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“The Princess and the Frog” actress Anika Noni Rose is “disappointed” in Disney after the IP did not get its happily ever after, as promised.

Rose was set to reprise her lead voiceover role as Princess Tiana for an eponymous Disney+ sequel series. The show was announced in 2020, more than a decade after “The Princess and the Frog” debuted in 2009. In March 2025, “Tiana” was officially scrapped by the streamer; a source told IndieWire that the series went through several different creative teams, and the production costs were too high to continue. In lieu of the series, a short-form project titled “Tiana Special Event” is now in the works for Disney+.

“I too am deeply disappointed that the continuation of Tiana’s journey in series form has been cut short,” Rose wrote on social media. “The series was a long time coming, and a lot of beautiful work was put into...

Anika Noni Rose is “deeply disappointed” after Disney scrapped its planned “Princess and the Frog” television series for Disney+ after years in development. The series, titled “Tiana,” was first announced in 2020. Joyce Sherri joined the project in 2023 as its lead writer and director. Rose was set to reprise the title princess, who she first voiced in the 2009 animated film. News broke earlier this month that “Tiana” had been axed as a series. A short-form project based on “The Princess and the Frog” is now being developed for Disney+.

“I too am deeply disappointed that the continuation of Tiana’s journey in series form has been cut short,” Rose wrote on Instagram. “The series was a long time coming, and a lot of beautiful work was put into it by all of the creatives involved, including but not limited to long time champion Jenn Lee, our wonderful writer/director Joyce Sherri,...

When Will Finn's and John Standford's animated musical Western "Home on the Range" was released, it came with an elegiac announcement. Disney, you see, had been struggling throughout the early 2000s. The 1990s renaissance was over, and much of the studio's more recent output was either failing critically or commercially. Films like "Fantasia 2000," "The Emperor's New Groove," and "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" were only modest successes, while films like "Dinosaur" and "Brother Bear" were coming and going without much notice. The studio's clunky sci-fi epic "Treasure Planet" notoriously lost buckets of money, which didn't inspire confidence. It didn't help that DreamWorks was attracting huge animation audiences with films like "Shrek" — a notoriously anti-Disney movie.

As such, to appear competitive, Disney announced that "Home on the Range" was going to be the studio's last-ever traditionally hand-drawn feature film. After that, it was to be 100% CGI. Animation purists panicked, feeling...

The Princess and the Frog sequel series has been scrapped at Disney+. Titled Tiana, the streaming exclusive would have brought back Anika Noni Rose as the voice of Disney's first Black princess, Tiana.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney Animation Studios has officially pulled the plug on Tiana as it abandons making original long-form content for Disney+. Sources close to the project revealed that despite best efforts, including several changes to the creative team, the animation studio couldn't get Tiana where it needed to be given its budget. The decision to scrap Tiana in its entirety comes as a bit of a surprise, given that Disney recently found success at the box office with Moana 2, which was announced alongside Tiana back in 2020 as a Disney+ series before ultimately being reworked into a feature-length animated sequel.

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It's possible only Disney fans remember Bolt(2008). One of the first fully computer-generated movies Disney produced without the partnership of Pixar in the early 2000s. The studio was struggling to make the transition from hand-drawn animation to CGI at the time, and Bolt gave the studio the boost it needed. Starring John Travolta and a young Miley Cyrus, the movie follows a dog who believes he has the same superpowers as his TV persona. It premiered on November 17, 2008, at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, and ranked third at the box office in its opening weekend.

Critically and financially, it was a hit for Disney. However, over the years, a shadow has fallen over Bolt, and it's...

Since the earliest days of cinema, the Western genre has produced some of the richest and most adventurous films in the cinema. These movies document the lives and journeys of characters of varying moral codes who try to survive the brutal Frontier, taking on rival gunslingers, Native American warriors, and the harsh environment. Despite the genre's reputation for gritty stories, plenty of Westerns are accessible to younger viewers.

While Westerns work best when they take a gritty approach to the Old West, there are plenty of movies from the genre perfect for kids that play up adventure instead of violence. From classic swashbuckler heroes of the Western Frontier to animated gunslinger stories, the list of kid-friendly Western movies is surprisingly long. The Wild West remains a place for childhood escapism; these movies are great examples.

Updated February 6, 2025, by Anthony Jeanetta. The Western movie genre includes plenty of family-friendly options. This...

The 1990s saw Hollywood studios make a rush to 3D animation in the wake of Toy Story. But in the process, it abandoned decades of hand drawn artistry.

