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7 Hotels Planned At Disney’s New Development
The developer of the first two hotels at Disney’s Flamingo Crossings said Thursday he plans to build seven hotels on the property within the next four or five years. “In several years, this will look vastly different around here,” John Rubini told a crowd gathered for groundbreaking on the project’s first two hotels. TownePlace Suites, Marriott’s extended-stay brand, and SpringHill Suites, another Marriott brand should open by January 2016. Between them, they will have 500 rooms. Flamingo Crossings, about half a mile from Walt Disney World‘s western entrance, is aimed at budget tourists and teams participating in events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Read Full Story
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Hiro And Baymax Are On Their Way To Disney Parks This Fall
After Disney’s new animated feature “Big Hero 6” hits theaters in 3D in November, the stars of the film are heading to Disney Parks to greet their fans. At Walt Disney World Resort, Disney’s Hollywood Studios guests can step inside The Magic of Disney Animation attraction to tour the lab from the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, and then meet Hiro Hamada and his huggable buddy Baymax in Hiro’s garage workshop. When Hiro and Baymax fly west to Disneyland park in California, they’ll find a home-away-from-home in a recreation of Hiro’s robotics workshop near the Starcade in Tomorrowland. Disneyland guests can also get an exclusive preview of the film at…
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Robert Downey Jr. To Join ‘Captain America 3′
Film to kick off the Civil War storyline from the comicbook miniseries Robert Downey Jr. is on the verge of signing on to “Captain America 3,” with Tony Stark’s Iron Man set to play a key role in bringing the Civil War storyline from Marvel’s comicbooks to the bigscreen and trigger the start of a new phase of movies from Marvel Studios. The actor is in final negotiations to play the billionaire in the yet-to-be-titled third installment, that is slated to begin production in the Spring for a May 6, 2016, release, according to sources close to the discussions. Downey suits up as the superhero in next summer’s “The Avengers:…
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ABC TO AIR SPECIAL – THE 75 YEAR HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
Experience an exciting journey through the 75 year history of the Marvel Universe, from its humble beginnings as Timely Comics in 1939 to the birth of The Marvel Age in the 1960s, and finally the cinematic blockbusters of today in the original special, “Marvel: Pulp to Pop,” hosted by Emily VanCamp, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Marvel has pioneered and broken box-office records around the world, creating a universe unlike any other in pop culture history through its comic books, television shows, video games, animation and blockbuster films. Marvel made its foray into the film world with “Iron Man” in 2008 and continues its…