News Update: March 28th 2014

Starting off out weekly news roundup is Victory Hill Exhibitions is teaming up with Marvel for an all-new exhibit, Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N, which will take an all new look at the box-office smash and will be premiering at Discovery Center Times Square on May 23rd 2014! (Source: Stitch Kingdom)


Disney Parks have released some more info on their upcoming Destination D event, named "Attraction Rewind". At this D23 event, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964-65 Worlds Fair and debut of It's A Small World, Carousel of Progress, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln and Primeval World. Also, see video concept art for these attractions and other fan-favorite attractions including If You Had Wings, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and many other beloved attractions that don't stand today. This event is not to be missed. The event will take place on November 22nd and 23rd at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Disney purchased company Maker Studios this week. Maker Studios is an online leader of Youtube video content with over 55,000 channels, 380 million subscribers, and 5.5. billion views per month. The purchase will cost $500 million, and another $450 million if the strong performance targets are met.

Muppets Most Wanted hit theaters in North America last weekend! If you still haven't decided to see the film or not yet, make sure to check out our review! Muppets Most Wanted takes the Muppets on a European World Tour only to get caught in the diabolical schemes of Constantine, the World's Most Dangerous Frog and his plan to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. There's lots of fun to be had, great gags, and the human cast is brilliant. Check out our review!

ABC'S Once Upon a Time in Wonderland airs it's series finale this upcoming Thursday on ABC at 8/7c. Once Upon a Time will remain on the air, and will probably be renewed for a fourth season, but it's Wonderland spin-off show will be airing it's final episode this week.

Going viral this week in the Disney fan circles is this brand new "Cell Phone Crashing" video, released by Mediocre Films on their Youtube Channel. The "cell phone crashes" decide to pay a visit to the Happiest Place on Earth and crash fellow visitors phone discussions, which result in very hilarious results.

Sofia the First: The Floating Palace arrives on DVD on April 8th! The film features Sofia visiting some her mermaid friends, including one you probably know from a 1989 classic Disney Animated film. See the clip below! 

Two new clips from Captain America: The Winter Soldier hit the internet this week! The first one is named "Blast from the Past" and the second listed is "Engine Room Secure". Captain America 2 hits theaters next Friday in North America. Check back next Friday for a review!

Because this was too fun not to share, Digital artist Chris Alcoran has taken photos from Disneyland's Tomorrowland and combined them with outer space visions. It's truly beautiful and awe-inspiring.

That's all for now! Have a magical week! 

News Update: January 23rd 2014

Mitchell Stein- Disney is re-releasing the Disney masterpiece, Frozen to theaters once more as of January 31st in a special sing-along version of the movie. On-screen lyrics and a magical bouncing snowflake will appear on screen during each musical number. Otherwise, the movie will remain untouched.
At Hollywood's El Capitane Theater, the sing-along will feature appearances by Anna and Elsa plus flurries inside the theater.
Frozen sing along hits theaters January 31st.

To celebrate the international success of Frozen, Disney International released a compilation of Let It Go in 25 different languages, including English, French, Swedish, Mandarin, Japanese and more.


Seaworld responded once again to the film Blackfish, this time calling the controversial film 'propaganda'. They issued a full statement which can be read on their website as well as two videos 'showing the truth' about their dedicated trainers at the Seaworld Parks.

In addition, the family of the late Daun Brancheau also issued a statement on Blackfish which can be read on their website.

The Muppets will star in an all new Super Bowl ad this season alongside Terry Crews, the Golden Globe winning FOX show- Brooklyn Nine-Nine in an advertisement for the new Toyota Highlander.
The ad will feature a new song and appearances by Muppets including Kermit, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth, Beaker, Gonzo and many more.

As well as that, Toyota released a teaser of the ad which can be seen below. The Super Bowl airs on February 2nd on all major sports channels.

Universal Orlando held their special webcast for the upcoming expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley and released concept art and videos from the expansion, set to open in the Universal Studios park later this year. 

The new section will feature Escape from Gringotts, and all-new roller-coaster zooming through the legendary Gringotts bank as seen in the Harry Potter movies, and was primarily featured in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. 

