Since its release in 1991, Beauty and the Beast has been one of the crown jewels of Disney animation. Until 2009′s Up, it was the only animated film to be nominated for best picture, and showed that The Little Mermaid was no fluke. It signaled the great 90′s renaissance of the studio, leading to Aladdin and The Lion King. Now it’s hitting theaters in a 3-D edition. And here’s what you need to know.
The 3D trend is showing no signs of slowing down with Walt Disney Pictures announcing their line up of the latest 3D home entertainment titles. The studio has 15 Blu-rays slated to hit stores this year including The Lion King, Tron Legacy, Tangled, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Beauty and the Beast. All this time we’ve been waiting for them to re-release The Lion King and they just had to do it in 3D didn’t they? Check out the official press release below…
The war between Rapunzel and Harry Potter continued this weekend, and readers, the princess won. Tangled (movie review) brought in over $21.5 million while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (movie review) plunged to the No. 2 spot with $16.7 million. Interestingly enough, Burlesque (movie review) and Love and Other Drugs (movie review) went up the box office ladder on their second weekend in theaters.
Check out the weekend box office numbers…
It was Rapunzel Vs. Wizards this Thanksgiving weekend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (movie review) remained at the top bridging in over $50.3 million over the Thanksgiving weekend, after battling it out with Tangled (movie review) which followed closely with $49.1 million. Burlesque (check out what Cher and Tucci had to say about it) came in at No. 4, after Megamind (a film riding on its fourth week). The sexy comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs beat Dwayne Johnson‘s (read interview) Faster (movie review), but both came in at spots No. 6 and No. 7, after Unstoppable. Looks like everyone did okay though…
Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Boys don’t like your name because it’s too girly so can we just call the film Tangled and instead of making your hair long make it REALLY long and give it a life of its own? Okay good! And though we’re trying to make the classic story that parents have been reading to kids for years, lets just get something up their, screen-test it and let the kids decide how to make it like totally cool! Yeap, you get where I’m going. The film does have it moments though and quite possibly one of the most beautiful scenes ever shot. Find out what worked and what didn’t it my full review below…
Earlier this week we learned that Disney Animation plans on throwing in the towel when it comes to their fairy tale movies. With the release of Tangled, they’re closing a chapter on the genre and choosing to concentrate on broader characters and stories. This is a sad, sad day for a lot of us considering how fairy tales and princess movies are what we grew up on. In honor of this shift, the studio has released a video that highlights all 50 of their animated movies including their latest addition. Take a look and reminisce because you won’t see films like these again for a very long time…
This week, Disney Animation is set to release Tangled, their latest and last fairy tale film. According to the Los Angles Times, the studio has had enough with the “princess movie” genre and are moving on to bigger and better things. This marks a sad day in history for those of us who grew up on these films but Pixar Animation Studios chief Ed Catmull thinks the genre has run its course.
After the first trailer was released way back in June, Disney has finally released a second, more detailed and twisted trailer for their latest upcoming animation Tangled. The film centers on the cursed Rapunzel voiced by Mandy Moore and her now creepy and surprisingly strong golden hair (which seems to resemble Doc Ock’s arms in Spider-Man 2 after he goes crazy), after she’s been stolen from her parents’ castle as an infant and imprisoned.
Though she’s a damsel in distress, she’s by no means feeble or dim-witted — no that job is given to the male “hero”. When bandit named Flynn Ryder who’s voiced by “Chuck’s” Zachary Levi comes to rescue her, she’s not won over and commences the torturing before the escaping.
Check out the latest trailer below…
Earlier today we posted a behind the scenes featurette for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Tangled. Today, the studio has released the first teaser poster for the film over at Yahoo Movies. At first glance, the one thing that comes to mind is the title track from the Broadway musical Hair. You can’t help it! It’s everywhere. Check out the full image filled with “hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair” below…
