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Disney Acquires El Shaddai and Deadly Premonition Publisher

The Walt Disney Company, which has a division dedicated to video game development in Disney Interactive, has now acquired control over UTV, a company based in India which itself holds control over UTV Ignition, the publisher of titles like Deadly Premonition and El Shaddai. Reports are mentioning that UTV will be de...

3 February 2012
12:11 GMT

NTT DOCOMO and Disney Launch Two Android Handsets for Japan

Today, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. announced the release of two phone models that would be marketed as part of the “Disney Mobile on docomo” brand, namely F-08D and P-05D. The “Disney Mobile on docomo F-08D” smartphone will hit shelves at the end of February, w...

1 February 2012
19:11 GMT

Trailer for 'Finding Nemo 3D' Is Here

Not long ago, Disney announced it would be re-releasing in 3D some of its most successful films. “Finding Nemo” was also on the list – and we know have a short teaser trailer for it.Not only was “Nemo” a good film with a good story and well-defined characters, but it also introduced the ...

12 January 2012
06:24 GMT

Preview of Disney's 'Tangled Ever After'

On January 13, 2012, Disney will premiere “Beauty and the Beast” in 3D. As a special treat to fans, each screening will be preceded by a short film called “Tangled Ever After,” a preview of which you can see above. As if mention still must be made, “Tangled Ever After” is Disney�...

7 January 2012
07:07 GMT

Epic Mickey 2 Leaked Before Its Announcement, Co-Op Mode Confirmed

It seems that Disney was a bit too excited with the upcoming Epic Mickey 2 game, as the company already confirmed it through a newsletter sent to a variety of subscribers, which contained a full description of the new title. Epic Mickey was released last year, coming from the mind of famous game designer Warren Spec...

4 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Watch: The Lion King Rises, 'The Dark Knight Rises' Parody

Watch the video above because we can guarantee it's the best you'll see all day. One YouTube user synced audio from the official trailer for Chris Nolan's “The Dark Knight Rises” with scenes from the Disney animation “The Lion King.”The result is called “The Lion King Rise...

4 January 2012
04:09 GMT

Coco Girl Developer Faces Financial Trouble, Facebook Game Goes On

Trouble seems to be brewing at MetroGames, a developer of social games which is based in Argentina, with company executives reporting a number of problems with finances, although they insist that the games the company oversees, including the popular Facebook title Coco Girl, will continue to operate.One of the design...

29 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Marvel MMO Renamed to Heroes, Has Bigger Role for Well Known Characters

Video game developer Gazillion has announced that its upcoming Marvel based superhero MMO has been renamed to Marvel Heroes, with the game creators saying that the change is set to show the central part that the comic book characters will play in the experience.Gazillion has not yet revealed too many details about Ma...

21 December 2011
15:11 GMT

Square Enix Announces New 3DS Kingdom Hearts [Dream Drop Distance]

Video game publisher Square Enix has announced that it is working on a new Kingdom Hearts video game, called Dream Drop Distance, which will be launched exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS handheld during 2012. The protagonist will be Sora and Riku and full cast of Disney characters are also included, with brand new cre...

21 December 2011
07:34 GMT

Nicole Scherzinger Inconsolable After Rachel Crow Gets the Boot on X Factor

The latest edition of X Factor USA saw 13-year-old Rachel Crow getting the boot after judge Nicole Scherzinger sent the decision to deadlock. Drama ensued – and it also played out once the show was over, as the video below will confirm. As we also informed you yesterday, judges had to send home either Rache...

10 December 2011
04:34 GMT

YouTube Adds Disney Classics and Modern Blockbusters to Rental Program

YouTube is well known and highly appreciate for cat/infant or cat plus infant combo videos, but less so for movie rentals. It's working on it, Google has been signing deals left and right to get more movies available in its rental program.Well, add movies that people would actually want to watch, you can only ha...

23 November 2011
17:51 GMT

Robert A. Iger Joins Apple’s Board of Directors

In addition to naming Arthur D. Levinson as Chairman of the Board, Apple has announced that Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, will join Apple’s board and will serve on the audit committee.Apple describes Iger as “the steward of the world’s largest medi...

