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• 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

• "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

• Monday Mouse Watch : Will the Lone Ranger ride again for Walt Disney Pictures in 2010 ?

  Never mind about this year's summer blockbusters. Jim Hill's already looking three years down the road to when Mickey (with the help of several key members of the "Pirates" creative team) will reportedly be releasing a $100-million-plus Western that will feature the Masked Man and his faithful Indian companion Read More... Posted Monday, May 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 29 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, Universal Studios, Imagineering, Disney Consumer Products, Jerry Bruckheimer, 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