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Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection
…things, Pocahontas marked the directorial debut of Eric Goldberg, animator of Aladdin’s Genie and later animation director on Joe Dante’s Looney Tunes movie, Back In Action. Co-directing here with Mike… |
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Spirited Away
…is marketed will enjoy the nearly 20 minutes of Japanese Trailers and four minutes of Japanese TV Spots. Also on the Trailer front, the disc presents those for Aladdin, and… |
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Dumbo takes off with $45 million opening
…the upcoming Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, Frozen II, Star Wars: Episode IX and big budget remakes of Aladdin and The Lion King. Speculation has suggested that the reason Disney… |
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Sausage Party
Sausage Party is Seth Rogan’s homage to the Disney and Pixar classics of the 1990s and 2000s. Like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, it features music by Alan Menken…. |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…in 1994, the “no sequels” policy changed swiftly with the direct-to-video release of the Aladdin sequel The Return Of Jafar. Direct-to-video sequels could be made more quickly and cheaply than… |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: 2-Movie Collection
…animation should be taken “seriously”. The outright comedy of 1992’s Aladdin, from the Mermaid team, came too soon after Beauty to benefit from being taken too seriously – and was… |
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The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot To Remember
…Burton’s in-development Dumbo) to the films of the 1990s renaissance (the upcoming Beauty And The Beast and an Aladdin spin-off). In lieu of this, and consistently serving up the goods,… |
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Tangled
…Beast and Aladdin. And it’s been sad to watch that decline. But that just makes it all the more gratifying to see Disney disentangling itself from its problems of the… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…1990s Disney renaissance, when the Studio’s films – on a high since the decade’s early one-two-three-punch of Beauty And The Beast’s Best Picture nomination, the commercial success of Aladdin and… |
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Disney announces Moana to set sail for Blu-ray combo pack and 3D edition March 7
…Short Film: “Inner Workings,” Music Video: “How Far I’ll Go” and Audio Commentary Helmed by Clements and Musker, the directing team behind “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “The Princess and… |
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Lego Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles
…not nearly as game-changing as it sounds). I found it to be slightly funnier than what they went with. Also included are Blu-ray trailers for Tomorrowland, Aladdin and Inside Out… |
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Superman Classic creator Robb Pratt unveils Flash Gordon Classic
…production. Aladdin was huge, as were Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. Things were really busy at Disney. I was learning at night at this union class, when… |
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Disney wows with surprise Lion King teaser trailer
…above. The film is one of a trio of live-action remakes of animated classics the studio has set for next year, with the other two being Dumbo and Aladdin. Of… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…The Force Awakens and Aladdin. Case Study: This region-free release comes in a standard Blu-ray case, with a Blu-ray disc on each side. There are inserts for Disney Movie Rewards… |
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Brother Bear: 2-Movie Collection
…Company, Little Mermaid, Aladdin) of the late 80s and early 90s. In fact, going back to that corporate synergy approach, it sometimes seems Brother Bear has been stitched together simply… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #39: Rise of the Guardians – Guardians of Liberty
…‘Night-Mares’ or ‘The Night Mayor?!’ • Simpsons references, Mason’s animation pet peeves & Aladdin flashbacks. • “You dare have fun in MY presence?!” -Pitch, you’re a nerd. • “Kids rule!”… |
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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…Sneak Peeks include a slim selection (no Frozen Fever-related Cinderella!?) of Disney Movies Anywhere and Movie Rewards spots, Aladdin: Diamond Edition and Disneynature’s next, Born In China. Case Study: As… |
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The Best Of 2014: Son Of 2013!
…essentially using up a Diamond release slot where we’d have much preferred to honor the hugely missed Robin Williams with Aladdin‘s much-delayed release rather than a title simply being reissued… |
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Deja blog educates and inspires
…Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, Deja’s last entry includes an historic photo of some of the Nine Old Men working on The Jungle Book, character designs,… |
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Jobs, Clark, Keane among new Disney Legends
…the Beast, and the titular characters in The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Tarzan. In 2010, Glen served as executive producer and animation supervisor for Tangled, a story he developed… |
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Menken says Lidsville is underway
In addition to the previously mentioned Aladdin musical, Broadway.com notes that composer Alan Menken also has several other projects on his plate, including the animated film adaptation of the Sid… |
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Detective Pikachu cracks the case with $58 million opening
…of a challenge. The much-hyped John Wick: Chapter 3 opens next week, which will take up a good portion of the action movie crowd, and after that Disney’s own Aladdin… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #43: The Thief and the Cobbler – I Love You #SeanConnery
…deal in 1988 with Warner Bros for $25 Million for production and $25 million for promotions. • Was Disney’s Aladdin a copy of The Thief and the Cobbler? • Where’s… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…Born in China and Aladdin on Blu-ray automatically play when the disc starts, with an additional promo for Disney Movie Rewards being included when Sneak Peeks are selected from the… |
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The Secret Life of Pets 2’s bark proves worse than its box office bite
…that’s going to be a box office monster for Disney. And speaking of Disney, they are probably one of the reasons Pets 2 didn’t make more, as Aladdin continued to… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin (itself not really a fairytale per se, but containing enough of the elements at least). Cinderella proved to turn out just… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
…the idea of linking the first five episodes of the Aladdin television series together to release the home “video premiere” The Return Of Jafar his later DreamWorks partner Steven Spielberg… |
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Toy Story 4 leads box office with $118 million debut
…to finish as Illumination’s lowest grossing fully animated feature to date. So far it has a total of $117 million. Meanwhile, Aladdin is showing enormous staying power, remaining in the… |
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Endgame drops the hammer with $350 million opening weekend, $1.2 billion worldwide
…up for Marvel and Disney is Spider-Man: Far From Home this July, while the Mouse House still has Aladdin, The Lion King, Frozen II and Star Wars: The Rise of… |
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Tentative full release schedule from Buena Vista Home Entertainment!
…as The Gnome Mobile, The Haunted Mansion, Mickey’s Three Musketeers, Mary Poppins – Special Edition, Aladdin – Special Edition and Brother Bear being prepped for release! Remember that although it… |