Category: Disney
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Disney Announces Release Dates for Jungle Cruise Arrival on Digital and Blu-Ray
Disney’s Jungle Cruise will soon be cruising to people’s homes when it arrives on digital on August 31 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 16, 2021. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, this is the movie inspired by the classic Disney attraction. This release of Jungle Cruise will include a new expedition…
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Disney+ Tops Expectations With 116 Million Subscribers
Disney+ continues to grow its subscription base and exceed expectations. In an earnings call, Disney shared that the streaming service had gained 12.4 million subscribers in its third quarter. This brings Disney+ subscriptions up to 116 million. It beat projections by Wall Street analysts that had the subscription service reaching 112.8 million. The news came…
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Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products Return to Profitability
During an earnings call, Disney reported that Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products have again returned to profitability. This was due to the combination of the entire unit and not just the parks alone. Revenue for the segment grew 308% to $4.3 billion. The return to profitability came as all of the Disney Parks are once…
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The Walt Disney Company Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Earnings for Fiscal 2021
BURBANK, Calif.–The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended July 3, 2021. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the quarter was income of $0.50 compared to a loss of $2.61 in the prior-year quarter. Excluding certain items(1), diluted EPS for the quarter increased to $0.80…
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National Geographic Releases Trailer for Growing Up Animal Ahead of Disney+ Arrival
National Geographic has released a trailer for its docuseries Growing Up Disney. This comes ahead of the six-episode series’ arrival on Disney+ on August 18th. The series is narrated by Tracee Ellis Ross and follows animal mothers and their babies from the womb and then as they grow up and face what nature has to…
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Fozzie Bear Gets Comedic Experience Aboard The World Famous Jungle Cruise
Fozzie Bear is the resident Muppet comic that has been making fans laugh and roll their eyes for years. So what better place than The World Famous Jungle Cruise for Fozzie to go and get a comedic experience at the Disneyland Resort. While there, he got a wonderful encounter with a Jungle Cruise Skipper who…
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Disney Releases First Look at Muppets Haunted Mansion on Anniversary of Original Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
Today Disney and Muppets fans got a first look at what Muppets Haunted Mansion will look like when it arrives on Disney+ later this fall. The reveal comes on the anniversary of the opening of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion opened on August 9, 1969. The look at the upcoming show featured Kermit the…
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Disney+ Releases Trailer for Second Season of Diary Of A Future President
Diary of a Future President is returning to Disney+ for a second season. The second season will arrive on the streaming service on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The series will continue the origin story of a future leader Elena Cañero-Reed who is recounting her 7th grade experience through a diary. The ups and downs she…
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Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Theme Song and Opening Sequence Released Ahead of September Arrival on Disney+
The theme song and opening sequence for Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. was released this week. It comes as the show is set to arrive exclusively on September 8, 2021 on Disney+. New episodes will then stream every Wednesday. Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Official Description “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” – a coming-of-age dramedy inspired by the hit medical series…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Among Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators
Walt Disney Imagineering is one of Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators. This honor recognizes companies that successfully foster cultures of innovation and encourage employees from top to bottom to discover, explore and invent. Fast Company partnered with Accenture to create a series of metrics designed to evaluate the role innovation plays in company culture and this…
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Disney twenty-three Fall Issue to Celebrate Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary
FROM CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT TO INCREDIBLE NEW EXPERIENCES, THE NEW ISSUE DETAILS EVERY SHIMMERING SURPRISE FANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MOST MAGICAL MILESTONE ALSO IN THE FALL ISSUE: THE STARS OF SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS AND ETERNALS, DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.’S PEYTON ELIZABETH LEE, THE CREATORS OF LEGO STAR WARS TERRIFYING TALES, AND MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION STARS GONZO…