16 November 2011
03:03 GMT

Teen Pop Star Dishes the Dirt on Huge Disney Names, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber

Speculation about how Disney stars behave when the cameras and the tabloid reporters are not around to see has been making the rounds ever since we can remember. Until now, few insiders agreed to go on the record with what they knew, but one Disney star is now speaking out. However, she too does it under the cover o...

16 November 2011
02:45 GMT

YouTube Partners with Disney for Original Series Based on iPhone App

YouTube has struck a deal with Disney for several series with original content to show up on the video site but also on Disney's own. Disney and YouTube will finance at least one new series created exclusively for the video site, but there are plans of having at least several series in production at any given ti...

7 November 2011
09:33 GMT

Colorful Google Doodle Honors Disney Artist Mary Blair

Google is running a doodle honoring Disney artist Mary Blair, who worked on many of the studio's classic and shaped their visual style. While largely unknown to the outside world, her innovative work has been an influence on designers and animators ever since. She joined Disney in 1940 and worked on many of the...

21 October 2011
05:41 GMT

New ‘The Muppets’ Trailer Tells Story, Overdoses on Cuteness

Come this Thanksgiving, get ready for an overload of cuteness. Disney has just released a brand new trailer for “The Muppets” and, if one were to describe it in just one word, adorable would probably be it. The Muppet Theater is in danger of being tore down, and a desperate Kermit wants to organize Th...

14 October 2011
08:01 GMT

Statements From Industry Leaders on Steve Jobs’ Passing

The media is still abuzz with the passing of Apple’s co-founder, Steven P. Jobs, and everyone who knew him (or even had remote contact with the man) is eager to express their deepest sympathy.For example, the following is statement from Robert A. Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company:“Steve Job...

6 October 2011
08:28 GMT

Kids Can Now Race Physical Cars on their iPads' Screens

Disney Pixar is introducing Disney AppMATes, a new line of toys that allows kids to use an iPad’s screen as a virtual play mat.Featuring miniature Disney Pixar Cars 2 vehicles with sensors on the base of each toy, the Appmates toy line is recognized by a special application that Disney is set to launch in the A...

29 September 2011
03:39 GMT

Keith Richards Says He Never Expected to Be a Disney ‘Darling’

Despite reports that Disney was thinking to cut all scenes with Keith Richards in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the actor is still very much a Disney “darling” to this day, when the film is just days from hitting theaters worldwide. Come to think of it, the image of the Rollin...

10 May 2011
08:37 GMT

PopCap Boss Says His Company Could Grow Up to Be Disney

The leader of casual games developer PopCap, which counts games as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled among its hits, believes that his company and other major players like Zynga, which is focused on Facebook games like FarmVille, and Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds, might develop to become multimedia-focused conglom...

9 May 2011
17:41 GMT

That's So Raven: Psychic on the Scene Hints (DS)

That's So Raven: Psychic on the Scene is a video game developed by Handheld Games and published by Buena Vista Games, aka Disney, exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld platform and released in North America on November 2, 2006. That's So Raven: Psychic on the Scene, like its name suggests, is based on...

9 May 2011
13:51 GMT

Demi Lovato Leaves Disney’s ‘Sonny with a Chance’

Now that she’s out of rehab and speaking publicly about the issues that sent her there in a bid to help other insecure teens like herself, Demi Lovato feels she couldn’t handle the pressure of being in front of the camera again. She’s leaving the Disney show “Sonny with a Chance.”In a st...

20 April 2011
05:40 GMT

Vanessa Hudgens Talks Fame, Calls Her Fans ‘Obnoxious’

Vanessa Hudgens, now seen in theaters in Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch,” is tired of being considered the same Disney girl she was a few years back. In fact, she says in a new interview with the LA Times, she finds fans of her work from back then pretty obnoxious. Hudgens, who’s made plenty of h...

12 April 2011
09:15 GMT

All Future ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Movies Depend on Johnny Depp

As the release date for the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie draws near and amidst talk that the fifth and sixth movies are in the pipeline, fans are bringing up the very interesting question of what will happen with the franchise afterwards. Jerry Bruckheimer has the answer to that. When it wa...

1 April 2011
05:55 GMT

Miley Cyrus Is Furious with Dad Billy Ray for Anti-Disney GQ Interview

Earlier this week, GQ ran an interview in which Billy Ray Cyrus, the father of “Hannah Montana” star Miley, ripped into Disney for making the show, ruining his life and now ruining his daughter. Miley, of course, is not happy about it. The GQ piece, based on an interview taken in December, marks the fir...

