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• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, TV, Visual Effects, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Ratatouille, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Pixar Animation Studios, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, television, The Game Plan, Hollywood, WDSHE, DVD, box office, film, movie, Thanksgiving, leftovers, seas, international, worldwide box office, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, production costs, release date, stateside, exhibitors, ticket sales, top selling, FX, effects, The Michael Eisner building, Michael Eisner building, character-based merchandise, 2007, Wild Hogs, Wild Hogs 2, titles, floss, promotional costs, The Best Reviewed Film of the Year, domestic performance, The Ivy, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, strip-mining, wild-assed guess, Magic 8 Ball, television program, TV show, television programs, TV shows, Prep & Landing, The Nielsen ratings, Nielsen ratings, domestic box office numbers, entertainment industry, initial domestic run, evergreen title, franchise, film franchise, film franchises, merch, nuturing, long term profit potential, long term profitability

• "The Art of the Pirates of the Caribbean" pays tribute to this film trilogy's talented production design team

  Jim Hill checks out Disney Edition's beautiful new coffee table book, which features an amazing selection of pre-production artwork from "The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End." (WARNING : This article does contains some mild spoilers for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film trilogy as well as some preliminary info on the proposed storyline for "Pirates 4") Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:00 AM | 27 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, movies, theme park, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures

• "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