It will also include King's Cross Station, The Knight Bus (with Shrunken Head included) Grimmauld Place, and shops including Weasley Wizard Wheezes, The Leaky Cauldron, another Ollivander's shop, Wiseacre's Wizards Equipment, and many more. 

And for our final bit of news this week, Disney D23 event details have been announced for this year's Destination D Fanniversary. This year's event will be named "Attraction Rewind" and will be taking a look at former attractions from the park, including favorites like If You Had Wings, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Adventure Thru Inner Space and more. This event is not to be missed. Full details and schedule and included here.

That's it for this weeks news! Keep checking our Twitter feed for up-to the minute news updates! 

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News Update: January 9th 2013

Big news this week!
In Star Wars news, it was announced that Disney would be switching the properties of the Star Wars comic book from Dark Horse Comics to Marvel in 2015, the same year Episode VII is released.
Dark Horse has been publishing Star Wars comics since 1989 with their first Star Wars comic Dark Empire. 

Dark Horse released an offical statement on the matter:

“All things come to pass. So too, do all licensed deals,” said Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson in a statement on Friday. “It is ironic that this announcement comes at a time when Dark Horse is experiencing its most successful year ever. For obvious reasons, we have prepared for this eventuality by finding new and exciting projects to place on our schedule for 2015 and beyond. Will they take the place of ‘Star Wars?’ That’s a tall order, but we will do our best to make that happen. In the meantime, 2014 may be our last year at the helm of the ‘Star Wars’ comics franchise, but we plan to make it a memorable one. We know that fans of the franchise will expect no less. The Force is with us still.”

 It was announced that the Clone Wars franchise will also see an ending, courtesy of Dark Horse and will be released sometime later this year. The script was intended to be a four-part finale special but was obviously never produced. Dark Horse is taking that script and putting towards this comic.

Also, Disney appointed a team to decide of what Star Wars canon should exist in the many years to come. By this meaning that they will decide to replace some Star Wars comics or possibly movies from the official canon to simplify things to the future Star Wars movies so that things do not contradict previous Star Wars works. What is being left out is unknown at the moment.

Continuing in Disney's line of celebrities posing as Disney characters, today Disney released a photo of Jessica Chastian as Pixar's Princess Merida from the 2012 film Brave. Check it out here!

Adam Sanderson, has been promoted as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications of the Walt Disney Company, which oversees D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Club, Disney Corporate Creative Resources and The Walt Disney Archives. Sanderson started with the company in 1977 when working on Disney Channel and later becoming the vice president, marketing for the ABC Cable Network Corporation. 

If there's anything that the Muppets were known for in promotion for their last movie, it's the brilliant marketing strategies they pulled. They parodied very popular films that drew lots of attention to the film when it was released in November. It looks like Disney is pulling slightly the same move in this year's marketing for Muppets Most Wanted.  

Not parodying anything in particular, but the style of Academy Award-nominated TV spots you might have seen on TV. They even parodied the Twitter-review element of these spots. See the video to the right. 

In other Muppets Most Wanted news, it was announced that a Monsters University short, titled "Party Central" will be shown before the film.
The short was originally intended for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, which was pushed off until November 2015, so it was decided to switch that for Muppets' March 21st release date.

The Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando, Florida offered a great sneak peek at the upcoming attraction, The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in the New Fantasyland section of the park. See the video below!

      

If that wasn't enough, Disney World also released a CG picture of what the ride will look like. No official date on opening, but it's been promised sometime in 2014. I'll bet it'd be right before the busy days of the summer. 

Now, in the biggest news this week, Disney proudly announced The Marvel Experience, a travelling show featuring the popular, box-office smashing Marvel properties, including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America and more. 

In partnership with Hero Ventures, Marvel is bringing the action around the world with the new Marvel experience. The experience will take place in a temporary S.H.I.E.L.D mobile command center as seen in Thor, and inside will feature 4D Experiences, 3D Short films, virtual simulators, character meet and greets, and a whole lot more surprises. 

The tour schedule has not yet been announced. 

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