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Monday Mouse Watch: Meet Alan Bergman, Disney’s leader of the brand

Jim Hill talks about some of the management changes that Rich Ross made last week. In particular how Disney Studios' new chairman is looking to update the way the Mouse House markets its movies Read More...

Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Save Disney, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Bob Iger, Gore Verbinski, Disney Fairies, Roy E. Disney, marketing, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Parks & Resorts, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, Disney Feature Animation, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pirates 4, Hannah Montana , 2011, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Disney franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean films, 2010, Disney brand, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , 2004, brand loyalty, Disney CEO, Universal Pictures, Disney Channels Worldwide

Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers Read More...

Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 10 Comments

Filed under: animation, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CG, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, Burbank, Ed Catmull, ImageMoversDigital, box office, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Disney Feature Animation, animated features, soundstage , hand-drawn animation, animators , CG feature, Disney Digital 3D, 2011, Warner Bros. , The Polar Express, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , seasonal run , box office projections, box office estimates, The Princess and the Frog, hand-drawn, limited release, Charles Dickens, seasonal event, animated film, animated films, ImageMovers, hand-drawn feature, Winnie the Pooh

AquaDuck to bring theme park thrills out onto the high seas

Jim Hill reports in from last Thursday’s Disney Cruise Line press event. Which talked up some of the more innovative features that will be found on the Disney Dream, the newest ship in the DCL fleet Read More...

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Bob Iger, New York City, Disney Dreams, Disney Cruise Line, NYC, Walt Disney Imagineering, D23, 2009, tween, tweens, 2011, Typhoon Lagoon , water , creative team , creative process, technology, ocean

Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments

Filed under: Disney, theater, Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, CG, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, WDAS, featurette, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Las Vegas, 1977, D23, 2009, October, 1970s , TV show, 1966 , 1968, hand-drawn animation, home premiere, 2011, theatrical release, Meet the Robinsons, characters , 1960s, Development , chapter, relaunch, Licensing International Expo, DCP , source material , television show , The Princess and the Frog, D23 EXPO, hand-drawn, featurettes, TV series, animated film, reset button, hand-drawn feature, Steve Anderson, story supervisor, Don Hall, Winnie the Pooh, animation fans, old school, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, A. A. Milne, Japanese Bunraku puppeteering, technique, Japanese, storybook, stuffed animal, Bunraku, stuffed animals, Christopher Robin, The Book of Pooh, CG animated, watercolor, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, watercolor backgrounds, Hundred Acre Woods, whimsical, contemporary audiences, Darby, commercialized, Buster, feature-length project, Winnie the Pooh franchise, silly old bear, hand-drawn film, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, style, tone, Burny Mattinson, David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred Acre Woods, Dutton Juvenile, Dutton, original source material, The House at Pooh Corner, Eeyore, Expotition, North Pole, cutsie-pooh, cutsie-poo, expo, reset, Pooh products, juvenile, Winnie the Pooh movie, Pooh featurette, Pooh featurettes, theaters

Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

Jim Hill talks about all of the recent changes at the Mouse House. More importantly, what Bob Iger will be looking for from Rich Ross, the new Chairman of Walt Disney Studios Read More...

Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments

Filed under: Disney, music, Pixar, High School Musical, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Jerry Bruckheimer, Dick Cook, Magic Kingdom, Disney Theatrical, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Staggs, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Walt Disney Company, cell phone, High School Musical 3, Tim Burton, WDI, John Carter of Mars, WDW, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, Steven Spielberg, Blu-ray, DVD, D23, 5th Avenue, flagship store, World of Disney, Pixar campus, 2009, Mouse House, animated feature, TV show, TV shows, Andrew Stanton, taking it in the shorts, animated features, Miramax Films , Hannah Montana , Camp Rock , 2011, Chairman, 2010, virtual world , Rich Ross , Enchanted Adventures Parade, Utah, Shanghai, HSM3, Shanghai Disneyland, Fall, strategy, Disney Music Group, D23 EXPO, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, fiscal year, live action, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, mobile, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel, acquisition, superhero, superheroes, soundtrack, Disney Double Dare You, Lasseter Family Winery, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, The Queen, Emeryville campus, corporate headquarters, Nancy Lasseter, Pixar expansion plans, live-action, DVD sales, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Verizon, Vancouver, production slate, heritage, plan, long term strategy, tradition, long term, cell phone user, stable of characters, quality content, cell phone users, storefront, mobile storefront, Disney Mobile, instant-messaging, widgets, business initiatives, division, widget, business initiative, divisions, content, animated film, animated films, Disney Channels Worldwide, prestige picture, prestige pictures, Miramax

