Disney has put the live-action remake of The Sword in the Stone on hold. The 1963 animation had been expected to follow the likes of Cinderella, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘The Lion King’ in being turned into a live-action blockbuster by the media corporation but now, according to Damsel director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the … Read more
Disney’s live-action remake of Bambi needs a new director. Indiewire reports that Sarah Polley, the actor turned filmmaker who won a recent Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for her film Women Talking, had been attached to update the 1942 Disney animated classic in the style of the company’s recent remakes like Cinderella, Mulan, and many more. They write that after the recent … Read more
Walt Disney Animation Studios has dropped the official Iwájú trailer for its upcoming coming-of-age animated series, which hails from Kugali Media. The video features Tola, a young girl who gets a robotic pet lizard named Otin from her father. It’s up to Otin to save Tola from getting kidnapped by her father’s enemy. The miniseries … Read more
From there, viewers should expect a show that adheres to the tween television form. For example, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” modulates between warm, network-style lighting (everyone looks great!) to overly dark action sequences (can you follow what’s happening without turning up the brightness on your screen?). It’s not inspiring stuff but the aesthetic gets … Read more
Disney’s Wish is the long-running animation studio’s latest feature — and the movie it is releasing right as the company commemorates its 100th anniversary. As such it comes with a certain amount of weight, as it’s being called upon to be the movie to sum up what the past 100 years of films has been about, and what … Read more
The chronicles of The Spiderwick Chronicles continue — but this time with a happy ending. Just a few months ago, we heard that Disney+ had decided not to air their TV adaptation of the popular young adult fiction series The Spiderwick Chronicles. This was not a case of a project that was in development and then rejected at … Read more
Disney’s Wish trailer is the studio’s most-watched preview for an animated feature since 2019’s Frozen II took the world by storm. Walt Disney Animation‘s Wish is making dreams come true for the House of Mouse after the animated feature’s recent trailer spread like wildfire online. With more than 66.5 million views across online platforms, Disney’s Wish trailer is the … Read more
Industry insider Daniel Richtman is firing up the old rumor mill this Monday by saying Disney is looking for Elvis filmmaker Baz Luhrmann to helm its live-action adaptation of Tangled. While there has yet to be an official word from Disney about Luhrmann boarding the project, rumblings about a live-action adaptation of Tangled have circulated for weeks. In addition to … Read more
Following its series debut last August 9, Variety brings word that the newest South Korean action drama Moving has officially set a new record for Disney+ and Hulu. Within its first seven days of release, it has already become Hulu’s most-watched K-drama series globally, including the U.S. In addition, the epic fantasy series has also … Read more
For more than 50 years, there is one name more associated with comics more than any other: Stan Lee. The gregarious writer and editor of Marvel Comics during its 1960s glory days, and the co-creator of most of the company’s most famous characters from that period like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the … Read more