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Disney Publishing Worldwide Announces ‘Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Publishing Program Set For Fall 2015 Global Rollout
Disney Publishing Worldwide and Lucasfilm today revealed the global “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” publishing program slated for a fall 2015 rollout. The ambitious, multifaceted program will build excitement leading up to the December 18 theatrical release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and will include subtle hints and clues that will be only fully understood once the movie opens. More than 20 titles—featuring new narrative stories for middle grade and young adults as well as comics, illustrated reference, Look and Find, and sticker book formats—will be released globally in 36 countries by participating publishers. Titles in the “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” program are set…
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Giant Sand Castle In The Snow Announces 24-Hour Party, ‘Coolest Summer Ever’ At Walt Disney World Resort
As you may have seen on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America,” Disney shared some true Disney magic in winter-weary Boston by creating a warm summer scene, inspired by Olaf’s “In Summer” dream, to officially announce that the “Coolest Summer Ever” is coming to the Walt Disney World Resort. And it all begins with a 24-hour event at Magic Kingdom Park – during Memorial Day weekend, the traditional kickoff to summer. Olaf, who is the official host of Disney’s “Coolest Summer Ever,” surprised Bostonians near historic Faneuil Hall with a 20-foot wide beach that included a Cinderella Castle made of sand, beach chairs, beach balls and other reminders of summer fun at…
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Tim Burton To Direct Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ For Disney
Disney is betting that the man to make you believe an elephant can fly is Tim Burton. The filmmaker behind “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” “Batman,” “Big Eyes” and “Alice in Wonderland” will direct Disney’s coming live-action remake of “Dumbo,” Walt Disney Pictures president of production Sean Bailey said. “Dumbo,” which is still in development and doesn’t have a release date, is one of a number of new films based on Disney animated classics that the studio has in the works, including this week’s “Cinderella,” next year’s “The Jungle Book” and “Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass,” and a new “Beauty and the Beast” expected in 2017. The film is…
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‘Toy Story 4’ Will Not Continue Plot Of ‘Toy Story 3
“Toy Story 4” isn’t out for another two years, but we’ve got our first idea of what it might look like. Speaking to Disney Latino, Pixar president Jim Morris said the new sequel will not really look like a traditional sequel at all. “The third movie was over in a beautiful way and completed a trilogy. I think this movie is not part of [that] trilogy,” Morris said (translation via Google). “We are putting together a very nice story. It is not a continuation of the end of the story of ‘Toy Story 3.’ Temporarily it is, but it will be a love story. It will be a romantic comedy.…