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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