This past weekend, Disney received yet another indication that they are sitting on a goldmine of intellectual property within their vault of animated classics. The formula has now been proven with multiple films such as Alice in Wonderland and The Jungle Book, which have combined to gross over two billion dollars and that’s not counting other movies like Cinderella, Pete’s Dragon, and Maleficent. […]
Before Marvel Studios was the talk of the town for creating a filmmaking system that consistently produces quality films, Pixar was the king of Hollywood consistency. However, the animation giant hasn’t gone anywhere with huge original hits in recent years, like Inside Out, while also placing sequels in the pipeline for Cars and Toy Story. The newest offering […]
The Walt Disney company has made a major announcement: They like making money. With that in mind, they have officially confirmed that they have put a live-action adaptation of The Lion King on the fast-track. This past spring saw the enormous success of the live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book – one of our favorite movies of […]
As much acclaim as Pixar has deservedly gained over the years, they aren’t the only studio consistently pumping out grade-A animated films. Other production houses, like Illumination and LAIKA, have also proven the ability to create magic as well. However, it should come as no big surprise that a company with resources as vast as […]
You have to look no farther than the Box Office Reports section to find out why Disney is digging into their own library of material to bring back to the big screen. The studio has countless animated classics that have remained largely untapped for over fifty years. The first leap was Tim Burton’s sloppy adaptation of Alice […]
A few years ago, Walt Disney decided to look inward at its vault of classic films and began adapting them into live-action features. The studio first struck gold with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, then with Maleficent, but both films never received complete fan or critical acceptance. However, with last year’s hit Cinderella, they found that audiences responded more […]
Following the release and critical success of the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, Selma, the industry began to focus in on what the dynamic filmmaker behind the movie would do next. Surprising to some, director Ava DuVernay showed that she was interested in stepping into the, historically, male-dominated world of genre films. The first huge signal […]
There has only been one question on every Star Wars’ fans mind since December 18th, 2015. Who is Rey’s daddy and what does he do? It seems that Star Wars fans all over the world will have to wait quite a bit longer than expected to find out the answers to the many questions posed in The Force Awakens. Today […]
Pixar is in a definite groove right now. Their first release this year, Inside Out, was a huge hit with both critics and audiences and had one of the largest openings of the year. That one release would make most movie studio’s decade, however this is Pixar, no mere animation studio. They are following up their […]
Just when you thought Johnny Depp had gotten his s**t together after winning back some of his audience with his grounded performance in Black Mass. He shows that he, once again, can’t resist letting out his more animated side on film. Depp has had an interesting career evolution going from teen heartthrob, to one of the […]
Disney is going full speed ahead with their assault on your childhood senses. They have been digging in their vast animated library and engaged in a campaign to bring their classic animated properties to life in full post-modern glory. The trend found its footing when Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland managed to make over one billion dollars at […]
Disney and director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) went through extreme measures to keep the story for Tomorrowland under wraps, which served to heighten expectations for anyone paying attention. The combination of taking a trip to a magical land, while getting an engaging adventure seemed to be a guarantee. However, Tomorrowland only delivers on half of that […]
