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Tobey Maguire Talks `Spider-Man’ Production Delay

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Tobey Maguire Talks `Spider-Man' Production Delay

So if you have been following the Disney/Marvel News Thor is getting moved up and Spiderman will probably be later in the year. Either way I know Disney/Marvel will be getting alot of my box office dollars in 2011.

Tobey talks with reporters from ABC about Spider-Man 4 preproduction snags:

Tobey Maguire doesn’t think “Spider-Man 4” has become a tangled mess.

The 34-year-old star of the web-slinging superhero franchise said preproduction snags aren’t dampening his mood about the fourth installment. The next “Spider-Man” film had been scheduled to swing into theaters May 6, 2011, but that seems unlikely now that “Thor,” another big-screen Marvel superhero adaptation, has hammered out the same release date.

“Like anything, it’s a process,” Maguire said Thursday. “We’re just in the midst of the process. We have a lot of great stuff in terms of story and script. We’re just trying to dial it in and get it ready as quickly as possible. Of course, these movies are a very big undertaking and take a lot more time than a drama or something more straightforward.”

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First Look: D23’s ‘Disney Undiscovered’

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First Look: D23’s ‘Disney Undiscovered’

Great article from Disney Park Blog I wonder if anyone will be selling that calenda on ebay..wink wink:

Disney’s official fan community, D23, is starting off 2010 with a unique gift that’s sure to get any Disney fan excited — Disney Undiscovered: A 23-Month Calendar of Disney’s Unrealized Masterpieces.

The calendar is brimming with rare and never-before seen images from Disney theme-park, live-action and animation projects that were not completed, many of which have achieved legendary status among Disney fans. “Disney Undiscovered” features art from never-built project like the Mineral King ski resort and Walt Disney’s St. Louis Project, theme park lands such as Discovery Bay at Disneyland, and unproduced films including a watercolor from the original Little Mermaid that Walt had in early preproduction in the late 1930s.

D23 is giving Disney Parks Blog readers a first look at three of the pages in this stunning calendar. They show Mickey’s Madhouse (conceived as part of Dumbo’s Circusland at Disneyland back in 1976 before Toontown was created), the Swiss pavilion at Epcot (designed in 1985 and meant to stand between the Italy and Germany pavilions), and Rock Candy Mountain (which, had it been created back in 1957, would have been Disneyland’s first “mountain”). Have a look and enjoy!

Everyone who joins or renews their D23 Membership in 2010 will receive a calendar.

For more information on D23, visit Disney.com/D23.

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Scammer selling fraudulent Disneyland passes on Craig’s List

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Scammer selling fraudulent Disneyland passes on Craig's List

I have said this before and I will say it again if you are not buying your tickets from an Authorized Disney Ticket Agent you are probably going to get burned..

This article come from the Glendale Star:

Arizona Department of Public Safety Detectives have identified 30 victims so far who have purchased fraudulent amusement park passes from a Craig’s List scammer. Following a two- month investigation DPS detectives assigned to financial crimes arrested a Phoenix area man for selling fraudulent passes to unsuspecting buyers. The suspect advertised the tickets and passes on Craig’s List and would meet the victims in person to sell groups of unvalidated passes stolen from area retailers for hundreds of dollars. Many of the victims and their families made the trip to southern California only to find out that the passes were of no value.

Angered and frustrated, victims contacted DPS detectives, who began a thorough investigation, which led to last week’s arrest.The suspect was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on charges of Fraudulent Schemes, a class-two felony. DPS is withholding the suspect’s photo so that other potential victims can have the opportunity to identify him through a photo line up.

Additionally, the suspect was not working alone. Victims were also sold passes from a female and others may be involved as well. DPS detectives said they believe the suspect and his counterparts have been selling fraudulent passes for at least three months.

Potential victims with any information are encouraged to call the DPS Duty Office at 602-223-2212, and ask to be forwarded to the Financial Crimes Unit. DPS would also like to alert citizens of frauds such as these and to check with a trusted retailer before purchasing items from an individual, or in other words “Buyer Beware.”

If a deal appears too good to be true, then it probably is.

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Disney Pic of the Day – Toy Story Tattoo

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Disney Pic of the Day - Toy Story Tattoo

This is just to funny. While people who have seen Toy Story know who Andy is. Imagine you at a pool and you are sitting in a lounge chair, I am sure people would be walking by saying Hi Andy..

Not sure if it is real or just a sharpie.

Passholders can ride shotgun for free at Walt Disney World Speedway

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Passholders can ride shotgun for free at Walt Disney World Speedway

Here is a great Disney deal worth noting for Disney Passholders.

Passholders, here’s a pretty sweet deal if you’re into NASCAR. Stop by Walt Disney World Speedway — it’s situated right in front of Magic Kingdom — and you can do a Ride Along from Richard Petty Driving Experience for free. This program normally costs more than $100 per person.

Show your Disney pass and you’ll get to ride shotgun for three mile-long laps in a NASCAR-style race car reaching speeds up to 140 mph with a professional driving instructor. This offer is good through March 31.

You must be at least 14 years old to ride, and participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Free ride-alongs are limited to one per passholder for the three-month promotion.

While at the track, passholders can enter to win an 18-lap King’s Driving Experience valued at $919.04 and Richard Petty-signed diecast car. Monthly winners also will be drawn to win an 8-lap Rookie Driving Experience, valued at $486.04. These contests are open to passholders 18 and older with valid drivers licenses.

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Fuel surcharge kicks back in for some at Disney Cruise Line as oil prices rise

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Rising oil prices have triggered a provision in Disney Cruise Line’s fuel surcharge policy that will result in some passengers on upcoming voyages being subject to the fee.

