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• 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

• Depp Perception : Why For did Johnny really want to work for Walt Disney Studios ?

  Jim Hill finally wraps up that story that he started last Friday. Where Mouse House execs struggle to get a handle on the movie version of "Pirates of the Caribbean." As in: Who they should cast as Capt. Jack Sparrow, whether this project should be a theatrical release or just a video premiere, etc. Read More... Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook

• 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