October, 2009

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Jim Hill

You don’t know Jack about Disneyland’s “Halloween Screams - A Villainous Surprise in the Skies"

Posted 10-07-2009

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Jim Hill talks with John Addis, Senior Show Director for Disney Entertainment Productions, about how this new fireworks show came together...
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Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

Posted 10-15-2009

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Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s...
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Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

Posted 10-05-2009

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Jim Hill talks about all of the recent changes at the Mouse House. More importantly, what Bob Iger will be looking for from Rich Ross, the new Chairman of Walt Disney Studios...
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Toon Tuesday: Is "Disney's A Christmas Carol" a little too scary for its own good?

Posted 10-20-2009

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Jim Hill shares what he's been hearing about this new Robert Zemeckis film. Which suggests that people who've seen the Digital 3D footage that was screened as part of "Christmas Carol" 's nationwide promotional train tour were somewhat put off by the more grisly moments...
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Practice makes perfect with the stage version of Disney's "The Lion King"

Posted 10-23-2009

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Jim Hill goes backstage at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, expecting to see all sorts of craziness. But what he finds instead is a smooth-running, relatively stress-free musical-making machine
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Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president

Posted 10-13-2009

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Jim Hill looks back over this Park & Resorts vet's 38-year-long career with the Company. In particular why George Kalogridis was chosen to help guide the Disneyland Resort through its upcoming transitional period...
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Coaster Corner: Tomorrowland favorite gets a warp speed makeover

Posted 10-16-2009

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Jim Hill talks with Steve Roach, Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy's show producer, about how the Imagineers turned this indoor coaster into a Halloween Time-themed attraction in record time...
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Wine & dine & run for your lives! Mickey may be getting into the blood-sucking business

Posted 10-12-2009

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Jim Hill reviews some of the domain names that The Walt Disney Company recently registered. Several of which suggest that the Mouse House now has a vampire project in the works...
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“Shrek the Musical” piles on the promotions, gets ready to launch its national tour in July of 2010

Posted 10-02-2009

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Jim Hill discusses the many things that DreamWorks Theatricals & Neal Productions have done recently in an effort to make their show stand out from the crowd on Broadway...
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Monday Mouse Watch: Beyond the Blu-ray Horizon

Posted 10-19-2009

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As DVD sales levels continue to fall and Hi-Def struggles to deliver on initial expectations, could an online subscription service that delivers top quality Disney content be waiting in the wings? Jim Hill shares what he’s heard...
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Toon Tuesday: Klay Hall tinkers with Tinker Bell

Posted 10-27-2009

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This sitcom vet talks about how he tried to make the Disney Fairy who stars in "Lost Treasure" much more like the version of Tink that Marc Davis drew for "Peter Pan" back in 1953...
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What to know what’s “Up” at Pixar? Then buy a ticket to next month’s Cartoon Art Museum benefit

Posted 10-22-2009

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Jim Hill talks up this annual fundraiser. Which allows a lucky few the chance to wander the halls at this Emeryville-based animation studio...
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Disney treasures to come up for bid at S/R Labs’ Fall 2009 auction

Posted 10-26-2009

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Jim Hill shares some of the 237 story sketches, animation drawings & concept paintings that will be go under the gavel today & tomorrow in Westlake Village, CA...
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Tube Thursday: "Castle" fans storm SoHo's Apple Store

Posted 10-01-2009

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Jim Hill reports in from NYC. Where Nathan Fillion recently made an appearance to help promote the second season on this ABC series...
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... and then go behind-the-screams at Knott's Scary Farm

Posted 10-09-2009

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Jim Hill reveals photos that Angela Ragno took last month while they toured two still-under-construction mazes for Halloween Haunt. WARNING: This article contains at least one shot that is somewhat grotesque...

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