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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

Disney XD aims to be where the boys are

Jim Hill talks about the rebranded version of Toon Disney which will be debuting in February of 2009. Which seeks to become the cable channel of choice for boys 6-to-14 Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments

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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

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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

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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