July, 2008

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Jim Hill

Monday Mouse Watch : Get ready for WDW's monstrous new coaster

Posted 07-21-2008

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WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead as Jim Hill shares what he knows about the family-friendly attraction that will be opening at Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Fall of 2011...
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Monday Mouse Watch : The Winter of Disney's Discontent

Posted 07-06-2008

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With late 2008 / early 2009 projected to be an extremely challenging time for the WDW resort, Mouse House managers are already getting aggressive about cost containment. Jim Hill details some of the changes that are now being made around property...
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Look for Mickey to get Shanghai-ed in September

Posted 07-14-2008

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Jim Hill shares what he knows about Disney's theme park for Mainland China. Which should be officially announced this Fall...
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Tune Tuesday : "Hello, WALL-E! Well, Hello, WALL-E ..."

Posted 06-30-2008

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Forget about Pixar's latest production. Jim Hill talks about the many other ways that Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning musical has popped up at the Mouse House...
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Toon Thursday: GAME OVER for TRON's first director

Posted 07-30-2008

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Jim Hill's back with even more news about this eagerly awaited sequel. Including who's replaced Steve Lisberger as the new creative lead on the "TR2N" project...
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Disney screens proof-of-concept footage for "TR2N"

Posted 07-24-2008

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Jim Hill checks in from San Diego, where Comic-Con attendees just learned that that long-in-development "Tron" sequel has finally officially been greenlit ...
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Still can't find Nemo? Then try looking inside of your room the next time you stay at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

Posted 07-13-2008

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares some shots of these newly rethemed rooms, which now feature characters from that 2003 Pixar Animation Studios release...
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What's in a (Disney domain) name?

Posted 07-22-2008

by Jim Hill
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As he gets ready to cover this year's Comic-Con, Jim Hill shares some of the more interesting domain names that the Walt Disney Company has registered over the past month...
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Watch out, Toontown ! Here come the Tappet Brothers

Posted 07-08-2008

by Jim Hill
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Are TV viewers really ready for a toon tune-up show? Jim Hill shares what he knows about PBS's newest series, "As the Wrench Turns"...
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Peter David maps out a campaign to save the Adventurers Club

Posted 07-21-2008

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill talks with this award-winning author, who has come up with a pretty clever plan to get the attention of Disney senior management...
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Just how spectacular was WDW's Bicentennial spectacular?

Posted 07-17-2008

by Jim Hill
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In this week's Why For column, Jim Hill looks back to July of 1976. To be specific, all of the advance preparation that WDW officials put into that resort's Bicentennial fireworks display...
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Eoin Colfer gasses up for Comic-Con

Posted 07-23-2008

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Jim Hill chats up the author of "Artemis Fowl," who'll be rolling into San Diego today aboard the "Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence" bus as part of his U.S. book tour ...
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In just one week, the Con is on !

Posted 07-16-2008

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Jim Hill reviews the programming for Comic-Con 2008 and then points out some panels & signings that Disneyana fans should probably seek out while they're down in San Diego...
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Tune Thursday : Looking back at the development of Broadway's "Lion King"

Posted 07-10-2008

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Jim Hill chats with Derek Smith, the actor who's now playing Scar in this Tony Award-winning musical. But whose ties to this show actually go all the way back to the costume & mask tests that Julie Taymor did in her workshop...

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