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• "Kung Fu Panda" 's opening weekend grosses really kicked butt ... but here comes "WALL-E"

  Jim Hill shares what he's heard about this new Andrew Stanton film. Which looks ready to reverse the domestic box office trends that tripped up Pixar's last three pictures Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, DreamWorks, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, "Cars", "Ratatouille", "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, "The Incredibles", "Finding Nemo", Labor Day, "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", "Shrek 2", "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", box office, 2008, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, TV show, franchise, Andrew Stanton, "Cloverfield", animated features, animated series , CG feature, "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert" , "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Kung Fu Panda", John Stevenson , Mark Osborne , "WALL-E" , "Iron Man", "Kung Fu Panda" TV series, "Kung Fu Panda" animated series, "Sex and the City", "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who", "You Don't Mess with the Zohan", "Madagascar", "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", "Ice Age: The Meltdown" , "Ice Age" , box office projections, box office estimates, research, "10, 2004, Summer

• Tune Thursday: Big Green Ogre heads for Great White Way

  Jim Hill shares the latest news about "Shrek the Musical," which should open on Broadway just in time for the holidays. He also talks up a special promotional appearance that John Tartaglia will be making at NYC's World of Disney this Saturday & Sunday Read More... Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: theater, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, "Shrek", promotion, "Beauty & the Beast", "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, Playhouse Disney, Jeffrey Katzenberg, "Shrek 2", television, Tony Award winner, NYC, 5th Avenue, World of Disney, Broadway musical, 2008, television program, Disneyana fans, "Shrek Goes Fourth", holiday special, ogre, Shrek, "Shrek the Halls", Pinocchio, Tony Award, Broadway production, theme park attraction, animated features, Big Green Ogre , Great White Way, "Shrek the Musical" , Jeanine Tesori , Tony-nominated , "Thoroughly Modern Millie" , "Caroline or Change" , "Mulan II" , "Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch" , "The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning", William Steig , Oscar-winning , playwright , David-Lindsay-Abaire , Jason Moore , "Avenue Q" , Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater , Palace Theater, Tony Award-winner , Tony nominee, Christopher Sieber , Lord Farquaad , "Johnny and the Sprites" , John Tartaglia , puppet pal, Root, Saturday , Sunday, "Johnny and The Sprites Live – A Spofulous Broadway Concert" , Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids , fundraiser, Town Hall , family-friendly event , meet-n-greet , concert , autographs, pictures, www.broadwaycares.org

• "Shrek the Halls" puts the fun back into dysfunctional family gatherings

  Jim Hill reviews this new holiday special from DreamWorks Animation, which debuts tonight on ABC at 8:00 p.m. EST Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, TV, DreamWorks, ABC, "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, television, Christmas, television program, TV show, "Tis the season" , holiday season , gingerbread man, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" , Gingy, holiday perennial, TV special, holiday special, Christmas special, Puss in Boots, Donkey, ogre, Shrek, "Shrek the Halls", Fiona, George Bailey, Zuzu's petals, Kleenex, The Island of Misfit Toys, Christmas present, Grinch, subversive, marshmallows, sweet potatoes, White Christmas, holiday guide, "Christmas for Village Idiots", family Christmas, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, dragon, decorations, triplets, holiday classic, waffle, Waffle Santa, jolly old elf, butter, syrup, Santa Claws, "Christmas ain't Christmas 'til someone cries", fart, fart joke, kazoo, Ogre Claus, Clement C Moore, Christmas goose, black lace, sheer black lace, chocolate kiss, harried holiday season, harried holiday, palate cleansed, dysfunctional family gathering, dysfunctional family, family gathering, The Gingerbread Man

• Tube Tuesday: Gary Trousdale tries to "Shrek the Halls" without first wrecking DreamWorks Animation's most important franchise

  Jim Hill chats with this WDAS vet about many of the ogre-sized challenges he faced while directing this new holiday special. Which airs tomorrow night on ABC Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, CG, Epcot, "Beauty & the Beast", "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, television, WDAS, Future World , Christmas, film, gags , film franchise, Happy Holidays, "Tis the season" , feature film , "Shrek Goes Fourth", ratings, color coordinated , Godzilla, midnight snack, chimney, cookie plate, cookie, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" , holiday season , gingerbread man, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" , Gingy, holiday perennial, dated , timeless , film parody, in-joke, Disney in-joke, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers , recording session, DreamWorks campus, character bits , TV special, holiday story , "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" , "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Best Picture nominee, Richard Purdum , 1980s, "Cranium Command", Kirk Wise, holiday special, Christmas special, Gary Trousdale, fairytale, Santa's workshop, The North Pole, Puss in Boots, Donkey, Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas, naughty list, Santa Claus, ogre, Shrek, "Shrek's First Christmas", "Shrek the Halls"

• Monday Mouse Watch : Why all the dough that "The Simpsons Movie" is earning is making Disney & Pixar executives say "D'oh !"

  Jim Hill shares some interesting comments from this past Wednesday's quarterly earnings conference call. Which suggest that Mouse House officials have finally accepted the fact that "Ratatouille" won't actually do as well domestically as "Cars" did last year Read More... Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 68 Comments Filed under: DVD / Video, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, traditional animation, computer animation, Harry Potter, Bob Iger, "Shrek", Walt Disney Pictures, "The Simpsons", 20th Century Fox, "The Princess and the Frog", "Ratatouille", "The Simpsons Movie", Tom Staggs, "Shrek the Third", DreamWorks Animation, Brad Bird, David Silverman, "Enchanted"