Though The Odd Life of Timothy Green and the nature film Chimpanzee had trailers shown (and Jennifer Garner talked briefly about Green), the majority of attention for Disney’s live Actions films at D23 went to The Muppets and John Carter. The Muppets went over like gangbusters, while Carter just busted. There was also a brief presentation on Oz: The Great and Powerful, which just started shooting. Our report follows.

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After last weekends disappointing debut, Green Lantern looks to fend off new comers Bad Teacher and The Disney Sequel in Cars 2. From Toy Story to Up Pixar is known for having the golden touch when it comes to producing movies that produce box office gold. While Cars was a solid performer it was a tad bit below in box office tallies when compared previous Pixar films. The lack of a solid family films over the past few weeks and an onslaught of marketing should help propel Cars 2 to the finish in the # 1 spot.

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NCM (does anyone know what NCM is without looking it up? I challenge you!) has just released a new Despicable Me featurette with your favorite Steve Carell, the lovable Julie Andrews, Jason Segal along and new-comer Miranda Cosgrove. The film is directed by Chris Meledandri and Pierre Coffin, and co-stars EVERYONE, including the aforementioned and Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride and Jemaine Clement. This is basically just the trailer with a few quotes from some of the actors cut in, nothing huge, but fun none-the-less.

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