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by Susan STUMME Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — There is a disturbance in the Force. After the lackluster performance of the latest installment in the wildly popular “Star Wars” saga, Disney is tapping the brakes on the franchise — an acknowledgment that there can be too much of a good thing. In an interview published Thursday, CEO Bob Iger told The Hollywood Reporter that Disney plans to slow down the “Star Wars” […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “Sometimes the smallest things take the most room in your heart,” a wise little bear once remarked — and Jim Cummings has put his heart and soul into playing Winnie the Pooh for three decades. The 65-year-old American voice actor has been playing the Disney character based on the stories of English novelist A.A. Milne since “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” in […]
SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP)–More than 240,000 people have signed a petition for Disney to rehire “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise director James Gunn, who also garnered celebrity support just days after he was axed over a series of offensive tweets. “I’m smart enough to know this most likely won’t change anything but hopefully, this could get Disney to realize the mistake they made and not do it again in the future,” said a person […]
HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — The Disney/Marvel film “Ant-Man and the Wasp” swatted away competition over the weekend, logging $76 million in ticket sales in North America, according to industry estimates on Sunday. The buzzy film, a sequel to 2015’s “Ant-Man,” has outpaced that movie’s opening weekend by about 33 percent in ticket sales, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. It is the 20th release in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe series of comic book movies, and […]
by John Biers © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US antitrust regulators on Wednesday conditionally approved Walt Disney’s proposed $71.3 billion purchase of key 21st Century Fox assets, boosting the chances for the tie-up to create a new media-entertainment powerhouse. The US Department of Justice approved the deal subject to Disney selling 22 regional sports networks now owned by Fox. The news moves Disney’s proposed buyout one step closer to completion after the […]
by Rob Lever with John Biers Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Disney raised its offer for key assets of 21st Century Fox on Wednesday to $71.3 billion to counter a rival bid from Comcast in the latest move in a bidding war that could create a dominant player in the media-entertainment world. The move by Walt Disney Co. comes a week after Comcast, the largest US cable provider and owner of the […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — After a glut of lucrative box office juggernauts from its Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney is looking to break more records with “Incredibles 2,” the long-awaited return of a quirky animated superhero family. The film — which comes out Friday, a full 14 years after “The Incredibles” — looks set to score the highest debut ever for an animated film at the North American box […]
Comcast on Wednesday offered $65 billion for key film and television assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, topping an offer from Walt Disney Co. for a deal that could create a dominant media-entertainment power. The move by Comcast, which is the largest US cable provider and also owns the NBCUniversal media group, opens up a new round of competition for the prized assets being shed by the Murdoch family empire. The deal, if approved, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Eleven Florida men, including employees of Disney and Legoland and a volunteer for the Boy Scouts, have been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography, police said Tuesday. A total of 660 charges have so far been brought against the 11 suspects in the operation, dubbed “Guardians of Innocence II” by the police department of Polk County in central Florida and conducted across the month of May. Sheriff Grady […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Production has begun on the sequel to smash hit “Maleficent,” Disney announced Tuesday, with Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie reprising their roles as Sleeping Beauty and her conflicted surrogate mother. The movie is being filmed at Pinewood Studios, near London and in locations around Britain, the world’s largest movie studio said in a statement. “It brings your mom to work day on the Maleficent2 set,” 20-year-old Fanning (“Trumbo,” “The […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Disney announced Tuesday it was launching a free video app with original content aimed at millennials, who are targeted by advertisers. The app — called “Oh My Disney” — will be a variation of the site of the same name, which publishes editorial content and short videos on the world of Disney, Mickey and Marvel superheroes. This is a new stage in Disney’s evolution to mobile media, just weeks […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Disney actor Adam Hicks was behind bars on Thursday in connection with a series of early-morning armed street robberies in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, police said. Hicks, 25, who lives in Burbank, is best known for his work on the Disney XD series “Zeke and Luther,” and had roles in other projects made by the studio as well as in 2015 erotic thriller “The Boy Next […]
