Category: Disney
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Gives Update on Journey of Water at EPCOT
Disney CEO Bob Iger shared an update on Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana during the Disney Annual Shareholder Meeting. The update shows the new EPCOT experience getting closer to being finished. Once it is completed, the multi-year transformation of EPCOT will be complete. The following was shared by the Disney Parks Blog about the…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Calls Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Actions Anti-Business and Anti-Florida
During the Disney Annual Shareholders Meeting this morning Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke out about the actions of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis against The Walt Disney Company. The Disney CEO was responding to a question during the Q&A period at the end of the meeting. The response was in reaction to a question about Disney’s…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Expresses Optimism Moving Forward in Shareholder Meeting Remarks
During the 2023 Annual Shareholder meeting for The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger shared remarks about the company he has once again returned to lead. While acknowledging the challenges that the company faces, he also expressed optimism for the company moving forward in a video that was released for the virtual shareholder meeting. After the…
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Disney Announces Live-Action ‘Moana’ Movie
During Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a live-action Moana is in production from The Walt Disney Company. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joined the annual meeting from Hawaii with a video that included his kids on the beach to make the announcement. Johnson will be returning to the role of Maui…
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Three Disney100 Collections Now Available on shopDisney!
Today shopDisney has announced that there are three Disney100 collections to check out on shopDisney.com and in the Disney Parks. One of these collections is brand new! The new collection is the Disney100 Unified Character Collection. It includes apparel, accessories, trading pins and more that are themed to favorite stories and friends from across The…
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LIVEBLOG: The Walt Disney Company 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting
Welcome to Daps Magic’s coverage of The Walt Disney Company 2023 Annual Shareholder meeting. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT with Daps Magic’s coverage starting a few minutes earlier. Watch the liveblog coverage as Bob Iger leads his first annual shareholder meeting for Disney since returning as the…
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‘Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder: A retrospective collection of artwork and step-by-step drawing projects featuring a curated collection of iconic … the past 100 years (Licensed Learn to Draw)’ Available for Pre-Order
Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder: A retrospective collection of artwork and step-by-step drawing projects featuring a curated collection of iconic … the past 100 years (Licensed Learn to Draw) is now available for pre-order for those who want to learn to draw favorite Disney art. This book will be released on September 5, 2023…
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‘Disney100: The Exhibition’ Guided by Walt Disney’s Core Philosophies
When the Walt Disney Archives took on the task of creating an expansive, immersive exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Walt Disney Company, it looked for inspiration from Walt Disney himself. Rather than covering the company’s history in chronological order, the exhibition is organized in 10 galleries that reflect Walt’s…
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Disney’s Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Finds Its Lilo
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch has found its Lilo. For the remake of the 2002 animated film, Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo. The film is being directed by Dean Fleischer Camp. Camp is known as an India director and for directing the best animated feature Oscar nominee Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. Kealoha…
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Disney Reveals Ways to Celebrate Earth Month
Earth Month is in April. Ahead of the arrival of the month tomorrow, Disney has shared some ideas for how to celebrate this month. This month will not just be about conserving our planet, it will also be a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. There are also ways to celebrate with…
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‘Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was’ Now Available for Pre-Order
Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was is now available for pre-order. This book gives a look at Walt Disney’s project that almost was but then wasn’t. It will be released on September 13, 2023. The retail price for the hardcover book is $32. It is written by…
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‘Start a Wave’ From ‘World of Color: ONE’ Heads to Streaming Services
Start a Wave, the theme song from World of Color: ONE is being released on music streaming services. The song will be arriving at 12:00 ET/9:00 PT tonight. It will feature the song’s writer Cody Fry singing the song in place of Loren Allred who sings the song in the show. The song captures the…
