Posted by Arthur in Disney movies & television
Two years after Disney reported Home on the Range would be its final traditionally hand-drawn animated feature film, the company is reportedly returning to the art with their forthcoming feature, Enchanted, due to be released in 2007. More »
February 24th 2006 | 8:19 am CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney comics, Europe, Events
It was in February 1951 that Carl Barks’ first story with Huey, Duey and Louie as Junior Woodchucks appeared in a story in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #125 titled Test at Frostbite Pass.
Ehapa Verlag in Germany celebrates the anniversary with a special edition Junior Woodchucks anniversary of Lustiges Taschenbuch Enten-Edition
February 19th 2006 | 8:03 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney movies & television
Disney released a trailer for their upcoming animated feature film The Wild, which comes out in the U.S. on April 14th (see other release dates). In this flm, a teenage lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his father, played by 24’s Kiefer Sutherland, and zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
February 13th 2006 | 8:40 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney parks
The Disneyland resort in California is changing it’s smoking policy from March 1st; all hotels will become non-smoking. At the resort an average of no more than two requests per day come in for smoking rooms. More »
February 12th 2006 | 4:57 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Europe, Publishers
This summer German publisher of Micky Maus Magazin, Ehapa Verlag, and travel agency RUF Jugendreisen are organising a Micky Maus Camp for 8-to-12-year-old Junior Woodchucks-wannabees in Walsrode, Germany. More »
February 11th 2006 | 9:51 am CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney parks
Times Square in New York City will be transformed into the legendary Mount Everest on 15 and 16 February, celebrating the newest addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida: Mount Everest.
A 57-story spectacular will bring the Himalayas to life, with powerful avalanche effects, daytime pyrotechnics and the ferocious roar of the yeti, plus world-renowned aerialist acrobats performing a never-seen-before display of vertical acrobatics. More »
February 11th 2006 | 9:36 am CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney parks
The Standard reports that Disney officials have for the first time admitted that they are negotiating to build a fifth Disney theme park in Shanghai, China. More »
February 8th 2006 | 10:26 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney movies & television
Along with Walt Disney Company’s first quarter results on February 6th, Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger announced that Pixar will take over production of Toy Story 3, and that Disney plans to release two Pixar films each year — an increase over Pixar’s earlier goal of one per year. More »
February 8th 2006 | 10:18 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Americas, Publishers
This year’s contribution from Gemstone Publishing to Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 6th 2006 will be this issue of Donald Duck.
It will feature three classic reprints by some of the most respected modern creators in the business: Don Rosa’s Metaphorically Spanking, Pat and Shelly Block’s Queen of the Ant Farm, and William Van Horn’s Their Loaded Forebear. A Carl Barks cover wraps the book. Read more in Scoop.
February 4th 2006 | 3:39 pm CET |
Posted by Arthur in Disney parks
Disney announced that it will be updating its classic theme park adventure Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland and Walt Disney World with scenes and characters from the movie trilogy that was inspired by the ride. More »
February 3rd 2006 | 9:50 pm CET |
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