Today, Disney dropped the first teaser-trailer for “Frozen 2” and it looks amazing!
Co-director Jennifer Lee teased that the characters are “going to go far out of Arendelle” in the sequel for a “bigger, more epic” journey.
The teaser for the highly anticipated follow up to Disney’s 2013 hit gives us a peek at what all your favorite Arendelle characters have been up to for these last six years. Take a look at the trailer below:
The teaser starts off with Elsa watching the rise and fall of the waves as a storm brews overhead. She then musters her courage and manages to run across the water by making a path of snowflakes and ice. However, she quickly falls into the surf.
The original “Frozen” movie became a massive hit when it opened in 2013, earning over $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, along with two Oscars. It’s still the highest-grossing animated film ever, as well as the 13th biggest movie of all time.
We’ve said it before, but this time the genie is definitely out of the bottle. The latest look at Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” is here and it finally reveals Will Smith in his full blue Genie form for the first time.
Twenty-seven years after the animated “Aladdin” became a classic, Disney dropped the new trailer during the Grammys on Sunday night.
Take a look below at the trailer to see what you think of Will Smith in the role.
In addition to Smith’s Genie, who towers over Mena Massoud’s Aladdin in his bulked-up blue form, we get looks at the villainous Jafar (playing by Marwen Kenzari), Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine, and the sprawling city of Agrabah.
Smith takes on Robin Williams’ former role as the Genie, promising in an Entertainment Weekly first look last December to bring a “hip hop flavor” to the part. “Sherlock Holmes” director Guy Ritchie takes the helm.
The original, animated “Aladdin” premiered in 1992 and famously starred the late Robin Williams in a virtuoso vocal performance as the Genie that earned him a Golden Globe. The movie has grossed $504 million worldwide.
Bo Peep is set to return in “Toy Story 4“, complete with a new look, but animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is already calling for changes to her character.
Pixar released a new Bo Peep character poster and trailer earlier this week. Peep hasn’t been seen since “Toy Story 2” and fans were excited to see her return to the franchise with an updated look, but PETA has concerns.
Her new look comes with a more empowered attitude, but the new promos show she will still be carrying her shepherd’s crook. In a press release, PETA said it sent a letter to director Josh Cooley encouraging him “to complete the character’s transformation by retiring her crook — a tool historically used to hook lambs by the legs and neck in the wool industry.”
“A ‘badass’ Bo Peep would likely bop the shearers, not the sheep,” writes PETA Manager of Animals in Film and Television Lauren Thomasson. “[A] symbol of domination over any animal is a thing of the past and not something that belongs in Toy Story 4. Won’t you please consider removing Bo Peep’s crook from the final animation?”
Not much is known about Bo Peep in “Toy Story 4,” considering her long break from the public eye. The first glance simply revealed the character’s new costume, and the return of her teal colored crook. While this will likely be her main weapon and tool for surviving in the world, PETA is hoping that it would be removed, due to the message it sends to audiences.
Josh Cooley helmed the next installment of the franchise after John Lasseter stepped down from the project and the script was penned by Stephany Folsom after, actress Rashida Jones left due to “creative and philosophical differences” in November 2017.
Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” hits theaters June 21, 2019.
Late last year it was revealed that a new toy was coming to the toy box and that Keanu Reeves has a mystery role in the upcoming Toy Story 4. Now it appears that mystery role may have been revealed.
Co-star Tim Allen shared the news on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and though he was cryptic about it, he hinted that it’s a toy with an intense personality. That lead many fans to speculated that it could be a John Wick inspired toy and it turns out that those predictions weren’t far off.
Reeves is reportedly playing Duke Kaboom, who “hails from a place where discontinued toys are sent,” according to new details published by Observer. Porcelein shepherdess Bo Peep (Annie Potts), the one time girlfriend of sheriff cowboy doll Woody (Tom Hanks) before she fell victim to a yard sale, turns to Duke for help after her sheep have been taken from her.
“They really will surprise you with the toys they came up with,” Allen said. “Characters came back, new guys in it that are great. Keanu Reeves has got a great part.”
The role represents a big departure for Reeves. Despite a long and illustrious career — he made his breakthrough performance in River’s Edge in 1986 — Reeves has never had a voice role in an big-studio animated feature film.
