Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:58PM - By Damon Houx
D23, named after the year the Walt Disney Company was founded, was started as fan service. For most people, Disney is the films they grew up with and watched with their parents, and watch with their children – or even by themselves – and Disneyland (especially if you don’t live in California) is a place to go to once, maybe twice. For the D23 crowd, Walt Disney and its various products are a lifestyle choice. The hardcore run the gamut. From babies to the very old, from the physically fit to the couch potato, being at D23 means you probably have a season pass to Disneyland.
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Monday, July 11, 2011 4:12PM - By Damon Houx
Winnie the Pooh is the latest animated film from Walt Disney, and it’s a throwback to the old 2-D classical animation that made Disney the powerhouse it is today. And to make a throwback, it’s good to have someone like Burny Mattinson involved. He’s been with the studio for over half a century, and worked with all the old masters. For Winnie the Pooh he was the story supervisor for the animation department, and he proved a great person to talk to about the film and the history of animation. Check it out…
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Monday, March 14, 2011 5:34PM - By Damon Houx
The success and/or failure of project often has a domino effect. And so when the Robert Zemeckis-produced Mars Needs Moms opened to less than $7 Million on a $150 Million budget this weekend, Walt Disney Studios has responded by shuttering his Fab Four project Yellow Submarine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film had already been cast with Cary Elwes as George Harrison, Dean Lennox Kelly as John Lennon, Peter Serafinowicz as Paul McCartney and Adam Campbell as Ringo Starr.
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Monday, February 8, 2010 8:06PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
Walt Disney has just put Miramax up for sale allegedly because its library of mostly small, independent films does not mesh with the media giant’s plan to overhaul its movie operations. Even though they no longer want the smaller company, they’re not willing to part with it for cheap! Disney is asking between $650 million to $800 million for Miramax. Only big shot contenders who haven’t been crushed by the recession stand a chance at purchasing Disney’s independent film division.
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