New Poster & Extended Trailer Released For Disney’s “The Jungle Book”

WDWNT on January 27, 2016

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Disney has just released a brand new poster for their upcoming live action version of “The Jungle Book” showcasing King Louie.

A new extended trailer has also made it’s way online. Not too many new scenes though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7jEI83_FI

Directed by Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, “The Jungle Book” is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he’s ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery, guided by panther-turned-stern mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley), and the free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray). Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who don’t exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (voice of Scarlett Johansson), a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the man-cub, and the smooth-talking King Louie (voice of Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive and deadly red flower: fire. The all-star cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of the fiercely protective mother wolf Raksha, and Giancarlo Esposito as the voice of wolf pack’s alpha male Akela. “The Jungle Book” seamlessly blends live-action with photorealistic CGI animals and environments, using up-to-the-minute technology and storytelling techniques to immerse audiences in an enchanting and lush world. The wild adventure swings into theaters in 3D on April 15, 2016.

Source: Comic Book Resources

A Look at the Complete Walt Disney Studios 2016 Movie Slate

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Walt Disney Studios has just released it’s complete line up for all of their upcoming movies for this year. Check out all of movies you may be lining up to see. Which ones will make your must see list?

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ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) in Disney’s ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, an all-new adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories. Coming May 27, 2016.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR – A feud between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) leaves the Avengers in turmoil. Captain America: Coming May 6, 2016.

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DOCTOR STRANGE – Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) discovers the world of magic after surviving a car accident. Coming November 4, 2016.

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FINDING DORY – In Disney•Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” everyone’s favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), encounters an array of new—and old—acquaintances, including a cantankerous octopus named Hank (voice of Ed O’Neill). Directed by Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “WALL•E”) and produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer “WALL•E”), “Finding Dory” swims into theaters June 17, 2016.

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MOANA – In “Moana,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming big-screen adventure, a spirited teenager named Moana (left) sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder. Along the way, she meets once-mighty demi-god Maui (right). Featuring Native Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho as the voice of Moana, and Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui, “Moana” sails into U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016.

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PETE’S DRAGON – An upcoming live-action-animated fantasy comedy-drama film directed by David Lowery and written by Toby Halbrooks and Lowery, based on a short story by S.S. Field and Seton I. Miller and also a remake of 1977 film Pete’s Dragon. The film stars Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley and Karl Urban. Opens August 12, 2016.

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QUEEN OF KATWE – Lupita Nyong’o and Madina Nalwanga star in The Queen of Katwe which is an upcoming biographical drama film directed by Mira Nair. The film is about the life of Phiona Mutesi, an Ugandan chess prodigy who becomes a Woman Candidate Master after her performances at World Chess Olympiads. The film will be produced by Walt Disney Pictures and ESPN Films, and will be released at an unspecified date.

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STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – Is an upcoming live-action Star Wars film, the first in the Star Wars Anthology Series. The film is set for release on December 16, 2016, and will be directed by Gareth Edwards.

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THE BFG – Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, is the exciting tale of a young London girl (Ruby Barnhill) and the mysterious Giant (Mark Rylance) who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. Opens July 1, 2016.

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THE FINEST HOUR – On Feb. 18, 1952, a massive storm splits the SS Pendleton in two, trapping more than 30 sailors inside the tanker’s sinking stern. Engineer Ray Sybert bravely takes charge to organize a strategy for his fellow survivors. As word of the disaster reaches the Coast Guard in Chatham, Mass., Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff orders a daring rescue mission. Despite the ferocious weather, coxswain Bernie Webber takes three men on a lifeboat to try and save the crew against seemingly impossible odds. Opens January 20, 2016.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK – After a fearsome tiger threatens his life, Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther (Ben Kingsley) and a free-spirited bear (Bill Murray), sets out on a journey of self-discovery. Open April 15, 2016.

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THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS – Michael Fassbender stars as Tom Sherbourne and Alicia Vikander as his wife Isabel in DreamWorks Pictures’ poignant drama THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, written and directed by Derek Cianfrance based on the acclaimed novel by M.L. Stedman. Opens in 2016.

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ZOOTOPIA — Zootopia’s first bunny officer Judy Hopps finds herself face to face with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia.” Featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy and Jason Bateman as Nick, “Zootopia” opens in theaters on March 4, 2016.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Is Now The Highest Grossing U.S. Movie Of All Time

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After only 20 days, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has become the highest grossing domestic film of all time. We do not have the official numbers, but as of Tuesday, “The Force Awakens” brought in $8 million bringing its Domestic Total to $758.2 million. “Avatar’s” domestic gross is $760 million and early estimates show that “The Force Awakens” will pass that amount today (Wednesday).

