At Disney‘s D23 Expo in Ahaheim, California this weekend, fans were treated to their first look at the upcoming live action/CGI film The Jungle Book, based on the 1894 Runyard Kipling book of the same name and the 1967 animated Disney classic. I got a chance to chat with Ben Kingsley who voices the panther Bagheera in the film. Fans...
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(Note: This article was first published on author Witney Seibold’s ‘blog Three Cheers for Darkened Years) Here is something we’ve all noticed: There aren’t enough superhero movies that feature females in lead roles. The superhero boom began in earnest, I feel, all the way back in 2002 with the release of Sam Raimi’s...
Fans at Disney‘s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this weekend got a look at the new posters for Alice Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to the Tim Burton-directed Alice in Wonderland. Directed by James Bobin and written by Linda Woolverton, with Tim Burton as producer this time, we’ll see the return of Johnny Depp as the Mad...
We haven’t seen much from the upcoming remake of the live-action/animated Disney film Pete’s Dragon yet, but audiences at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this weekend got a short glimpse of what we might be seeing. I got a chance to chat with star Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) backstage, where she shared a bit about her...
As you know, we’re getting an eighth Fast & Furious movie. Tonight at the Teen Choice Awards, star Vin Diesel revealed the name of Fast & Furious 8. Diesel received the Teen Choice award for Choice Action/Adventure movie and remembered his dear friend, the late Paul Walker. Diesel said, “I can’t stand here and be rewarded...
Fans at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA were excited about a lot of things at the live action presentation this weekend, but the big surprise hit was The Jungle Book. Twitter lost it’s mind when the combination CGI and live-action film showed footage. I got a chance to chat with director Jon Favreau backstage where he talked...
At Disney‘s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams. Though they didn’t show new footage from the film, the announcement of the Star Wars theme parks had everyone talking all weekend. I tried to get more information about the Knights of Ren. As you...
At the Disney D23 Expo this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o. Nyong’o plays Maz Kanata in the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but she was also there to promote The Jungle Book in which she voices the wolf Raksha and Queen of Katwe, where she plays Harriet...
At Disney‘s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Oscar Isaac who plays Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He talked about the film and being at D23. “It’s been great,” he said. “We’ve had to be so secretive about everything. So to slowly start showing little...
At Disney‘s D23 Expo this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Captain America: Civil War stars Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie after the big Marvel segment of the live-action presentation. These two were an absolute riot, gushing about what we saw in the Civil War footage and about Evans‘ insane love for Disney. I got to see...