When Ron Clements and John Musker got the greenlight to make The Princess And The Frog at Walt Disney Animation Studios, they faced a problem.

Appreciating some hand-drawn animation had been done for the slightly earlier Disney production, Enchanted, remarkably Disney had to outsource those segments as it didn’t have the internal resources to bring them to life. When it then decided to attempt a hand drawn animated film for the first time in over a decade, the apparatus to do so was all but gone.

“They had gotten rid of many of the machines, even the animation desk that had lightboards in them,” co-director John Musker told me on the press tour for The Princess And The Frog in 2009. “They...

The Walt Disney Company has been through many eras. Its most famous, the so-called “Disney Renaissance,” spanned the breadth of the 1990s. This period was marked by instant classics like Hercules, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid. The studio’s animation department flourished as it produced hit after hit. What followed is informally dubbed the “post-renaissance.” These films tend to be less known and rarely fall into the beloved musical comedy niche, but they’re no less remarkable than their predecessors.

In fact, it can be argued that one of the early post-renaissance Disney works should qualify as part of the animation studio’s Renaissance lineup. Brother Bear hit theaters at the beginning of 2003’s holiday season. Like its early relatives, the film is a musical comedy with lush visuals and a compelling story. By the end of its theatrical run, Brother Bear pulled in $250 million against its $46 million budget,...

Disney is renowned for its animation, but the company has still seen animated movies flop at the box office. Many of the early best Disney animated movies performed well enough at the box office, while the biggest flops came in the company's later years. This is likely due to a myriad of factors, including basic inflation meaning a greater loss. Disney also has more box office flops after the rise of 3D animation, possibly due to an increase in animated blockbusters in general, meaning more competition and higher standards.

Many box office flops become cult classics, animated Disney movies included. This reflects how the marketability and advertising strategy may not be the best representation of a movie's quality. The most underrated Disney movies are generally not the highest earners but still deserve the attention of the Disney fanbase. Unfortunately, Disney Animation is unlikely to take a chance on the same...

Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ (Credit: Eric Ogden/Paramount+)

Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) will continue to try and keep the peace in a town ripped apart by gangs in Mayor of Kingstown season four. Paramount+ officially renewed the drama for a fourth season, but didn’t confirm when production will get underway or a target premiere date for the new season.

Season three, filmed after Renner’s horrific accident, claimed the number one spot as Paramount+’s top series during its run, pulling in 8.8 million households.

In addition to Renner as Mike McLusky, season three starred Hugh Dillon as Ian, Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky, Emma Laird as Iris, and Tobi Bamtefa as Deverin ‘Bunny’ Washington. Derek Webster played Stevie, Hamish Allan-Headley starred as Robert, Nishi Munshi played Tracy, and Michael Beach played Captain Kareem Moore. Some obviously won’t return as their characters met untimely deaths in the third season.

“Spellbound,” now on Netflix, is an animated fairytale about a princess from a far away land (voiced by Rachel Zegler) whose parents (Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman) are mysterious turned into monsters. That premise starts young princess Ellian on a journey – to not only break the spell, but to also figure out what turned her parents into monsters in the first place.

And putting some spring in her step along the way are a collection of killer tunes from Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, the songwriting team behind Disney gems like “Tangled” and “Home on the Range”.

TheWrap spoke to Menken and Slater about the process of writing music for the movie, rolling with the punches (as the movie went through some dramatic changes) and the specific challenges that went along with “Spellbound.”

Where does this process start for you?

Alan Menken: Our first relationship to this project was getting...

The two most expensive Western movies ever made were also massive box office flops, and there's a fairly simple reason why. Low budgets are almost baked into the Western genre, all that a good Western needs is a few talented actors, natural scenery, intense gunfights, and a well-written story. Some of the best Western movies ever made were made on a shoestring budget. An entire subset of the genre - Spaghetti Westerns - was known for being extraordinarily cheap. Not all Westerns, however, have managed to keep costs down, and two of them got so expensive they were basically destined to flop.

Westerns are no strangers to failure at the box office, particularly after Westerns became unpopular after the 1970s. There's a long list of great Westerns that bombed at the box office, and a lot of Western flops have been a product of the genre's constantly changing popularity. The...

In 1994, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steven Spielberg -- three of Hollywood's biggest power players -- united to form a brand-new major motion picture studio called DreamWorks, something that hadn't been attempted in decades. The trio of execs had three stipulations: they wouldn't make any more than nine films a year, they would be allowed to make movies for other studios, and they would be able to go home in time for dinner.

