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Friday, November 26th, 2010
Christmas 2009 came with a new gift from Disney • Pixar: Prep & Landing. This is a new holiday classic featuring a pair of elves that prepare each home for the arrival of Santa Claus. They make sure that the children are asleep, and any potential problems are neutralized before he comes to deliver presents to the home. It only took the first few minutes to make it one of my favorite Christmas specials that I have ever seen. I must have watched it a few dozen times last year.
I learned something very exciting today. Not only is Prep & Landing going to air again this year (hoping for a Blu-ray release some day), but they’re also working on a sequel! Now, the sequel isn’t due until Christmas 2011, is a very long wait.
I was a bit disappointed that I would have to wait another year to have another adventure in the world that was so thoroughly established in the original, and then I saw that they are releasing a short this year as well!
I remember the first time that I watched Prep & Landing. I was blown away. Not only was it a very short special, but it had a lot of heart and when it ended, I wanted more. I didn’t expect it to happen, and not this quickly. Here’s what I know about each new adventure. The short – Operation: Secret Santa, and the sequel – Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice.
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Tags: Christmas, Disney, John Lasseter, Operation: Secret Santa, Pictures, Pixar, Prep & Landing, Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, Prep and Landing
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
This month features the release of the long awaited James Cameron film, Avatar. I hope that it’s worth the wait, in the end. I’ve been telling my friends the only things I know about it for a long time: that James Cameron is inventing a new filming technique for it, and it’ll be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 is more or less a possibility, whereas The Princess and the Frog is a new Disney Must-See! I’ve selected Sherlock Holmes based on the creative team alone.
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Tags: 2009, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Avatar, December, Movies, Sherlock Holmes, The Princess and the Frog
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
I’ve been following whatever news I can about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit since the character was brought back to Disney for the first time since Walt Disney lost the character. You see, before Mickey Mouse existed, he had created the character of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and when he was fired from the animation studio that produced the cartoons, he left for California where he created Mickey Mouse. What happened next? Well, Mickey is one of the most recognizable characters in the world, and Oswald is not.
But now he’s making his return in a very inventive way.
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Tags: Epic Mickey, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Warren Spector, Wii
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
This month, Pixar is finally re-releasing Toy Story in 3D. It’s the first wave in the re-introduction of the characters in a new format, as well as the promotional push for Toy Story 3, which comes out in 2010. Where the Wild Things Are also releases this month. Not looking forward to this one as much, but we’ll see!
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Tags: 2009, Movies, October, Toy Story (3D), Where the Wild Things Are
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Wow… this is something that I actually saw coming at some point in the near future, and it’s one that I’m actually happy about. I was a pretty big fan of the original version of the film, but I always thought it was too short, and they didn’t really get into the story as much as I would have liked. I wanted to see more than they offered, which is probably part of why I watched it more than a few times.
Now, Disney is planning a remake of the film:
Brad Copeland is writing the remake, which is being produced by Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.
The 1986 original told the story of a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spacecraft in 1978 and reappears eight years later, still the same age and with no memory of what happened. NASA scientists discover a connection between the boy and a downed spacecraft and try to exploit the boy, who ultimately escapes with the ship and attempts to reunite with his family.
The movie grossed only $17 million when it was released but was later rediscovered on VHS, becoming a cult hit.
John Hyde, who executive produced the first one, steps into the same role for the new version.
Mandeville’s senior vp Albert Page will help oversee development and exec produce. Kristin Burr is overseeing for Disney.
Copeland, repped by UTA, wrote “Wild Hogs” for Disney and is writing “Nightcrawlers” at Warners. He cut his teeth in the TV world, where he acted as writer-producer on “Arrested Development” and recently as writer and consulting producer on “My Name is Earl.”
Tags: Disney, Flight of the Navigator, Remake
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
This is the start of the summer movie season, and it begins today with the origin of Wolverine. This month also features a couple of sequels that many would probably consider to be unnecessary: Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. The month ends with the next potential masterpiece by Pixar: Up.
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Tags: 2009, Battle of the Smithsonian, Disney, May, Night at the Museum, Pixar, Terminator Salvation, Up, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
This month is light on the releases that I actually want to see. In fact, at this time there is only one film releasing during the pre-summer movie month that I am even interested in.
“Of all the planets in our universe, there is only one we know can support life.”
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Tags: 2009, Disney, Disneynature, Earth, Hoppipolla, James Earl Jones, Music, Patrick Stewart, Sigur Ros, Takk...
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
I figured that, since we’re getting closer to the summer movie schedule, now would be as good a time as any to post my list of movies that I anticipate seeing over the course of 2009. It’s definitely a truncated list, based on what I knew was coming out at the end of 2008. All release dates are subject to change, and additions to the list are a definite possibility.
The list of films is grouped by month. It starts out with April and goes to December. At the beginning of each month, I’ll be posting a new entry more information about each of the movies for that month, including (if available) a trailer for the film. I’ll also be expanding on my reasons for wanting to see the film, and whatever else strikes me at the time.
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Tags: 2009, A Christmas Carol, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Avatar, Battle of the Smithsonian, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Earth, G-Force, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age, Land of the Lost, Movies, Night at the Museum, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, Revenge of the Fallen, Sherlock Holmes, Terminator Salvation, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story (3D), Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up, Where the Wild Things Are, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Oliver & Company is a movie that came out when I was really young. I slightly remember seeing it in theatres. I also had the soundtrack on an audio cassette (it feels weird typing that word). Disney had released the film on DVD before, but it wasn’t exactly a great release even though it was a “Special Edition.” On February 3, 2009, they’re going to correct that by releasing an all-new 20th Anniversary Edition DVD.

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Tags: 20th Anniversary Edition, Bonus Features, Box Art, Cover Art, Details, Disney, DVD, Oliver & Company, Oliver and Company, Press Release
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