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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...
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22 Apr 2012
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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...
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14 May 2010
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Why For did Disney wind up giving Maleficent the bird
Jim Hill
Trina P. wrote in to say: Thanks for sharing those pictures from the Tim Burton exhibition at the MoMA . I’m a huge Burton fan and had wanted to get down to NYC while that exhibit was there, but never found the time. I noticed that you had a lot of pictures from Tim Burton movies that never got made...
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30 Apr 2010
Blog Post:
Monday Mouse Watch: MoMA’s Tim Burton exhibition gets ready to go down under
Jim Hill
In response to Friday’s “ Panel discussion? Product signing? Rarities screening? Which would you choose? ” article, ToadinaWhole wrote: “Let me turn this question around you: Which would you choose?” Well, this past Friday afternoon, what Nancy and I chose to do is spend 4½ hours in the car. We traded...
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26 Apr 2010
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Monday Mouse Watch: Will “Rapunzel” ‘s new title translate into higher grosses for Disney’s next animated fairy tale?
Jim Hill
I got a note this past weekend from HatMadder Am I the only who’s confused by what’s going on in Burbank these past few week? First Disney changes “Rapunzel” ‘s title to “Tangled” and then cancels “The Snow Queen” outright because studio execs reportedly believe that modern moviegoers are no longer interested...
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22 Feb 2010
Blog Post:
Stan “The Man” Lee to become Disney's front man for Marvel
Jim Hill
Well, it’s official. Provided – of course – that the Securities and Exchange Commission actually signs off on this merger, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company . Marvel shareholders voted last Thursday to approve this $4.24 billion acquisition, which...
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4 Jan 2010
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Monday Mouse Watch : 2010 to be a time of transition at Walt Disney Studios
Jim Hill
The last four months of 2009 saw plenty of upheaval on the Studio side of things at The Walt Disney Company. With many senior staffers in Marketing being let go . Not to mention Disney Channel president Rich Ross replacing Dick Cook , a 38-year Mouse House vet, as Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios...
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28 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Is 2010 the year that Walt Disney Studios begins showing its movies online?
Jim Hill
Have you looked at the calendar lately? No, I’m not talking about how there are just seven shopping days ‘til Christmas. I mean that – as of today – we’ve just two weeks left ‘til 2010 gets underway. Well, the folks who run The Walt Disney Company are clearly already making plans for next year. Over...
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18 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Tune Tuesday: Disney to celebrate the performing arts in 2010
Jim Hill
If you’re a fan of The Walt Disney Company’s theatrical productions , then you should probably make a point of setting your TiVo to record Friday’s “ Live with Regis & Kelly ” (when the Las Vegas company of “ The Lion King ” will be making an appearance on that syndicated morning talk show) as well...
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24 Nov 2009
Blog Post:
Let George Do It: One-time WDW busboy becomes Disneyland’s newest president
Jim Hill
What with that $1.1 billion worth of construction that’s currently going on at Disney’s California Adventure (not to mention that $100+ milllion redo of the Disneyland Hotel that just got underway), the next three years are going to be a particularly tough time for the Disneyland Resort . Walt Disney...
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13 Oct 2009
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Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals
Jim Hill
It’s been quite a month for the Mouse, don’t you think? Inside of one single 30 day span, The Walt Disney Company has: Revealed that it would be spending $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its library of 5000 characters At the D23 EXPO , the Studios announced a new production label...
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5 Oct 2009
Blog Post:
Do eye-popping effects & an emotional thru-line really hold the key to audiences connecting with “Alice” ?
Jim Hill
In response to last week’s Alice in Wonderland touring exhibit article , Cheshire Brat wrote in to say: In today’s article, you say that Tim Burton wants his version of “ Alice in Wonderland ” to be different from all the movies & TV shows that proceed it. That this time around, Burton wants to emotionally...
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5 Aug 2009
Blog Post:
“Nemo” gets new screenwriter, subs & costumes to be displayed in San Diego
Jim Hill
If you were listening carefully yesterday, you might have heard an enormous sigh of relief coming from the 20K fan community as word began to spread that Randall Wallace had been hired to rewrite Bill Marsilii & Justin Marks ’ script for “Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” Copyright Disney...
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10 Jul 2009
Blog Post:
Lasseter, Burton, Zemeckis and Miyazaki to take part in Disney panels at this year’s Comic-Con
Jim Hill
If you haven’t already decided that you really, really , REALLY need to attend this year’s Comic-Con International, the following will certainly seal the deal. You wanna know who Disney’s bringing to San Diego this year? Would you believe John Lasseter, Tim Burton, Robert Zemeckis and Hayao Miyazaki...
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9 Jul 2009
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Monday Mouse Watch : Why did Disney push back "Prince of Persia" ?
Jim Hill
Not sure what to make of last week's announcement that Walt Disney Pictures was pushing back the release date of " Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time " ? Join the club. People all over Hollywood are trying to figure out why the Mouse moved this highly anticipated Jerry Bruckheimer production out of...
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10 Aug 2008