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Disney Announces Two New Pixar Films From 'Up' Co-Directors

August 20, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

One explores human mind; the other a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth

  

Disney, Pixar End Annie Awards Boycott

August 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

After shunning the controversial animated awards in 2010, Disney and Pixar restore support for a revamped organization

  

Man Accused of Insider Trading on Disney's Marvel Deal Hits Back at SEC

August 17, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Toby Scammell says he didn't get tips from his Disney-employee girlfriend about the media giant's $4 billion deal for the comic book company two years ago

  

Michael Gracey to Direct Hugh Jackman in Fox's 'Greatest Showman on Earth'

August 17, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The commercial director takes on Fox's P.T. Barnum-themed musical

  

Disney Seeks $1.85 Billion Bond Infusion

August 17, 2011 By Fred Schruers 1 year ago

The studio hopes to appeal to investors in the market for higher-yielding, long-term investments

  

Former Disney Exec Steve Wadsworth Heads to FishBowl Media

August 17, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The year-old independent production company lured in the former president of the Mouse's interactive media as a digital advisor

  

Disney Stops Production on Johnny Depp's 'Lone Ranger'

August 12, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The film has some of Disney's most important players attached: Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer

  

Man Charged With Using Girlfriend's Disney Job to Cash in on Marvel Sale

August 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

SEC slaps Toby Scammell with insider-trading charges after he makes a more than $192,000 profit on the deal

  

Latest Dow Dive Pummels Media Stocks Again

August 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 519.83 points, slamming media stocks.

  

Willem Dafoe, John Lasseter, Miss Piggy to Meet Fans at Disney D23

August 9, 2011 By Jake Weinraub 1 year ago

This weekend-long event focuses on 25 years of Pixar's technical wizardry

  

Disney Beats Wall Street Expectations, Addresses Shaky Economy (Updated)

August 9, 2011 By Fred Schruers 1 year ago

President and CEO Robert Iger said that the company won't be discounting resort rates any time soon, despite economic concerns

  

Market Claws Into Positive Territory; Media Stocks Rebound Slightly

August 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

CBS, decimated on Monday, was up nearly 15%, and Disney was up more than 5%

  

Media Stocks Tumble as Dow Falls 630+ Points in Broad Sell-off

August 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

CBS was especially hard-hit, falling more than 10 percent, but even Apple took its lumps in another Wall Street bloodbath

  

Disney's 'John Carter' to Debut in IMAX 3D

August 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The action-adventure film starring Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe and Lynn Collins will get the big-screen 3D treatment when it's released on March 9, 2012

  

Stock Market Plunge Puts Hollywood on Edge

August 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Despite huge upfront sales and strong earnings, the media industry is fully aware that advertisers have cancellation options

  

Media Companies Suffer in Stock Market Crash

August 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein, Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Analysts said media companies dependent on advertising are most vulnerable, and indeed CBS was hardest hit in worst one-day selloff since December 2008

  

Disney in Talks With Commercial Director Michael Gracey for Its 'Snow White'

August 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

This time, the studio is focusing on the seven dwarfs -- only instead of dwarfs, they're warriors -- in its feature "Order of the Seven"

  

DreamWorks Animation Nixes Distribution Extension with Paramount

August 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Where will Jeffrey Katzenberg go?

  

Disney/Pixar's 'Cars' Series Not Plagiarized, Judge Rules

August 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Court rejects screenwriter's claims that he came up with the anthropomorphic autos in the mid-'90s

  

Judge: Marvel Owns Rights to 'Fantastic Four,' 'Spider-Man,' 'X-Men,' 'Iron Man' and 'Incredible Hulk'

July 28, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The family of legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby claimed the characters belonged to them

  

Review: Don't Pooh-Pooh 'Winnie the Pooh'

July 14, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

There’s something to be said about a movie for children where there’s not a single item on-screen that plugs in or runs on batteries

  

Bob Iger: We Want to Sell Hulu

July 6, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Disney CEO says the streaming service's owners want to divest themselves

  

CEO Jason Kilar Is Contract-Less as Hulu Seeks Buyer

July 5, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

As of July, CEO Jason Kilar is without a contract. He plans to stay put nonetheless as company is considered by buyers, says an insider

  

Disney Sets 'Thor 2' Release Date for July 26, 2013

June 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The studio also moves the release date of "The Help" to Aug. 10, 2011

  

Scott Rudin Moves From Disney to Sony

June 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

"The Social Network" producer has a new first-look deal with Sony Pictures; he had been at Disney for five years

  

Who Will Buy Hulu? Most Likely an Internet Giant with Cash

June 27, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Peter Chernin quashed a rumor going that he was gathering a group of investors to buy Hulu. “No, it’s not true,” he told me on Monday