Tag: Disney
THOR’s alien world to hit Disneyland on Friday
It seems that the Marvel Heroes are gradually sneaking their way into the Disney theme parks—at least in California, where the spectacular Marvel booth...
Disney launches toyetic shonen Avengers cartoon in Japan
The main reason Disney acquired Marvel was to finally break open the boy market bank, and their simple plan worked pretty well. They're even conquering Japan, it was just announced, with "the first Japanese Marvel animated television series targeted at boys." It's called Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers. "Disk" wars, eh That sound highly, highly toyetic.
Asgard is Promised to Open at Disneyland in November
As spotted by good ol' Kevin Melrose over at Robot 6, it appears that Disney are lining up for another Avenger appearance at Disneyland,...
Marvel and Disney are getting weird
D23, Disney's own proprietary fan access, media blowout event is coming this weekend. It's Disney's own little Comic-Con and they typically save some big...
Licensing world round-up: Princesses are king but Avengers are for boys
As we mentioned in the previous post, the Licensing Show's wrapping up today and there are always some lists and announcements and other observations...
Disney announces two mystery Marvel films for ’16 and ’17
While some of us reading this will be chewing gruel in a rest home by then, Disney has just announced two as-yet-unnamed Marvel films...
Disney and Marvel Team Up to Create a Big Hero 6 Movie
With Disney owning Marvel and all their characters, it was expected that they'd eventually set their film-makers to work on a Marvel Universe project...
More Disney layoffs: ESPN sheds hundreds
Disney continues its road to profitability by cutting staff, this time at ESPN, where as many as 400 people lost their jobs in a...
Disney rejects Tony Stark alcoholism storyline from Iron Man 3
It seems Disney has wimped out from using the famous "Demon in a Bottle" storyline in Iron Man 3. A few scenes in Iron Man 2 suggested that Tony Stark's partying was a little out of control, but the hero can't take a fall this time out.
On the Scene: WonderCon Hasn’t Lost Its Mojo
The biggest topic of discussion leading up to WonderCon has been the location. Most WonderCon goers have been very disappointed by the move to...
Don Rosa on retiring from making comics
Indie and Disney master Don Rosa has posted online the final chapter of a bio intended for a collected edition of his works. after it was rejected by Disney. Rosa explains his decision to retire from drawing comics last year as the result of both the psychological effects years of working, his failing eyesight, and some ongoing difficulties with how Disney deals with it's comics licenses. It's an entertaining read -- especially for ow his early years intersected with those of his hero, Disney artist supreme Carl Barks, but it's also not hard to see why Disney may not have been thrilled to publish it.
Have some Mary Blair Peter Pan concept art
In honor of the release of the 60th Anniversary edition of Peter Pan, here's a brief Disney supplied sildeshow highlighting some of the concept art by the great Mary Blair.
