This week, Disney is being sued over claims that it stole the idea, characters and dialogue for Zootopia. Also, a new streaming content competitor has popped up and it's led by a former Disney executive. Plus, Beauty and the Beast makes $500 million in 7 days, making it the sixth biggest seven-day movie opening of all time. That said, movie theaters are facing new pressure from studios to shorten the length between box office release and home video. And, oh yeah, Bob Iger's contract got extended through 2019. That and much, much more. For the week of March 27, 2017 this is episode 124 of The Disney Movie Review.
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Disney is being sued for copyright infringement on Zootopia
http://fortune.com/2017/03/21/disney-zootopia-lawsuit/
Disney wasn't able to get the case thrown out here
http://www.thedisneymoviereview.com/7/
Disney settled the Frozen Lawsuit here
http://www.thedisneymoviereview.com/23/
Did Disney create a new competitor by closing Maker Studios?
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-pocketwatch-20170322-story.html
James Gun uses Facebook more than Donald Trump uses Twitter...and here's a poster
http://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-imax-poster/
Lefouston
Deadline's interview with Sean Bailey
http://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-sean-bailey-disney-emma-watson-1202047710/
Cars 3 characters are going on a cross country tour
Sneak Peek at Happily Ever After
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkmOrytM_k
Here's information on Disney's Tax Bill
More on Bob's new contract.
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/bob-iger-disney-ceo-extends-contract-july-2019-1202014760/
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This week, it’s our spoiler review of Beauty and the Beast. We talk about the lead actors, Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Autotune. Plus Gay LeFou made his debut but did it really matter in the grand scheme of things? And how does this compare to the original? That and much much more. For the week of March 18, 2017, this is episode 123 of the Disney Movie Review.
NOTE: This week we go long. Way long. But it's Beauty and the Beast. It deserves it. Hope you enjoy it!
Here's the thing with Quasimodo's lips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuIb7aUVOfM
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This week, Fans are mad that Thor: Ragnarok is going to be funny, but Director Taika Waititi is making it clear that he doesn’t really care. Someone thought it was a good idea to make a music video for Beauty and the Beast, but they were very wrong. Plus, Bob Iger quoted the musical Hamilton during the annual Shareholders meeting, so we made him a musical. That and much, much more. For the week of March 13, 2017 this is episode 122 of the Disney Movie Review.
Loki told Fandango that Thor Ragnarok is going to be the funniest Thor yet.
https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/833360198551085056
This caused fans to go crazy, but the Director didn't really care.
Team Thor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPNBKT6JLSU
Beauty and the Beast Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axySrE0Kg6k
We now know what Luke says to Rey (SPOILER!!!)
More information on the Shareholder meeting
Here is that New York Times article about the Disney Channel
Beauty and the beast ticket sales could actually go past $166 million
http://fortune.com/2017/03/07/disney-beauty-beast-pre-sale/
Sam Jackson can’t go to Wakanda (Timecode -01:50)
https://www.facebook.com/siriusxm/videos/10155166904510929/
Thor: Ragnarok outfits
https://www.cnet.com/news/thor-ragnarok-chris-hemsworth-hair-entertainment-weekly/
New Cars characters and a new poster
http://people.com/movies/kerry-washington-cars-3-first-look/
Check out this podcast on Visual Effects
http://freakonomics.com/podcast/no-hollywood-ending-visual-effects-industry/
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This week is a jam-packed show as we try to catch up on two weeks of news! Does a gay LeFou really make sense for Beauty and the Beast? Disney marketing kicked into overdrive this week by releasing new trailers and footage for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Cars 3. Plus we found out that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is plural and a new article details how Disney is making fans of the Expanded Universe (a.k.a. Legends) happy. That and much much more. For the week of March 6, 2017, this is episode 121 of The Disney Movie Review.
LeFou is Gay
Disney aired its First Gay Kiss
http://nypost.com/2017/03/01/disney-has-its-first-gay-kiss/
Here are the Beauty and the Beast clips
(Belle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1VQkTTT7M
(Dinner Invitation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKyp9Tx-NPY
(Gaston) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JG6f5_37tg
New Guardians Trailer (Release May 5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duGqrYw4usE
New Pirates Trailer (Release May 26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgeu5rhoxxY
New Cars 3 footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYKmJJB3vFY
The Last Jedi is plural
Shooting on Han Solo begins
http://www.starwars.com/news/han-solo-smuggler-scoundrel-hero-new-star-wars-story-begins
See how Lucasfilm is working with fans to include things from Legends into canon.
http://comicbook.com/2017/02/20/star-wars-lucasfilm-legends-expanded-universe-george-lucas/
Here's one of the articles on Maker
https://digiday.com/media/disney-maker-studios/
There is a new Mary Poppins photo
Disney invented a room that can charge your cell phone wirelessly
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