Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023

Amid a week of massive layoffs at Disney, the leadership team of its film arm gathered in Las Vegas on Wednesday to tout its successes and upcoming slate of films to a crowd of theater owners and exhibitors.

The Walt Disney Company presentation, with exclusive new footage from films like...

Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023

"Elemental'' director Peter Sohn says his parents ignited the spark for the upcoming Disney and Pixar animated film.

Sohn invited his parents — who both had emigrated from Korea to the U.S. — to an event. Seeing them from the stage filled him with a deep appreciation for all they had done...

Friday, Jan. 21, 2022

A month after "Encanto" debuted in theaters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the movie's Colombia-inflected songs, took a long vacation. By the time he returned, something almost as extraordinary as the enchanted home of the movie had transpired.

"Encanto" became the first movie soundtrack...

Monday, Nov. 22, 2021

Mirabel is extraordinary, in that when it comes to her family, she is totally normal.

That's the set-up for Disney's absolutely charming new animated musical "Encanto," which flips the typical children's movie script. Instead of few magical people amid a sea of ordinary, here the ordinary...

Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021

Despite growing concerns over the delta variant, "Jungle Cruise" still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film's opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.

The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt exceeded expectations by pulling in more than $34.1...

Monday, May. 31, 2021

German punk princess Nina Hagen isn't the most obvious inspiration for a Disney movie, but " Cruella " is also not your typical Disney movie. The new live-action origin story about the black-and-white-haired cartoon supervillain is less about a maniacal dalmatian-skinner than an aspiring...

Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020

Out of all of Disney's animated films, "Mulan " was the one that made the most sense as a live-action remake. Not that there haven't been good and charming live-action remakes over the past decade — Kenneth Branagh's "Cinderella" being at the top of the pack — but with most of them no matter how...

Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019

Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been anyone less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. 

When the year closes out Tuesday, the top 10 films in...

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019

"Frozen 2" blanketed multiplexes for the third straight weekend, continuing its reign at No. 1 with $34.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. 

The Walt Disney Co. animated sequel has already grossed $919.7 million worldwide. It will soon become the sixth Disney...

Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019

Picture this: A princess is in distress. It looks bad. Her dashing young man rides up in the nick of time and says, “Here I am to save you, my dear!” Actually, he doesn’t. He just says, “I'm here. Whaddya need?” She has a plan, and off they go.

This little exchange between Kristoff and...

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