Jim Hill Media - Special preview screening set at Fly-In Theater on Friday, August 2 EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - (April 29, 2013) - Everyone knows that Oshkosh becomes the busiest airport in the world the week of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (July 29-August 4), and that airplanes take off all the time ... however, 2013 will be a first for some very special planes. The summer release of "Disney's Planes," the animated comedy adventure from above the world of the popular 2006 film "Cars," has the... Read more

Jim Hill Media - NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO D23 MEMBERS  Insider Glimpses of Monsters University, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger and Disney's Planes Plus an Extensive Feature Saluting 60 Years of Walt Disney Imagineering BURBANK, Calif. - April 29, 2013 - The summer issue of Disney twenty-three, the flagship magazine of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, features a mega summer movie preview of Disney's upcoming theatrical releases. D23 gets readers back in the saddle with filmmakers Jerry Bruckheimer and Go... Read more

Jim Hill Media - So how exactly do you make an eyeball look like it's 18 years old? Copyright Disney Pixar. All rights reserved That was the challenge that Ricky Nierva faced on "Monsters University." As the art director / production designer of Pixar's first-ever prequel, Nierva (working closely with this project's character art director Jason Deamer) had to figure out how to properly reverse-age Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan. Turn these two "Monsters, Inc. " stars into beli... Read more

Jim Hill Media - You'd think -- what with getting the revival of "Jekyll & Hyde" ready for its 13 week-long, limited engagement at the Marquis Theatre -- that director Jeff Calhoun wouldn't have any time left for his other Broadway show, Disney's "Newsies." But that's where you'd be wrong. Last month while he was out-of-town with this Frank Wildhorn musical in Chicago, Jeff used his one day off from "Hyde" to nip off to NYC's Nederlander Theatre to go check up on... Read more

Jim Hill Media - Earlier this week, Paul T. sent me an e-mail with an image attached that -- I'm sure -- will titillate a certain segment of the Disney fan community. Jim, Check out what I found on an animation art auction cite!! It's a bare-ass Ariel!! Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved Well, okay. This is how this particular cel from that 1989 Walt Disney Animation Studios production was inked & hand-painted back in the day. But please note that the paint never actually makes i... Read more

Jim Hill Media - As the staff cuts at DreamWorks Animation and Walt Disney Studios prove, bigger is no longer thought of as better in Hollywood. The suits are now angling after a far more efficient business plan. Tinsel Town 2.0, if you will. A place where smaller teams follow shorter production schedules and work within tighter budgets yet still somehow manage to deliver top-quality motion pictures. You know. The way that Sony Pictures Animation has been doing business for the past 10 years. Copyright 2013 Sony... Read more

Jim Hill Media -     UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT AND GIVE KIDS THE WORLD PARTNER TO CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE VACATION AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE  Universal Parks & Resorts Vacations to Donate $100 to Give Kids The World for Every Package Booked ORLANDO, Fla. (April 17, 2013) -   Universal Orlando Resort today unveiled a one-of-a-kind vacation package allowing guests to spend cherished family time in its theme parks and then to create unforgettable memories for children at Give Kids The World Vil... Read more

Jim Hill Media - Tune-in - by clicking below - to THE LONE RANGER trailer debut and live stream Q&A exclusively on Yahoo! featuring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, director Gore Verbinski, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer at 1:00pm PST.     ... Read more

Jim Hill Media - So how was your Tuesday? Me? I wound up getting schooled on Pixar's next full length animated feature, "Monsters University." Photo by Jim Hill Early yesterday morning, I flew out to San Francisco to take part in a Press Day for this "Monsters, Inc." prequel. And I'll say this much: The folks in Disney & Pixar's marketing office really know how to theme a media event. As I (and 30 other lucky bloggers & journalists) got off the bus that took us over to the Emeryvil... Read more