shuts doors on Miramax
The Walt Disney Company, which bought Miramax from the Weinstein brothers in 2005, has closed down the studio after 30 years in business. It was the independent, art-house studio that became a major industry player in the 1990s, courtesy of such Oscar-winning hits as Pulp Fiction and The English Patient.
Florida’s High Speed Rail to stop at Disney World
The Disney Blog is reporting about the proposed High Speed rail that is being built between Orlando & Tampa. Will there possibly be a stop somewhere near one of the greatest places on earth?? President Obama mentioned the high speed rail project that will run from Tampa to the Orlando
Alice in Wonderland: Inside the World of Wonderland
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA WASIKOWSKA as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the
Disney taps new executive to lead Animal Kingdom
For the second time in less than a year, Walt Disney World is shuffling top executives at Disneys Animal Kingdom. Disney has appointed Michael Colglazier to the post of vice president in charge of Animal Kingdom. Colglazier was previously vice president of business development and has also held positions within
Special Valentines Day Menus Available at Disneyland Restaurants
For those of you who might be looking to eat at a restaurant at the Disneyland Resort, here are two restaurants that have Valentines Day menus available: Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Hotel and Carnation Cafe, located on Main Street, U.S.A in Disneyland park. The sweetheart dinner menu at Steakhouse
Atlanta Braves Spring Training Returns to Disneyworld
Atlanta Braves Spring Training Returns to Disneyworld on February 1 – March 31 Major League Baseball returns when the Atlanta Braves suit up for their 14th exhibition season at Walt Disney World Resort in March 2010. The Braves have enjoyed nine division titles while training at Disney’s 220-acre sports campus,
Disney’s Princess & The Frog On Blu-Ray & DVD March 16
Disney’s latest animated movie The Princess and the Frog is hopping its way to DVD and Blu-ray on March 16, 2010. The latest Disney princess Tiana kisses a frog, believing he will turn into a prince, however this fairy tale is a little different than the one we were all
Disney Cruise Line unveils more new features for Disney Dream
The top of Disney Cruise Line’s next ship will feature a miniature golf course themed around Goofy and a water play area for kids that has Nemo as its inspiration. The 2,500-passenger Disney Dream, currently under construction at a shipyard in Germany, also will boast an adults-only decktop pool area
Mother of monorail driver sues Disney World over fatal crash
In the wrongful death suit, lawyers for Christine Wuennenberg say Disney failed to follow its own monorail-safety procedures, leading directly to the July crash that killed 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg. The complaint seizes in large part on Disney’s policy of having monorail drivers continue driving their trains from the front cabin
Disney/Marvel inks deal with Turk Telekom
Walt Disney-owned Marvel on Monday unveiled a licensing deal with Turkish telecom giant Turk Telekom that will lead to such offers as animated shorts, an animated TV series for mobile phones and the Internet, casual games online and for the PC, mobile applications, merchandise and a customized kids Web site.
MySpace Music premieres first single for the Almost Alice soundtrack
MySpace Music is excited to announce the exclusive unveiling of the first single from the highly anticipated Almost Alice soundtrack. Presently, users can stream the song “Follow Me Down†from 3OH!3 via the social networking site’s music channel. In the coming weeks, MySpace Music will continue to premiere songs from
A very familiar face returns to ‘Mary Poppins’
No matter how much you like the stage version of “Mary Poppins,†the original 1964 Disney movie is never far from mind. Which is why the Ahmanson Theatre audience went crazy Friday night when it was told Richard M. Sherman, one of the film’s songwriters, was in the house and
Xbox Takes On Cable, Streaming TV Shows and Movies
Executives at Microsoft are fond of saying that its subscription gaming service, Xbox Live, should be thought of as a cable channel. They want Xbox to be seen not merely as a gaming machine for teenagers, but as a media portal for parents and grandparents, too. The company is even
First image from Pixar’s Cars 2 revealed?
The movie Cars 2 is slated for release in Summer 2011, and that means that Hollywood CGI types are busy sketching, rendering and compositing. Production artwork (seen above) found in Disney’s annual report, has Lightning McQueen running in Japan ahead of what we’d imagine is a Formula 1 car. The
