Disney Release News

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 | Rachel's Reviews

I don’t often talk about news on this blog but a post appeared on twitter today that I just had to talk about.

All right. Let’s talk about each of these items

Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action)- We have all been wondering what the heck this was supposedly premiering in July. Well now it is next August but surprising they won’t just announce the title?

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck it Ralph 2- Disappointed to hear this awful title is final but moving it from March to November is caused by the changes to Gigantic. This is fine for me.

Wrinkle in Time and Magic Camp- Wrinkle in Time is taking Wreck it Ralph 2’s spot. I love the book so I am soooooo hoping it will be good. Magic Camp is now officially announced and I’m very curious about it. I hope it will be fun!

Gigantic- Here’s the tragedy. Our update on Jack and the Beanstalk with music from Robert and Kristen Lopez is being moved from 2018 to all the way to 2020. I’m so sad 🙁

Star Wars: Episode IX- They are moving it from December to May and while I do like getting our Star Wars episodes sooner I kind of liked having a Star Wars surprise at Christmas. I wonder if we will get an animated Star Wars or something like that at Christmas? That’d be cool.

Indiana Jones- So this has moved to 2020. I bet this has more to do with Steven Spielberg than anything else with projects like Ready Player One working on right now. But seriously how old is Indy going to be in this movie!

Lion King (live action)- We have a date for this “live action” Lion King remake. The only weird thing is that another live action Disney movie is coming out the next month which seems very close together.

Frozen 2- I think most of us knew Frozen 2 was coming in 2019 but this is the official announcement and date. I know what I will be seeing Thanksgiving 2019!

The rest are all untitled projects so not much to say about them except I am curious what that Untitled Pixar Animation is!

No word on Disneytoons film which was previously announced for April 12, 2019. I still think it is going to be an Elena of Avalor movie because she is so popular but it could also be Star Wars. Who knows?

I am also surprised they announced this now and not at D23/Star Wars Celebration. It seems a little random but whatever.

The biggest bummer is Gigantic. 🙁

What do you think of these announcements? Would love to hear your thoughts

Animated News 3/24/16

March 25, 2016 | Rachel's Reviews

Hi guys! It’s time for another week in animated news. Here’s the video with all the latest:

Major points I cover-

Zootopia takes 3rd top spot at box office dropping only 25.9% from last week (typical drops are 50%). It made $38 million in the states and $64.8 internationally creating a combined total of $591.7 million. I am thrilled to see it do so well because I really loved Zootopia.
1. If you haven’t checked out my in depth discussion of Zootopia with my friend AJ click here
Little Prince is picked up by Netflix. Last week we discussed Paramount’s bizarre drop of The Little Prince a week before its US release. This week we learned that Netflix has optioned the film and it will be available to stream sometime this year.
Bubbles MJ project- the makers of Anomalisa have announced a new stop motion project that will revolve around Michael Jackson’s pet chimp named Bubbles. I can’t even imagine this project but it has a script co-written by Dan Harmon, creator of Community and other funny shows, so who knows?
April and the Extraordinary World Voice Cast- We learned the English voice cast for April and the Extraordinary World. This includes Paul Giamatti, Tony Hale, Susan Sarandon and JK Simmons. April debuted this weekend in LA and NYC and will come to Utah April 22 (The reviews are great on April so I am getting very excited).
Lego Batman trailer-

All you lovely Lego Movie fans we got our first peak at the spinoff movie Lego Batman today. This will feature Will Arnett, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis, Maria Carey. I liked the trailer a lot. I think I am particularly anxious for this film with the superhero overkill I’m currently feeling. I can’t wait to have some of the same hilarious writing of the Lego Movie skewering comic book movies. I wish it was out today!
Alex Hirsch show- Last news is Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch is developing a new animated show for Fox for next year. I can only assume this will be part of their Sunday animation line up and I’m really excited. I loved Gravity Falls and am curious to see what his sensibilities are like in a more grown up non-Disney platform.