Ubisoft Announces Untitled Avatar Video Game

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Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that a game set in the world of James Cameron’s Avatar is now in production at Massive Entertainment, the same studio that made last year’s The Division.

James Cameron’s studio Lightstorm Entertainment is working closely with Massive Entertainment and Fox Interactive to create a world that captures the unique and immersive world of Pandora. The game is being developed in the Snowdrop engine, the same engine that was used to make The Division. Although no official name or release window has been announced, Ubisoft says the game will be available for PC and consoles, though we don’t know which consoles.

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In the official reveal trailer above, James Cameron, as well as various developers at Massive talk about the excitement around the undertaking of such a project.

“With the power of Massive’s Snowdrop engine and the team’s passion and obsessive focus on detail, we know they’re the right group to bring the beauty and danger of Pandora to life,” says Cameron in the reveal trailer.

This is one of the first signs of life we’ve seen from the Avatar franchise outside of the upcoming themed land, Pandora – The World of Avatar opening at Disney’s Animal Kingdom may 27. Perhaps the franchise will continue and grow throughout different mediums like it already has begun to do with video games and theme parks. A smart move, seeing as the movie released in 2009, and the franchise has since been dormant.

What’s Going On With Disney And Amazon?

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Update: Now Amazon says they will be shipping the Doctor Strange Blu-ray within 1 – 2 months.

If you recently tried to pre-order Disney titles on Blu-ray such as Doctor Strange, Moana and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story through Amazon, you were out of luck. Unfortunately, you have to look elsewhere because those titles are not available for purchase on Amazon.

What’s unusual about all of this, is that you can still purchase the movies digitally and on DVD through Amazon, just not on Blu-ray.

It appears that Disney and Amazon are in some kind of stand off. Whatever agreement they had previously has fallen apart. If I had to guess, I would say it is Disney that is trying to get Amazon to crack by not allowing their most recent popular movies available for purchase on their site. But it could also be Amazon wanting a larger piece of the profit and refusing to allow Disney Blu-rays to be sold on their site.

By not allowing consumers to purchase the Doctor Strange Blu-ray through Amazon, it seems to have created a demand at brick and mortar stores but there is not enough supply to meet the demand.

I had a difficult time finding a Doctor Strange Blu-ray on release day. I also spoke to friends around the country that were having the same problem. Since I couldn’t purchase the disk through Amazon, I decided to stop by my local Wal-Mart. When I got there, there was a huge display dedicated to Doctor Strange, but there were no discs in the display. I asked one of the employees if they had any in the back and he said that they were all sold out. They only had DVD’s available. I’ve never seen that happen before. I finally was lucky enough to find one at Target, but they were in short supply.

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I did check Amazon recently and you can now purchase the Doctor Strange Blu-ray, but there is a catch. If you add the item to your cart, you receive a message saying that the item is temporarily out of stock and that you will be notified when they have more information. That may be Amazon’s way of trying to cover things up with their customers, trying to reassure them that there is no problem. You still can not preorder the Moana and the Rogue One Blu-rays.

I’m sure both sides are working to resolve this issue because in the end it not only hurts the consumer but it has to hurt both companies revenue stream.

REMINDER: Disney Infinity Servers Shut Down Today

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This Friday marks the end of an era for many fans of the cancelled Disney Infinity series.

On March 3, the servers for all three Disney Infinity games will officially be shut down for good, making players unable to access and download Toy Boxes from the Community Content servers. We have known about this closure since July, so luckily players have had ample time to get online and download all their favorite Toy Boxes before it’s too late. However if you haven’t downloaded your favorite Toy Boxes yet, you still have a small window of opportunity to do so.

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Each game allows users to download up to 300 unique user made Toy Boxes, which should be plenty for most players. Downloading a Toy Box works the same on all three versions of Disney Infinity. From the game’s main menu, simply head over to the Community Content page and select the tab called Disney’s Toy Boxes. Once you pick a Toy Box select download to add it to your list. This way, the Toy Boxes you save will remain on your Xbox One/360, PlayStation 4/3, or Wii U for as long as you decide to keep it there.

Another feature that will be going away forever is Friend Sharing. Friend Sharing allows you to play and download Toy Boxes created by users on your friend list. To download a Toy Box created by a friend, head to the main menu and select Community Content, then Friends, and select a specific friend. A menu will then display all the Toy Boxes created by that friend that have been Friend Shared. Just choose the Toy Box you want and download it, voilá! All downloaded Toy Boxes will be available under the menu Toy Boxes, in the tab Toy Box Saves.

