A quick Twitter exchange yesterday afternoon with a fellow Disney buff from California revealed that I missed some pretty important news that came out of the D23 expo that was held last weekend as well as some other Disney-related news, so here’s a quick recap:
- After playing 30 min. of The Princess and the Frog and telling the Sunday attendees that the studios made a mistake when they shunned traditional 2D animation for 3D computer generated fare, Disney/Pixar studio head John Lasseter proceeded to announce that the next Disney animated musical will be based on the story of Rapunzel will star pop star Mandy Moore as the long-haired princess and Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) will be her prince. The movie will be coming out in theaters during the winter holidays in 2010—and it will also be Disney’s first CG animated musical. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
- Tron Legacy will be released to simultaneously to regular theaters and IMAX on December 17, 2010—but if there isn’t an IMAX theater near you, don’t worry! The regular theaters will also allow you to view it in Disney’s Digital 3D format. (Source: Variety)
- The title of Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel’s upcoming Muppet movie has been revealed as The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made. Details on the plot are a little conflicting because the movie title references an old idea Muppets creator Jim Henson had where Gonzo blows the production budget on the opening credits and everything else needs to be filmed on the cheap whereas the plot line that Segel is working on concerns the Muppets “putting on a show in the barn” to raise enough money to buy it from a sleazy tycoon who wants the oil underneath it. (Source: /Film.com)
There can’t have been anything else important that I missed, can there?
Name says:
The Muppet title seems…uh….interesting?????
Lincoln says:
I personally like the title of the new Muppet Movie. I'm a huge fan of the Muppets, and this seems just like something Henson would have done. Though I like his plot outline better than Segel's which just sounds like 'The Muppet Movie….Again'.
kennethe says:
Trisha, is this info correct? You say Rapunzel will be released in Winter 2011, and that it will be a Disney/Pixar film. I was under the impression it was coming out next year, and as a regular Disney film, not Pixar.
gmcalpin says:
You were right; Trisha got her facts mixed up.
It is indeed coming around Christmas 2010 and is a Disney CG-animated feature; Pixar has nothing to do with it.
kennethe says:
Trisha, is this info correct? You say Rapunzel will be released in Winter 2011, and that it will be a Disney/Pixar film. I was under the impression it was coming out next year, and as a regular Disney film, not Pixar.
Gordon McAlpin says:
You were right; Trisha got her facts mixed up. I blame swine flu.
It is indeed coming around Christmas 2010 and is a Disney CG-animated feature; Pixar has nothing to do with it.