The below chart is provided by Box Office Mojo. It does not reflect Wednesday’s numbers but should give you an idea where “The Force Awakens” stands in the top ten and after Wednesday’s numbers are tallied, it should have an estimated domestic gross of over $760 million.

DOMESTIC GROSSES

Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^
1 Avatar Fox $760,507,625 2009^
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $758,198,252 2015
3 Titanic Par. $658,672,302 1997^
4 Jurassic World Uni. $652,270,625 2015
5 Marvel’s The Avengers BV $623,357,910 2012
6 The Dark Knight WB $534,858,444 2008^
7 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Fox $474,544,677 1999^
8 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^
9 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $459,005,868 2015
10 The Dark Knight Rises WB $448,139,099 2012

For those interested in the World Wide Highest Grossing Movies Of All Time, the below chart provided by Box Office Mojo will give you some idea. “The Force Awakens” still has not opened in China but it will this Friday. China provided and additional $204 million to “Avatar’s” gross, so we can expect “The Force Awakens” to either match or exceed that amount. Again these numbers do not reflect Wednesday’s final numbers.

Do you think “The Force Awakens” will top “Avatar” worldwide?

WORLDWIDE GROSSES

Rank Title Studio Worldwide Domestic / % Overseas / % Year^
1 Avatar Fox $2,788.0 $760.5 27.3% $2,027.5 72.7% 2009^
2 Titanic Par. $2,186.8 $658.7 30.1% $1,528.1 69.9% 1997^
3 Jurassic World Uni. $1,669.0 $652.3 39.1% $1,016.7 60.9% 2015
4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $1,557.3 $758.2 48.7% $799.1 51.3% 2015
5 Marvel’s The Avengers BV $1,519.6 $623.4 41.0% $896.2 59.0% 2012
6 Furious 7 Uni. $1,515.0 $353.0 23.3% $1,162.0 76.7% 2015
7 Avengers: Age of Ultron BV $1,405.0 $459.0 32.7% $946.0 67.3% 2015
8 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $1,341.5 $381.0 28.4% $960.5 71.6% 2011
9 Frozen BV $1,276.5 $400.7 31.4% $875.7 68.6% 2013
10 Iron Man 3 BV $1,215.4 $409.0 33.7% $806.4 66.3% 2013

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Hollywood Reporter

New Poster Released For Disney’s “The Jungle Book”

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For the last few days, Disney has been releasing character posters for their upcoming live action movie, “The Jungle Book”. But for some reason, Disney has decided to kill the suspense of who would be next by just releasing the group poster displaying Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie, Kaa and Shere Khan.

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Clarifying the Possible New “Star Wars Land” Details From CES 2016

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While at this year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show), John Snoddy, Disney EVP of Imagineering, may have dropped some hints about the attractions that will be coming to Star Wars Land:

Thanks to the involvement of Industrial Lights and Magic, the legendary special effects firm that Disney acquired in its big 2013 purchase of “Star Wars” studio Lucasfilm, Snoddy says that one of the rides will be “unprecedented, in a way.”

While Snoddy didn’t share any details on which ride, exactly, this was in reference to, the description lines up with the previous announcement of an attraction that takes riders through a battle between the evil First Order and the heroic Resistance, inspired by the record-smashing movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Snoddy hinted that one of the rides that Disney Imagineering is working on with ILM is a “boat ride,” with boats moving alongside a track, kind of like Disney park crowdpleaser “Pirates of the Carribean.”

Where ILM comes in, Snoddy says, is in helping Disney mix super-high-resolution projections with real-life physical sets and characters to create an immersive mix.

Thanks to Disney Imagineering’s robotics and ride know-how, they’ll know where the boats will be at any moment, down to the milimeter, meaning they can predict with almost guaranteed accuracy where a rider’s attention will be.

Indeed, Snoddy says that having ILM’s expertise on tap has made a huge difference in the already-complicated business of building a new Disney park attraction, let alone one that’s this immersive.

“When you build a theme park attraction, you’re building a building, you’re building a massive device,” Snoddy says.

Source: Business Insider

Unfortunately, the Business Insider stepped a bit outside of their area of expertise and likely made a bad call here. It sounds like the Imagineers were describing the new AVATAR and Pirates of the Caribbean boat rides coming to Animal Kingdom and Shanghai Disneyland respectively, not either of the rides for the Star Wars-themed land. The Millennium Falcon attraction is likely simulator based, while the attraction that “puts you in the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the First Order” gives no hints of being a boat ride based on the concept art provided so far. Maybe it is a boat ride and that was what Snoddy was talking about, but to quote Star Wars, “I have a bad feeling about this.” We shall see…

Disney Artist Creates “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” & “Calvin And Hobbes” Mash-Up

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Brian Kesinger, an artist for both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Marvel Comics, put together a wonderful mashup of characters from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and Bill Watterson’s “Calvin And Hobbes”! Amazing work!

