Canceled Selick Movie Prompts $50M Disney Writedown

September 13, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Canceling production on a stop-motion animated feature directed by Henry Selick will cost the Walt Disney Co. a $50 million write down on its quarterly report. According to the Los Angeles Times, the studio announced the write down to investors Thursday at a conference in Beverly Hills. Selick is best [...]

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‘Avengers’ Lifts Disney’s 3Q; Whedon Agrees to Helm Sequel

August 7, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Avengers is turning out to be a gift to Disney shareholders — one that looks to keep on giving. The studio announced that Joss Whedon will return to write and direct the sequel to the Marvel superhero blockbuster — by far the biggest-grossing movie of the year with $1.4 billion [...]

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Welcome to Your ‘Phineas & Ferb’ Summer!

July 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

To mark the fifth anniversary of the show, a new TV movie featuring the popular animated siblings premieres on Disney Channel and Disney XD in August. Fans of the hit animated series Phineas and Ferb are in for a mega treat this summer as Disney Channel premieres a special original [...]

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TV Movie, Bus Tour Kick Off ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Summer

June 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Disney’s going all out to make this the summer of Phineas and Ferb. The popular animated series is getting an original animated movie titled Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, premiering Aug. 5 on Disney Channel and followed by airings Aug. 13 on Disney XD and Aug. 20 on ABC. The [...]

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