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‘The Official Walt Disney Quote Book’ Available as Disney Celebrates Disney100
The Official Walt Disney Quote Book is available on Amazon as a part of the Disney100 celebration. Disney100 is the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of The Walt Disney Company. This book includes both quotes and photos of Walt Disney himself. The Official Walt Disney Quote Book Official Description The Walt Disney Company honors its…
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Disney Reveals First Look at Sci-Fi Flick ‘Crater’ Ahead of Disney+ Arrival
Ahead of its May 12th debut on Disney+, Disney has revealed a first look at Crater. This coming-of-age sci-fi flick stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce and Scott Mescudi. A 21 Laps Production, the film was written by John Griffin and produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen.…
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Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac Perlmutter Laid Off by Disney
Earlier this week, Disney CEO Bob Iger sent an email out to employees saying that the layoff process had begun at The Walt Disney Company. This process would be done in three phases, with the first one happening this week. Names are now starting to trickle out about who is being laid off at The…
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Disney 100 – Moana on Sailboat Funko Pop! Available for Pre-Order
Disney continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary in the parks and beyond. Part of the Disney100 celebration has included special Funko Pop! releases. This has included different Funko Pop! characters from Disney’s 100 year history, including Walt Disney himself. Now, a new Funko Pop! that has Moana on her sailboat is available for pre-order via…
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Character Posters Released for ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ One Month Ahead of Disney+ Premiere
In one month Peter Pan & Wendy will be arriving on Disney+. Directed by David Lowery, this is a live-action reimagining of the J.M. Barrie novel and the 1953 animated classic. Ahead of the arrival of this movie on Disney’s streaming service, character posters have been released showing Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, Captain Hook, Tinker Bell,…
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The Walt Disney Company To Webcast Its Annual Meeting Of Shareholders
BURBANK, Calif., March 27, 2023 – The annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), including remarks by management regarding the Company, will be available live via webcast at www.disney.com/investors beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 a.m. PT on April 3, 2023. The webcast presentation will be archived.
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Questlove to Direct Live-Action Remake of ‘The Aristocats’ for Disney
Disney is making a “live-action” remake of its animated film The Aristocats and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will be directing it. Questlove is the Oscar award-winning director behind Summer of Soul. The film will be a hybrid of live-action and CGI. Thompson will not only be directing but also overseeing and producing the film as well.…
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The ‘Frozen 3’ Announcement by Disney Surprised its Songwriters
When Bob Iger announced that Frozen 3 was in the works during an earnings call, it came as a surprise for many who were listening. It also came as a surprise to the songwriters who wrote the music to the first two Frozen films. In a recent interview with Collider, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez…
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Disney Releases New Trailer for ‘Disney Speedstorm’
Disney has released a new trailer for its upcoming video game Disney Speedstorm. The trailer showcases all the stuff that will be included in each tier of the game’s Founders Packs. This will allow future players to learn what will be included in each one and also be ready to dominate on the track when…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Emails Employees As Layoffs Begin
Disney CEO Bob Iger has sent an email out to employees today sharing that layoffs will be starting this week. This comes as the company is undergoing substantial cost cutting across the board, including the reduction of 7,000 jobs. Disney is looking to save $5.5 billion. In the email Iger shared that this week Disney…
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Pictorial: ‘Prom Pact’ Pink Carpet Premiere
STARS OF THE DISNEY ORIGINAL MOVIE ‘PROM PACT’ AND DISNEY+ ORIGINAL SERIES ‘DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.’ CELEBRATE THE NEW ROM-COM’S PREMIERE ON AN ‘80S-INSPIRED PINK CARPET ‘Prom Pact’ and ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’ Begin Streaming March 31 on Disney+ BURBANK, Calif. (March 24, 2023) This evening, the stars and creative team of the upcoming Disney Original Movie “Prom…
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Soundtrack Release Date Announced by Disney for Live-Action ‘The Little Mermaid’
The Little Mermaid will be arriving in theaters on May 26, 2023. When it does, Halle Bailey will be singing about her dreams to be “part of your world.” There won’t just be the classic songs from the animated movie, however. There will also be some new songs included on this soundtrack from Alan Menken…