While the strikes are over, the film industry is still seeing some affects from it. The Walt Disney Company has already shifts some massive releases and now, another one is getting pushed. Disney has decided to Mufasa: The Lion King off its July 5, 2024 release back 5 months to December 20, 2024. Additionally, the
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When it comes to making iconic movie music/songs, Disney has always reigned supreme. Now, thanks to a new study we now know that The Lion King and Pixar’s Coco is amongst the most streamed soundtracks ever. Research by Headphonesty.com analyzed the Top 150 films on IMDB and calculated the total streams from the official motion
While Disney’s animated The Lion King was turned into a big franchise with a sequel, a inbetweenquel, and a series, the 2020 remake is looking to become the studios next big franchise. While speaking with the New York Times, Sean Bailey the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, revealed that Disney is looking
The rumour mill has been spinning for the past few days and Disneyland Paris fans are rejoicing with excitement. These rumours have all arrived following Bob Iger and Josh D’Amaro’s trip to the resort. The write up is co-produced with Jordan, who helped map out the crux of this rumor piece, so be sure to
Disney+ might currently be going all out for spooky season with hits like Hocus Pocus 2, Under Wraps 2, and even the upcoming Werewolf by Night, but it looks like there’s going to be some other major new content hitting the platform soon too. Beginning this Friday, classic Disney films such as Bambi, The Lion
Disney has made some massive changes to its theatrical release schedule on Thursday. The moves follows Disney’s major movie panels at their D23 Expo this past weekend. The live-action adaptation of Snow White, which stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, is set for March 22, 2024. Three months later, Pixar’s surprise sequel Inside Out 2
The Lion King remake was released in 2019 to a lot of fanfare from Disney and even though the movie failed to connect with audiences the same way the 1994 original did, it was still a massive success earning $1.663 billion at the box office. BREAKING: First Teaser for Disney’s Live-Action ‘The Little Mermaid’ With
Composer Nicholas Britell, who worked on Disney’s Cruella and is scoring the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series, Andor, is set to work on another tentpole Disney franchise. While speaking with The Playlist, Britell revealed that he is working on Disney’s The Lion King prequel, an origin story of the 2019 billion-dollar remake. His involvement reteams
The Lion King is Disney’s biggest musical hit in the UK. The London production is entering its 23rd year at the historic Lyceum Theatre and the second UK & Irish Tour is currently underway in Ireland. Unfortunately, the cast members who give it their all every night to create magic and memories have been victims
As production begins on Disney’s sequel to the 2019 billion dollar hit The Lion King, the film has found its leads. According to Deadline, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Waves) and Aaron Pierre (Old) have signed on to voice the two leads. Kelvin Harrison Jr. will take on the role of Mufasa, taking over the role from
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected numerous aspects of the entertainment industry. However, one facet that it has hit extremely hard is the theatre industry. Without audiences, live theatre cannot happen. Thankfully, Broadway will be reopening this fall, with vaccine mandates for cast, crew, and audiences. Disney Theatrical Productions has now announced the full cast for
Today, Animation Magazine confirmed the news that Phil Young, legendary Disney animator who worked on films such as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, has passed away. Young worked on a plethora of Disney animated features over the years, beginning in the late 1970s under the tutelage of several of Walt’s Nine Old
Cruella is finally in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. The live-action remakes have been a financial goldmine for Disney, so it’s not shocking that studio has many more projects in various stages of production. So let’s look ahead and see what’s to come. The Little Mermaid Probably the most anticipated of the live-action
Samuel E. Wright, best known as the voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid franchise, has passed away at age 74. The news was announced via the Town of Montgomery Facebook page which reports news in Montgomery, NY where Wright lived at the time of his death. They had this to say: “Sam and his
The lights of Broadway have been dimmed since March 12th 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also sadly caused the complete closing of some shows such as Frozen the Musical and Mean Girls. But with more and more people getting vaccinated every day, Broadway has set its sights to reopen on September 14th 2021.
Casting is underway for Disney’s follow-up to their highest-grossing live-action/CGI remake of The Lion King, released in 2019. Now, thanks to an industry insider we have some new information on the film. Thanks to Daniel Richtman, he has revealed a new production grid that features two familiar characters and several new characters. The studio is
It was recently announced that American composer and pianist, Nicholas Britell, known for such films as Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, will be scoring Disney’s upcoming Cruella. Cruella isn’t the only film on Britell’s radar, Disney or otherwise. Frequently collaborating with the likes of Adam McKay and Barry Jenkins, he will be working
After over 20-years of performances at the Lyceum Theatre, London’s production of Disney’s The Lion King was forced to close alongside the rest of the West End on March 16th, 2020, when the whole of the UK prepared for lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show, which follows the plot of Disney’s Hamlet-inspired 1994
According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Barry Jenkins’ sequel to The Lion King will be starting production in September of 2021. Read: ‘Moonlight’ Cinematographer Reteaming With Barry Jenkins on Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Prequel A sequel to the 2019 remake, the film is currently casting for actors to play the roles of young Scar and Mufasa.