For three years, the trio would wrangle contracts and make deals with various music, film, and television entities to make sure it was standing on solid ground and could handle being the outsize business entity they wanted it to be. In 1997, DreamWorks finally released its first three movies: "The Peacemaker," "Amistad," and "Mouse Hunt." The year after, the studio broke into feature animation with the bad-but-popular CGI insect film "Antz" and the highly acclaimed and very good "The Prince of Egypt,...

When composer Alan Menken first joined the animated film “Spellbound,” the prospect of writing the score and songs felt “exciting and terrifying at the same time” because the story “defied a formulaic approach.” It is a sentiment that his collaborator and lyricist Glenn Slater echoes, because “while this has the form of a fairytale story, it’s actually a much bigger story than your typical fairytale.” The new Netflix movie centers on Princess Ellian, whose parents have been inexplicably transformed into gigantic monsters. The lyricist continues, “It’s an allegory for a family dynamic that many, many families go through.” Watch our complete video interview above.

Menken and Slater are frequent collaborators, having preciously worked on films “Tangled” and “Home on the Range,” TV series “Galavant,” and Broadway musicals “The Little Mermaid” and “Sister Act” together. The lyricist says that their process “always starts with conversation,” adding, “We sit at...

2004's Home on the Range was meant to be Disney's final hand-drawn film in their long history of dominating traditional animation at the box office. The movie starred Roseanne Barr, Dame Judi Dench, and Jennifer Tilly as three cows attempting to save their small farm from ruin. Home on the Range came during a very transitional time for the Walt Disney Company. Computer animation was slowly becoming the new hot tool for cartoon movie-making and CEO Michael Eisner was on the verge of being ousted from a company he led through a successful Renaissance Era in the 1990s. A year prior, Roy E. Disney (nephew of Walt Disney) had also resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of Feature Animation due to his displeasure with the company.

Because of all the turmoil during Home on the Range's production and development, it's no surprise that...

This article contains spoilers for the "Toy Story" movies.

When John Lasseter's "Toy Story" was released in 1995, it was a coup for the industry. CGI had been used in films for a decade and there were myriad computer-animated short films, but the first theatrically released, fully-computer-animated feature changed the landscape. It certainly helped that "Toy Story" was a massive success, raking in over $365 million on a mere $30 million budget. The film was also highly acclaimed, sporting a novel concept (your toys are alive when you aren't looking), an excellent screenplay, and a first-rate cast.

After "Toy Story," it felt like the floodgates opened, and a shift from traditionally animated features to fully computer-animated features occurred within the next five years. One might even recall when Disney announced that it would be shuttering its traditional animation studio and only make computer-animated features going forward. This was slightly before its 2004 film "Home on the Range" flopped.

The following contains major spoilers for Mayor of Kingstown Season 3, Episode 9, "Home on the Range," now streaming on Paramount+. It also contains descriptions of violence and strong language.

Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 has been a mixed bag for Paramount+ viewers. Some episodes are outstanding, while others wander off track and make things more confusing. Season 3, Episode 9, "Home on the Range" is a combination of both -- it's a suspenseful episode, but it also just creates an even less clear narrative going into the season and potentially series finale.

"Home on the Range" largely centers on Raphael, who makes a surprisingly easy escape out of custody in order to see Roe and Trey one last time. Mike uses Raphael's escape as a way to continue playing everyone off one another, hoping that he can fix everything as he always does. But the final few minutes throw two major monkey wrenches into the plot.

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Home on the Range Season 3 Episode 9 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Mayor of Kingstown,” titled “Home on the Range,” the tension in Kingstown reaches a boiling point. The storyline dives deep into the aftermath of previous conflicts, highlighting the unfinished business that lingers in the town. The Crips, a notorious gang, are on a mission for revenge, and their actions lead to chaos at the local hospital.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will witness how the hospital becomes a battleground. The stakes are high as characters navigate the dangerous dynamics of gang rivalry and the impact it has on the community. The hospital, usually a place of healing, transforms into a scene of fear and uncertainty.

The episode promises to explore the emotional and psychological toll that this violence takes on the residents of Kingstown. With the backdrop of the hospital,...

[Warning: The following post contains Major spoilers about Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 Episode 9, “Home on the Range.”] If things weren’t already bad enough for the warden of Anchor Bay, Sunday’s newest episode of Mayor of Kingstown really put him against a proverbial wall. Michael Beach‘s Kareem Moore, who has long been struggling with the trauma he experienced during the prison riot, is the one who’ll have to pay for his guards allowing such a high-profile inmate as Raphael (D Smoke) to escape… and, of course, the grenade bombing incident from last week’s episode. In Episode 9, Kareem is told he’ll either need to tender his resignation within two weeks or be fired, and of course, he vows to refuse either option. With so much bad news on his plate, what could possibly be next for the warden? TV Insider’s interview with Michael Beach continues to discuss this season’s penultimate episode and upcoming finale.

