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Marvel Studios Shakeup: ‘Fantastic Four’ Suddenly Loses Director

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Jon Watts has stepped away from Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated Fantastic Four movie. It appears that after orchestrating the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man trilogy with Tom Holland and Zendaya (and creating the unprecedented spectacle that was Spider-Man: No Way Home) The director has decided to personally step away from superhero movies for the time being. “Making three ‘Spider-Man’ films was an incredible and life ...

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Disney World Trash Can Listed on eBay for Nearly $22,000

It might seem odd to the casual visitor to Walt Disney World, but for many theme park fans, Disney’s trash cans are iconic. Are they memorable enough though, that you would pay nearly $22,000 to have one in your home? If you happen to be interested, we just came across a listing on eBay offering a trash can from Disney’s ...

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Disney Outs Head of Corporate Affairs as Stock Price Tanks

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The Walt Disney Company has removed Geoff Morrell as its head of corporate affairs after being in the position for less than four months. Taking on the position in January, it appears Morrell is outed in the wake of several communication debacles, including the moment when Disney CEO Bob Chapek took exorbitant amounts of criticism over his and the company’s ...

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Gov. DeSantis on Disney: ‘They Are Reedy Creek,’ ‘They’re Going to Pay Their Debts’

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“I am not comfortable having one company with their own government and special privileges, when that company has pledged itself to attacking the parents in my state.” — FL. Gov. Ron DeSantis In a special town hall meeting on Thursday, April 28, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addressed some of the lingering concerns surrounding his government’s fight with The Walt Disney ...

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Prediction: ‘Lightyear’ will be Pixar’s First PG-13 Movie

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I understand that I am not the first person to write about this. But the more I think about it, the more I am starting to become convinced that this summer could see Pixar Animation Studios’s first PG-13 animated movie hit the silver screen, and here’s why: 1. The Level of Perilous Action From the trailers alone, we can tell ...

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Video: Guest Chances Removal from Park for Posing in Off-Limits Area at the Haunted Mansion

Whether it be the increase in Guests sharing videos to social media, or an actual increase in instances of Guests behaving poorly, it seems like there has been an uptick in videos of Guests breaking the rules at Walt Disney World since the theme parks reopened in late 2020. The latest incident comes from the queue of the Haunted Mansion ...

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Extinct Land Gets Special Homage in Avengers Campus

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There is only so much land inside of a Disney Theme Park, which means that the addition of a new ride or themed land that gets added almost always means the termination of another. A Magic Kingdom Park, for example, Mickey’s Toon Town Fair became New Fantasyland, and Storybook Circus, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea would eventually turn into Seven ...

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‘Doctor Strange 2’: Captain Carter Appears in Trailer, Fans React

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As Marvel fans get closer to the release of the highly anticipated feature Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a new trailer has been released that appears to introduce–or confirm–some of the characters. It appears that one of those characters is a variant of Agent Peggy Carter, known as Captain Carter. First appearing in Marvel’s Disney+ original animated series What If?, Captain ...

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