What’s Out This Week? – August 9, 2013
Tag: Disney
Review: Wreck it Ralph
Director Rich Moore puts together a great film that speaks to growing up in a sadly missed icon of the 80s and 90s, arcades.
Review: Tron: Legacy
When ‘Tron’ came out from Walt Disney Productions in 1982, must have been quite a sight. Mixing computer generated effects with live action in the scale of the first ‘Tron’ was a major step forward in the types of effects that are quite common place these days. Does ‘Tron: Legacy’ live up to this standard? …
Zemeckis Signs to ‘Dark Life’
Robert Zemeckis has signed on to direct ‘Dark Life’ for Disney and his company Image Movers. Based on a novel by Kat Falls, ‘Dark Life’ tells the story of a world where the oceans have risen and human civilization packs themselves on the few regions of dryland. As a result, the deep-sea world takes on …
Depp Announces “Pirates” 4
At the D23 Expo, (the Disney company’s take on Comic-Con,) on Friday, Disney Chairman Dick Cook announced that a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be released summer, 2011. The next movie, (the series’ fourth,) will be sub-titled, “On Stranger Tides.” Johnny Depp also made an appearance at the announcement, dressed as Jack Sparrow. …
Marvel Ponders “Fantastic Four” Reboot
One of the big stories yesterday was word that the Walt Disney Company had bought Marvel Entertainment. One of the smaller stories is that Marvel is also considering rebooting their “Fantastic Four” franchise. Writer Akiva Goldsman scribe for the two worst Batman movies, “Batman & Robin,” and “Batman Forever,” as well as producer of the …
Princess and the Frog Trailer
So, Disney is back at it, and they’ve gone back to traditional animation! Check it out:
Disney Previews ‘Alice,’ ‘Up,’ and ‘Toy Story 3’
Apparently the Disney shareholders meeting went well this week, with a look at Tim Burton’s upcoming ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ The film stars Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter (of course it does). The film will be a mix of CGI and live action, and stars Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat, Helena Bonham Carter as …
Review: WALL-E
Halfway through the large slate of movies released annually
‘Touch of the Panda’ on Disney Sched
Panda’s are big this year (just check out the box office lately), at least Disney thinks so. Walt Disney Studios will be distributing a new Chinese-made movie called “Touch of the Panda.” A live action film, it is the story of a young panda rescued by an orphan boy. The film is currently in post-production, …