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‘Star Trek’ Beams Down $84 Mil. Weekend
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office this weekend, with an estimated $84 million. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel to the rebooted franchise made over $35.5 on Thursday and Friday. Industry watchers were predicting a possible $100 million opener, but the actual numbers were actually [...]
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at 2014's ‘Legends of Oz’
Roger S. Baum’s further adventures of his great-grandfather’s beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime’s Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. In the world’s supply of film-worthy fairy tales, the attempts of American authors make up but a tiny fraction. Whether the United States’ relative youth or its [...]
Merida Redesign Was One-Time Deal Says Disney
Trying to put the Merida redesign fiasco behind it, Disney told NBCNews.com that the redesign of the Brave heroine was only a one-time effort to commemorate her coronation as a Princess. The studio also noted that the design was never posted on the company’s official websites. “The artwork used on [...]
The Tale of ‘The Tale of Tillie’s Dragon’
One of these years I’m going to sit down and put together an entire book-length history of the “Toon Boom.” I’m not speaking of the Canadian software company by that name, but rather the period from the mid 1990s through the early 2000s, when every studio in Hollywood and even [...]
‘Iron Man 3' Crosses $1 Billion Mark on Thursday
Box office analysts are noting that Disney/Marvel’s early summer blockbuster Iron Man 3 is set to cross the $1 billion mark on Thursday (May 16). According to Box Office Mojo, the film had hit the $294.7 million mark and $685.6 million. It’s also estimated that the pic will finish as [...]
Chapman Responds to Misguided Merida Makeover
Brenda Chapman, the Oscar-winning writer and director of Brave has responded to Disney’s recent makeover of the film’s lead character Princess Merida. In conjunction with adding Merida to the Disney Princess line, Disney gave Merida a “more adult” look, dropping her bow-and-arrow and putting her in the type of glitzy [...]
Netflix Nabs Disney’s ‘Jake’ and ‘Tron: Uprising’
Five animated Disney series will now be available on Netflix’s subscription-based streaming service in the U.S. The multi-year, non-exclusive licensing deal features Disney XD’s Tron: Uprising, Disney Channel’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and preschool favorites Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso and JoJo’s Circus. Last December, Netflix landed the [...]
SIGGRAPH to Spotlight ‘Monsters University,’ ‘Frozen’
This summer’s big computer graphics confab SIGGRAPH at the Anaheim Convention Center in Calif. (July 21-25) will feature several hot sessions focusing on the vfx of big studio features, including Guillermo del Toro’s much anticipated Pacific Rim, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, Disney’s holiday feature Frozen, Fox’s Oscar-winning Life of Pi, Disney’s [...]
Disney Reveals New ‘Pirates’ Infinity Pics
Disney Interactive has provided a more in-depth look at the Pirates of the Caribbean Play Set within its upcoming interactive platform, Disney Infinity, with a new set of character images, screenshots and a gameplay trailer featuring Play Set and Toy Box modes. Pirates of the Caribbean will be part of [...]
Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6' Set for Nov. ’14 Release
Disney Studio released info and art about its upcoming 2014 animated release: Based on the Marvel comic of the same name, the CG-animated, 3D Big Hero 6 will be released in theaters on November 7, 2014. The studio describes the pic as an “action comedy adventure about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
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Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
