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  • First Look: First Official ‘Christopher Robin’ Trailer Released Online

    First Look: First Official ‘Christopher Robin’ Trailer Released Online

    The Hundred Acre Wood is opening up to our world and the first official trailer for Disney’s live-action Christopher Robin trailer has finally been released online!

    In the heartwarming live action adventure Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” the young boy who embarked on countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with his band of spirited and lovable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin — played by Ewan McGregor — remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.

    This means that Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, and many other characters from the animated franchise will be making their way to our world in the film. Instead of bringing the cartoon versions into the real world, these characters will be walking, talking stuffed animals when they appear to Christopher. Take a look at the amazing new trailer below!

    The poster released by Disney yesterday features McGregor’s Christopher Robin, surrounded by the real life versions of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore.

    Christopher Robin

    Disney’s “Christopher Robin” is directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Alex Ross Perry and Allison Schroeder and a story by Perry based on characters created by A.A. Milne. The film stars Ewan McGregor as Christopher Robin; Hayley Atwell as his wife Evelyn; Bronte Carmichael as his daughter Madeline; and Mark Gatiss as Keith Winslow, Robin’s boss. The film also features the voices of: Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh; Chris O’Dowd as Tigger; Brad Garrett as Eeyore; Toby Jones as Owl; Nick Mohammed as Piglet; Peter Capaldi as Rabbit; and Sophie Okonedo as Kanga.

    Winnie the Pooh is coming back to the big screen this summer and the film is set to hit theaters on August 3.

  • Watch The Latest Trailer For Solo: A Star Wars Story Just Released

    Watch The Latest Trailer For Solo: A Star Wars Story Just Released

    The official trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story made their debut today, and they have us wishing we could just make the jump to May 25 already. Take a look below at the new movie poster just released today as well.

    The trailer clocks in at over two minutes and shows us more of the movie than ever before, including great Han-and-Chewie moments, a super-cool Lando and the equally super-cool droid L3-37, and some kinetic Falcon action.

    “I’ve got a really good feeling about this,” Han says while flying. The exact opposite of the famous line uttered by Solo in Star Wars: A New Hope in an obvious nod to the famous movie quote. Take a look at the trailer below:

    More details on the plot are clear now. Obias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) recruits Han for a mission to rip off an notorious gangster (Paul Bettany) and Lando, Chewie, the mysterious Val (Thandie Newton) and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke), possibly an old flame, are all along for the ride.

    “You might want to buckle up, baby,” says Donald Glover who plays the notorious smuggler Lando Calrissian.

    The newest poster was released today as well.  It’s got a definite retro vibe with an earth-toned, Western-movie-style image, featuring beautifully-painted takes on the main characters and a world from the film.

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    Solo: A Star Wars Story opens May 25, 2018. Written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan and directed by Ron Howard, it stars Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany.

  • ‘Black Panther’ Sails Past ‘Titanic’ To Third Highest Grossing U.S. Film All Time

    ‘Black Panther’ Sails Past ‘Titanic’ To Third Highest Grossing U.S. Film All Time

    Marvel’s “Black Panther” is still clawing its way into the record books. This weekend the film passed director James Cameron’s “Titanic” becoming the third highest-grossing U.S. film of all time.

    “Titanic” was once king at the box office and it sat as the number one highest grossing domestic film of all time for nearly a decade. The film held onto the spot until it was surpassed by Cameron’s next blockbuster film “Avatar” ($760.5m) and both were eventually passed by Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($936.6m), which still currently holds the number one spot in the U.S. Well there is a new cat in town and the king of Wakanda just sank “Titanic”.

    On Saturday, The Ryan Coogler-directed film starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan and Danai Gurira finished with a domestic total of $665.3 million which easily passed “Titanic” which sits at $659.5 million. After Sundays numbers post it will have a strong hold on third place. These numbers are lifetime totals as the film had already had taken the third spot domestically by Friday if you consider initial release gross earnings.

    Marvel’s ground breaking film — which has been hailed not only for Coogler’s exceptional world building and layered story but also for its virtually all-black cast of superstars — overtook Marvel’s “Avengers“ to become the biggest-selling superhero film of all time.

    “Black Panther” had enough steam to pass “Titanic”, but likely won’t be able to pass “Avatar”. This is still a huge feat for the superhero flick though as “Titanic” was ranked in the top three for two decades.

    The only thing that stands a chance at dethroning “Black Panther” from the third spot in the near future is the upcoming release of “Avengers Infinity War” on April 27, 2018. Experts predict that “Infinity War” will bringing between $175 million and $200 million during its first weekend, but that is still less than the $202 million “Black Panther” brought in.

    “Black Panther” banked $202 million opening weekend landing fifth-place on the all-time charts. Still at this point “Black Panther” remains Marvel’s highest domestic-grossing film ever and it’s also the tenth highest movie of all time in worldwide sales with $1.29 billion globally.

    If “Infinity War” does surpass “Black Panther”, you can bet some of those ticket sales will be from people there to see their new favorite actor Chadwick Boseman reprise his role as Black Panther and Avenger where the world of Wakanda has a pivotal role in the film as The Avengers try to stop Thanos from completing his set of Infinity Stones.

