Disney Princess

Image: Rock Love/BoxLunch/ShopDisney/WB Shop/WEBTOON/BBC StudiosHere’s a fandom-centric guide for every type of mom: new moms, dog moms, mother moms, and more. It’s getting down to the wire to shop for the perfect gift (Mother’s Day is May 14!) but thankfully places like BoxLunch, ShopDisney, WB Shop, and other pop culture retailers have you covered. Jump into this gallery of gift ideas from Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, Lore Olympus, Bluey, One Piece, and Jurassic Park to outfit the mom (and her littles)…

Screenshot: Disney PicturesIn a surprising turn of events, Dwayne Johnson and Walt Disney Pictures are fast-tracking a live-action adaption of their Disney Princess tale Moana. Johnson will reprise his role as Maui.The original’s not even a decade old, but a remake of the 2016 Disney animated feature, in which Johnson starred alongside newcomer Auli’i Cravalho—who won’t appear in this new version—is in the works, as was just announced during a Disney shareholders meeting with Bob Iger. Johnson announced, “I’m deeply…

Screenshot: Walt Disney StudiosJust 100 days shy of its release, Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid has revealed the first glimpse of Melissa McCarthy as the film’s iconic Disney villain Ursula. Actress Halle Bailey released the latest look at the Walt Disney Studios live-action adaptation; she stars as Ariel, the fairy tale heroine whose popularity in 1989's The Little Mermaid helped usher in the Disney Renaissance era in animation. With hit songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the original film brought more modern…

Image: Disney ParksA new Princess and the Frog attraction is closer to becoming a wish come true at Disney Parks. According to the company, the re-theme will begin with the closure of the flume ride’s current Splash Mountain incarnation on January 23 at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, making way for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Imagineers have shifted from research and design to focus on an immersive experience inspired by the 2009 Disney Princess animated film. We’re ready for it to take us back to New Orleans in a…

Image: LoungeflyThis holiday season Loungefly adds more fairytale glimmer to its collection with a new, sequin-bedecked Disney Princess release. The fandom fashion house and its VP of Creative, Liz DeSilva, revealed to io9 the latest drop in the Disney royalty-inspired line featuring Mulan and chatted with us about the brand’s global impact.Sabina Graves, io9:  I know there’s been at least a few releases in this specific series. Can you tell me a bit about what inspired them? I love that it looks like they’re taking…

Image: Epic InkAs Disney’s 100th year approaches, Disney Animation Studios is celebrating its fairytale lore with some major releases. Among them is author Emily Zemler’s Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara, a visual guide to the Disney Princesses, which will chronicle the impact Disney royalty has had on pop culture since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Zemler sat down with io9 to share an exclusive look inside the book, chronicling the evolution of the Disney heroine, and to discuss the influence of their legacy…

Photo: Disney Animation StudiosIt’s an important Disney character you probably never thought too much about: the star, as in the “When You Wish Upon a Star” that Jiminy Cricket sings about, the star that Princess Tiana looks up to ask for her palace restaurant, and the star that Simba gazes at while missing his father. Now, the star is getting an origin story, in the form of animated film Wish. And I’m here for it—you know if Marvel came out with movies about the origin of each Infinity Stone, you’d watch them. In Wish,…

Artist Sharika Mahdi and lead Imagineer Charita Carter.Photo: Disney ParksWe knew that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a re-imagined water ride based on The Princess and the Frog, was coming to Disney Parks—and while it won’t be open for a few more years, it’s already inspired some stunning new art, more of which was unveiled today as part of the company’s celebration of World Princess Week. New Orleans artist Sharika Mahdi and lead Imagineer Charita Carter debuted the new art, featured on the Disney Parks Blog. Mahdi has been…