Anne Hathaway revealed Thursday on “Watch What Happens Live” that a third installment of the 2001 Disney hit is in the works.
It has been 18 years since we witnessed Mia Thermopolis’ journey from rags to royalty.
“There is a script for the third movie. I want to do it, Julie wants to do it. Deborah Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it,” Hathaway informed host Andy Cohen.
Based on the books by Meg Cabot, the first “Princess Diaries” from 2001 was about an American teenager who finds out she is heir to a European throne is based on Meg Cabot’s young adult novel of the same name.
While the key parties are excited for Princess Mia to return to her throne in Genovia, Hathaway, 36, cautioned fans that it wouldn’t be in the near future.
“It’s just we don’t want to unless it’s perfect because we love it just as much as you guys love it,” the “Ocean’s 8” star said. “It’s as important to us as it is to you, and we don’t want to deliver anything until it’s ready, but we’re working on it.”
Nominations for the 91st Oscars were revealed Tuesday, and Disney releases earned 17 nominations in all!
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther is Disney’s most-nominated release, with seven nods in all, including Best Picture. Mary Poppins Returns received four nominations, and Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet are both among the nominees for best Animated Feature Film.
“Congratulations to all of our nominated films, and especially Black Panther. To see it recognized by the Academy today with seven nominations, including Best Picture, is truly an honor,” said Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger following Tuesday’s announcement.
The statuettes will be handed out on February 24, in a live broadcast airing on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Take a look below to see all the Disney nominees:
BLACK PANTHER
Black Panther was nominated in seven categories:
Best Picture
Costume Design (Ruth Carter)
Original Score (Ludwig Goransson)
Original Song (“All the Stars,” with music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; lyrics by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe)
Production Design (Production Design by Hannah Beachler and Set Decoration by Jay Hart)
Sound Editing (Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker)
Sound Mixing (Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin)
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Mary Poppins Returns was nominated for:
Costume Design (Sandy Powell)
Original Score (Marc Shaiman)
Production Design (Production Design by John Myhre, Set Decoration by Gordon Sim)
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Ralph Breaks the Internet was nominated for Animated Feature.
INCREDIBLES 2
Incredibles 2 was nominated for Animated Feature.
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Christopher Robin was nominated for Visual Effects.
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo, Donal Glover is Lando Calrissian and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is L3-37 in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
Solo: A Star Wars Story was nominated for Visual Effects.
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Avengers: Infinity War was nominated for Visual Effects.
BAO
The Disney•Pixar short Bao was nominated for Animated Short.
Disney’s Live-Action Remake Machine is in high gear! The studios has already turned out several successful remakes of their animated films, including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Maleficent, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin and it doesn’t look like they are stopping anytime soon.
Disney’s proved winning model of remaking its animated hits already has several films in the can and is reportedly working on many more. We’ve put together a list of every Live-Action Remake Disney is currently working on or rumored to be in production.
Keep scrolling to see if your favorite Disney classic is getting the live-action treatment.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang is reportedly writing the movie, and Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz are said to be doing the music. Josh Gad is also reportedly producing the film.
This movie, which roars into theaters next summer, features a star-studded cast, including Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, James Earl Jones, Billy Eichner and JohnOliver.
ALADDIN
Your wish has been granted! The movie—which stars Will Smith, Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud—offers a fresh, new take on the 1992 favorite. Fans will get to see this whole new world starting in May.
DUMBO
The flying elephant is back! The Tim Burton remake soars into theaters this March.
LADY AND THE TRAMP
Justin Theroux and Tessa Thompson star as everyone’s favorite doggy duo in this remake of the 1955 movie. The film is set to debut on Disney’s streaming service; although, the exact release date has yet to be revealed.
LILO & STITCH
Experiment 626 is beaming back into your universe. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are reportedly producing the film, which is set to debut in 2019.
PINOCCHIO
The live-action remake reportedly has a star-studded cast—and that’s no lie. In November, reports that TomHanks is set to play the famous puppet’s father, Geppetto surfaced.
PETER PAN
You won’t need faith, trust or pixie dust to see this remake. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter claimed David Lowery is working on a new version of the 1953 classic. While a live-action film has yet to fly into theaters, fans can always watch other versions, like Hook, in the meantime.