Monday Mouse Watch: Will Dick Cook’s exit trip up “Pirates 4” as well as the Muppets’ big-screen return?

Jim Hill shares what he’s heard about the sudden resignation of the Chairman of Walt Disney Studios. In particular the impact that this management change may have on the various pictures that Cook had personally put into development Read More...

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 12:00 AM | 10 Comments

Filed under: Pirates of the Caribbean, Bob Iger, Johnny Depp, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook, Anaheim Convention Center, Oren Aviv, Los Angeles, Walt Disney Studios, film, D23, 2009, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pirates 4, 2011, Chairman, development pipeline, Pirates of the Caribbean films, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Development , Capt. Jack Sparrow, D23 EXPO, films

Monday Mouse Watch: The road ahead for Disney·Pixar ‘s “Cars”

Jim Hill shares the title for this eagerly anticipated sequel as well as the Company’s plan for maintaining consumer interest in this new key franchise Read More...

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

Filed under: Disney, toys, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Disney's California Adventure, Cars, Disney Fairies, ABC Family, Toon Disney, diecast cars, Disney Princess, Walt Disney Imagineering, global rental sales, World of Cars Online, 2008, 2009, Disney Online, Disney / Pixar, franchise, Cars Land, 2011, World Grand Prix, 2006, 2012, 2010, Pixie Hollow, clothing line, key franchises, diecast car, MMOG, massively multiplayer online game, Licensing International Expo 2009, parking lot, Licensing International Expo, DCP , key franchise, playset, diecast, Radiator Springs, MMO, Cars Toon, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Cars franchise, World of Cars, Disney Interactive Media Group, Rescue Squad Mater, Mater the Greater, El Materdor, DIMG, parking, Test Track, parking area, Carburetor County, online, Cars 2: World Grand Prix, Cars: World Grand Prix

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is a full-bodied piece of entertainment

Jim Hill reviews the latest installment in this hugely popular film franchise and just marvels at the quality, consistency & craft of the “Harry Potter” movie series Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 11 Comments

Filed under: book, film, Harry Potter films, Harry Potter books, 2009, J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, film franchise, Harry Potter fans, series finale, books, 2011, Warner Bros. , 2010, films

Pixar's first "Cars Toon" debuts tonight on Toon Disney

Jim Hill shares what he knows about these new interstitials, which are designed to help keep this Pixar franchise fresh 'til "Cars 2" rolls into theaters during the Summer of 2011 Read More...

Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments

Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, Disney Channel, CG, John Lasseter, Cars, ABC Family, Toon Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, Mattel, Spain , 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, animated short, short, shorts, 2011, Summer, Tia , world premiere, Lightning McQueen, Mater, Cars Toon, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Cars franchise, World of Cars, The World of Cars, Disney Interactive Media Group, Rescue Squad Mater, interstitial, interstitials, Mater the Greater, daredevil, El Materdor, bulldozer, bulldozer fighter, B-Team, B Team, Kari Rae, Mia, Tia & Mia, Miata, Miatas, DIMG, Darth Mater, Dan Berendsen, Walt Stanchfield lectures, 25 Days of Christmas, Victor Navone, Rob Gibbs

Toon Tuesday : Are you ready for the walkaround versions of the Disney Fairies ?

As the Disney theme parks get ready for the Fall arrival of Tink & her pals, Jim Hill shares some shots that he's received of these new face characters Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 26 Comments