Click Here to Access the August Disney Treasures From the Vault, Limited Edition Baloo Plush, Amazon Exclusive Disney Treasures From the Vault, Limited Edition Baloo Plush, Amazon Exclusive Relive the magic of Disney with the Treasures From the Vault Plush. Inspired by Disney’s The Jungle Book, the Limited Edition Baloo is the eighth collectible character …
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From the 1950s to today, Floyd Norman’s diverse career, insightful viewpoint, and unflinching honesty have truly made him a Disney Legend. Floyd worked as an inbetweener and animator on Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, and as a story artist on The Jungle Book, along with various animated short projects at the Disney studio in the late …
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By Jocelyn Buhlman The March Hare Mania: #D23TrackBracket voting is now open, but after you help choose which Disney song reigns supreme, why not test your knowledge? We know that D23 fans are some of the biggest Disney fanatics out there, and our last Trivia Quiz had you asking for more! Are you ready to …
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By D23 Team As 2017 draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to look back at some of the most magical Disney memories from this past year. We experienced brand-new immersive attractions at Disney parks around the world, and we were thrilled by blockbuster feature debuts at multiplexes close to home. The last 12 …
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By Courtney Potter Music. It’s one of the most memorable components of any Disney movie. From Snow White’s lilting “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” to Moana’s resolute “How Far I’ll Go,” music propels each and every Disney story to the next level—of comedy, of adventure, of romance, and of plain ol’ fun. And no …
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Celebrate some of the most legendary artists behind classic Disney animated films with this year’s D23 Member Gift. By Greg Ehrbar The first “nine old men” were Supreme Court justices—all more than 90 years old—who were trying to block President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the mid-1930s. When Walt Disney selected his first-string supervising animators, …
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By Tim Lammers Fifteen years after the conclusion of her sitcom Dharma and Greg, comedy great Jenna Elfman will celebrate her return to the ABC Primetime comedy lineup this spring with Imaginary Mary. In the series, Elfman stars as Alice, a successful ad executive whose imaginary childhood friend, Mary (voice of Rachel Dratch), turns up …
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By D23 Team The Walt Disney Company took home four Oscars® during the 2017 Academy Awards, but those weren’t the only Disney highlights during the show! Read on for our favorite moments from the star-studded event. O.J.: Made in America wins Best Documentary (Feature) ESPN took home its first Oscar® in the Documentary (Feature) category …
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By Nicole Nalty From live-action films to animated features, Walt Disney was a giant in the film industry (did you know he won 32 Academy Awards®?), so it’s no surprise that even the stars of today can be connected to Mr. Disney. Take a look below and see how the 2017 Actor and Actress in …
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In celebration of the Academy Awards®, airing this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC, we asked you to fill out our very own Disney ballot. You voted—and the results are in! Read on to see which heroes, songs, and films were your favorites in 2016. Best Hero in a Starring Role WINNER-Captain …
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By Beth Deitchman And the Oscar® goes to… We’ll find out who takes home the trophy on Oscar Sunday, February 26, but this morning we learned the names of the films and talented people behind them who have been nominated for the 89th Academy Awards®. Disney releases were honored in six categories, earning nine nods …
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By Courtney Potter There’s nothing quite like cracking open a book for the very first time. It’s like turning the page straight into the greatest adventure of your life! Books—and the magical stories contained therein—held the key for much of Walt Disney’s early feature-film success. The Walt Disney Company’s first full-length animated movie, Snow White …
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By Courtney Potter “We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne…” Well, this is it: We’re about to say goodbye to 2016 and hello to a brand-new year. And like people around the country (and the globe), we’re ready to welcome 2017 with a good ol’ fashioned party—full of music, mirth, and …
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By Jennifer Eastwood The greatest heroes must face the greatest villains. For decades, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios have been dreaming up some of the most iconic and malevolent villains ever to grace the silver screen. Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil is not just a comprehensive catalog, but a showcase of rare concept art, story …
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By Courtney Potter “Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can achieve,” said Walt Disney. One of the 20th century’s most prolific—and successful—innovators, Disney created entire worlds through his use of state-of-the-art technology and imaginative storytelling. The animated films created under his tenure (until his passing in 1966) are classics in every sense of …
