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Blog Post: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Jim Hill

I got an e-mail asking me what I thought of that concept painting of the Shanghai Disneyland Resort which was shown at The Walt Disney Company's 2011 Investor's Conference yesterday. Concept art for the Shanghai Disneyland Resort. Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved To be honest...

on17 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Michael Giacchino's love of toons helped make him today's top tunesmith in Hollywood

Jim Hill

Did you catch that terrific profile of Michael Giacchino that " Variety " ran yesterday? I mean, if you thought that this Academy Award-winning composer was busy in 2009 - 2010 (i.e. that's when he composed & conducted the music for " Prep and Landing ," " Day & Night...

on15 Oct 2010
Blog Post: Carolwood Foundation's fundraiser will reunite 5 of the 6 cars that originally made up the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad

Jim Hill

Yesterday's article about DCA 's entrance complex seems to have struck a nerve with JHM readers. Especially the part of that column which talked about the California Zephyr replica that sits in Sunshine Plaza. I can't tell you how many e-mails I got from rail fans who moaned about how their...

on14 Sep 2010
Blog Post: D23 staffers puts the finishing touches on Great Disney Scavenger Hunt, Destination D event

Jim Hill

Steven Clark was a very busy man in July. When he wasn't down in Anaheim, helping Tony Baxter dispatch StarSpeeders full of D23 Members at last month's "Star Tours Final Flight" event ... (L to R) Steven Clark and Tony Baxter actually suited up in this July 26th members-only event,...

on13 Aug 2010
Blog Post: New book takes a behind-the-dreams look at the way Walt Disney Imagineering really works today

Jim Hill

Okay. Last week, JHM reviewed a new hardcover that would be the perfect graduation present for any artists and animators that are on your gift list. This time around, I'd like to talk up a book that would be a great selection for any would-be Imagineers you may have in your extended family. And that...

on9 Jun 2010
Blog Post: Why For does Howard Stark look like Walt Disney in “Iron Man 2” ?

Jim Hill

IronManFan236 sent in a question that was short & sweet: Did Marvel Studios deliberately make Howard Stark look like Walt in “ Iron Man 2 ” as a tribute / tip-of-the-hat to the Disney acquisition deal? Iron Man 2, the Movie: Copyright 2010 MVL Film Finance LLC. Iron Man, the character: TM & Copyright...

on14 May 2010
Blog Post: Volume 9 of the “Walt’s People” series features some great behind-the-scenes stories

Jim Hill

Good God. Are we really already be up to Volume 9 in the “Walt’s People” series? I can recall when Disney Historian Didier Ghez initially proposed these books (which – if I’m remembering correctly – was sometime back during the Pleistocene Epoch) that would collect & then reprint the very best Mouse...

on5 May 2010

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Blog Post: Shanghai Disneyland concept art reveals how good the Imagineers are at hiding things

Blog Post: Michael Giacchino's love of toons helped make him today's top tunesmith in Hollywood

Blog Post: Carolwood Foundation's fundraiser will reunite 5 of the 6 cars that originally made up the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad

Blog Post: D23 staffers puts the finishing touches on Great Disney Scavenger Hunt, Destination D event

Blog Post: New book takes a behind-the-dreams look at the way Walt Disney Imagineering really works today

Blog Post: Why For does Howard Stark look like Walt Disney in “Iron Man 2” ?

Blog Post: Volume 9 of the “Walt’s People” series features some great behind-the-scenes stories