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Blog Post: What Rich Ross' exit from Walt Disney Studios is really all about

Jim Hill

For the past three days, the story that's been dominating entertainment news is Rich Ross' removal as Chairman of Walt Disney Studios . Now most of these articles seem to lay the blame for Ross' exit on " John Carter " 's box office . And while it's true that this Andrew...

on22 Apr 2012
Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans

Jim Hill

This coming Saturday (provided – of course – that the Bay State isn’t still under water ), I’ll be down in Avon, MA. taking part in the 15 th annual Janet McDonald Memorial Walk Against Cancer . This fundraiser is something that my family does every year in order to honor the memory of my late cousin...

on1 Apr 2010
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: Looking forward to Disney’s “Prince of Persia” and Pixar’s “Day & Night”

Jim Hill

ShoWest is traditionally this forward-looking event. Where all the Studios come to hype the movies they’ll be releasing later this summer and/or next year. But this time around, John Lasseter and Jerry Bruckheimer took forward-looking to a whole new level. With Bruckheimer using his Lifetime Achievement...

on22 Mar 2010
Blog Post: Licensing International Expo 2009 offers sneak peeks at new films from Fox, Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Universal Studios

Jim Hill

Did you ever wonder what it might be like to be able to see into the future? Well, as I wandered up & down the aisles at Licensing International Expo 2009 , I got a little taste of what that must feel like. As I came upon promotional display after promotional display for motion pictures that would...

on8 Jun 2009
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

Jim Hill

Do you recall that shindig that Walt Disney Studios held at the Kodak Theatre back in September. Where the 26 movies that the Mouse House now has in the works -- among them highly anticipated sequels like " Pirates of the Caribbean 4 ," " Toy Story 3 ," " National Treasure 3 " and " Tron 2 " -- were...

on17 Nov 2008
Blog Post: Toon Thursday: GAME OVER for TRON's first director

Jim Hill

It's been a week now since that "TR2N" teaser trailer ran at Comic-Con. And Disneyana & sci-fi fans are desperate for additional information about this Summer 2010 release. Well, let me share some info that I'm sure will send all of you "TRON" fanboys out there straight off the Game Grid. Guess who...

on30 Jul 2008
Blog Post: As Disney begins to get nervous about "Narnia," Pixar now sets its sights on "Mars"

Jim Hill

Last week, the trades were full of stories about how Brad Bird was getting ready to make his live action debut. How the director of " The Incredibles " and " Ratatouille " would soon be helming the big screen adaptation of James Dalessandro 's " 1906 ." Now some animation fans had initially assumed that...

on16 Mar 2008

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Blog Post: What Rich Ross' exit from Walt Disney Studios is really all about

Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch: Looking forward to Disney’s “Prince of Persia” and Pixar’s “Day & Night”

Blog Post: Licensing International Expo 2009 offers sneak peeks at new films from Fox, Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Universal Studios

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

Blog Post: Toon Thursday: GAME OVER for TRON's first director

Blog Post: As Disney begins to get nervous about "Narnia," Pixar now sets its sights on "Mars"