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Disneyland Paris (aka Euro Disney) Successful, but Still losing money

September 22, 2014 6:11 pm by admin Leave a Comment

NASDAQ.com has an article on Disneyland Paris. It closes with speculation that eventually Disney may buy the 60% stake in Disneyland Paris that it does not already own.

Just over 20 years ago, Disney rang in the debut of Euro Disney, its first theme park ever in Europe. Despite high hopes for the park, however, which was within a four-hour drive of 68 million people, it opened to an onslaught of mockery and disgust.

Today Disneyland Paris is a success from a visitor standpoint but having paid a pretty penny for the land, is still debt laden with losses of about $130 million in 2012 and $100 million last year.

Filed Under: Disney, Disneyland Paris Tagged With: Disney Buyout

3 Cool Ways Disney Keeps “Frozen” From Melting Away

September 22, 2014 6:03 pm by admin Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Disney, Frozen

The Inspiration For Disney’s Robin Hood Wasn’t Actually Robin Hood

September 21, 2014 3:48 pm by admin Leave a Comment

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.

For more information…

Filed Under: Disney, Disney Movies Tagged With: Robin Hood

What Were Walt Disney’s last words?

September 21, 2014 3:46 pm by admin Leave a Comment

…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.”…

Filed Under: Disney, Walt Disney

Talk Like A Pirate Day in Treasure Island

September 19, 2014 3:36 pm by admin Leave a Comment

In honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, a clip from Treasure Island:

Filed Under: Disney, Disney Movies

David Fincher Says Differences Over Casting And Disney’s Corporate Culture Stalled ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’

September 16, 2014 1:46 pm by admin Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Disney, Disney Movies

Construction completed on Shanghai Disney Metro extension

September 15, 2014 2:01 pm by admin Leave a Comment

Construction was completed on the Metro line extension that will connect Shanghai Disney Resort to the city’s subway network and test operations are expected to begin next year, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group said today.

Read more: http://www.ecns.cn/2014/09-15/134544.shtml

Filed Under: Disney, Shanghai Disney Resort

DStv to start showing ads to small children

September 14, 2014 3:51 pm by admin Leave a Comment

The Walt Disney Company in South Africa explains why the Mouse House will be targeting small children as young as 4 watching Disney’s TV channels on DStv with commercial advertising.

http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/Disney-on-DStv-to-start-showing-ads-to-small-children-20140912

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The Tragic Reason Why Disney Movies Rarely Have Mother Characters

September 13, 2014 1:48 pm by admin Leave a Comment

The Tragic Reason Why Disney Movies Rarely Have Mother Characters is they are often about having to grow up quickly. The other factor may be the tragic way Walt Disney lost his mother.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/578704/the-tragic-reason-why-disney-movies-rarely-have-mother-characters

Filed Under: Disney, Disney Movies, Walt Disney

Why Deadmau5′ Trademark Battle With Disney Has Cost Him Dearly

September 12, 2014 3:45 pm by admin Leave a Comment

Billboard reports that the Deadmau5’s trademark battle has cost him dearly:

Deadmau5 — aka Joel Zimmerman — unleashed fury upon The Walt Disney Company in early September for opposing his attempt to register a trademark of the signature mouse head he wears while performing.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251375/why-deadmau5-trademark-battle-with-disney-has-cost-him-dearly

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