Category Archives: Disney

New ‘Surrogates’ Featurette: ‘Losing Your Surrogate’

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Sebastian Suchecki

We’ve discussed the notion of how cool it would be to see a movie where Bruce Willis takes on an army of robots, and this week, we’ll actually get to see it happen in theaters across the country. This Friday … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Disney, Features, Filmmaking, Movies, News, Touchstone Pictures, Video | Tagged Bruce Willis, Jonathan Mostow, Max Handelman, Radha Mitchell, Robert Venditti, Surrogates, Touchstone Pictures | 1 Comment

Is ‘Pirates 4’ a Sinking Ship?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Bob Starr

At Disney‘s recent D23 conference the company announced that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides would be going into production. Perhaps more importantly, the film would set sail with the man who really made the franchise what it is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Deals and Dealmaking, Disney, Movies, Prequels and Sequels | Tagged Bob Iger, Dick Cook, Johnny Depp, On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean | Comments Off

New International ‘Surrogates’ Trailer

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Sebastian Suchecki

Robots can be a pretty scary thing, but not nearly as scary as Bruce Willis when he has something to prove. We all remember Die Hard. That seems to be the fight card for next week’s release of Surrogates: Bruce … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comic-Con, Disney, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Trailers | Tagged Boris Kodjoe, Bruce Willis, James Francis Ginty, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Surrogates, Ving Rhames | Comments Off

Disney Announces Big Plans for The Muppets

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Matt Raub

There’s plenty of news developing from Disney’s D23 out of Anaheim, from Johnny Depp showing up dressed as Jack Sparrow to the company releasing just about everything in Digital 3D. What looks to be one of the biggest developments for … Continue reading →

Posted in 3-D, Animation, Announcements, Comedy, Disney, Movies, Musicals, News | Tagged D23, Disney, Gonzo, Jim Henson, Kermit, Muppets, Swedish Chef | 5 Comments

Pixar Looking to Take On ‘Ant-Man’

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Matt Raub

Ever since the news first came through about Disney and Marvel joining, everybody and their mother came out of the woodwork with their ideas for Disney/Marvel mash up ideas. Such bad ideas as Finding Namor, HERB-E, Casper the Friendliest Ghostrider, … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Animation, Comics, Deals and Dealmaking, Disney, Kids, Marvel, Movies, News, Pixar, Rumor, Sci-Fi | Tagged Ant-Man, Disney, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Marvel, Merger, Pixar, Simon Pegg | Comments Off

The Flickcast – Episode 23: Finding Namor

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Joe Gillis

This week on The Flickcast Chris, Matt and Christina talk about a whole bunch of new topics including the Disney/Marvel deal, Rob Zombie making a new Blob movie, Star Wars comics on the iPhone, the remake of the classic film … Continue reading →

Posted in Disney, Marvel, Movies, Podcasts, TV | Tagged Apple, Cube, Disney, Dollhouse, Episode 23, iPhone, iTunes, Marvel, Rob Zombie, Snow Leopard, Star Wars, The Blob, The Simpsons | Comments Off

Disney to Buy Marvel

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Chris Ullrich

The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to acquire Marvel Ent. in a stock and cash transaction worth $4 billion. Under the terms of the deal, Marvel shareholders would receive $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Deals and Dealmaking, Disney, Marvel, Movies, News | Tagged Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, X-Men | 3 Comments

Three More Actors Go to ‘Mars’

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Chris Ullrich

First, there was Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins and then Willem Dafoe. Now, there’s three more actors confirmed for Andrew (Wall-E) Stanton’s big screen version of John Carter of Mars. Along with the casting news, there’s also a few spoilers … Continue reading →