Disney Bringing Hamilton Movie with Original Broadway Cast to Theaters

By Zach Johnson Look around! Look around at how lucky we are! Today, The Walt Disney Company, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller, and Thomas Kail announced an agreement for the worldwide distribution rights that will bring Hamilton—the 11-time-Tony Award®-, Grammy Award®-, Olivier Award-, and Pulitzer Prize-winning stage musical—to movie screens. The film will be released by …

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Every Oscar®-Winning Movie and Short You Can Watch on Disney+

By Zach Johnson The 92nd Academy Awards® are right around the corner, and The Walt Disney Company’s portfolio of brands combined for a total of 23 nominations in 15 categories. Before this year’s Oscars® ceremony airs live on Sunday, February 9, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC, we’ve rounded up previous winners you …

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New Mulan Trailer and a ZOMBIES 2 AWOO Challenge—Plus More in News Briefs

By Courtney Potter See Mulan in action, and prepare to channel your inner werewolf this weekend… Read more, along with other news from around Disney, in this week’s news briefs! Let’s Reflect On This Brand-New Mulan Trailer and Character Posters We’ve been waiting with bated breath, and now it’s almost here—Disney’s live-action adventure Mulan will …

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8 Disney Film-Inspired Animated Series You Need to Watch on Disney+

By Jocelyn Buhlman If you’ve ever watched a Disney movie and wished you could see more of the story, we’ve got some good news for you: Disney+ has lots of television series based on classic Disney animated features that you can stream right now! Some are prequels to beloved films, while others are sequels that …

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Fantasia 2000

Q&A with Eric and Susan Goldberg About the Magical, Musical World of Fantasia 2000

By Jocelyn Buhlman This month, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Fantasia 2000, which invited a new generation of Disney animators to showcase their talents as they visually interpreted classical compositions in the style of 1940’s Fantasia. To celebrate this stunning film’s milestone anniversary, we sat down with supervising director Eric Goldberg and with his …

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Explore Fantastic Worlds with an All-New D23 Playlist

By Savannah Salazar Far off places, daring sword fights, a prince in disguise—you get the idea! Like Belle, we all dream of adventure in the great wide somewhere and this year is as good as any to follow your heart! From Planet X and Cloud City to the Happiest Place on Earth, the worlds of …

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Getaway Blast

Play Disney Getaway Blast for Vacation Fun with Your Disney Faves

By the D23 Team Where would the Disney and Pixar characters in our game world go to relax? This was the original spark of an idea for Disney Getaway Blast, the game where you can finally find the answer to that question! It’s time for Disney and Pixar fans to take a mini-vacay from their …

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Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in February 2020

By Zach Johnson Set your streaming plans accordingly! Disney+ has just announced which library and original titles will be available to stream starting in February 2020. From original films (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made) animated series (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and unscripted series (Shop Class), to studio films (Toy Story 4) and network television …

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Short Circuit Is Bringing Magic to Disney+ in 90-Second Stories

By Karina Schink There are no small ideas. That’s the rather grand and magical thought behind the Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) program Short Circuit, in which anyone currently working at the Studios, whether an animator, character modeler, or developer, can get the opportunity to direct a 90-second animated short. At a recent event at …

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