Disney has negotiated with Britain’s Cineworld movie chain to drop its boycott of the upcoming Disney Film “Alice In Wonderland.”
Numerous movie cinemas around the world are threatening to boycott the Disney Movie because it is only running in theaters for 12 weeks rather than the usual 17 weeks.
Rumor has it that Cineworld chose to lift the boycott after Disney’s President of Distribution, Bob Chapek, assured the cinema chain that this limited release would not become a common practice for the Walt Disney Company.
The UK cimenas Odeon and Vue still refuse to lift the boycott they have on the movie.
Odeon issued the following statement: “As a result of Disney’s insistence on reducing at short notice the theatrical window from 17 weeks to 12 weeks on a major 3-D title, regrettably with limited availability of 3-D screens, we have been left with no viable means of scheduling and promoting Alice In Wonderland.”
Rumor has it that many Dutch cinemas are also boycotting the film.
We hope Disney works this out before the March 5, 2010 release date of Alice In Wonderland!
IMG Source: Walt Disney Pictures; Source: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
Walt Disney Pictures is working on developing a movie set for the big screen titled “Prom.”
The movie is said to be similar to the High School Musical films we all know and love, except it will not be a musical. The movie will focus on students in high school getting ready for Prom night.
No current Disney stars are likely to act in the film, rather an all-new cast is expected to be found.
The script was written by Katie Wech, producers are Ted Griffin and Justin Springer, and the director will be Joe Nussbaum who worked on the Amanda Bynes film “Sydney White.”
Are you excited for “Prom”?
Source: Variety
In a recent interview Selena Gomez talked about how she admires her friend Taylor Swift for being a strong person – especially when it comes to the recent controversy about Taylor’s Grammy Awards Show performance.
Many people are choosing to focus on how poorly they believe Taylor performed, while Taylor herself is choosing to focus on the four Grammy Awards she won that night.
Keep your chin up Taylor, we love you!
Singer/dancer Shakira headed to the set of the Disney Channel Original Series “Wizards of Waverly Place” to participate in an upcoming episode of the show. Read below to find out what Selena Gomez had to say about working with Shakira:
“The Shakira episode was so much fun. I’m not sure I can reveal too much. I just know that she had a very big part in it and I was just starstruck the entire time. I also felt like I needed to work out after I was next to her because she’s gorgeous. She was really nice and she was really funny. So the role was her playing herself, obviously, and I got to sing a song with her as well.”
So Selena sang with Shakira, but did she dance? “No! I wasn’t even about to attempt her dance moves. There’s no way I would be that skilled.”
Source: MTV.com
The Disney Store in New York City has moved and the new location, in Times Square, will open in the Fall of this year.
It has been said that the store will be unlike any other Disney Store out there right now – with a children’s theater inside and an interactive Disney Princess castle.
There will also be an area in the new location specifically for celebrity appearances.
However, one thing that the Walt Disney Company has not made room for in the new Disney Store is its previous employees.
A source has revealed to DisneyDreaming.com that employees of the old Disney Store location in New York were let go and told that they would not be re-hired when the new Disney Store location opens up.
But why?
The only thing we can think of is perhaps this new Disney Store is going to be so different from other Disney Stores that it would be more cost effective for the Walt Disney Company to train all new employees about the new store and how it should run than to re-train the old employees.
Still…that’s a bit harsh, would you agree?
