Tron: Legacy to be Released as IMAX 3D on December 17
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has sent out an official announcement stating that “Tron: Legacy” we’ll be released simultaneously to IMAX on December 17th, 2010.
The Joseph Kosinski-directed movie, which stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, will be digitally remastered to produce a super-sized version for IMAX theaters.
The film is set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” In 2011
Disney has finally announced the fourth installment of “Pirates Of The Caribbean.” Film number-four will be titled “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and it will be released in the summer of 2011.
The company made the announcement with Johnny Depp at the D23 Expo. Johnny Depp, who plays Captain Jack Sparrow, sailed onstage in a pirate ship. He staggered around the stage before hugging Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, who told the audience of 5,000 fans about the next instalment.
Guys over at Cinematical have some interesting information. Actually, there is a novel called “On Stranger Tides” about pirates written by Tim Powers.
“On Stranger Tides” is a fantasy book that won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1988 and was also nominated for The World Fantasy award.
In the book, originally published in 1988, the main character is also named Jack (Shandy) who tries to find the Fountain of Youth which was rumored title of the fourth installment.
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Shooting Next Year
Oren Aviv, Disney’s Head of Production, has confirmed that “Pirates of the Caribbean 4” will begin shooting next year with an anticipated release in 2011. The producer spoke to the guys over at ComingSoon.net at this year’s Comic Con about future Disney projects.
“We’re going to shoot ‘Pirates 4′ in April and May of next year,” Aviv told. “We are going to release it hopefully in 2011 is the plan.”
“It’s important to get the story right and it’s important to me to scale it down, because we can’t get bigger. The movies have subsequently gotten bigger and bigger and very complicated and they were satisfying on so many levels obviously, but I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its core, its essence, just characters.”
As we earlier wrote, Gore Verbinski, the director, informed Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he will not be directing the fourth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Still no word on whether Gore Verbinski might come back for the fourth movie.
“Alice In Wonderland” Teaser Trailer
The first teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” has hit the web! It really looks good! Can’t wait to see it in 3D. Check it out below!
Burton’s Alice is almost like a sequel to the original Lewis Carroll’s story:
The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn’t remember.
The movie stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Michael Sheen plays the White Rabbit, Alan Rickman – Caterpillar, Christopher Lee – Jabberwock, Stephen Fry – Cheshire Cat and Crispin Glover stars as The Knave of Hearts.
The movie directed by Tim Burton from the script by Linda Woolverton is scheduled to hit theaters on March 5th, 2010 in both Disney Digital 3D as well as regular 2D.
Randall Wallace To Rewrite McG’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
We already know that McG will direct “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo” for Disney but the news is that the Oscar nominated writer Randall Wallace (”Braveheart,” “The Man in the Iron Mask,” “Pearl Harbor,” “We Were Soldiers“) will rewrite the script penned by Justin Marks (”Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li“) and Bill Marsilii (”Deja Vu“).
This new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” will tell the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine warship, the Nautilus. Nemo is a mysterious but noble antagonist in the book, a scientific genius with a thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge against the forces of imperialism.
The 1954 original “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” was the first live-action film made by Walt Disney, who famously bet his studio on a movie best remembered for the giant squid scene. It became the second-highest grossing film that year and won three Oscars. Captain Nemo played by James Mason and Ned Land by Kirk Douglas.
Beautiful The Princess And The Frog Photos
Five new beautiful photos from Disney’s animated comedy “The Princess and the Frog” have been unveiled. Take a closer look at the high res photos below.
This is a fairy tale about a girl named Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose), who lives in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the Jazz Age, and a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again. The fateful kiss leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
“The Princess and the Frog” is co-directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman (”Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “Toy Story“). Clements and Musker previously worked together on Disney classics “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Hercules,” and “Treasure Planet” and now they also wrote the script for the movie.
The Princess And The Frog First Poster
The first and really beautiful poster for Disney’s animated comedy “The Princess and the Frog” has been unveiled.
The movie marks the return to hand-drawn animation – the first from Disney in over four years – from directors John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman (”Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “Toy Story“). Clements and Musker previously worked together on Disney classics “Aladdin,” “Hercules,” and “Treasure Planet” and now they also wrote the script for the movie.
“The Princess and the Frog” is set in the great city of New Orleans. That’s the story about a beautiful girl – the first black princess in the history of Disney – named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
The movie which also stars Bruno Campos, John Goodman, Peter Bartlett, Keith David, Jim Cummings, Jenifer Lewis, Jennifer Cody, Michael-Leon Wooley, Terrence Howard and Oprah Winfrey is set for release on November 25, 2009 (wide: December 11, 2009).
Take a look at the trailer and photos at “The Princess and the Frog” FF Movie Page and visit the official website movie at Disney.com
Disney’s The Princess and the Frog Trailer
The trailer for “The Princess and the Frog” will be attached to Pixar’s UP on May 29th, 2009 but it already hit the web.
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical”The Princess and the Frog, an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
62nd Cannes Film Festival To Premiere Zemeckis’ 3D Christmas Carol
Robert Zemeckis‘ 3-D motion capture adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale “A Christmas Carol” will be shown on May 18, 2009 at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Disney studio has announced.
“A Christmas Carol” directed by Robert Zemeckis stars Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Gary Oldman.
In the new version of Dickens’s story, Carrey takes on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Firth will star as Scrooge’s nephew Fred, while Gary Oldman plays Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. “A Christmas Carol” is scheduled to appear at IMAX and conventional theaters on November 6th.
“A Christmas Carol” will be released in IMAX 3-D and conventional cinemas on November 6, 2009.
DreamWorks and Disney Agree to Distribution Deal
The Walt Disney Studios has agreed to a long-term exclusive distribution deal with Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks SKG movie studio.
Under the terms of this arrangement, Disney will handle distribution and marketing for approximately six DreamWorks films each year. The first DreamWorks motion picture to be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner is scheduled to hit theaters in 2010.
The deal comes after Universal and DreamWorks had been unable to finalize their previously announced distribution arrangement. DreamWorks left Paramount in October to re-establish DreamWorks as a privately operated company.
Commenting on the announcement, Dick Cook said:
“We’re both thrilled and honored to be marketing and distributing all of DreamWorks’ signature upcoming live-action motion pictures, and to begin a new relationship with such respected colleagues as Steven, Stacey, and their creative team at DreamWorks. Steven has made some of the biggest and most loved films of all-time, and continues to be one of the great icons of our industry. Stacey has an impeccable reputation and a phenomenal track record for making a wide variety of quality films. Their motion pictures will be the perfect complement to the already robust slate of Disney and Touchstone films being made by Oren Aviv and his team.”
