Pluto Chases Kid
From youtube.com:
add to del.icio.usThe word on the street is, Pluto got kicked in an unpleasant area. But Pluto is a dog, and dogs don’t like to be kicked.
distant creations
the world and more.Archive for September, 2007
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
From wikipedia.org:
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The game will be using “Digital Molecular Matter” developed by Pixelux Entertainment for dynamically destructible objects, Havok for rigid body physics, a graphics engine developed by LucasArts in conjunction with ILM and Euphoria developed by NaturalMotion specifically for the game.
The game will take place sometime after the rise of the Galactic Empire, and allow players to control Force-users. Motion images seen to date highlight the engines use of Pixeluxs Digital Molecular Matter, showing Force-users using telekinesis and Force lightning.
The game takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The player assumes the role of “Darth Vaders secret apprentice”. The player is sent across the galaxy to destroy the remaining Jedi. Set in the dark times between Episodes III and IV, the story is both a continuation of the prequel trilogy - exploring the aftermath of Order 66 and focusing on the continued evolution of Darth Vader - and a direct bridge to the Classic trilogy.
I wonder if Vader’s apprentice was Tarkin — remember when Tarkin is accused of “holding Vader’s leash”? Perhaps that wasn’t really the way it was at all and Tarkin’s rise was controlled behind the scenes by Vader. Just a thought….Dr. Disney
Disney CEO: Studios Not Supporting Blu-ray are Greedy and Shortsighted
From gamedaily.com:
He didnt mention them by name, but movie companies that arent embracing the Blu-ray Disc DVD format are being greedy and shortsighted, Disney CEO Robert Iger suggested Tuesday.
Iger said Blu-rays eventual victory over rival platform HD DVD is a “no-brainer,” given that the former is outselling the latter by 2-to-1.
That, though, didnt stop Viacoms Paramount and DreamWorks from dumping Blu-ray last month in favor of HD DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
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Orlando, Fla., Childrens Hospital Will Bear Disney-brand Name
From cnn.com:
add to del.icio.usThe Walt Disney Company DIS is putting up $10 million to create the first hospital to bear the Disney name.
Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton says the project is about giving children the chance to play and imagine and dream.
Construction on the Disney-themed seven-story, 200-bed building began on Wednesday. The $35 million facility is expected to be complete in 2010. It will revamp and replace the current Florida Childrens Hospital on the site, located about 25 miles from the theme park.
Officials have not yet decided on the hospital name, other than it will include the Disney brand.
Hanna stuck in turnstile with flamingo
From upi.com:
Jack Hanna got trapped in an airport turnstile during the weekend — with a flamingo.
Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, had just flown home from a zoo fundraiser in Iowa and landed at Don Scott Field at about 12:30 a.m. when the caper began, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
The airport terminal closed at 11 p.m., so the only way off the tarmac was through a 10-foot-tall, exit-only security turnstile. Hanna got stuck trying to push a square crate, carrying 11-month-old Marty the flamingo, through the round turnstile.
“I was stuck like a worm,” Hanna told the newspaper. “My eyes were as big as grapefruits.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Disney to examine its mobile phone operations
From iht.com:
add to del.icio.usDisney is seriously examining its mobile phone venture and will be deciding its future in the coming months, (Disney CFO) Staggs said.
Staggs said the Disney-branded phone service, which uses Sprint Nextel Corp.’s network, has been successful in signing subscribers. But the business has had some difficulty growing quickly.
“We’ve seen some challenges in distribution,” Staggs said. “We’re evaluating where we sit.”
Disney dropped its ESPN-branded cell phone service last year because it did not prove profitable. The company shifted the content developed for the service to Verizon Wireless.
Disney CFO says theme parks doing well — Disney will invest further in California Adventure. “No new US Disney parks in forseeable future.”
From iht.com:
Bookings at The Walt Disney Co.s domestic theme parks are not reflecting a broader economic downturn, the companys chief financial officer said Monday.
Travel bookings in the current quarter are up compared with the same period last year, Thomas Staggs told investors gathered at the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment conference.
“Im not saying the parks are immune to the economy,” Staggs said. “But thus far, were not seeing any impact in the numbers.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Parks’ fingerprint card might not be original
From freep.com:
add to del.icio.usDetroit entertainment lawyer Gregory Reed thought he owned a priceless piece of history — the fingerprint and arrest card from Rosa Parks’ run-in with police after refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955 on a Montgomery, Ala., bus.
But officials at Troy University in Montgomery say the school owns the real document, not Reed.
“We’ve got the original — we purchased it for $7,500 in 2001 from a retired Montgomery police officer,” said Ray White, interim vice chancellor of the Montgomery campus.
White contacted the Free Press after learning about an Aug. 28 article that said Reed, believing he owned the original document, had loaned a copy to Disney World for its National Treasures exhibit opening Sept. 28 at Epcot Center in Florida.
White said he bought the original card in May 2001 from retired Deputy Chief William Hudson, who said he retrieved it from a stack of cards that were about to be shredded after clerks had transferred them to microfiche in 1983.
Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour cometh
From mercurynews.com:
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If the very thought of sitting through any more coverage of Disney’s High School Musical doesn’t send you into a kitsch fugue state (so, not me!) then the impending Ice Tour iteration of the insanely popular tween phenome may be very cool news indeed.
Like the Ice Capades, only without the irony, this Disneyapalooza hits the ice in Oakland Oct 18-20 and San Jose Oct. 24-28.
Oh, yeah, and did we mention it’s supposedly a modern reinvention of “Romeo & Juliet?’’ Only instead of falling madly in love and getting poisoned and stabbed to death and everything, the young lovers audition for their high school musical (natch!). You know, because they want to teach all their friends about the value of being yourself and a whole lot of other cringingly After School Special- worthy platitudes.
Disney gets rights to “Southern Comfort”
From hollywoodreporter.com:
add to del.icio.usDisney has acquired the rights to a romantic-comedy pitch from scribe Gren Wells.
The Kentucky-set “Southern Comfort” focuses on themes of life, friendship and family.
John Strauss “The Santa Clause 2 & 3″, who collaborated on the concept with Wells, will produce under his Frontier Pictures shingle. Louanne Brickhouse is shepherding the project for Disney.
Wells also is penning a pilot for Showtime/Fox 21 Studios, which is based on Allan MacDonells novel “Prisoner of X.” MacDonell is serving as co-writer, and Little Engine will produce.