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New Disney Animation Studio Coming to Canada as Walt Disney Animation Studios Expand
Walt Disney Animation Studios are expanding both in Burbank and also in Vancouver, Canada. The new studio in British Columbia will focus on long-form series and special projects for Disney+. This includes a musical series focused on Moana that will be at a theatrical level of quality. Amir Nasrabadi, a veteran animator, will serve as the…
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The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Renewed for Second Season on Disney+
The Mighty Ducks will be coming back again. This time it will be for a second round on Disney+, Disney’s streaming service. Yesterday it was announced that The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers had been renewed for a second season. The show has a new team of Mighty Ducks that revolves around a 12-year old kid…
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Trailer Released for Season 2 of Short Circuit Experimental Films Ahead of August 4th Arrival on Disney+
On August 4, 2021, a brand new season of Short Circuit Experimental Films will arrive on Disney+. This series comes from Walt Disney Animation Studios. With it, anyone at the studio can pitch an idea and have it potentially be selected to then be created. This experimental program is celebrating its fifth year since being…
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Disney’s Jungle Cruise Wins at Box Office
Disney’s Jungle Cruise was number one at the box office for its opening weekend. Disney released figures for the weekend and celebrated its opening with a statement saying, “Jungle Cruise is the perfect summer adventure film, bringing a beloved theme park attraction to both the big screen and living rooms in a way that only Disney can.…
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Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-gram Studio Restoration Hit By Car
Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio restoration has hit a setback. A car hit the building where Walt Disney founded his first studio. Thank You Walt Disney, Inc has been working towards “saving Walt Disney’s Kansas City history and providing a place for art and animation study, while encouraging confidence and entrepreneurial individualism.“ In a Tweet this…
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Disney’s Jungle Cruise – Mr. DAPs Review
Disney’s Jungle Cruise is the latest Disney movie that brings a classic Disney attraction to life on the silver screen. Starring Dwayne Johnson as Skipper Frank and Emily Blunt as Dr. Lily Houghton, this is an Amazon adventure that is full of adventure, fantasy, and comedy. In the movie, Dr. Lily Houghton hires Skipper Frank…
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Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt Surprise Guests on Jungle Cruise at Disneyland as Secret Skippers
Watch the hilarious video of Skippers Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt surprising Disneyland guests as they take the helm of the famous Jungle Cruise ride—with a little so-called “help” from Jack Whitehall. Make sure to catch them all in fun-filled action starting today when “Jungle Cruise” hits theaters and is available on Disney+ with Premier…
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Disney to Require U.S. Salaried And Non-Union Hourly Employees to Be Vaccinated
The Walt Disney Company will soon require all United States-based salaried and non-union hourly employees to be vaccinated. Disney is also in discussion with union leaders as well for this requirement. It comes as the pandemic is in the midst of a surge across much of the United States. As the Delta variant continues to…
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Find Easter Eggs from Disney’s Jungle Cruise on The World Famous Jungle Cruise!
Disney’s Jungle Cruise arrives in theaters and Disney+ (with Premier Access) this weekend. The World Famous Jungle Cruise recently reopened at Disneyland. With the reopening, some Easter Eggs can now be found throughout the attraction that are from the movie. Kevin Rafferty Jr. shared a couple of these Easter Eggs on the Disney Parks Blog.…
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Tiffany Haddish and LaKeith Stanfield in Discussions to Appear in Haunted Mansion Film
Comedian Tiffany Haddish and LaKeith Stanfield are reportedly in talks to appear in the upcoming Haunted Mansion movie that is in the works at Disney. The Hollywood Reporter is sharing that two could end up starring in this new incarnation of a film based on the classic Disney attraction. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the…
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Disney Streams a Stream for Hours Before Arrival of “The Streamer” Who Promotes Disney’s Streaming Services
Yesterday Disney streamed a stream for quite literally hours to promotes its streaming bundle. This event took place on a new Twitter handle called @thestreamer. This new handle promised a big announcement at 3:00 on July 27, 2021. When the stream arrived, it was quite literally a stream of a stream. Beginning at 3:00 PST,…
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Three New Goofy Shorts Coming to Disney+ on August 11
Three new Goofy shorts will be arriving on Disney+ on August 11th. The three shorts, directed by Eric Goldberg, are all hand-drawn and make up a series entitled How to Stay at Home. The three shorts are: How to Wear a Mask Learning to Cook Binge Watching The series found its origin last fall when…
