Posts Tagged ‘Disney’
Disney is geared up for Hovercar, the movie
Disney are zooming into action to bring Matthew Reilly's Hover Car Racer book to the big screen. It is thought that Dan Harris, who wrote Superman Returns, will be turning the popular young adult book into a live action film. Giving Harris a hand will be screenwriters Miles Millar and Alfred Gough. Together, Millar and Gough have...
Tim Burton to direct Pinocchio?
Tim Burton wants to 'Burtonise' another classic tale: this time by directing a dark version of the children's classic, Pinocchio. The Oscar-winning director, known for his unique twists on other children's tales such as James and the Giant Peach, Alice in Wonderland and this year's Frankenweenie film, is pulling the strings for Robert...
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ film idea finally thaws
If you thought a lion, a witch and a wardrobe was a strange combination for a film, wait until you see Disney's upcoming winter wonderland film, which features a raven, an old sorceress and a troll. Disney is set to release a magical winter epic called Frozen which is based on the fairytale, 'The Snow Queen' by Danish author Hans...
Beauty and the Beast 3-D trailer released
Release your inner child. Following The Lion Kings re-release in 3-D, Beauty and the Beast will dance onto the big screen again at the beginning of next year too. Tale as old as time ... sigh. Yes, we know its just another way for Disney to make money off their most successful films, but come on - it's Beauty and the Beast! Some may...
Lost Disney short discovered in UK archive
A long lost short film of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who provided inspiration for iconic Disney character Mickey Mouse has been discovered in a film archive in England. Once upon a time, in 1927 to be precise, Walt Disney and his cartoonist partner Ub Iwerk's created a creature called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit with Universal Pictures. After...
Programming the-VISITTFRDAILY-Nation review
I really enjoy documentaries, and not too long ago I started reading about hidden imagery in Disney animations. Sounds like an odd combo? I'd found out about writer and director Jeff Warrick's documentary on subliminal messages, and was curious, to say the least. The topic of hidden propaganda in popular media is one everyone should be discussing,...
Brave trailer now online
If you're curious about Pixar's latest project, Brave, then you'll be excited to know that a rather intriguing trailer has been released. Brave is a somewhat different animal to what has come before. It has a Scottish protagonist, it had a female director (before she was removed, a move which is causing waves of bad PR as Pixar are still...
Rising Brit star Douglas Booth wins Romeo role
Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo? Well, it looks like we've found him in the form of Brit actor Douglas Booth. Booth, who you might recognise from the Burberry ads or playing Boy George in the TV movie Worried About The Boy, will play Romeo to True Grit star Hailee Steinfeld's Juliet. Director Carlo Carlei reportedly chose him from...
A Week of Controversy in Film
The Human Centipede sequel saga has continued this week, as the distributors have appealed against the decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). By refusing to give the film any classification, the BBFC have ruled that it cannot be legally screened, sold or downloaded anywhere within the UK. While the first film...
Hailee Steinfeld cast as Sleeping Beauty
True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld is attached to another cinematic reworking, this time of the classic fairytale, Sleeping Beauty. Following her big screen début playing Mattie Ross in the Coen Brothers' film, True Grit, the fourteen-year-old was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award, amongst numerous others awards. Now it seems...
New trailer for Water For Elephants & Disney’s Prom
As it's Friday we thought we'd treat you two exciting new trailers to whet your appetite. First up, the third and most revealing trailer yet for Water For Elephants has been released. And they just keep getting better, we can't wait for the film now. Water For Elephants tells the story of veterinary student Jacob Jankowski, played by our...
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen to star in Jungle Cruise
Disney are looking to cash in on the huge success of the rides-to-riches story that was Pirates of the Caribbean. This time around, they've hired Woody and Buzz. Jungle Cruise, the ride in question, is pretty much what it says on the tin - a cruise, through a jungle. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it goes wrong, and there's...
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 teaser released
If you, like many a Depp fan, have been eagerly awaiting seeing him in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, titled On Stranger Tides, then you're in luck - the teaser's hit the interwebs. It certainly looks like a riotous romp back through the lands of pirates, a very angry bunch of posh sailors and, as ever, the mad Jack Sparrow, who,...
Trailer for Beastly, starring Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens
The trailer for Beastly, which stars Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen and Neil Patrick Harris, has appeared online! The film is based on Alex Flinn's 2007 supernatural novel of the same name, which provides a teenage take on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast. Beastly will see British actor and model Alex Pettyfer take...
Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp reunite for The Lone Ranger
Both the Pirates Of The Caribbean director, Gore Verbinski, and actor Johnny Depp have been confirmed for The Lone Ranger film. This is a project that has been in the works for some time now, with Disney confirming that Depp would take on the role of the Ranger's Native American companion, Tonto, back in 2008. Jerry Bruckheimer, who...
Trailer for Disney’s Prom is here
Everyone loves a good high school prom, don't they? Well I do anyway and now there is a whole film called Prom, squeeeeel! It's the latest creation from Disney, who of course brought us the amazing High School Musical franchise. Directed by Joe Nussbaum, who has been involved with a whole range of teen movies like Sleepover, and...
Hair-larious new trailer for Disney’s Tangled
The new trailer for Disney's latest 3D film, Tangled, has been released today...and we're suddenly feeling about ten-years-old again. Tangled is updated version of the Brothers Grimm classic, Rapunzel - which is actually the title under which this film will be released in some countries. This modern-day take on the tale follows Flynn Rider,...
Tarzan is about to go three-dimensional
Aaaaahaaaahaaaaah! Yep, if you thought you'd heard the last of the tree-climbing, vine-swinging macho-man, you'd be wrong - he's coming back to cinemas, this time in 3D. A lot of people would argue that the Disney rendition of the Tarzan story was the epitome of how it could've been done. Those people would be largely correct, especially when...
Wizard of Oz fever
This story could get a little confusing but it looks like there are to be no less than seven follow ups to The Wizard of Oz. First up is Summertime Entertainment's animated 3D musical Dorothy of Oz which is set to star Glee's Lea Michelle. This will be here debut movie role and one that couldn't really be more perfect for her. She will sing...
Prince of Persia Premiere
Last night was the premiere of the Prince of Persia at Westfield shopping center. The film, which stars British lovely Gemma Arterton and Brokeback Mountain star Jack Gyllenhaal, is based on the popular video game and is backed by Disney. For those of you not familiar with the story, it is about an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival...