SNOW WHITE
In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter claimed The Girl on the Train’s Erin Cressidawwas in negotiations to make a live-action remake of Snow White. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul—from La La Land—were also allegedly set to work on the music. However, a film has yet to be released. So, we’ll just have to see if it will be the fairest of them all.
THE SWORD IN THE STONE
Last year, news broke that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo would direct the remake about a young King Arthur and his magical mentor Merlin. Game of Thrones‘ Bryan Cogman was also reported to be working on the script.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Want a live-action remake of The Little Mermaid to be a part of your world? You may be in luck. Film composer Alan Menken previously announced a new rendition of the 1989 movie was in the works, and that Lin-Manuel Miranda was also working on the music.
CRUELLA
One of Disney’s famous villains is back. While Glenn Close played Cruella de Vil in the 1996 live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians, Emma Stone is reportedly set to take on the role in Cruella.
These films are all either in production or rumored to be in early stages of development. If your favorite classic animated Disney movie isn’t on the list then just wait, because it seems that they are on a mission to remake them all! Which one are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comments!
A Marvel fan by the name of Alexander might just be among the first members of the public to catch a screening of “Avengers: Endgame”.
Alexander, 33, of Australia is suffering from a rare genetic disease. His final request is to see the sequel to “Avengers: Infinity War” before its April 26 premiere.
“Liver cancer, mouth cancer, bone marrow failure,” Alexander wrote in a Reddit post titled “Dying Before April: My Endgame” last week. He said he has heard of people getting early screenings before and asked, “How do I get in on this action?”
“I’m not a child or anyone with a particularly tragic story. Just a normal guy,” he continued. “I’m 33, lost my sister three years ago to the same rare genetic disease it turns out I have too. I’ll leave behind a devoted girlfriend and an adopted greyhound.”
The post generated an incredible amount of support and quickly developed into a full-fledged viral social media campaign. Reddit users tagged the accounts of directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Members of this sometimes horrifying but sometimes — such as in this case — beautiful thing called the Internet also created a Twitter campaign called #Avengers4Alexander.
Alexander revealed on Thursday that Disney has reached out to him and the two parties are discussing options. “This is everything I could have hoped for!” exclaimed Alexander.
@ManaByte Disney have reached out and we’re discussing options. Thank you all so much. This is everything I could have hoped for!
Whatsmore, “because Australia is a small place, turns out I know a guy who knows a guy who is chums with Chris Hemsworth. I think they called him tonight on my behalf,” Alexander revealed.
Alexander suffers from a rare genetic disease called fancomi anemia. He inherited the disease that severely affects the production of bone marrow.
Disney has been turning out live-action remakes like a machine and now it looks like the next movie to get the live-action treatment is Disney’s 1996 animated classic “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”
While no casting news has been officially announced, it is rumored that co-producer Josh Gad—who played Lefou in the “Beauty and the Beast” remake—will play the titular hunchback.
Disney announced on Wednesday that Tony award winning playwright David Henry Hwang has been set by Disney to write Hunchback, a live-action musical adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz will write the music. Mandeville is producing along with Gad.
Mandeville founder David Hoberman, had tried to bring The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Hollywood for over 30 years, starting when he was Disney film president, According to Deadline.
The project would follow Disney’s proved winning model of remaking its animated hits, but “Hunchback” is not currently a priority for the studio, which is gearing up for the release of “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” “Dumbo” and has “Lady and the Tramp” and “Mulan” lined up.
Tuesday, Marvel dropped the first teaser trailer for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and introduced Jake Gyllenhaal into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the villain “Mysterio.”
Tom Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker in the next chapter of the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” series! In “Far From Home” our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!
Take a look at the trailer below, which gives you an idea of just why the film is titled Far From Home, along with more of what to expect in the film, including appearances from a couple of notable familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
“Spider-Man: Far From Home,” is directed by “Spider-Man: Homcoming” filmmaker Jon Watts and is written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. The film follows up on “Homcoming,” which earned more than $880 million globally. “Far From Home” opens July 5, 2019, two months after “Avengers: Endgame.”
