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Barrett B. writes in to say: I've really been enjoying Lady F. 's series about working on " Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ." That's always been my dream of mine. To an extra on a big Hollywood film like "Pirates." To stand on the set in costume and watch as the film's cast & crew make...

This is just a quick update on the contest that we've been running this week at JHM. One where the site's readers are being asked to make predictions as to how well they think " Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest " will do over its opening weekend. Copyright 2006 Disney Enterprises As of 11:30...

Following up on yesterday's article , JHM readers are being asked to make their predictions as to how " Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest " will do at the box office over its opening weekend. Copyright 2006 Disney Enterprises To date, 70 JHM readers have come forward with their predictions:...

In theory, "Pirates" is a can't-miss proposition for the Mouse. After all, all of the research that the Walt Disney Company has done to date on the latest installment of its " Pirates of the Caribbean " film franchise suggests that " Dead Man's Chest " is going to be huge. A truly monstrous hit motion...

Well, the good news is that the original cast recording of " Tarzan " went on sale yesterday. And this CD is a highly polished, very professional produced representation of Disney's newest Broadway musical. The bad news is ... Though "Tarzan" 's talented cast labors mightily to make this show's score...

Picture -- if you will -- that it's early 2002. And you're an executive at Disney Consumer Products . And what do you find in your in-box one morning but the screenplay for a new live-action feature that the studio will soon begin shooting. Now your job at the company is evaluate scripts like this. Determine...

That little gold sticker that's affixed to the front of " Beauty & the Beast " 's playbill pretty much says it all: "5000th performance." Only five other shows in the entire history of Broadway have ever run longer than that (And those shows are the still-running " Phantom of the Opera " [Which just...

To hear Chuck Viane, the president of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, tell the story … Well, Walt Disney Studios was absolutely thrilled with the way that " Cars " performed this past weekend. With this Pixar Animation film pulling in $33.7 at the box office during its second weekend in domestic release...

When it comes to surprises, I'm not the most patient person. I mean, back when I was a kid ... As early as October, I was already tearing my family's house apart. Trying to find out where exactly my parents had hidden the presents. Just so I could know in advance whether or not I was getting something...

So I'm sitting at the computer late yesterday afternoon, inserting links in Chris Barry's " Disney Insider Yearbook " article, when Nancy says: "You do remember that you're supposed to pick your parents up tonight, right?" "Of course, I do," I replied. "And I've still got plenty of time. Their flight...

The good news is ... " Cars " was No. 1 at the box office this past weekend, raking in $60.1 million. Which (according to Box Office Mojo ) gave this John Lasseter film the second highest opening weekend gross ever for a film that was released in the month of June (Only Warners' " Harry Potter &...

By this time next week, we'll know. By that I mean: By this time next Monday morning, we'll finally have the preliminary box office results in hand for the opening weekend of " Cars ." And then we'll know for sure if John Lasseter's newest film has actually met Wall Street's expectations. "And what exactly...

Got plans for tomorrow night? Change 'em. Or -- at the very least -- set up your Tivo and/or throw a tape into the old VCR and be sure & record what ABC is airing Saturday night between 8 - 11 p.m. "What's the big deal?," you ask. "Isn't ABC just supposed to be showing 'The Wonderful World of Disney...

Will L. writes in to say: Have you seen the concept art for Epcot's new "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" attraction yet? Copyright Disney Enterprises LLC Originally I was very excited when I saw all of this stuff. Copyright Disney Enterprises LLC But then I got to see some of the concept art for Disneyland...

I have to admit - given that no one (outside of the folks who are currently working 'round the clock to finish up "Dead Man's Chest" 's over-1500 FX shots) has actually seen the finished version of "Pirates of the Caribbean II" - that it seems kind of odd to now be talking about what may lie out beyond...

First up, Ravi T. writes in to ask about Sunset Boulevard at Disney-MGM Studios . To be specific, something that he noticed was embedded in the asphalt on Sunset. Jim -- Last week, my family and I were down at Walt Disney World . And while we were walking through MGM to get to the Tower of Terror , I...

It's one of Hollywood's great unwritten rules: "Take every meeting." Meaning that -- no matter how unlikely it may seem that anything productive will actually come out of a face-to-face meeting with an industry exec -- you should still explore every possiblity. In short, take every meeting. And no one...

Given the continued carping about " Journey to the Disney Vault ," you'd think that this particular " TV Funhouse " skit (Which reran on " Saturday Night Live " this past Saturday night as part of a " Best of TV Funhouse " episode) was the very first time that anyone had ever made fun of Walt Disney...

It is easily one of the most eagerily anticipated films of the summer. The sequel that everyone (Not just die-hard Disney fans) is just dying to see. Copyright Disney Enterprises LLC And -- up until now -- the plot for this follow-up to " Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl " has been...

With little more than two weeks 'til " Tarzan " officially opens on Broadway, things are reportedly getting a little tense at the Richard Rodgers theatre . Where -- in spite of all the changes that have already been made to this new Disney musical -- preview audiences still aren't all that enthusiatic...