JHM contributor Sean Kennelly is back with the first installment of a new three part series, which details the info that the folks from Pixar Animations Studios shared at this year's Screenwriting Expo...

Jim Hill shares the wisdom of Dan Povenmire & Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, who use examples from their own childhood to show today's kids how they too can have a very enjoyable June, July & August...

Jim Hill’s back with even more tales from the 2009 Licensing International Expo. This time around, he talks about what’s been holding up development of an “Incredibles” sequel...

Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about what's going on with the Living Character Initiative program, why it may be a while before DAK's Yeti gets repairs and all the stuff that the Mouse almost did in New York...

Jim Hill chats with the 17-year-olds who co-star in Disney XD’s newest series, which racked up record-breaking ratings during its primetime debut last Monday night...

JHM columnist Seth Kubersky checks out the newly "plussed" version of this Magic Kingdom favorite and finds a lot that he likes...

JHM guest columnist Seth Kubersky makes an early morning visit to Universal Orlando. Where he's among the first guests to experience a radically revamped version of that theme park's infamous "Sylvester McMonkey McBean's Very Unusual Driving Machines" attraction...

There's an old saying that you don't fix what ain't broke. And in the case of "The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man," this Islands of Adventure attraction had received consistently high marks with Universal Orlando Guests since it first opened back in May of 1999. With some folks calling this ambitious 3D / simulator hybrid the best theme park ride that had ever been built. Which should have made Thierry Coup, the Vice President of Development at Universal Creative, happy. After...

As you walk through Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom these days and encounter all of those construction fences for the Fantasyland expansion project it's kind of hard to imagine what this part of the theme park will look like in just a few years. But me? I can't help but look at the attractions that Fantasyland already has and wonder what this place would have been like if the Imagineers had been allowed to build the dark rides that they had originally designed for this section of the...

Jim Hill talks up the trio of “Beauties” that are either already in production and/or currently in development. He also considers CBS Films & Columbia Pictures’ plan to remake Warner Bros. Academy Award-winner from 1964...

JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce kicks off a brand-new series for JHM. Which discusses that 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build right in the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank...

Jim Hill brings you the latest news from the Jacob K. Javits Center, where Mattel just previewed many of its "The Princess and the Frog" products. Which will be hitting store shelves later this Fall...

Jim Hill wonders why more people aren’t talking about Carmen Esquer’s article for Disney twenty-three magazine. Which features an in-depth interview with Nathan Greno & Byron Howard, “Rapunzel” ‘s new directors. PLUS Does Jerry Bruckheimer has another franchise in the works?...

Jim Hill shares some of the more intriguing domain names that The Walt Disney Company has registered in recent weeks...

Jim Hill shares what he knows about Brad Bird’s upcoming projects. Including this Academy Award-winner’s struggles to get his live-action epic about the Great San Francisco Earthquake greenlit...

If you want to truly get a sense of how different The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is, then why don't you join me outside on the terrace? Copyright 2010 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. All rights reserved That's right. A terrace. In a town where virtually every other hotel room is sealed up tight and then air conditioned within an inch of its life, the 2995 rooms that will eventually come on line at this brand-new resort & casino will actually allow guests to step outside and then get some...

You may have already heard that -- this November -- DreamWorks Animation is releasing " Rise of the Guardians ," an action-adventure film which stars Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman. Which would be quite enough Claus for your typical entertainment company. Copyright DreamWorks Animation LLC. All rights reserved But those folks at DWA, they're really serious about getting into the Santa business. Which is why -- just last week -- DreamWorks...

Don't be surprised to see a green ogre, flying dragons, fighting pandas and talking penguins in the Garden State. New Jersey could soon become the home of DreamWorks Animation first theme park. The animation studio built by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg and music mogul David Geffen has entered into an agreement with the developer behind Mall of America to construct a unique indoor theme park in North Jersey. The American Dream at Meadowlands...

On the heels of last week's release of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" on Blu-ray , the internet has been buzzing like Marvin Acme's hand buzzer with rumors that Robert Zemeckis may be making plans to return to Toontown. To be specific, that this Academy Award-winning director is finally getting serious about shooting that often-talked-about and long-delayed "Roger Rabbit" sequel. Most of this talk about a return to Toontown can be traced back January 17th of this year when...

JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce concludes his 4-part series about the 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build in Burbank by revealing why this project went off the rails...

JHM contributor Todd James Pierce checks in from the Portland Art Museum. Where he got to wander among the sets & the props used to create this Henry Selick movie...

It's kind of funny to think that Fantasmic! opened in Disneyland on May 13, 1992, just 1 month after the April 12, 1992 grand opening of the EuroDisney Resort (as it was then called). Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Disneyland Paris has always been considered the most beautiful of the Magic Kingdoms. This theme park might also have the very best versions of Pirates , the Mansion ( Phantom Manor in Paris), Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain . Not to mention the most magical...

Talk about your 200th birthday presents. Jim Hill shares what he’s heard about the Disney DreamWorks distribution deal. More importantly, which Spielberg picture may be first out of the gate...

As a special Presidents' Day treat, Jim Hill directs your attention to this amazing collection of concept art that just popped up on the Web...

Jim Hill reports on an amusing but not exactly informative panel at this year New York Comic-Con. Where Ahmet Zappa and Christian Beranek tried to figure out what they could say about Kingdom Comics that then wouldn’t upset the Disney brass...