Disney has halted work on Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated feature that was scheduled to be released in October of 2013. The film, which did not have a title yet, was not where it needed to be to meet production deadlines according to sources. This is the first project that new
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Rich Ross, The Disney Studios Chairman, Has Stepped Down
Changes are a coming to Disney. Rich Ross has just resigned as the Studio head of Walt Disney Studios. This is a big deal, and I’m very curious to see who will be taking over the studio after this. Ross had some great success on the TV front at Disney
Disney’s Tangled Passes $100 Million in Domestic Box Office
Disney’s 50 th animated feature film, Tangled, passed the $100 million mark at the domestic box office today. Tangled, which began its theatrical run over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, becomes the 68 th title in the history of The Walt Disney Studios to reach this milestone. In addition, Tangled is the
Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3 Will Cross $1 Billion Today
Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3 will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office today, joining Alice in Wonderland as the second $1 billion film this year from The Walt Disney Studios – the first studio in history
Disney Studio head Rich Ross names Sean Bailey president of production
Sean Bailey, producer of Walt Disney Co.’s upcoming Christmas season release “Tron: Legacy” and the recently scrapped “Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” has become head of production at the Burbank studio, succeeding just-ousted Oren Aviv. Bailey has had a producer deal at Disney for several years and was
Disney fires production chief Oren Aviv
Continuing to clean house and put his own team in place, Walt Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross has ousted the studio’s production chief, Oren Aviv, according to two people close to the executive. Aviv, who had been at the studio for 18 years, was president of marketing from 2000 to
Disney names new president of Disney Channels
Walt Disney Co on Tuesday named Carolina Lightcap president of Disney Channels Worldwide, replacing Rich Ross, who left to head up the company’s movie studio in October. Ross is credited with turning the Disney Channel into a powerhouse of “tween” programing aimed at 7 to 12-year-old kids. He took over
