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In 1938, Walt Disney made the incredibly foolish decision to try to increase the waning popularity of Mickey Mouse instead of making a commercial viable short cartoon. This is the result. By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 21, 2009 | Comments |
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Major Studios Might Merge Within the Year Paramount especially might be moving toward consolidation in the coming year according to at least one financial analyst. By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 15, 2009 | Comments |
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Disney Shows Off 2D ‘Princess and the Frog’ Pics A few years ago, Disney announced that it would no longer be doing 2D animation. We’re lucky they changed their minds. By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 10, 2009 | Comments |
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Shouting Match: Is ‘Toy Story’ Overrated? Two Reject heavyweights go head to head on whether or not Pixar’s first is really worth all the hype it gets. Actually, they just argue like an old married couple about whether Toy Story is amazing or not and lob ad hominem attacks against that sweet, innocent, devilishly handsome Cole Abaius character. By FSR Staff on May 30, 2009 | Comments |
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Exclusive: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera Talk ‘Up’ Up director Pete Docter and his producer Jonas Rivera visit the University of Cincinnati to talk about the latest film from Disney/Pixar. By Kevin Carr on May 29, 2009 | Comments |
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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 05.29.09 Kevin Carr reviews this week’s new movies: Up and Drag Me to Hell. By Kevin Carr on May 29, 2009 | Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 117 – Drag My Fat Butt Up to Hell The unprecedented has happened in the Magical Studio in the Sky. Not only has Neil seen as many movies this week as Kevin, but they also seem to agree on everything. Surely, this is a sign of the apocalypse. But have no fear. Kevin and Neil will be back with fighting words next week. By Kevin Carr on May 29, 2009 | Comments |
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‘Arrested Development’ Writer Relaunching ‘Flight of the Navigator’ Disney is taking one of my childhood favorites and remaking it. But I’m not mad. In fact, it could be a good thing. By Dr. Cole Abaius on May 26, 2009 | Comments |
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Discuss: What Would a ‘Tomorrowland’ Future Look Like? Lucas and Moore gave us some plot details about Tomorrowland, and it looks like the film won’t include the retro, 60s vision of the future. So which vision should it include? By Dr. Cole Abaius on May 18, 2009 | Comments |
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Exclusive: Pixar Takes Kevin Carr Up, Up and Away! With so many 3D movies flooding into the theaters this year, the studios are scrambling to get their own 3D flicks noticed. The folks behind Disney/Pixar’s new animated masterpiece Up have found a cool and unique way to promote their upcoming film. By Kevin Carr on May 12, 2009 | Comments |
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Real RocknRolla Becomes a Dark ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Toby Kebbell will face off against Nicolas Cage and Nicolas Cage’s Magic Hair Piece for supremacy in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. By Dr. Cole Abaius on April 20, 2009 | Comments |
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Early Edition: Bruno Does Ron Paul, Disney Does Itself Start your morning right with a full blast of news. It’s better than coffee because it won’t get you all jittery and stunt your growth. Although, it might lower your sperm count. We’re still running some tests. By Dr. Cole Abaius on April 16, 2009 | Comments |
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Snow White Re-Awakens in Oct. 2009, This Time It’s On Blu-Ray It’s been a while, but Snow White is headed back for another high definition release and this one is set to eclipse the last by, well, Blu-ray proportions. By Michelle Graham on April 3, 2009 | Comments |
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UPDATE: Dreamworks and The Mouse Officially Doing the Grown Up By “the grown up,” I of course mean that they are engaged in a purely platonic, business relationship to distribute movies together. And probably sleeping together. By Dr. Cole Abaius on February 9, 2009 | Comments |
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What Just Happened: Dreamworks Cheats on Universal with Disney What happens when you catch your distribution partner in bed with another company? You make sure the divorce is finalized once and for all. By Dr. Cole Abaius on February 9, 2009 | Comments |
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McG Goes Down On Nemo, To Direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Disney has signed McG to direct a remake of their very first live-action film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The new film adds the subtitle, Captain Nemo, as it will apparently be an origin story that follows Nemo’s creation of the Nautilus. By Rob Hunter on January 7, 2009 | Comments |
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G-Force Sends Guinea Pigs to the Rescue! Forget James Bond. He’s nothing more than a human with a tag line. According to Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer the new guy in town is named Darwin and he’s a guinea pig. By Robin Ruinsky on December 24, 2008 | Comments |
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New Clip from Pixar’s Up is Short, But Really Pretty The folks at Disney/Pixar have updated the official website of their upcoming film Up with a brand new clip. The film is a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. By Neil Miller on December 16, 2008 | Comments |
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First Look: Disney/Pixar’s Tokyo Mater Many of you may have seen some of these photos already, but hopefully you are getting them first here — because you don’t need any other film website, right? By Neil Miller on December 10, 2008 | Comments |
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Disney to turn Beauty and the Beast 3D for 2010 It seems that all over Hollywood, people are swooning over the 3D concept, pulling old titles out of the closet to dust off and revamp in the hopes of duplicating the smash that was … what, exactly? By Michelle Graham on November 20, 2008 | Comments |