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The era between the Disney Renaissance of the '90s (full of new hit musicals and Disney princesses) and the Disney Revival of the 2010s (with 3D animated princess films) was full of experimental and unconventional Disney movies. Films like The Emperor's New Groove, Treasure Planet, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire were not musicals, and often featured heavier action sequences and more offbeat comedy than other major Disney movies. Disney executives initially expected Atlantis: The Lost Empire...

Mayor of Kingstown season 3 may be ending, but fans can expect many more seasons to come. Exclusive clip from episode 9 shows Mike navigating tricky deals as "mayor" of the town. Show continues to explore themes of systemic racism, corruption, and justice in a prison town.

Mayor of Kingstown season 3 may be nearing its end, but the show overall still has many more seasons in its back pocket. While awaiting word on the show's renewal, Screen Rant has an exclusive clip from episode 9, "Home on the Range." The popular Paramount+ series comes from the minds of Yellowstone's Taylor Sheridan and talented actor Hugh Dillon, who also plays the role of Ian. Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family, headed up by Mike (Jeremy Renner) in the wake of his older brother's death, as they act as handlers and enforcers in their local prison town.

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In the upcoming episode of “Mayor of Kingstown,” titled “Home on the Range,” the tension in Kingstown reaches a boiling point. This Season 3 Episode 9 promises to delve deep into the unfinished business that has been haunting the town. As the Crips seek revenge, the stakes are higher than ever, and the hospital becomes a key battleground.

The episode unfolds with a sense of urgency and dread, as the community grapples with the fallout from past conflicts. Viewers can expect intense moments as the Crips make their move, seeking to settle scores in a place that is supposed to be safe. The hospital, often a refuge, transforms into a site of chaos and confrontation.

With the clock ticking and tensions rising, the characters will have to navigate their own personal struggles while facing the looming threat of violence. The intricate web of relationships and loyalties will be put to the test,...

After taking a break from acting because of an accident in January 2023, Jeremy Renner is back with the third season of his incredible crime thriller series Mayor of Kingstown. Created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, the Paramount+ series returns nearly one and a half years after Season 2 ended.

Season 3 will see Renner’s McLusky trying to deal with the aftereffects of a series of explosions that have shaken the community to its core as a new face of the Russian mob comes and a drug war rages from the streets of Kingstown to inside of the prison walls. So, if you have loved Mayor of Kingstown from its very first season here are the release dates for all the upcoming Season 3 episodes.

Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Paramount+

Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 consists of ten episodes in total. The crime...

Disney’s animated ventures were in a rough patch in the 2000s. The outfit that had earlier delivered Aladdin and The Lion King to the world was now responsible for films like Home on the Range and Dinosaur. Box office bombs were common for the studio while Disney executives were brewing up a contentious relationship with the only Mouse House animation division (Pixar) producing hits for the studio. Even cheaply-made animated titles made outside of Walt Disney Animation Studios weren’t very profitable for the outfit. In that particular class of movies was a January 2004 release adapted from a popular Disney Channel cartoon about a dog who dresses up like a human boy to attend his adolescent owner’s elementary school.

If there’s one film company that everyone’s heard of, that’s The Walt Disney Company. Since its inception in 1923, Disney has been breaking new ground in the American animation industry. Disney broke out into the world of feature film animation in 1937 with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But despite being groundbreaking at the time, the method of animation used for classic Disney films has become outdated. While Disney is most known for some of their classic 2D animations like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, Disney's last 2D animated films were The Princess & The Frog, released in 2009, and Winnie the Pooh in 2011.

While this departure from hand-drawn 2D animation seemed like the end of an era for some Disney fans — who might, in fact, still want Disney's next movie to be 2D — others were glad to see a total switch to 3D, moving on to make hits like Tangled,...

With this year being the 100 year anniversary of The Walt Disney Company and the release of their latest animated title, Wish, we wanted to know what animated Disney film has been your favorite over the years? We stuck to films specifically released by Disney, so no Pixar titles are included. What struck me while compiling the list is the progression of their films. From the innocence of their early work to what many consider their heyday in the early 90’s to the emergence of the CGI era. For many of us, Disney films defined our youth, but which is the one that has remained with you all these years? As always, if you don’t see your favorite listed, please click “Other” and let us know what it is in the comments section as well as any fond memories you have of these timeless classics.

