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• As "Tarzan" swings off Broadway, is Beyoncé getting ready to play Aida in Disney's next big movie musical?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related question. In this week's "Why For," he talks about how the Wiggles wound up at Six Flags, shares the latest news on the "Song of the South" DVD, sounds off about "Soarin'" & "Der Glockner Von Notre Dame" and ... Oh, yeah ... Reveals the latest rumors surrounding the studio's upcoming big screen adaptation of "Aida" Read More... Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, music, theater, theme park, TV, Why For, Pixar, Broadway, musical, attraction, ABC, Disney Channel, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Epcot

• "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