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By Nicole Nalty It’s the Circle of Life! After bringing the technologically groundbreaking The Jungle Book to life earlier this year, Disney and Jon Favreau are teaming up again to reimagine another classic Disney animated adventure: The Lion King. The Lion King is one of the biggest animated films of all time and is beloved …
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By Nicole Nalty While you may be fighting the back-to-school blues, there’s still some summer left to celebrate! Make time to enjoy these Disney-related must-dos before autumn falls. Dazzle at the Disneyland Resort The 60th anniversary celebration of the Disneyland Resort comes to a close on September 5, so you still have (a little) time …
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See Disney’s The Jungle Book in Select IMAX Locations—For a Limited Time! Lookin’ for those “bare necessities” once again? You’re in luck! Disney’s The Jungle Book—director Jon Favreau’s amazing live-action reimagining of the Disney animated classic—is back, but only for a limited time! The movie will be returning to select IMAX locations across the country …
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By Beth Deitchman A “swinging safari that will amuse the young and old.” That was how Disney’s 1967 animated musical, The Jungle Book—the last animated feature to be personally supervised by Walt Disney—was described by Mrs. Reese Hale Taylor, president of the Los Angeles Zoo Association, in a letter inviting friends and zoo supporters to …
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By Courtney Potter It’s Official! Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda to Star in Mary Poppins Returns “Wind’s in the east, there’s a mist comin’ in… like somethin’ is brewin’—about to begin.” For the last few months, we’ve been teased with the possibility of an all-new Mary Poppins film from Walt Disney Studios—and now, it’s official! …
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By Beth Deitchman It was a little more than two years ago when composer John Debney began work on the stirring score for The Jungle Book, now captivating audiences in theaters all around the world. But that’s hardly the “Once upon a time…” in Debney’s Disney story, which begins—like so many of our favorite Disney …
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By Courtney Potter “That’s So Throwback” Brings Disney Channel Faves to Freeform If you’ve got a hankerin’ for the Disney Channel of yesteryear, look no further than Freeform’s upcoming programming event, “That’s So Throwback”! Beginning this week, a bunch of your favorite past Disney Channel series will air every Monday through Thursday—and fabulous Disney Channel …
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By Courtney Potter Are You Ready? Tons of Disney Live Action Movies Announced! With the mega-success of Disney’s The Jungle Book, our friends over at The Walt Disney Studios have just announced a veritable smorgasbord of Disney Live-Action films! While exact release dates are still being decided, we can give you a rundown of some …
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By Jim Frye Much of Disney’s new The Jungle Book, in theaters now, is built on the shoulders of Disney filmmakers who’ve come before, from the robust story development, to mixing live-action with animation, to the relentless drive to push technology. The film’s director, John Favreau—who directed Marvel’s Iron Man and its sequel—tried to follow …
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by Andrew Santelli “What do you mean, hippos don’t dance ballet?” “You’re saying mice and birds can’t make ball gowns overnight? Crazy talk!” Some of our favorite Disney classics require suspension of disbelief—a willingness to go along with a storyteller—in order to fully enjoy a cinematic experience. But in The Jungle Book, making this imaginative …
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By Nicole Nalty It’s time to get wild! The Jungle Book is in theaters this Friday, so we’re wrapping up our Character Close-Up series with Kaa and King Louie—catch up on parts one and two here! Slither on to read more about these conniving characters—trussst in us, you don’t want to miss this one. KAA …
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By D23 Team ABC Will “Sweep” Us Away with a Marvelous May Can you believe that summer is already on the horizon? In a little over a month’s time, we’ll be facing the season wrap-ups of some of our favorite ABC television shows… but thankfully, there’s so much to look forward to, we can’t be …
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By Nicole Nalty The struggle between good and evil is at the core of many great stories, and The Jungle Book, in theaters April 15, is no exception. Shere Khan, an intimidating tiger, seeks revenge on mankind and plans to act out this revenge on Mowgli, a young boy living in the jungle. In a …
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By Max Lark In 1966 Floyd Norman was a budding animator who suddenly found himself quite unexpectedly elevated to a story role on The Jungle Book (more on that later). With the release of the live-action The Jungle Book just around the corner, the Disney Legend was kind enough to visit with D23 recently and …
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Iconic Disney Characters Get LEGO Minifigures Treatment You definitely don’t have to be a kid to appreciate LEGOs—those colorful toy building bricks that set anyone’s imagination on fire! So color us delighted with this recent news: LEGO will be debuting their first-ever Disney character collection of Minifigures this spring! Disney retailers—like World of Disney at …
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