If you would like to see more of Brian Kesinger’s amazing art work you can follow him on Instagram: @briankesinger

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Source: Brian Kesinger via Instagram

Princess Leia Will Make Her “Star Wars Rebels” Debut

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We have seen Star Wars Original Trilogy character such as Darth Vader, Yoda, R2D2 and C3PO and Lando Calrissian make guest appearances on Star Wars Rebels, now the latest to make an appearance will be Princess Leia Organa. The Episode, A Princess In Lotahal, will air on January 20th at 9PM EST on Disney XD:

From TV Insider:

Before Season 2 of  Star Wars Rebels began, executive producer Dave Filoni teased that he was bringing another major legacy character from the films to his animated series. We can now reveal that guest star is Princess Leia Organa (who is going by General Organa in the current blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens).

The iconic character—who was introduced in the very first scene of the first Star Wars movie back in 1977 (aka A New Hope)—will be featured in the January 20 episode of the Disney XD series, which is set prior to that film, just as the Galactic Empire is beginning its ruthless oppression. The teenage princess is sent to Lothal—the base planet for the series’ main characters, a group of rebel fighters—on a secret mission to bring ships for the rebel fleet. Unfortunately an Imperial lockdown throws that plan into chaos.

“We thought we had an opportunity to show her learning to be a leader, experimenting with the personality that becomes the stronger more resolute character you see in A New Hope,” Filoni says. “One of the complex challenges of depicting Leia in Rebels is that we have to remind the audience that at this point she is part of the Empire. She doesn’t believe in the Empire, but she is acting the part, almost a double agent.”

This will be Leia’s only appearance this season, and it is unknown yet if she will appear again on the series. The voice will not be provided by Carrie Fisher (the live-action actress who created the role), but instead is by Julie Dolan, who also played Leia in the video game Star Wars: Uprising.

Source: TV Insider

VIDEO: Prepare To Be Blown Away By Teaser For “Star Wars Rebels: Season Two”!

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The Official Star Wars Channel on YouTube has just released the “Star Wars Rebels: Season Two: mid season teaser. Check it out!

If you are looking for more Star Wars action after seeing “The Force Awakens”, look no further. This looks great! There are so many fantastic scenes in this teaser that it could be a stand alone movie!

  • The return of Darth Vader.
  • Princess Leia makes her Rebels debut.
  • Yoda counseling Ezra.
  • Anakin Skywalker!
  • Ezra turning to the Dark Side!
  • Who is the “Old Master”? The Emperor? Snoke? Darth Maul?
  • Ezra holding a light saber(green) similar to Kylo Ren’s blade.
  • Darth Vader vs. Ashoka Tano!

New episodes for “Star Wars Rebels: Season Two” begin airing January 20th at 9PM on Disney XD.

Source: Star Wars

BREAKING: “Star Wars: Episode VIII” Pushed Back, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” Moves Up

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Breaking news out of the Walt Disney Studios:

This morning, The Walt Disney Studios announced new release dates for upcoming films from two of its major franchises.

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Star Wars: Episode VIII, originally scheduled for release on May 26, 2017, will now debut on December 15, 2017. The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to premiere in December. In the popular holiday moviegoing corridor, it smashed numerous records, including biggest domestic and global debuts of all time as well as the biggest domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing domestic release of all time with over $861M and the third biggest global release ever with $1.887B.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is currently in pre–production and will begin principal photography in London next month. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman will produce and J.J. Abrams, Tom Karnowski, and Jason McGatlinwill executive produce. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for exciting updates in the coming weeks.

With Star Wars: Episode VIII jumping to December, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will set sail on May 26, 2017, from its previously scheduled July 7, 2017, berth. The blockbuster franchise’s previous installment, the $1B-grossingPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, also debuted in late May.

In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow with Geoffrey Rush back on board as Barbossa, Orlando Bloom resurfacing as Will Turner, and a terrifying new adversary, Captain Salazar, played by Javier Bardem, in the mix. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, the film is currently in post-production.

First Poster For Disney’s “The BFG”

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Disney has just released the first poster for their upcoming film, “The BFG”. “The BFG” is a classic children’s story written by Roald Dahl (“Charlie And The Chocolate Factory”) and directed by Steven Spielberg.

A girl named Sophie(Ruby Barnhill) encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers refuses to eat boys and girls.

“The BFG” opens on July 1st.