Disney+ has become the home of family-friendly content, but there may soon be even more fun for grown-ups. According to several sources, the streaming service is reportedly developing an adult-oriented section to house more films and television shows from the 20th Century Studios and Touchstone Pictures libraries. Film critic and YouTube star Grace Randolph reported … Read more
The New Mutants, a movie that has been stuck in limbo since 2018, has a brand-new trailer. Comic-Con@Home2020 debuted the trailer during a panel featuring writer/director Josh Boone and the cast of the film. The panel video opened with all of the film’s previous release dates being crossed out before revealing the hopefully final release … Read more
Things are not looking good at the box office for poor old Buck. This weekend, “The Call Of The Wild” came in third place and made $13 million at the box office. Overseas, the film made an additional $11 million. In total, “The Call Of The Wild” has grossed $79 million for its worldwide box … Read more
Pixar is about to break with tradition when “Onward” hits theaters this week. Instead of an original Pixar short, a new Simpsons short, “Playdate With Destiny”, will debut before the film “Onward” begins. “Playdate With Destiny” was originally to air as an episode on “The Simpsons. The producers of the show felt that this story, … Read more
“The Call Of The Wild” is the best live action movie that Disney has done in years. Wait a minute. This wasn’t made by Disney, but by Fox, which is now called 20th Century Studios. Hopefully, Disney took some notes on how to do a live action movie right. If more Disney movies were like … Read more
The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced this morning, and although Disney had a banner year at the box office, it did not carry over into Oscar nominations. What will come to a surprise for most is that “Frozen 2” did not make the list of nominees for Best Animated Feature. There was … Read more
Good news! Fox is Disney now! Bad news: Fox still isn’t Disney. But lately, neither is Disney. In regards to Disney, it just seems there has been a decline in quality when it comes to their animated films. This is especially true when you compare recent films to classics such as “Snow White,” and even … Read more
Get ready to “rise to the challenge” again as moviegoers return to Pandora. Disney has revealed a new franchise logo for Avatar ahead of the planned sequel releases in 2021 and 2023. Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana are expected to return as Jake Sully and Neytiri, respectively, while new cast members include Kate Winslet, Edie … Read more
Disney reached an auspicious milestone this week and became the first movie studio to ever have five movies released in one year to each make over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. With “Toy Story 4” being the latest movie to cross the billion dollar mark, Disney has accumulated nearly $8 billion at the … Read more
Welcome, synergy! Springfield will be taking over Anaheim as “The Simpsons” make their D23 Expo debut this year! Disney has just announced that Matt Groening, Al Jean, Matt Selman, Mike B. Anderson, and stars Nancy Cartwright & Yeardley Smith will be at the D23 Expo with an entertaining panel, autograph signing, and more! This comes on the heels of Disney’s recent … Read more
Disney has announced a huge slew of films for the next 7 (yeah, seven!) years. Earlier this year, Disney obtained 20th Century Fox and with it came a ton of new media content. Let’s break this down and see what we’ve got in store through 2027: Star Wars Following The Rise of Skywalker coming out this December, … Read more
The completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox became effective at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Time today, March 20, 2019. 21st Century Fox is now officially a part of the Walt Disney Corporation. Disney has released their official statement regarding their acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which you can read below. From The Walt Disney Company: Disney … Read more
21st Century Fox has just officially announced on Twitter that the Disney’s acquisition of Fox is complete. The Walt Disney Company’s (“Disney”) acquisition of 21CF will become effective at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow, March 20, 2019. From 21st Century Fox: Source: 21st Century Fox
The Disney and Fox merger is inching closer and closer to being finalized. Disney met recently with regulators in Brazil and they appear to have come to an agreement over a dispute with Fox Sports and the broadcasting rights of soccer games in that region. Due to Disney’s ownership of ESPN, The Department of Justice … Read more
Back in 2013, 20th Century Fox announced its first-ever theme park in Malaysia, hoping it could use state-of-the-art technology to compete with the likes of Disney. Then, Fox was purchased…and will merge with Disney. Now with the merger just weeks away from finalizing, completion of the park is in doubt. According to Variety, resort company … Read more
In a somewhat shocking piece of news, Comcast has decided to drop out of the bidding war for 21st Century Fox. This leaves Disney as the only company with an open offer for Fox, and thus the clear favorites to acquire Fox. Comcast decided to drop out of the race after Disney’s latest bid of $71 … Read more
