The frozen weather in the Midwest has caused an Illinois police department to take drastic action. For the first time in forever, a Disney character — Elsa, the Queen of Arendell — was handcuffed and taken to jail. And police won’t let her go until the weather heats up.
“Due to the EXTREME COLD weather, all criminal activity and acts of stupidity and foolishness has been canceled … Even Elsa has been placed under arrest with NO BOND until further notice,” police officials said.
In a tongue-in-cheek post on Facebook, the McLean Police Department posted photographs of an officer “arresting” Elsa, complete with pink handcuffs as you can see in the post below.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster warning Tuesday ahead of the “potentially historic” double-digit subzero temperatures in the state.
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.”
A series based on Jim Henson’s 1982 film “The Dark Crystal” is in the works, and now Netflix has revealed the series’ impressive voice cast along with a few stunning pictures of the three main Gelflings that the show is centered around.
Taron Egerton (the Kingsman films), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) have been set as respective Gefling heroes Rian, Brea and Deet, and other actors including Mark Hamil, Keegan-Michael Key, Helena Bonham-Carter, Toby Jones, Alicia Vikander, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg also lend their voices to the film.
A beloved classic from the 80s marks its return as Netflix will bring The Jim Henson Company’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance exclusively to members around the world. The 10-episode fantasy adventure series is a prequel to the groundbreaking 1982 fan favorite The Dark Crystal, and takes place many years before the events of the film. The series will be shot in the U.K., and will star an ensemble of fantastical, state-of-the-art creatures created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and Brian Froud, the original feature’s conceptual designer.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.
Feature film director Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me, The Incredible Hulk) will executive produce the series and direct. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will be a Netflix original series produced by The Jim Henson Company and executive produced by Letterier, Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford. Longtime Henson collaborator Rita Peruggi will serve as producer and Henson’s Blanca Lista will serve as a co-executive producer. Leading the writing are co-executive producers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Life in a Year), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost, The 100).
“The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will combine the art of puppetry perfected by The Jim Henson Company, with Louis’ vision, powerful storytelling and a mix of cutting-edge digital imagery and visual effects,” said Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content at Netflix. “I can’t wait for families around the world to see how we bring these unique characters to life.”
“Louis Leterrier is passionate about the world of The Dark Crystal and has an incredible creative vision for the series. He brings this passion to every facet of the production as he leads the talented team of artists and writers that are bringing this entire universe to life,” said Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company. “Netflix has a deep respect for my father’s original work and the many people it inspired. They are the perfect partners to create this next epic chapter in The Dark Crystal story for new fans and the loyal fans who have waited so long for more adventures from this world.”
The genie is now truly out of the bottle. EW released thier newest issue today giving us a look at Will Smith as the beloved genie along with the rest of the cast of Disney’s live-action remake of “Aladdin”.
A first look at Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin is showing us a whole new world! The cover features Naomi Scott as Jasmine, Mena Massoud as Aladdin, and Will Smith as Genie.