19 February 2011
04:38 GMT

Demi Lovato Leaves Rehab

Disney star Demi Lovato has left the rehabilitation facility she’s been at since November last year and is now back in Los Angeles. Though out of the facility, Demi will still be receiving help for her issues. TMZ was the first to report that the singer / actress was out again. Shortly after, photos of the star...

29 January 2011
07:14 GMT

Warren Spector Already Has Ideas for Epic Mickey 2

Famous games designer Warren Spector, the head of Junction Point studio, is already talking about the possibility of a sequel to his latest title, Epic Mickey, and said that he has quite a few ideas about where to take Disney's loveable mouse. Epic Mickey was launched last year, exclusively for the Nintendo W...

24 January 2011
14:21 GMT

Details Leak on Third ‘TRON’ Movie

Though Disney is yet to confirm any of these, buzz is building up that fans of “TRON: Legacy” will get a first look at the third film with the DVD of the film, while more details on the script are leaking online. As fans must already know “Legacy,” marketed by Disney as a stand-alone film, is ...

24 January 2011
05:14 GMT

Johnny Depp Replaces Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Oz’

Robert Downey Jr. has officially dropped out of Disney’s “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” leaving the studio to look for another lead. He seems to have been found in longtime Disney collaborator Johnny Depp. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that, while Downey was never officially attached –...

22 January 2011
05:43 GMT

‘TRON: Legacy’ Is Top Dog at US Box Office

It’s been a rather lackluster weekend at the North American box office but the just released “TRON: Legacy” still managed to meet all expectations, even if not write history with record gross.While estimates were saying Saturday morning the Disney film would most likely make about $47 million over t...

20 December 2010
06:02 GMT

Britney Spears Becomes Disney Role Model After Demi Lovato Scandal

This has been what one may call a rough run for Disney: Miley Cyrus allowed herself to be videotaped while smoking a bong and the vid leaked, while new personal pics of Demi Lovato have also ended up online. Disney is now turning to Britney Spears for help. Apparently, in a bid to prove that it's still suitable ...

19 December 2010
04:18 GMT

Jon Favreau Is Out of ‘Iron Man 3’

After making “Iron Man” into the $1.2 billion global franchise it is today with just two films, director Jon Favreau is out of the picture, announcing on his Twitter page that he wouldn’t return for the third film, scheduled to come out in May 2013. News broke in New York Mag’s The Vulture sec...

15 December 2010
03:13 GMT

First Trailer for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Is Here

With only days to go until the first official trailer for the latest installment in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise drops in theaters in 3D with “Tron: Legacy,” fans can check it out in 2D, as it has just been released online. It’s no longer news by now that “On Strang...

14 December 2010
03:52 GMT

Tron: Evolution

Like any self-respecting entertainment company these days, Disney decided to celebrate the release of the upcoming Tron: Legacy movie with a tie-in video game, Tron: Evolution, which has been developed by the team at Propaganda Games. Set to act as a prequel for the action in the movie, featuring the likenesses of...

10 December 2010
06:30 GMT

Quick Look: Tron: Evolution

Disney will continue the story of cult classic Tron later this month through Tron: Legacy, so what better way to celebrate the new movie than with a tie-in game, manufactured by Propaganda Games. As such, Tron: Evolution has been revealed, a third person action adventure title with an emphasis on platforming, in t...

7 December 2010
12:01 GMT

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ 5 and 6 Shooting Back to Back

Disney is dreaming big: shooting for the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film, “On Stranger Tides,” a wrap, the movie studio is looking into making the new film into a trilogy as well, it has emerged. As fans must know, the first three “Pirates” films are seen as a whole, whi...

4 December 2010
05:01 GMT

TRON Legacy Light Cycle USB Drives Outed by Disney

Since just about every true fan of the original TRON movies is anxiously waiting for the release of its modern-day successor, TRON:Legacy, it should come as no surprise that quite a few high-tech paraphernalia items related to the movie are starting to make their way online, the latest we've come across being of...

