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 Courtney Potter Ahoy, mateys! We’ve got an anniversary on our hands: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides—the fourth installment of the hugely successful Pirates film franchise—sailed into theaters on May 20, 2011… Once again starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbosa, On Stranger Tides added some new …
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By Courtney Potter Sophie’s Adventures with The BFG in New Trailer “Hold your breath, cross your fingers, here we go!” Roald Dahl’s epic tale The BFG comes to life this summer, courtesy of legendary director Steven Spielberg… and we’ve got a brand-new trailer to (re)whet our whistle, above. Disney’s The BFG tells the über-imaginative, colorful …
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By Courtney Potter The colorful world of Alice in Wonderland came to life in 2010 in a whole new, live-action way—chock-full of all the whimsy and eye-popping visuals that director Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) is known for. When last we fell down the rabbit hole, our titular golden-haired heroine Alice (Mia Wasikowska) escapes …
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Oxford-educated Henry Jackman has scored the music for a number of films, including X-Men: First Class and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Trained in classical music then plying his trade in the electronic music world, he eventually “bumped into” famed film composer Hans Zimmer, who said he should be doing film music. So he made …
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By Jim Frye Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War is shaping up to be one of the biggest films of the summer, bringing together Captain America and Iron Man in a battle of wills—and fists! But D23 fans watching the film will get a special treat—an exclusive D23 Easter Egg! Kevin Feige, producer and president, Marvel …
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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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The battle lines have been drawn, and this Friday, May 6, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes choose a side: Team Cap or Team Iron Man. It’s a grudge match for the ages as the Avengers wrestle with whether to submit to government oversight or go it alone. Captain America’s team sees danger in the government’s meddling, whereas …
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By Jim Frye This week, Marvel’s latest adventure, Captain America: Civil War, storms into theaters, re-teaming our favorite Marvel heroes to fight their most dangerous foes yet—each other. Staring Chris Evans as the title character Captain America, aka Steve Rogers, and Robert Downey Jr. as the never-at-a-loss-for-words Tony Stark, aka, Iron Man, this latest outing …
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By Courtney Potter Wintry Wizardry at DCA’s Frozen – Live at the Hyperion We’re a little over a month away from the big debut of Disney California Adventure’s newest production, Frozen – Live at the Hyperion—which means there’s all kinds of magic occurring behind the proverbial scenes. Lucky for us, our pals over at the …
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