Posted by thelanetrain on June 30, 2008
Gawker reported today that the Mexican outlet of The Disney Channel will be releasing its own original version of the teen juggernaut High School Musical. Sorry teeny boppers, no Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, or Ashley Tisdale, but there will be plenty of singing, dancing, and las chicas latinas!
Below is the official trailer, courtesy of YouTube.
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Posted by thelanetrain on June 27, 2008
After last weekend’s release of two mediocre comedies, this weekend brings two new highly anticipated summer movies to the big screen. On the left is Disney/Pixar’s latest release Wall-E, a family movie about a robot in space, and on the right is Wanted, an action flick loosely based around a group of assassins but heavy on the special effects and blowing-shit-up. At least Michael Bay isn’t directing the latter.
After The Jump: What you should know before you hit the theatres (SPOILERS AHEAD!)
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Posted by thelanetrain on June 23, 2008
The Walt Disney Company is having quite a day today, and not necessarily in a good or bad way. To start, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Disney is in talks with Veoh Networks to allow for the streaming video service to air ABC and ESPN programming via its website. So now, you can watch all your favorite episodes of Desperate Housewives and get the latest MLB scores without having to buy overpriced iTunes episodes or check scores through Yahoo! Sports. Awesome!
Furthermore, Disney also sold its online movie tickets site, movies.com, to Comcast. According to eFluxMedia, Comcast, which owns Fandango, finally acquired the Disney-owned site after a number of unsuccessful offers to buy the service. In addition, Comcast hopes to increase visitors on both websites, and to increase its overall revenue via online advertising and ticket processing fees.
Honestly, we don’t care what happens to our movie ticketing sites that still shock us when prime tickets cost ten dollars, but please, for the love of god, do not give the paper bag mascots any of those insanely annoying Mickey Mouse ears.
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Posted by thelanetrain on June 13, 2008
There’s that moment in pop culture when one wildly-popular-for-a-short-time star fades out of the spotlight and starts falling for the next biggest thing in that category. That sad, yet perplexing moment happened yesterday, as Disney’s latest spun-off rock act The Jonas Brothers made an appearance on Live! With Regis and Kelly with who else but former American Idiot winner Taylor Hicks. An article posted on People.com reports claims that Hicks “couldn’t resist partaking in Jonas Brothers mania with thousands of of other fans” outside the studios. Says Hicks:
“Once I arrived and saw all the Jonas Brothers fans, I got in on the screaming. We were all having a great time out there…We were all just being fans and that’s a cool thing.”
Isn’t that nice? Hicks is just trying so hard to keep his name in the headlines support fellow rockers. He’s like a thirteen year old girl. And he even has a favorite, Nick! How cute. Seriously, call us when you grow your testes back.
On the plus side, at least he’s not creepily obsessing over Disney jailbait.
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