30 November 2010
03:50 GMT

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1’ Rules Thanksgiving Weekend

The latest installment in the “Harry Potter” franchise has managed to come atop the Thanksgiving weekend despite the fact that several new releases vied for the same position. As early estimates had it, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” is definitely en route to becoming the bigge...

29 November 2010
10:13 GMT

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game Announced

A few weeks after Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was canceled, Disney, together with TT Games, have announced that a new game based on the property will be made, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game.As you all know by now, Disney canceled the Armada of the Damned title after it was in develop...

22 November 2010
02:37 GMT

Third 'Tron' Movie Is Already in the Works

Though it's being marketed as a stand-alone movie, “Tron: Legacy” is actually the sequel to the 1982 “Tron,” a little detail that might be lost on non-fans. A third film may already be in the works, even though “Legacy” is still to arrive in theaters. Mark Malkin of E! Online ...

21 November 2010
05:19 GMT

New ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’ Poster Is One Major Tease

The fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film doesn’t drop until May 2011, but this is just as good a time as always for Disney to start teasing it. Case in point, the first teaser poster for it, which has just hit the web. Though it appears to be very similar to posters released for the previous &ldqu...

16 November 2010
10:49 GMT

How New Disney Technology Made Jeff Bridges Young Again for ‘Tron: Legacy’

Disney’s much-hyped “Tron: Legacy” arrives in theaters starting December 17 and, aside from the mind-blowing special effects used to make it, another thing that’s getting a lot of attention is the technology used to “youngify” actor Jeff Bridges. According to visual effects supervi...

16 November 2010
04:54 GMT

Demi Lovato’s Disney Show Goes On Without Her – For Now

About a fortnight ago, Disney star Demi Lovato admitted herself to a treatment facility for personal issues her rep would not speak of with the media. Her show “Sonny with a Chance” has been readjusted until she gets back.Ever since word got out in the media that Demi was seeking professional treatment in...

15 November 2010
10:55 GMT

Epic Mickey Is the Best Looking Wii Game Ever, Spector Says

Warren Spector, the boss of Junction Point Studio and the man behind franchises like the critically acclaimed Deus Ex, has revealed that his newest project, Epic Mickey, is without a doubt the best looking Wii game ever.We've already heard Spector and his team applaud his own creation a few months ago, but with ...

15 November 2010
02:27 GMT

Tom Hardy and Angelina Jolie in New, Live-Action ‘Snow White’

British actor Tom Hardy, whom fans saw last in this summer’s “Inception” blockbuster, is officially the hottest commodity in Hollywood right now: his name has just been thrown in the mix with that of Angelina Jolie.Disney movies may be a hit with audiences of all ages, but Disney movies adapted into...

27 October 2010
11:12 GMT

Epic Mickey Will Have a Variety of Endings

One of the developers who is working at Junction Point on the new Epic Mickey video game has stated that the game will have a number of different endings which will be heavily influenced by the choices a player makes while going through the game.Adam Creighton, who is a producer working on the Disney character based ...

26 October 2010
15:01 GMT

Disney to Cut All Keith Richards’ Scenes from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’

Disney doesn’t condone drug use – not to mention like it when one of the stars of its upcoming movie offers free advice on how to get high without risking your health. As such, it wants Keith Richards out of “Pirates 4.”Shortly after the veteran rocker confirmed that he would be reprising his ...

24 October 2010
05:52 GMT

Sony Announces PlayStation 2 and Toy Story 3 Limited Edition Bundle

Hardware maker and video game publisher Sony has announced that it will be putting on sales a limited edition bundle of its PlayStation 2 home gaming console packed with Toy Story 3, the title created by Disney Interactive based on the popular movie series.The pairing between the PS2 and Toy Story 3 has a launch date...

21 October 2010
04:32 GMT

‘Iron Man 3’ Release Date Announced

Not that anyone doubted that a third “Iron Man” film would be made, but fans can now breathe easy knowing that it’s coming – in May 2013, distributed locally and internationally through Disney. Coming Soon informs that Disney, Paramount and Marvel have reached an agreement under which Paramoun...

19 October 2010
06:31 GMT

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Axed, Studio Hit With Layoffs

Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned has been canceled, as Disney confirms that the whole project was scrapped and the development studio, Propaganda, will employ major layoffs today.Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was set to use Disney's blockbuster franchise to push a whole new type of...

15 October 2010
02:20 GMT


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