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• "Walt Disney's Cinderella" is a picture-perfect picture book

  Jim Hill reviews this new hardcover from Disney Press. Which features a spectacular selection of Mary Blair's concept art for Walt Disney Productions' 1950 release Read More... Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Walt Disney, traditional animation, Disney Press, Peter Pan, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney's Cinderella, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Blair, concept art, Newbury Medal, Cynthia Rylant, Animation Research Library, ARL, Jon Scieszka, WDAS

• Monday Mouse Watch : Will a second set of nude photographs cause Disney to flunk Vanessa Hudgens out of its "High School Musical" franchise?

  With "People" magazine now reporting that this "HSM2" star may have previously sent naked pictures of herself to a performer on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh" show, Jim Hill talks with an unnamed Mouse House official about what Mickey's next move may be Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 41 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, musical, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, High School Musical 2, Vanessa Hudgens, People Magazine, The National Enquirer, High School Musical 3, High School Musical 4, High School Musical franchise, Zac Efron, Drake & Josh

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

  How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, George Lucas, Innoventions, Star Tours, Star Wars, ABC Family, HBO, Jedi Training Academy, Astro Orbitor, Star Wars Weekends, Autopia, Star Wars Insider, Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, ABC Studios

• Are you wondering what Disney's new version of "A Christmas Carol" will look like? Well, wonder no longer ...

  It's Christmas in July, as Jim Hill posts a pre-production image for this new Robert Zemeckis film. He also shares some news about additional possible "Christmas Carol" cast members as well as discussing the impact this CG project may have on "The Princess and the Frog" Read More... Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 36 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, A Christmas Carol, DreamWorks, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Christopher Lloyd, Tom Hanks, Ron Clements, John Musker, Horton Hears a Who

• Broadway's last Belle looks back on her brief turn in this long-running musical

  Jim Hill chats with Anneliese van der Pol, the "That's So Raven" vet that Disney Theatrical selected to be the very last actress to portray Belle in the Broadway version of this show. Plus Jim shares info about two "Beauty & the Beast" ticket giveaways that could possibly earn you seats to the very last performance on July 29th Read More... Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, other, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Channel, promotion, Disney Theatrical, Beauty & the Beast

• Toon Tuesday : Sure, "Ratatouille" rebounded over the extended Fourth of July holiday. But what happens tomorrow ... When Harry meets Remy?

  Jim Hill once again chats with Chuck Viane, head of Distribution at Walt Disney Studios. Who puts a very positive spin on the box office performance of Pixar's latest release Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 92 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Pixar, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

• Monday Mouse Watch: Can you actually hear swearing on the "High School Musical : The Concert" DVD? Oh $#!+

  Got yourself a high-end home entertainment center? If so, Jim Hill says that you can probably hear some very adult language if you listen closely to this supposedly family-friendly DVD Read More... Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, musical, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, promotion

• Why (For) Pat Carroll wasn't actually Disney's first choice to voice Ursula in "The Little Mermaid"

  Thanks to Allan Neuwirth, Jim Hill is now able to share this great story about Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic search for just the right voice for the sea witch Read More... Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theater, TV, musical, traditional animation, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, NBC

• Monday Mouse Watch : Is Disney milking it a bit too much with its "High School Musical" franchise ?

  Jim Hill brings you the latest news from East High. With Disney's plans to launch a professional stage production of "High School Musical" later this month as well as its early promotional efforts for the sequel to this incredibly popular TV movie (WARNING ! This article does contain some minor spoilers for "High School Musical 2"). Read More... Posted Monday, June 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 33 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, theater, theme park, TV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

• Tube Thursday : Are the gruesome extra features found on "Primeval" ' s promotional website eventually going to bite Disney in the butt ?

  Jim Hill talks about the site that Buena Vista Home Entertainment set up to help promote this Mouse-produced horror movie. Which features an interactive guide to serial killers as well as an online game where you can then pretend to be a vicious crocodile that eats machine-gun-toting mercenaries Read More... Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 25 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, other, Visual Effects, CG, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

• Tune Thursday : Disney Theatrical has big, big plans for "The Little Mermaid"

  With rehearsals for Disney's next Broadway musical just about to get underway, Jim Hill raises the curtain a little. Revealing to JHM readers what he knows about the sets & costume design for this new show Read More... Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, theater, Broadway, musical

• "Bring Me That Horizon" features a treasure trove of tales about Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy

  Jim Hill checks out Michael Singer's new behind-the-scenes book, which features lots of great stories about how "The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" were actually created Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures

• Why For did Michael Eisner try and shut down production of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" back in 2002 ?

  Jim Hill shares some stories about the first film in the "Pirates" trilogy. In particular how Disney's former CEO -- because he genuinely believed that teenagers would think that a movie that was based on a theme park attraction was totally lame -- repeatedly tried to pull the plug on this project (WARNING : This article does contain some mild "At World's End" spoilers) Read More... Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Why For, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook

• Monday Mouse Watch : Meet the Pirate Lords from "At World's End"

  "Pirates of the Caribbean" fans be warned ! There be spoilers aplenty in today's JHM update. So if you don't want to know anything about a particularly entertaining sequence from this upcoming Gore Verbinski film, I suggest that you abandon ship now Read More... Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Gore Verbinski looking to bail on "Pirates 4" ?

  Ah, the things you can learn while attending a children's book signing. Jim Hill reveals what Berkeley Breathed said about Gore Verbinski's current attitude toward pirates as well as what Robert Zemeckis' first big project for Walt Disney Pictures may be Read More... Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, computer animation