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• The John Hughes / ABC / Walt Disney Company connection

  In honor of the passing of this talented filmmaker, Jim Hill shares a few anecdotes that reflect on the times that Hughes worked for the Mouse Read More... Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: cross country trip , Curly Sue, Great Oaks Entertainment, ABC, Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Pretty in Pink, producer, television, television show , The Absent-Minded Professor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, film, film title, films, writer , Warner Bros. , Walley World, Walt Disney, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, The Bee, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, slapstick, screenplay, script, Ron Miller, Ricardo Mestres, movies, Jackie Chan, Jaws 3 People 0, Flubber, Faber College, family vacation, Eddie Bracken, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, Delta House, 1979, 1990, 1990s, 1991, 1996 , 1997, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jim Belushi, John Hughes, vacation, Vacation '58, TV series, TV show, 101 Dalmatians, 1950s, Michael Eisner, Michelle Pfieffer, Mickey, Robin Williams, director , Disney, Hollywood Pictures, Home Alone, Harold Ramis, Mouse House, movie, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Studios, National Lampoon, National Lampoon's Animal House, National Lampoon's Vacation, motion picture

• Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

  Jim Hill shares the latest news on the third installment of "The Chronicles of Narnia" film series, which has yet to officially be greenlit by Walt Disney Studios Read More... Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film franchise, film franchises, Walden Media, Toy Story 3, TR2N, The Walt Disney Company, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Roy O Disney , movies, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, Tron 2, Save Disney, Michael Eisner, Disney, Bob Iger, movie, Walt Disney Pictures, National Treasure 3

• "Why must you always be so negative when you write about Pixar?"

  Jim Hill takes a moment to answer his critics. Particularly those folks who have grown tired of the JHM articles that touch on the $7.4 billion that the Walt Disney Company spent to acquire Pixar Animation Studios Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 75 Comments Filed under: Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, CG, animation, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney, DVD / Video, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Pictures

• 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: ABC, Pixar, traditional animation, music, musical, Disney Channel, Dick Cook, CG, Broadway, attraction, animation, TV, Michael Eisner, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney, DVD / Video, Epcot, Walt Disney Pictures, theater, theme park, Why For, computer animation

• 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: Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean, Visual Effects, movies, Dick Cook, attraction, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Eisner, Disney, DVD / Video, Walt Disney Pictures, theme park, Why For