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Frozen co-director does not rule out Elsa getting a girlfriend in sequel

Edit Digital Spy 28 Feb 2018
Frozen fans, the #GiveElsaAGirlfriend movement looks set to potentially pay off in Disney's upcoming animated sequel. A huge number of fans have been encouraging Disney for years to follow through with the original film's allusions to the LGBT+ community, particularly those who were inspired to come out by the anthemic 'Let it Go'....

Bombshell review: Inside actress Hedy Lamarr's secret life as a wartime inventor

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 Feb 2018
FILM BOMBSHELL ... There is plenty for the film buff to enjoy in this documentary about the life of the movie star, Hedy Lamarr ... Lamarr, too, had her encounters with Hollywood's Dr Feelgood but her life's rough patches are eclipsed in the film by its account of her little-known achievements as an inventor ... Her parents were shocked but not as much as Hitler, who ordered the film banned....

Fox Developing Silver Surfer Standalone, Among Other Marvel Films, & Fans Are Annoyed

Edit Moviefone 28 Feb 2018
Despite the looming merger with Disney/Marvel Studios, 20th Century Fox is "going 100 miles per hour" with multiple "X-Men" movies and other Marvel-led projects in the coming year ... "There's been zero slowdown on that front given Disney.". THR said Fox has several films in development to further develop the "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" brands ... "New Mutants" is going back for more filming this summer for its February 2019 release....

Disney, built on franchises, says not everything needs to be a franchise

Edit Quartz 28 Feb 2018
Disney says not all of its films are destined to become franchises ... The Pixar film, inspired ... He thinks of franchises as a character or set of characters that Disney can leverage across its businesses—in film, TV, parks and resorts, and merchandising....

Amazon Prime Video signs content deal with Disney India

Edit Live Mint 28 Feb 2018
In 2016, after a spate of box office failures, Disney decided to put its Indian film production on hold ... is said to have not just provided Disney an opportunity to renew its local film business but also make it India’s biggest broadcaster given Fox’s clutch of television channels, its stake in direct-to-home platform Tata Sky and its digital streaming platform Hotstar....

Comcast launches late €25bn Sky bid

Edit Irish Independent 28 Feb 2018
US cable giant Comcast has offered to buy Sky for $31bn (€25.3bn) in an unsolicited approach, taking on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney in the battle for Europe’s biggest pay-TV group ... Disney’s Bob Iger is also a long-time rival after Comcast tried and failed to buy Disney for $54bn in 2004. Disney had agreed to subsequently buy Sky ......

Frozen 2 director Jennifer Lee on Elsa potentially getting a girlfriend: 'We have tons of ...

Edit The Independent 28 Feb 2018
Ever since Frozen reached cinemas, Disney fans have been urging the studio to officially make Elsa their first LGBT+ princess, kickstarted by the campaign #GiveElsaAGirlfriend....

'Hunger Games' rides. Virtual reality 'Twilight.' How Lionsgate is pushing into the theme parks business

Edit The Los Angeles Times 28 Feb 2018
The Santa Monica-based film and TV studio has high hopes for Lionsgate-themed parks in South Korea and China set to debut in the next several years ... The studio is hoping its budding theme park business will help turn Lionsgate into an international household name and boost its film brands abroad, assuring that its franchises live outside the multiplex ... film studio....

Disneyland Paris to add zones devoted to Star Wars, Frozen, and Marvel comics

Edit Hindustan Times 28 Feb 2018
The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.5-billion) expansion of its Paris amusement park which will add a new Star Wars-themed zone to the huge site ... French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the investment as a “very strong commitment” to France after talks at his office with Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger....

A Wrinkle in Time: First social media reactions posted onto Twitter

Edit The Independent 28 Feb 2018
@ava's made a gorgeous film that's full of emotion and wonder ... All I can say is @stormreid is a powerhouse! brought me to tears!! RUN TO SEE THIS FILM!!! Thank you @ava and Disney for giving little girls everywhere a superhero ... Obviously super kid-centric, but like many Disney movies has the emotional pull to tug at the adult heartstrings ... This is going to be one of those films that I won't be able to examine with any critical remove....

Oscars: Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel and Gael Garcia Bernal to Perform 'Remember Me' From 'Coco'

Edit Billboard 28 Feb 2018
Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel and Gael Garcia Bernal are set to perform “Remember Me,” from the animated film Coco, at the 2018 Oscars ... [readmore.8213536]. “Remember Me” was composed by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, the songwriting couple who won an Oscar for “Let It Go” from Disney’s 2013 sensation Frozen. Coco is nominated in the best animated feature film category ... ....

Qld wins Vietnam War movie, wants Dora

Edit This is Money 28 Feb 2018
An epic film about the Vietnam War's Battle of Long Tan will be shot in Queensland this year and the state government also has Hollywood productions including the new Dora the Explorer movie in its sights. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in Los Angeles as part of a US visit, is meeting with Hollywood studio executives from Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros, Disney and Paramount and said she received a consistent message....

‘Waitress’ and ‘School of Rock’ among new Broadway shows coming to Salt Lake City — ...

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 28 Feb 2018
Disney’s “Aladdin,” “Waitress,” “Come From Away,” “Finding Neverland” and “School of Rock” musicals are the new shows that will play on the next Broadway at the Eccles season, joined by the 20th-anniversary tour of “Rent.” ... 25-30) • The musical, with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, was adapted from Adrienne Shelly’s film (which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival)....
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