It’s hard to say goodbye to such a beloved series, but thankfully fans have had a long time to enjoy the game before everything shuts down. In other news, the former developer of Disney Infinity, Avalanche Software, has since reformed and is now working on a game for the upcoming Pixar movie, Cars 3.

VIDEO: Watch As Beast Invites Belle To Dinner In This New Clip From “Beauty And The Beast”

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Disney has released a new clip from “Beauty And The Beast” in which we see a Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts try to teach The Beast some manners when inviting Belle to dinner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKyp9Tx-NPY&feature=youtu.be

The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in Disney’s live-action adaptation “Beauty and the Beast,” the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw with Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson. Directed by Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, “Beauty and the Beast,” the screenplay is written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos and produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman, p.g.a. and Todd Lieberman, p.g.a. with Jeffrey Silver, Thomas Schumacher and Don Hahn serving as executive producers. Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the animated film, provides the score, which includes new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as three new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice.

And don’t forget to see “Beauty and the Beast” when it hits theaters nationwide on March 17, 2017!

Source: Disney Movie Trailers

VIDEO: Get Your First Look At “DuckTales” …..Woo-Hoo!

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Get your first look right here at the all new “DuckTales” series that will premiering this summer on Disney XD!

The series stars David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck; Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as the voices of Huey, Dewey and Louie, respectively; Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack; Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack and Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley, and will follow the epic family of ducks on their high-flying adventures around the world.

Source: Disney XD

A “Tron” Reboot With Jared Leto Starring Is In The Works by Disney

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“Tron 3” may be officially dead, but now news is coming out that a complete “Tron” reboot is in the works that would star Jared Leto (“Suicide Squad”).

According to The Hollywood Reporter:

The studio is in the very early stages of development for a new Tron movie, with Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto circling to star, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.No writer has been hired at this exploratory stage, and no filmmaker is involved. Justin Springer, who co-produced Tron: Legacy and exec produced the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Oblivion, will produce. Leto and and his producing partner Emma Ludbrook would also be involved in some producing capacity if the project moves forward.

Tron was the 1982 Disney movie set in the fantastic world inside a computer program, a cyberspace called the Grid. Starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner, the film wasn’t a hit at the time but was influential with its envelope-pushing special effects and drew a cult following in the years after due to its imaginative story.

In 2010, Disney revisited the world with Tron: Legacy, which starred Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde and brought back Bridges. Joseph Kosinski directed. The expensive movie made $400 million worldwide, good enough to warrant interesting in a sequel.

But it’s been a series of shutdowns and restarts for a sequel and just as it seemed it was heading towards pre-production, the studio pulled the plug for good in 2015.

Sources say this new project is not a direct sequel and is being built out of the source code of the deleted Tron 3 script. Leto would play a character named Ares, who has not appeared on screen before but was a key player in that script.

At this stage it’s too early to tell if Kosinski or actors from Tron: Legacy will return.

It’s too early to tell, but I dont like this idea. There are many fans of “Tron Legacy”, including myself, and we wanted the story to continue with a proper sequel. It doesn’t make sense to create a new character and base the story around him and not the characters and their stories that we have grown to appreciate. I know Jared Leto won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal in “Dallas Buyers Club” but I saw him recently in “Suicide Squad” and in my book, he is the worst Joker we have ever seen. Hopefully Disney knows what they are doing. We’ll have to wait and see.

Source: THR

CONFIRMED: La Nouba Will Have Its Final Performance on December 31st, 2017

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The La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil show has been entertaining Disney Springs guests for 19 years since 1998. The show is, unfortunately, coming to a close this year. The final performance will take place on December 31st, 2017.

With ten months to take in a show, you still have plenty of time to be mesmerized by the artistry of the talented La Nouba team. For additional details, including current offers, or to purchase tickets, click here or call 407-939-7600.

“We are incredibly proud of the success that La Nouba has had for nearly two decades,” said Jerry Nadal, Senior Vice President of the Resident Shows Division for Cirque du Soleil. “We want to thank Walt Disney World Resort for a wonderful relationship over the years. We look forward to announcing what’s next for Cirque du Soleil.”

Disney and Cirque du Soleil will soon have news to share about new entertainment coming to Disney Springs, so stay tuned for future updates.