If you’re looking for new ideas from the House of Mouse, you might be waiting awhile.
During Disney’s Q2 earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger made comments to the effect that there was “a lot of value in sequels” as they’re easier to market. He also pointed to competitors’ doing well with sequels, likely meaning DreamWorks and Illumination.
Because God forbid the studio that innovated animation for decades tries something new.
This would explain why we’re seeing Moana 2, Frozen 3 and 4, Zootopia 2, Inside Out 2 and Toy Story 5 and not the next groundbreaking animated feature film from Disney and/or Pixar.
In fact, looking at their upcoming animated slate, only Elio is an original concept.
It’s likely that Disney is playing it safe in part due to many recent Disney and Pixar animated misfires at the box office, including Strange World, Wish,...
During Disney’s Q2 earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger made comments to the effect that there was “a lot of value in sequels” as they’re easier to market. He also pointed to competitors’ doing well with sequels, likely meaning DreamWorks and Illumination.
Because God forbid the studio that innovated animation for decades tries something new.
This would explain why we’re seeing Moana 2, Frozen 3 and 4, Zootopia 2, Inside Out 2 and Toy Story 5 and not the next groundbreaking animated feature film from Disney and/or Pixar.
In fact, looking at their upcoming animated slate, only Elio is an original concept.
It’s likely that Disney is playing it safe in part due to many recent Disney and Pixar animated misfires at the box office, including Strange World, Wish,...
- 5/7/2024
- by PNP Newsroom
- Pirates & Princesses
Almost ten years after its release, Zootopia’s story isn’t over yet — having become a $1B phenomenon with the highest ratings, the movie made it pretty clear that it needed to seize the moment.
Back in 2023, it became official that a sequel for one of Disney’s biggest hits was coming to the screens pretty soon — and now seems like it’s been some time since the production started.
Right now Zootopia 2 is set to be released on November 26, 2025, but, despite being more than a year away from hitting the cinemas, the animated comedy is already in the works.
Around a week ago Ginnifer Goodwin, who voices rabbit Judy Hopps, shared two behind-the-scenes photos that seemingly feature her preparation for daily work on the movie.
The first photo shows Goodwin wearing a rabbit ear headband and a tiny Judy Hopps-shaped purse while also holding a Zootopia-coded cup...
Back in 2023, it became official that a sequel for one of Disney’s biggest hits was coming to the screens pretty soon — and now seems like it’s been some time since the production started.
Right now Zootopia 2 is set to be released on November 26, 2025, but, despite being more than a year away from hitting the cinemas, the animated comedy is already in the works.
Around a week ago Ginnifer Goodwin, who voices rabbit Judy Hopps, shared two behind-the-scenes photos that seemingly feature her preparation for daily work on the movie.
The first photo shows Goodwin wearing a rabbit ear headband and a tiny Judy Hopps-shaped purse while also holding a Zootopia-coded cup...
- 4/22/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
During its first quarter earnings call earlier this month, Disney announced that the next animated film it will bring to theaters on Thanksgiving will be the sequel to its 2016 hit “Moana,” signaling a renewed push on sequels after years of original animated titles.
But “Moana 2” was originally announced in 2020, under short-lived CEO Bob Chapek, as a streaming series exclusive to Disney+. This change underscores a shifting strategy by Disney and other studios to move films previously planned for streaming to the big screen — in part to calm jittery investors nervous about the thin pipeline of tentpole movies after the Hollywood strikes.
The “Moana 2” re-direct follows Paramount’s “Mean Girls” and “Smile,” and Warner Bros./New Line’s “Evil Dead Rise,” all theatrical releases that were originally intended to be streaming-only.
“Studios are showing that when they see signs of high quality in a project they greenlit for streaming…...
But “Moana 2” was originally announced in 2020, under short-lived CEO Bob Chapek, as a streaming series exclusive to Disney+. This change underscores a shifting strategy by Disney and other studios to move films previously planned for streaming to the big screen — in part to calm jittery investors nervous about the thin pipeline of tentpole movies after the Hollywood strikes.
The “Moana 2” re-direct follows Paramount’s “Mean Girls” and “Smile,” and Warner Bros./New Line’s “Evil Dead Rise,” all theatrical releases that were originally intended to be streaming-only.
“Studios are showing that when they see signs of high quality in a project they greenlit for streaming…...
- 2/20/2024
- by Jeremy Fuster, Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
2025 is the year of superheroes. It’s a fresh start for DC’s on-screen movies—beginning with James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy. And even for Marvel’s Phase Six—kicking off with Thunderbolts. In the same year, Marvel and DC will be competing with each other with their superhero flicks.
Superman: Legacy and Fantastic Four
Marvel is facing a problem with the release of Fantastic Four and DC’s Superman: Legacy, which are scheduled just two weeks apart.
This is because DC has gained a strong foothold in the industry, especially with Peter Safran and James Gunn leading. Therefore, a trusted insider, Jeff Sneider has come up with a solution.
Suggested“Proceeds to make a trash comic book movie”: Madame Web Producer Gets Mega Trolled for Tone Deaf Comment on Marvel, DC Movies
An Industry Insider Offers a Strategy to Marvel Against DC’s Movie Blitz
Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four...
Superman: Legacy and Fantastic Four
Marvel is facing a problem with the release of Fantastic Four and DC’s Superman: Legacy, which are scheduled just two weeks apart.
This is because DC has gained a strong foothold in the industry, especially with Peter Safran and James Gunn leading. Therefore, a trusted insider, Jeff Sneider has come up with a solution.
Suggested“Proceeds to make a trash comic book movie”: Madame Web Producer Gets Mega Trolled for Tone Deaf Comment on Marvel, DC Movies
An Industry Insider Offers a Strategy to Marvel Against DC’s Movie Blitz
Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four...
- 2/16/2024
- by Shreya Jha
- FandomWire
Make way! Make way! Yes, after sailing into audiences' hearts back in 2016, Moana will return. And sooner than you think. Even with the planned live-action version still in the works, Disney has opted to turn what had been developed as a series set in the world of the film into an animated sequel — and it'll be out later this year.
In an interview ahead of an investors' call, where Disney took the chance to also send word of Zootopia 2 (likely to once more be called Zootropolis 2 here because of that pesky copyright conflict with a European zoo) landing in 2025 and the imminent arrival of the T-Swift concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (now with five extra songs and the added subtitle Taylor's Version) at its exclusive streaming home of Disney+ on 15 March, company boss Bob Iger confirmed the upgrade for Moana: The Series.
Conceived as a follow-up to the original movie,...
In an interview ahead of an investors' call, where Disney took the chance to also send word of Zootopia 2 (likely to once more be called Zootropolis 2 here because of that pesky copyright conflict with a European zoo) landing in 2025 and the imminent arrival of the T-Swift concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (now with five extra songs and the added subtitle Taylor's Version) at its exclusive streaming home of Disney+ on 15 March, company boss Bob Iger confirmed the upgrade for Moana: The Series.
Conceived as a follow-up to the original movie,...
- 2/8/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
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