Meet the next new Disney heroine.
The studio’s making progress on its live-action remake of Mulan, and it’s finally found a star to fill the title role: Chinese actress Liu Yifei.
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‘Frozen’ short ahead of ‘Coco’ is a horrendous waste of time
The Frozen short currently playing in American theaters ahead of Disney-Pixar’s Coco is so reviled, people are sharing tips online on how to time your movie trip to skip it altogether.
For good reason: Olaf’s Frozen Adventure is 21-minutes long…
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Black Friday at Walmart is a big deal and 2017 is no different. But wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t actually have to go to Walmart. (Bless you, i…
Rashida Jones denies leaving ‘Toy Story 4’ over unwanted advance from John Lasseter
Rashida Jones is setting the record straight, revealing the real reason she dropped out of Toy Story 4.
On Tuesday the actress told The New York Times her decision to leave was a result of Pixar’s treatment of women and minorities in the workplace, n…
Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave: ‘I’ve made some of you feel uncomfortable’
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John Lasseter, chief architect of Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios and the writer and director of Toy Story and countless other modern animated classics, is taking a six-month leave of absence over undisclosed “missteps” with employees, according to a memo circulated Tuesday and obtained by Mashable.
Lasseter’s statement to employees did not detail any misconduct, saying only that “It’s been brought to my attention that I have made some of you feel disrespected or uncomfortable” and adding: “I especially want to apologize to anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an unwanted hug or any other gesture they felt crossed the line.” Read more…
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The Incredibles are back, and they have a laser baby. This is great news.
Disney Pixar’s first-ever look at The Incredibles 2 reveals that the youngest member of the superhuman family has some new powers: Jack-Jack Parr apparently sneezes fire and lightning, and shoots lasers from his eyes. He also might be able to pass through walls?
The #Incredibles2 trailer is here. See the film in theatres in 3D June 15, 2018pic.twitter.com/episnabztB
— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) November 18, 2017
The long-awaited sequel to Pixar’s 2004 will be in theaters next summer, on June 15, 2018. Read more…
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Marvel Heroes is done.
Maybe it was inevitable when the 2017 launch of the console version, Marvel Heroes Omega, prompted cries of outrage from a PC community that had supported the game since 2013. But Disney confirmed in an email that the game is g…
ESPN launches a short-form version of SportsCenter on Snapchat
ESPN today announced it’s launching a short-form version of its SportsCenter show on Snapchat, which will kick off today at 5 PM ET. The show will then begin to release new episodes on a twice-daily basis, at 5 AM and 5 PM on weekdays and once, at 5 AM, on weekends. The launch will make SportsCenter the first-ever daily sports show on Snapchat’s platform. The move comes at a time… Read More
ESPN’s new streaming service will launch in the spring and be called “ESPN Plus”
Today on Disney’s Q3 earnings call CEO Bob Iger gave a preview of ESPN’s upcoming direct to consumer streaming service. The announcement comes after another disappointing quarter for ESPN, with decreased ad revenue and higher programing costs compared to the prior year. The service will be called ESPN Plus, and live inside a new app that will be launched by the sports… Read More
A TV show! 3 new movies! Disney is giving us all the Star Wars and what is happening?
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Star Wars fans have been waiting for a live-action TV show for so long, they never would have guessed that the announcement of its development by Disney would go barely noticed.
But that’s exactly what happened Thursday. Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed the company is working on a Star Wars TV drama to help launch its upcoming streaming service, just as CBS has used Star Trek Discovery to sell CBS All Access subscriptions — and the fact barely registered with Star Wars fandom. Why?
First of all the news — revealed on a Disney investors call — happened to drop at the same time as Lucasfilm’s own huge reveal, and there’s reason to believe that timing was deliberate. Read more…
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Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has revealed few — but telling — details about a long-awaited ESPN sports streaming service.
ESPN+, or ESPN Plus, is the name of the sport channel’s standalone streaming platform, Iger said in a Thursday earnings call. (Disney owns ESPN.)
We also now know that the platform will be coming in the spring, possibly in late March, and we’ll have more details like pricing and what it’ll look like in the new year.
Breaking: DTC streaming platform ESPN Plus launches in the spring, says CEO Iger on #Disney call. Will demo and price in ’18$DIS
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Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed some amazing news on his company’s earnings call for this quarter, including a live-action Star Wars TV show that will be coming to Disney’s subscription streaming service with a target premiere date by the end of 2019. It’s going to live alongside a Monsters, Inc. adaptation, a High School Musical show and one original series from… Read More