By Jim Frye Bart Simpson finally has his Mickey ears! The long-running Simpsons TV series joined the Disney family this year, so it was a natural fit for the first family of TV animation to show up at D23 Expo 2019. Creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director Mike B. Anderson, writer Matt …
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By Beth Deitchman Ewan McGregor is returning to the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi… Hilary Duff is reprising the role she made famous, Lizzie McGuire… Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are coming to a short-form series… and the slate of live-action series from Marvel Studios continues to grow! Believe it or not, these are just …
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By Courtney Potter To paraphrase a certain Disney Channel Original Movie, we’re all in this D23 Expo together! And if you were lucky enough to be in the audience for Friday evening’s Disney+ screening of (and panel for) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, that phrase takes on even more meaning. Those in attendance …
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By Jim Frye ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and D23 Expo have a bit of history together: The very first episode of season one of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. screened at D23 Expo 2013, and today the first episode of the seventh and final season screened for fans—a whole year ahead of when it will air. …
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By D23 Team Lucasfilm has arrived with a squadron of stormtroopers—or at least their armor—at the Anaheim Convention Center for D23 Expo 2019. But not just any stormtroopers—this collection features trooper armor from across the four-plus decades of Star Wars films, from the classic white of A New Hope to the visually arresting (and curiously …
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By D23 Expo Team D23 Expo 2019 officially kicks off tomorrow at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, but our friends at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP) are as eager as we are to get the party started. Tonight, DPEP unveiled the breathtaking Disney Parks “Imagining Tomorrow, Today” pavilion on the show floor, …
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By Courtney Potter D23 Expo hasn’t even officially kicked off yet, and we’re already reveling in some truly amazing news! Just this evening, Ricky Strauss, president, Content & Marketing for Disney+, joined Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts to announce One Day at Disney—an incredible collaboration between Disney Publishing Worldwide and Disney’s highly anticipated new streaming …
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By D23 Team It’s the start of something new, well, a new year of D23 Expo! The ultimate Disney fan event is back with three days full of pixie dust-infused fun, fan-omenal shopping, and show-stopping panels. To keep up with all the expo-alidocious magic that is happening this weekend, check out our day-to-day updates for …
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By Beth Deitchman We’ve got breaking news from the ballroom: The cast for the brand-new season of Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) was announced this morning on Good Morning America. When season 28 kicks off on Monday, September 16 (8–10 p.m. EDT), on ABC, we’ll be seeing fancy footwork from a supermodel, a Supreme, a …
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By Zach Johnson Disney Music Group, in association with Treefort, will soon debut For Scores, a new podcast series featuring interviews with film and television composers from Disney, Marvel, Pixar—and eventually, from Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox. Hosted by Variety’s Jon Burlingame, the podcast will give a voice to award-winning composers. “Launching a podcast was …
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