    Including the films that would be under Disney’s banner with the recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Disney already owns seven of the top ten worldwide highest grossing films of all time and now with this new milestone they own all of the top three highest grossing domestic films.

  • OFFICIAL: Disney Announces Toy Story 4 Set to Hit Theaters June 21, 2019

    OFFICIAL: Disney Announces Toy Story 4 Set to Hit Theaters June 21, 2019

    Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang are coming back to a theater near you! Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” is coming to theaters June 21, 2019, according to a post on the movies Facebook page on Friday.

    Josh Cooley is now helming the film after John Lasseter stepped down from the project and Stephany Folsom has been tapped to pen the next instalment of the franchise that put Pixar on the map.

    Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger today announced that plans are underway to bring Toy Story 4 to the big screen back in 2014, but there have been some bumps along the way and the film kept getting pushed back.

    Lasseter announced the date back in July at the D23 expo, but this confirms it. 

  • Mary Poppins Returns First Trailer is Practically Perfect

    Mary Poppins Returns First Trailer is Practically Perfect

    It must be a Jolly Holiday because the first teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns just dropped! More than five decades after Julie Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the original Mary Poppins, a follow-up sequel is finally here!

    The first teaser footage from the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns debuted during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony and the footage gives us our first detailed look at Emily Blunt in the title role. This is one supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day for sure!

    Mary Poppins Returns picks up 25 years after the events of the first film, during the mid-1930s in London. But by now Michael is all grown up with a wife and three children who are all living in his parents’ old house on No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Take a look at the trailer below:

    The trailer also introduces Lin-Manuel Miranda as a London lamplighter named Jack, who, like Dick Van Dyke all those years ago, appears to have an affinity for flying kites.

    Though her famous umbrella made it into some shots, it appears that this time the nanny magically flies down hanging from a kite this time.

    Mary Poppins Returns

    “Mary Poppins Returns” stars: Emily Blunt as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure; Lin-Manuel Miranda as her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London; Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks; and Julie Walters as the Banks’ housekeeper Ellen; with Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank’s William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep as Mary’s eccentric cousin, Topsy. The film also introduces three new Banks’ children played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and newcomer Joel Dawson. Angela Lansbury appears as the Balloon Lady, a treasured character from the PL Travers books and Dick Van Dyke is Mr. Dawes Jr., the retired chairman of the bank now run by Firth’s character. The film is directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay by David Magee and screen story by Magee & Marshall & John DeLuca based upon The Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers. The producers are Marshall, DeLuca and Marc Platt with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer and the music is by Marc Shaiman with songs by Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

    Mary Poppins Returns will hit theaters Christmas 2018.

  • Cogsworth Voice Actor David Ogden Stiers Dies at Age 75

    Cogsworth Voice Actor David Ogden Stiers Dies at Age 75

    David Odgen Stiers has died at the age of 75 after he lost his battle with bladder cancer.  The famous actor is best known for playing Major Charles Winchester on “M*A*S*H”, but for many Disney fans he is known as the voice of Cogsworth — the clock — from Disney’s 1991 animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.”

    The actor’s agent Mitchell Stubbs confirmed the saddening news Saturday night in an email.

    He died “peacefully at his home in Newport, Oregon after a courageous battle with bladder cancer,” the MKS Talent Agency tweeted.
    “His talent was only surpassed by his heart,” the agency added.

    The Emmy-nominated actor also provided the voice of a number of classic Disney characters including Beauty And The Beast’s Cogsworth, Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in ‘Pocahontas’ and Jumba in ‘Lilo and Stitch’.

    Stiers was twice Emmy nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy or variety or music series for his work on “M*A*S*H”, but the accomplished award-winning actor also has more than 150 film and television credits. Beyond his beloved role in Beauty and the Beast the actor actually has multiple Disney credits to his name.

    In addition to serving as the voice of Cogsworth in “Beauty and the Beast”, we was also the narrator of the film. Additionally, he also voiced Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in Disney’s “Pocahontas” and voiced the Archdeacon in Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

  • Disney Shakes-Up Movie Release Schedule With Some Big Changes

    Disney Shakes-Up Movie Release Schedule With Some Big Changes

    The Walt Disney Company announced Thursday a few date changes as well as some untitled release dates for the next few years of upcoming film releases. Some of the more notable changes are that Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” will hit theaters one week earlier on April 27, 2018 and Disney’s live-action “Mulan” will be pushed back nearly a year and a half to March 27, 2020.

    Disney set release dates for 28 untitled films through February 2023 from Marvel, Pixar and Disney live action. Most of the films are still marked as untitled, but here is a few things we do know.

    There is no word on reasons for the push back of Mulan, but the cause for moving Avengers: Infinity War out of May, a month which will also see the release of Dead Pool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story, seems self-evident. It gives Infinity War another week to rake it in at the box office before those two juggernauts are released and it also gives and a little extra promo time for Solo: A Star Wars Story and we know the hype train for that movie has been traveling at much less than light speed.