The Emperor’s New Groove is a film about a greedy emperor who cares only about himself. Because of this, he has plenty of enemies but few friends. When he is accidentally turned into a llama by a former employee, he strikes up a friendship with a common man named Pacha, voiced by John Goodman. The most
Dale Baer, an animator for The Walt Disney Company, died on Friday at 70 years of age. His death was confirmed by fellow animator Clay Kaytis. Baer had been a character animator for the company since the 1970s, his first project being 1973’s Robin Hood, which he worked on as an inbetweener. He was trained
A little while ago I was having a very Hamilton day so I decided to write about ten shows that I think should be added to Disney+. Once it was posted I was given a lot of suggestions of shows many thought I missed out, so it just made sense to do a list with
Disney’s Pocahontas is a film that would likely not be made today. That is, at least not the Pocahontas that we got in 1995. Though it was well-intentioned by the filmmakers, it paints a problematic picture of the “history” of the title character by fictionalizing much of the things that we do know about her and making other things
The Lion King is a film which needs no introduction. Anyone who lived through the 90’s, either as a child or adult, saw the impact this movie had on pop culture and, specifically, on the Disney company. The animation division of the Walt Disney Studios was releasing hit after hit in those days, and The
Last Thursday, during Disney’s Investor Day meeting, the studio confirmed that Moonlight director Barry Jenkins will be helming the newest biggest screen adaptation of The Lion King, in the form of a prequel. During an interview with Variety, Jenkins revealed that he’s happy with the script and says they have something wonderful in the works,
Since the mega-success of the original Broadway recording of Hamilton, which launched on Disney+ on July 3rd, 2020, and has since become the year’s most-streamed movie of all the subscription-based services, many have wondered what stage recording could be released next. While there are plenty of video-recordings of popular musicals and stage-plays, the theatre industry
Deadline announced today that Moonlight director Barry Jenkins will direct the sequel to Disney’s The Lion King. The film is expected to use the same style of animation for the sequel. No word on a release date nor production start date for the film. READ: Disney+ Launches GroupWatch Feature in The U.S. Details of the
The iconic Main Street Electrical Parade (MSEP) got its moment on prime time television during Dancing with the Stars annual “Disney Night” Monday night on the Disney owned ABC. The night opened with a silhouetted Mickey Mouse and host Tyra Banks kicking off the show. The curtains parted and there it was, the stunning and
(Disclaimer: The following post presents a considerably different ranked list of all the recent live-action Disney remakes compared to the one that Andy Neal compiled on October 14th, 2019 for our official podcast, The DCast. To check out both his list and the accompanying video that goes into greater detail about this topic, just head
I wasn’t a big fan of 2019’s “live-action” remake of The Lion King, and I’m not one to watch music videos let alone feature-length visual albums. Still, the latest collaboration between Beyoncé and Disney is so much more than just a collection of music videos. Black is King is an experimentative art piece similar in
Parkwood Entertainment, in association with Disney+, announced and debuted the teaser video for the visual album Black Is King written, directed and executive produced by 24-time Grammy Award-winner Beyoncé. Check out the teaser here! Black is King will premiere globally on Disney+ on July 31, 2020 and will arrive on the heels of the one-year
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride is often considered the best of the direct-to-video Disney sequels and it is easy to see why. Despite lacking the production values found in theatrical Disney features, this film has a lot going for it with new music, an engaging story, and a talented voice cast. Like the first
The Kids Choice Awards 2020 was postponed but that didn’t stop Nickelodeon from putting on a virtual show featuring the hottest stars, and Disney took home a lot of awards. Marvel Studios’ highest-grossing film of all-time, Avengers: Endgame took home Favorite Movie, beating out fellow Disney billion-dollar films Aladdin, The Rise of Skywalker, and Captain
The Walt Disney Company had a record-breaking year at the box office and those numbers are continuing to rise into 2020. Thanks to the efforts of Captain Marvel, Avengers Endgame, Aladdin, Toy Story 4, The Lion King, Frozen 2, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Disney has grossed over $11.1 billion at the worldwide box
Welcome to ‘TheDCast: Conversations’, a series of conversations with influencers, actors, recording artists, animators and other creatives who work with or have been inspired to make great art by the Disney Company. This Thanksgiving week our own Brooke had the opportunity to speak with TV/Broadway actor and recording artist Ramon Reed. You may know Ramon
