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Apr- 2023 -16 April
Come May 1, All Your Favorite Disney Shows and Movies May Come to a Screeching Halt
This will be a massive week for those awaiting a new episode of your favorite Disney show or waiting for production to start on that new movie you've been waiting for. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is voting this week on whether or not to authorize a strike on May 1 should negotiations with movie and television studios not come to a resolution on a new contract before that date. The WGA and t
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16 April
Disney Makes Another Big Change to the New ‘Little Mermaid’
One of Disney's most recent prominent live-action Disney princess movie remakes, Beauty and the Beast (2017), was a “tale as old as time” – and it nearly lasted as long as that, too! Now, Disney is making yet another live-action remake of a famous Disney princess film, and Disney apparently has plans to make this new version of the film even longer than its other live-action adap
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16 April
‘Little Mermaid’ Producer Lin-Manuel Miranda Knew His Job was to Not ‘F– it up’
It's dangerous when you try and remake a beloved classic like The Little Mermaid (1989). Disney has already come under fire for its casting decisions, and the run time has been announced as the longest of all of Disney's live-action remakes. But Disney brought in an experienced hand to work on this version of The Little Mermaid: Producer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The creator of Hamilton is no stranger t
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16 April
This Morbid Piece of Mickey Mouse Memorabilia is Now Worth Thousands
In late 1939, the world was on the verge of the Second World War, but Walt Disney was on top of the world. He had just released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and he was working on Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940). But all that came to a screeching halt on December 7, 1941, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Like every American, Walt Disney focused his full attention on the war
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15 April
This Disney Movie Caused Such a Controversy, Disney Changed Their Filming Processes
Disney has faced its fair share of controversies recently. From The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan and Wendy casting of Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel and Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell, as well as the entire debacle with “Don’t Say Gay” with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Sunshine State, there has been one controversy after the other. But Disney is always listening to these criticisms and changi
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15 April
Disney Loses Over $100 Million with Super-Star Backed Movie, Raises Questions About Future
“Is Disney losing its touch?” That's been the question floating around this week. With news of how much some of Disney's films have flopped at the box office, and with Disney announcing one live-action remake after another of previously successful movies (think Moana), many believe that the Walt Disney Company and the Walt Disney Studios no longer hold the torch they once held. What ar
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15 April
Disney’s Most Promising Movie is Also Its Worst Idea Yet!
After 100 years of magical and innovative storytelling, The Walt Disney Company is planning to finally tell us the story behind one of its most iconic symbols, The Wishing Star, but that is the worst possible idea that could come out of Walt Disney Animation Studios right now. Since Walt Disney released his second feature-length animated film, Pinocchio, The Wishing Star has been a key element of
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15 April
Photo: Bob Iger, Josh D’Amaro Spotted at Tokyo Disneyland
Another day, another Theme Park inspection for Disney's CEO and Disney Parks Chairman. After visiting the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, the Walt Disney World Resort outside Orlando, Florida, and the Disneyland Paris Resort, Disney leaders Bob Iger and Josh D'Amaro were spotted at the Tokyo Disney Resort, observing the state of the Company's first international Park and its 40th Anniver
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15 April
Trump Thinks Disney Beat, “Embarrassed” DeSantis
Even though Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing to tell people, “You ain't seen nothing yet,” scores of voices in the media and the Twittersphere are already declaring The Walt Disney Company the clever victor in the battle for control over the area previously known as The Reedy Creek Improvement District. And that now includes Former President Donald Trump. While he still has
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15 April
Bob Iger Holds Firm on Disney’s Changing Ways
The Walt Disney Company has recently been on the receiving end of much criticism for the way in which it’s changed. Many have felt that the Mouse House is pandering to “woke audiences”—criticism that has been particularly highlighted after the casting choices for the upcoming live-action remakes of The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan and Wendy with Halle Bailey playing Princess Ariel and Yara Shahidi
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