    We know that Marvel Studios intends for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 to mark the final chapter in Phase 3 of Marvel Cinematic Universe. They have been tight-lipped about what comes next in Phase 4, but with seven films slated after Avengers 4 it would seem Marvel boss Kevin Feige and Co. have ironed out some sort of path for Phase 4 of the MCU. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has already been confirmed by Director James Gunn, but after that it’s anyones guess.

    Another interesting move is that Disney has completely removed “Nicole” from its schedule. The female Santa Claus movie starring Anna Kendrick, was set to be released on November 8, 2019, but the holiday movie now is expected to make its way to Disney’s upcoming streaming service. The movie also got a title change when it got pulled from the theatrical release schedule going from Nicole to Noelle.

    Take look at the complete rundown of release dates below:

    AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR previously dated 5/4/18 moves to 4/27/18

    DISNEY’S CHRISTOPHER ROBIN is final title of previous UNTITLED CHRISTOPHER ROBIN PROJECT – previously announced date of 8/3/18 is unchanged

    MULAN previously dated on 11/2/18 moves to 3/27/20

    UNTITLED DISNEYTOON STUDIOS previously dated on 4/12/19 is now removed from schedule

    PENGUINS (DISNEYNATURE) now dated on 4/19/19

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 10/4/19

    NICOLE previously dated on 11/8/19 is now removed from schedule

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 11/8/19

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 2/14/20

    UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION previously dated on 3/13/20 moves to 3/6/20

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION previously dated on 4/3/20 moves to 5/29/20

    UNTITLED MARVEL previously dated 8/7/20 moves to 7/31/20

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated 10/9/20

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated 12/23/20

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated 2/12/21

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 5/7/21

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 5/28/21

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 7/9/21

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 7/30/21

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated 10/8/21

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 11/5/21

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 12/22/21

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 2/18/22

    UNTITLED PIXAR now dated on 3/18/22

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 5/6/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 5/27/22

    UNTITLED PIXAR now dated on 6/17/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 7/8/22

    UNTITLED MARVEL now dated on 7/29/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 10/7/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 11/4/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION now dated on 11/23/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 12/16/22

    UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 2/17/23`

  • “Kim Possible” Is Getting a Live-Action Movie

    “Kim Possible” Is Getting a Live-Action Movie

    So for those of you wondering “What’s the sitch” with Kim Possible, you be excited to learn that Disney Channel is making a live-action version of award-winning Disney Channel animated series.

    Disney announced Wednesday that casting has begun for the movie which is being penned by Kim Possible creators Mark McCorkle and Robert Schooley.

    For those who don’t know, Kim Possible is a cheerleader and she saves the world, even on school nights. With her sidekick, Ron Stoppable and his naked mole rat Rufus they go through normal teenage life while saving the world.

    The original series which ran for 87 episodes was launched in 2002.  In 2003 it was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding animated program and it also inspired two animated Disney Channel movies.

    “Mark and Bob created an enduring character and kids all over the world found a friend in her, an average girl who just happens to spend her off-school hours thwarting evil villains,” said Adam Bonnett, executive VP of original programming at Disney Channels Worldwide, in a statement. “Although Kim Possible ‘can do anything,’ kids and tweens found that this animated redhead was just like them. As we embark on the fun challenge of making Kim and Ron fully dimensional, I’m thrilled to be working again with Mark and Bob and to welcome the addition of a dynamic creative team—Josh, Zanne, Adam and Zach—into a world where anything is indeed possible.”

    It’s executive produced by McCorkle, Schooley, and Zanne Devine, and co-directed and co-produced by Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky.

    This comes as Disney’s film studio continues to find success with live-action adaptations of beloved animated classics, including last year’s Beauty and the Beast and the upcoming Mulan.

  • Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Finds Its Star

    Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Finds Its Star

    Disney has found a lead for its live-action ‘Mulan‘. Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, is set to star in Disney’s live-action adaptation of the classic Chinese tale.

    In its search to find the film’s star, the studio was determined that the actress was young and of Chinese decent. Disney auditioned thousands of individuals for the role. The newcomer will star as Hua Mulan, who disguised herself as a man to take her father’s army conscription in fifth-century China.

    Following a worldwide search, the studio announced the casting Wednesday. Stemming from Disney’s trend of adapting its library of animated classics as live-action feature films, following the successes of “Maleficent,” “Cinderella,” “The Jungle Book,” and, most recently, “Beauty and the Beast,” which is currently 2017’s biggest box office hit. The studio is now shooting “Dumbo,” with Tim Burton directing and Colin Farrell starring.

    According to IMDb, Yifei is 30 years old and started her career at an extremely young age, beginning modeling when she was just 8 years old and acting in Chinese TV shows. She lived in Queens, New York for part of her childhood and she’s fluent in English, which should come in handy for the movie. She has also acted as a brand ambassador for some of the biggest names in beauty: Dior, Tissot, Garnier, and Pantene.

    Niki Caro (The Zookeeper’s Wife) will direct this new take on Mulan, which is inspired by both the 1998 animated film and the centuries-old folktale. The film is based on a script initially penned by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek and rewritten by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.