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Image via Buena Vista Some of Disney’s biggest-ever flops have hailed from the fantasy arena – with John Carter, The Lone Ranger, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to name but four standing out – but one of the Mouse House’s most underrated blockbusters ever to be set in the genre arrived all the way back in 1981 and found widespread acclaim, only for Dragonslayer to bomb hard. Set in the mystical land of Urland, the narrative follows a familiar “Chosen One” path, but that’s besides the point. Not…

Last updated: June 19th, 2023 at 07:51 UTC+02:00 Samsung has announced that Disney and Pixar’s new movie Elemental will be showcased in 4K HDR exclusively on its Onyx Cinema LED screen. The movie was released globally on June 16, and it has been mastered in 4K HDR. Viewers can enjoy a more captivating and vibrant experience in theatres worldwide that use the Onyx Cinema Display. Samsung Onyx is the world’s first LED Cinema Display and is certified by DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives). It displays exceptionally rich…

via Pixar While the majority of the headlines will undoubtedly be going towards The Flash becoming DC’s latest box office disappointment, it shouldn’t go unnoticed that Elemental has also flopped to give Disney the latest in its alarmingly long line of failures. By scoring just over $29 million over the three-day weekend, Pixar’s latest has secured the unwanted distinction of landing the animation powerhouse’s worst-ever first frame outside of the first Toy Story, which obviously gets a pass both for being the…

Tiana’s Palace, revealed as the dream-come-true restaurant at the end of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, actually exists. In New Orleans, African American cuisine pioneer and community builder Leah Chase—Disney’s real-life inspiration for Tiana—ran Dooky Chase’s with her family, leaving a lasting legacy that has impacted generations.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdDuring io9's Disney Imagineering trip with Disney Parks to celebrate Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, we were hosted by Stella Chase, honorary Imagineer on the…

Timur Bekmambetov, a Russian-Kazakh filmmaker best known for such films as “Wanted,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and the 2016 remake of “Ben-Hur,” is renting for $40,000 a month. (Photo by Joel Danto of The Luxury Level) The rotunda entrance. (Photo by Joel Danto of The Luxury Level) The hand-painted ceiling in the rotunda entrtance. (Photo by Joel Danto of The Luxury Level) The living room. (Photo by Joel Danto of The Luxury Level) The kitchen. (Photo by Joel Danto of The Luxury Level) The dining room. (Photo by…

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images, Disney Although we wish the weekend had been kinder to Disney, the company, unfortunately, encountered news-breaking antisemitism and racism outside the entrance of Disney World on Saturday; it wasn’t long before one of Walt Disney’s very own descendants (yes, really) made a public statement condemning the situation on behalf of her grandfather — that’s how you know things are bad.  Thankfully, the icky news stops there as the latest Disney/Pixar short film has been announced…

The poor performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid at the Chinese box office has reopened questions on Hollywood’s increasing difficulties in the world’s second-largest economy and the role racism has played in the film’s reception.The live action remake has grossed just $3.6m (£2.9m) since its release in Chinese cinemas on 26 May, according to Box Office Mojo.The film, starring Halle Bailey as the mermaid Ariel, arrives as Hollywood tries to edge back into a market increasingly dominated by domestic productions, and as…

Image via Pixar Hello Disney lovers, friends, and even enemies; it’s time for another Disney news roundup in which we’ll catch you up to speed with the latest happenings in the House of Mouse. While news is relatively quiet on the DeSantis front today, Disney’s trading card game Lorcana is facing some legal controversy of its own before the game has even been released. In the latest entertainment news, Variety’s Actors on Actors invited two Star Wars prequel stars for a chat about their respective journeys…

via Disney Up until recently, you could basically set your watch to any movie backed by the might of Disney turning out to be a box office success and nothing else, but the shine has seriously started to come off the Mouse House’s star in recent times for a number of reasons. While the company has caught plenty of flak for dropping the acclaimed likes of Turning Red and Soul directly onto streaming – which did admittedly prove to be a blessing for the abominable Pinocchio remake – it can’t help but be noticed…

Image: Disney+While which witchy three will return to lead Hocus Pocus 3 remains to be seen, we now know that Hocus Pocus 2 director Anne Fletcher will be back to close out the trilogy.If you looked outside during Halloween 2022 you could see the Sanderson spell was alive and well, so it comes as no surprise that Disney would continue the franchise. The Wrap reports that Fletcher is on board to helm the sequel, news that comes shortly after Disney producer Sean Bailey’s announcement of it being in the works. Last year’s …