August, 2009

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Jim Hill

Monday Mouse Watch: Marvel acquisition offers significant challenges, huge potential rewards for The Walt Disney Company

Posted 08-31-2009

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Jim Hill weighs in on this $4 billion deal. In particular the amount of time that will have to pass before Disney can then take full advantage of Marvel’s stable of superheroes ...
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Lasseter sprinkles Pixar dust over Disney Consumer Products, Imagineering

Posted 08-28-2009

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Jim Hill talks about the impact that John Lasseter’s personal involvement has had on the Toy Story Definitive project as well as on DCA’s “Radiator Springs Racers” attraction...
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Michael Roddy's ready to take you behind-the-screams at Halloween Horror Nights 19

Posted 08-27-2009

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Jim Hill talks up today's Q & A session at the HHN Facebook fan page. Where the Show Director for Universal Orlando Entertainment will be answering questions about this annual USF event...
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"Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" features seldom-seen artwork

Posted 08-26-2009

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Jim Hill reviews Disney Press' newest picture book. Which is illustrated with some of the inspirational paintings that illustrator Gustaf Tenggren created for the Studio's first-ever feature-length animated cartoon...
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Tech Tuesday: Mickey makes a move on the netbook market with Disney Netpal

Posted 08-25-2009

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Jim Hill talks with Chris Heatherly, VP of Toys & Consumer Electronics for Disney Consumer Products, about his division’s latest initiative. Which is a computer aimed at the 6-12 year-old crowd...
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Monday Mouse Watch: The road ahead for Disney·Pixar ‘s “Cars”

Posted 08-24-2009

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Jim Hill shares the title for this eagerly anticipated sequel as well as the Company’s plan for maintaining consumer interest in this new key franchise...
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“Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes a candid look at the Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation

Posted 08-21-2009

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Jim Hill talks up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which will hold its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival...
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“Mickey’s Sweatshop,” “Tink My Ride” and … “Enchanted 2” ?!

Posted 08-20-2009

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Want a peek at The Walt Disney Company’s future? Then take a look at this list of recently registered domain names that Jim Hill just compiled...
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Tourists mob Muppets & Mouse shops, snatch up last “Mermaid” tickets

Posted 08-19-2009

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Jim Hill reports in from NYC. Where – based on what’s been going on at FAO Schwartz, World of Disney and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – the economy appears to be on the mend...
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Remembering Virginia Davis (1918 - 2009)

Posted 08-18-2009

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Jim Hill looks back over the life & career of Disney’s first star, that talented little girl who lit up the “Alice Comedies”...
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“Ponyo” celebrates childhood, magic, the beauty of nature and … oh, yeah … ham

Posted 08-14-2009

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Jim Hill reviews Hayao Miyazaki’s latest. Which Walt Disney Pictures has done a superb job of readying for its North American theatrical release...
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Tube Thursday: “Merlin” 's Prince Arthur ain’t exactly a prince of a guy

Posted 08-13-2009

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Jim Hill chats with Bradley James, the co-star of this hit BBC One fantasy series. Which began airing on Sunday nights on NBC earlier this summer...
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Keep an eagle eye out for The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost

Posted 08-12-2009

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Ever wonder what became of this infamous AA figure? Jim Hill shares what he knows about the alleged final resting place of Ol’ Hatbox...
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Toon Tuesday: Glen Keane goes back to the drawing board

Posted 08-11-2009

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Jim Hill shares some shots from Comic-Con. Where this master animator revealed that he had just ended a six month sabbatical and was now returning to work at Walt Disney Animation Studios...
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Monday Mouse Watch: Will Disney's "Mickey By" program start a fashion trend in 2010?

Posted 08-10-2009

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Jim Hill shares some shots from this year’s Licensing International Expo. Which reveal the artistic direction that Disney Consumer Products is looking to take with its new “Mickey By” program...
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The John Hughes / ABC / Walt Disney Company connection

Posted 08-07-2009

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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...
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Do eye-popping effects & an emotional thru-line really hold the key to audiences connecting with “Alice” ?

Posted 08-05-2009

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Jim Hill shares what Tim Burton said at Comic-Con last month while this acclaimed filmmaker was talking up Disney’s new Digital 3D version of “Alice in Wonderland”...
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Will showing selected scenes from “The Princess and the Frog” finally silence this film’s critics?

Posted 08-03-2009

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Jim Hill writes about the new tack that Walt Disney Animation Studios is taking with the promotion of its new hand-drawn animated feature. Which involves screening footage from “The Princess and the Frog” at events that will be attended by African-American opinion makers...

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