August, 2007

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Jim Hill

The Kingdom That Never Came : Disney World expansion plans circa June of 1982

Posted 08-30-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares an interview with Dick Nunis from the early 1980s. Where the then-president of WDW goes into great details about the many new hotels & attractions Walt Disney Productions has in the works for its Central Florida resort...
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"This Time, This Place" takes readers behind-the-scenes at the White House, Hollywood as well as at Walt Disney Studios

Posted 08-28-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill reviews Jack Valenti's memoir, which features a surprising amount of material about the Chairman of the MPAA's dealing with the Walt Disney Company...
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Wanna peek behind-the-scenes at Pixar? Then check out the two events that the Cartoon Art Museum will be holding next month on the Emeryville campus

Posted 08-27-2007

by Jim Hill
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Thanks to Roger Colton, JHM readers get a "heads up" about two fun fund-raising events that are being held in the Bay Area on September 15th. Be sure and order your tickets quickly, though. They're sure to go fast...
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Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

Posted 08-26-2007

by Jim Hill
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How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI...
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Why For didn't the Walt Disney Company go forward with construction of the Port Disney project ?

Posted 08-23-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim first takes you on a tour of the Disney Sea theme park. Then he explains why this proposed $2 billion revitalization of Long Beach's waterfront area sank without a trace ...
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Is the Anaheim City Council now sticking it to Mickey because too few tourist dollars are making it off property these days ?

Posted 08-22-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill talks with an Anaheim insider about his concerns with the Disneyland Resort. Which this unnamed official now compares to a walled city that doesn't make it all that easy for tourists and their dollars to make it out onto Harbor & Katella...
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Was "Brother Bear" really put into production because Michael Eisner thought that the Disney Store would then be able to sell more plush ?

Posted 08-21-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares an excerpt from Jeffery Stepakoff's "Billion-Dollar Kiss," in which this industry veteran talks about the two years that he spent at Disney Feature Animation working on "Brother Bear" and "Tarzan" ...
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Toon Tuesday : Floyd Norman to be named a Disney Legend

Posted 08-20-2007

by Jim Hill
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JHM proudly announces that one of its own has been singled out for the highest honor that the Walt Disney Company can bestow upon an employee. Jim Hill shares all of the pertinent details ...
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Monday Mouse Watch: How the "High School Musical 2" DVD will help Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment mend fences with the mega-retailers

Posted 08-19-2007

by Jim Hill
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When the Big Boxes first learned that John Lasseter had pushed back "The Tinker Bell Movie" 's release date, they weren't real happy. But as Jim Hill reports, now that these stores realize that they'll be selling this "High School Musical" sequel in place of Tink, it's looking like a much happier holiday shopping season...
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Are George Lucas and the Walt Disney Company getting ready to expand their (Rebel) Alliance

Posted 08-16-2007

by Jim Hill
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The way Jim Hill hears it, "Star Tours 2.0" could be just the start. Hill shares what he's heard about a possible "Lucas Land" area going into Disney's Hollywood Studios as well as Mickey's efforts to land the broadcast rights to George's new "Star Wars" TV series...
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Tube Thursday : The "Disney Afternoon" shows that you didn't get to see

Posted 08-15-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill digs through Disney Television Animation's discard pile and comes across some pretty intriguing concepts for new TV series...
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"Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand" is a stylish sequel to the first "Disney Fairies" hardcover

Posted 08-14-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill reviews Gail Carson Levine's follow-up to her best-selling "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg." Which reveals why you should never ever tick off a mermaid...
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Monday Mouse Watch : The reel / real story behind Disney-MGM Studios' upcoming name change

Posted 08-12-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill reports on how the lack of film & television production at WDW's 3rd theme park may lead to one more name change in the not-so-distant future...
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A special "What's in a name" edition of Why For

Posted 08-09-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talk about yesterday's Disney-MGM name change announcement as well as revealing how adding the word "Walt" to "Disney's California Adventure" could profoundly change the story that that theme park tells...
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Confused about what the Walt Disney Company wants to do next in Anaheim? Then maybe it's time to take a second look at thirdthemepark.com

Posted 08-08-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares images from a long-dormant Disney website. Which offers some clues about the Mouse's future plans for its Southern California resort...
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Third edition of "Hidden Mickeys" field guide is three times the fun

Posted 08-07-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill reviews the newest version of Steven M. Barrett's "Hidden Mickeys" book. Which will take a lot of the mystery & misery out of searching for those most elusive mice during your next WDW vacation...
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Toon Tuesday : Want to help chart Pixar's future? Then be sure and take that animation studio's online survey

Posted 08-06-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill directs your attention to several interesting new spots that have recently popped up on the Web: The Buy n Large homepage as well as an online survey that asks for your opinion on what the most important aspects of Pixar Animation Studios are...
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Monday Mouse Watch : Why all the dough that "The Simpsons Movie" is earning is making Disney & Pixar executives say "D'oh !"

Posted 08-05-2007

by Jim Hill
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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...
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Why For the DCA renewal project may be a lot more difficult (more importantly, a lot more expensive) than you might think

Posted 08-02-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he follows up on last week's "Why For" column. Offering additional information as to why the coming overhaul of California Adventure may be one incredibly complicated construction project ...
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Will Walt Disney Imagineering ever revisit the "Pluto's Playland" project ?

Posted 08-01-2007

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares some pretty crazy concept art from the early 1990s. Back when WDI actively toyed with the idea of building this elaborately themed dog park as a stand-alone attraction...
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17,000 nights at the movies with Leonard Maltin

Posted 07-31-2007

by Jim Hill
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On the eve of the release of the 2008 edition of his best-selling "Movie Guide," Jim Hill talks with this noted author & critic about what actually goes into the creation of this 1600-page paperback. Maltin also reveals what Disneyana fans can expect to find on the upcoming "Disney Treasures" DVD sets...

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