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Little Mermaid Remake Artist Sues Producers

virginiakublawi | Aug 18, 2023 | 1

74-year-old model builder Christine Overs is suing Sandcastle Pictures, Disney’s production company behind the Little Mermaid remake. Overs worked on the beach scenes for the film, and Sandcastle’s negligence led to her falling on a makeshift step while working in 2020. Overs’ la...

Kenneth Branagh to Direct Live-Action Gargoyles Movie? Nah

virginiakublawi | Jul 17, 2023 | 0

Earlier today, The Belfast Telegraph ran with a story that Kenneth Branagh will direct a live-action cinematic adaptation of Disney’s Gargoyles. A number of sources have since reported it. The series, which ran from 1994 until 1997’s non-canon Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles, was creat...

Less Marvel Content Coming From Disney

AlexGherzo | Jul 13, 2023 | 0

Some of Disney’s biggest brands are going to make themselves scarce in the future. In an interview with CNBC – the same one in which he told the striking actors and writers to stop being selfish and accept their AI replacements – CEO Bob Iger discussed the recent failures of Disney-owned prope...

Netflix Teases Live-Action Avatar

virginiakublawi | Jun 18, 2023 | 0

Netflix has revealed the first images of the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender main cast in character. Check out the first look at Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio), Sokka (Ian Ousley), and Zuko (Dallas Liu) in live-action here: And here’s the first teaser for the series: The t...

Disney Remaking Bambi; Sarah Polley May Direct

virginiakublawi | Jun 13, 2023 | 0

Deadline reports that Sarah Polley is in talks to direct a live-action remake of Bambi for Disney. Polley is known for writing Women Talking (for which she won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar), Take This Waltz, and Away From Her. The remake is said to feature music from Kacey Musgraves Bambi is...

Moana Remake to be Captained By Hamilton Director

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2023 | 0

Disney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Moana remake has found its director. Thomas Kail is known for Broadway’s Hamilton and the most recent rendition of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. However, Kail has also worked on TV projects like Fosse/Version a...