Disney says passengers on voyages departing between now and March 31 who booked between May 28 and Dec. 1, 2008 — a period when the line was collecting a fuel surcharge fee in advance at the time of booking — will no longer get refunds of the money in the form of on-board credit due to oil’s rise above $70 a barrel.

Disney first implemented an $8 per person, per day fuel surcharge in 2008 as oil prices soared to nearly $150 a barrel. Falling oil prices prompted the line to eliminate the charge on Dec. 1, 2008 for all new bookings, and the line said at the time that customers who already had paid the fee for an upcoming voyage would get a refund in the form of an on-board credit when they sailed. The promise of a refund, however, came with a caveat that the refunds would end if oil prices went back above $70 a barrel, something that has occurred in recent months.

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Former Disney parks chief reflects on tenure

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During a seven-year span as leader of the Walt Disney Co.’s parks-and-resorts business, Jay Rasulo presided over the opening of just a single new theme park — yet he boosted sales from less than $6.5 billion when he arrived to nearly $11 billion this past fiscal year.

The results reflect Rasulo’s emphasis on growing by tweaking Disney’s existing theme parks rather than building new ones and by expanding into new businesses entirely, transforming Walt Disney Parks and Resorts from a theme-park operator into a “family vacation” company.

Rasulo’s tenure as Disney parks chairman ended this week as he traded jobs with the company’s longtime chief financial officer, Tom Staggs, in an executive shuffle designed by Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger. In a recent interview, the 53-year-old Rasulo looked back on his time as parks chief.

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Picture from Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel

Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” Slated for 3D on Blu-ray

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The Walt Disney Studios Jan. 7 said it would release it first 3D title, the CG-animated A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey, on Blu-ray Disc in the fourth quarter.

Disney joins Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) as the first major studios to bookmark home entertainment releases this year on pending 3D high-definition televisions and adapted Blu-ray players earmarked for launch this summer.

Released last November theatrically and on Imax 3D, Carol has generated more than $137 million in ticket sales, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

The Carol Blu-ray release will also include a 3D showcase disc featuring a compilation of upcoming 3D product, footage and promotional trailers containing a variety of clips from Disney’s 3D content library, including Walt Disney’s 1953 animated short Working for Peanuts.

Other promos of upcoming 3D-enabled Blu-ray releases include Alice in Wonderland and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3, in addition to other original content.

“The Walt Disney Studios has produced and released more 3D content than any other major studio to date and remains at the forefront in the continued innovation and development of today’s most advanced digital 3D and Blu-ray technology,” said Bob Chapek, president of distribution for The Walt Disney Studios. “We are excited to offer consumers an incredible line-up of true three-dimensional films and footage that will revolutionize the in-home entertainment experience.”

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So long General Motors from Epcot’s Test Track

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Interesting article about Test Track and GM’s possible departure from sponsorship at Disneyworld.

By all appearances, General Motors, the Detroit auto giant forced through bankruptcy last year, remains sponsor of the Test Track attraction at Epcot. Even though GM’s $100 million sponsorship contract with Walt Disney World is believed to have expired last year and there was never any announcement of a renewal, the company’s logo and presence is still splashed all around the pavilion.

Still, there are some signs around Test Track of the painful restructuring that GM is going through.

For example, GM has pulled cars from the brands it plans drop (Saturn, Hummer, Saab and Pontiac) from the swanky showroom that guests walk through when they exit the ride, such as a Saturn VUE hybrid that until recently was on display in the area. The only cars displayed now are from GMC, Chevy, Buick and Cadillac, GM’s remaining core brands.

GM has also removed a large model Hummer made of wood that had been something of a minor attraction in Test Track’s gift shop. (The model was large enough for a crash-test dummy to sit in the driver’s seat). In its place: One of Disney World’s much smaller souvenir model monorails, which does laps around a small pile of boxes of the toys.

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‘Thor’ moves up release date while ‘Spider-Man 4’ stalls

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Hot on the heels of the news this week that production of Spider-Man 4 is  delayed, Paramount and Marvel Entertainment have pushed up the release of Thor by two weeks to May 6, 2011, reports Variety.

Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, was going to open on May 20. Disney has now grabbed that date for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Spider-Man 4 was supposed to start filming in February, reports Nikki Finke, then it pushed to March. Then late March/early April. And now there’s no date at all. Finke says director Sam Raimi “hated” the script.

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Good & Bad – Pirates of the Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides News

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I know a few months back I posted an article about:

Johnny Depp may walk away from a fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean after Disney ousted the veteran studio chief who first backed his vision for the role of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Well I have some good news & bad news…

Good News – The official announcement has been made by Walt Disney Pictures that the film “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will be released to theaters on May 20, 2011.

Bad News – Currently, Johnny Depp is not attached to the film. I hoping that Depp will star in the film, although, after Dick Cook’s departure, you never know what might happen. I’d like to point out that a year and a half is an incredibly short amount of time to write, shoot, edit, and promote such a blockbuster.

Cantina de San Angel walled off ready for demolition

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Wow this really caught me off guard I was not expecting it to be demolished. Here is the article from WDW Magic, be sure to check out the other photos in the link provided below.

The Cantina de San Angel is now fully walled off in preparation for it’s upcoming demolition. Over the course of the next few months the building will be demolished, and a new improved restaurant built in it’s place. The new location is set to offer more seating, better views of the lagoon and Illuminations, and an improvement of guest flow through that area of the promenade.

A limited array of Mexican quick order food (including Churros!) is available at the nearby Taqueria Del Lago. The menu for Taqueria Del Lago is here.

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