Motley Fool has an article on how Frozen keeps on chugging away for Disney:
Frozen is truly the gift that keeps on giving for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) investors. The animated hit, which grossed $1.27 billion worldwide on a budget of $150 million, is now the highest grossing animated film in history.
What’s probably less clear is that the inspiration for this version of Robin Hood isn’t actually Robin Hood at all. Since the 1930s, Walt Disney had been interested in telling a version of the 12th century Alsatian story of Reynard (or Renart) the Fox. In the Roman de Renart, Reynard the Fox is summoned to the court of a cruel lion, King Leo, to answer charges brought against him by Isengrim the Wolf.
…it appears that, yes, one of the last communications Walt Disney made shortly before his death on Dec. 16, 1966 was a note he jotted down on a pad of paper in his Burbank office: “Kurt Russell.”…
A family is walking from Disneyland to Disney World to support pediatric cancer research.
Taking the phrase walk a mile in my shoes literally, a California family has decided to walk form Disneyland in Anaheim, California to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Jennifer and Jonathon Cobb are walking to raise money for pediatric cancer research.
In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, a clip from Treasure Island:
Deadline has more information about the Disney ADA suit:
“Most of the proposed complaint is repetitive, argumentative, inflammatory, irrelevant and unnecessary,” said the media giant’s parks and resorts division in opposition earlier this week to the amended compliant
The Palm Beach Post has a nice article on spending the holidays on a Disney Cruise ship. Beginning now with Halloween themed trips on the Disney ships (Disney Dream, Disney Fantasy, Disney Wonder and Disney Magic) through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, the Disney ships are decked out for the holidays.
The Huffington Post has a list of 10 things not to do at Walt Disney World – or for that matter at Disneyland, Disneyland Paris etc.
They start off with: don’t sleep in and get to the park late, continuing with expecting to do it all (Disney World is huge), and assuming that every ride is appropriate for every age.
The Atlantic is running a piece on Disney and Star Wars that seems conflicted between initial skepticism and finally potential optimism. It begins:
When Disney announced that it was releasing a new Star Wars trilogy, many fans, understandably, pumped their hands in the air and yelled “Nooooo!” What was once a cool Hollywood maverick of a saga had already been brand-extended nearly past recognition: first with the CGI-“enhanced” versions of the originals in the ‘90s, then the Jar Jar Binks-addled prequels, followed by the 3-D theatrical re-releases and a critically-panned animated movie. So it was totally valid to suspect that along with Lucasfilm’s holdings and rights (those went to Disney for $4.05 billion), the franchise had also, finally, sold its soul.
David Fincher Says Differences Over Casting And Disney’s Corporate Culture Stalled ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’. When will we see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Anyone’s guess now.
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