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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

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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

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: Disney's "The Aristocats" ... The Animated Series ?!

Jim Hill takes a look at a show that was proposed for the Disney Channel back in 2003. One that would have ditched Duchess & O'Malley and made Marie, Berlioz & Toulouse teenagers Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 24 Comments

Filed under: theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Toon Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Glen Hanson, The Aristocats, Marie, Disney Feature Animation Florida, teen, teenager, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, WDSHE, DVD, movie, Mouse, animated feature, franchise, merch, Walt Disney Feature Animation, 2003, merchandise , animated series , The Aristocats: Special Edition, 1970 , single disc edition, Duchess, Thomas O'Malley , Disney twenty-three magazine , Toulouse, Berlioz, bonus material , Richard M Sherman, Robert B Sherman, Zzzz, Sherman Brothers , DisneyToon Studios , The Aristocats 2, home premiere, Disney's Aristocats: The Animated Series , O'Malley , teenagers, Delancey, Justin Timberlake , Usher, Street Cats , classic Disney characters , Flash, unnecessary sequel business, unnecessary sequel, unnecessary sequels, The Aristocats II , Chicken Little 2, Meet the Robinsons 2, Aristocats: The Animated Series , Frank Wells building, Dick Sherman , Maurice Chevalier

Say "So Long !" to direct-to-video sequels : DisneyToon Studios tunes out Sharon Morrill

In a stunning turn of events, the longtime president of DisneyToon Studios was asked to step down earlier this week by Mouse House management. Jim Hill reveals the reasons behind this executive's forced exit as well as discussing the long-term ramifications of this controversial decision Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:00 AM | 44 Comments

Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Channel, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Buena Vista Home Entertainment