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The history of Walt Disney Animation Studios is one full of extreme highs, but also equally precarious lows. You cannot have your Frozen or The Jungle Book without also going through titles like Home on the Range or The Black Cauldron. In 2008, Walt Disney Animation Studios was in the middle of those dark times, with the outfit being constantly outmatched by fellow Disney entities Pixar and other animation entities. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, leaders of Pixar Animation Studios, were installed as the heads of this division in 2006 in the wake of Disney purchasing Pixar in the hopes that they could turn this label around. One of the first titles released under their watch was the story of a Hollywood hound by the name of Bolt.

This year marks Disney’s 100th anniversary as an animation studio, and they’ve decided to celebrate the occasion by taking several of their classic characters and throw them all together into the same film for one magical story. That, at least, is what Wish is supposed to be—if you squint hard enough. The film plays incredibly coy with its portrayal of its classical Disney archetypes and tropes, choosing to take recognizable characters and their trademark traits and transpose them onto ancillary characters with only seconds of screen time.

What Zack Snyder did to DC Comics is what Wish does to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and that’s extremely odd for a studio so surgically effective at fracking its own nostalgia to new audiences. That wouldn’t be such a knock against Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn’s film had it turned out to have a life and vibrancy all its own.

Wish, Disney's 62nd animated feature, has received the company's worst Rotten Tomatoes score in nearly two decades. The movie centers on a teenage girl who makes a wish to save her kingdom from doom, with the company's iconic wishing star as a key character. As of now, Wish has a Rotten score of 58%, the first time a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie has received such a low rating since 2005's Chicken Little.

Wish has received Disney's worst Rotten Tomatoes score in nearly two decades. The upcoming movie is the 62nd feature released by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the only one to be released during the company's centennial celebration in 2023. The company's iconic wishing star is a character in the movie, descending to the kingdom of Rosas when teenager Asha (Ariana DeBose) makes a wish to save the land from impending doom.

Rotten Tomatoes has now aggregated an official score...

The Princess and the Frog was Disney's return to traditional animation after a five-year hiatus following Home on the Range. Directed by the legendary duo of John Musker and Ron Clements, the film is a modern adaptation of the classic tale The Frog Prince, giving it a modern twist by setting it in 1920s New Orleans. Sadly, it didn't make as much money as Disney was hoping, and coupled with the success of Tangled, the company ceased producing 2D animated films following Winnie the Pooh.

Since the medium of animation has been primarily dominated by family comedies, fairy tale fantasies, and poppy musicals for most of its history, animated Westerns have been few and far between, especially in recent years. While films like Disney’s Home on the Range, DreamWorks’ Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Steven Spielberg’s An American Tail: Fievel Goes West use the genre as a source for parodies and aesthetic inspiration, seldom has there been an animated Western true to the genre’s themes and conventional tropes. Shows like Samurai Jack and Avatar: The Last Airbender have also explored the thematic and archetypal elements found in classic American Westerns, but have done so in ways so far aesthetically detached from the traditional Western genre to the point that they are almost unrecognizable. While the Western has been largely absent from blockbuster cinema in general over the past decade, director Gore Verbinski...

If Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was “the one that started it all,” Home on the Range was (briefly) “the one that ended it all” for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Released in April 2004, this title was briefly most famous for being the last-ever hand-drawn animated title from this studio. 2D animation had put Disney on the map back in the 1930s, but Mouse House bosses at the start of the 21st century felt the art form was no longer relevant to modern moviegoers. With this development, animation houses were shut down, artists were put out of work, and Home on the Range suddenly became a way more historically important project than anyone could’ve imagined.

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Disney fans and physical media collectors, rejoice! This November will see the release of a gargantuan 100-film Blu-ray collection called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection. The catch? It’ll cost you $1,499.96.

The boxed set officially releases on Nov. 14, but preorders are currently available exclusively at Walmart’s website.

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The collection is packaged as a three-volume set, featuring animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. But unlike other behemoth boxed sets, this one isn’t filled with lame direct-to video snoozers but beloved titles that includes classics and recent favorites. For example, the long-running list includes all the “Toy Story” movies, both of “The Incredibles,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Frankenweenie” and “Robin Hood.” It even includes films as recent as this...

If you’re a Disney fan who wants each and every animated movie they’ve ever made in one place, then you’re in luck. The Walt Disney Company announced the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which features 100 animated movies from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar on Blu-ray. Everything from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Elemental is included, encompassing nearly one hundred years of storytelling.

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The Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection is a self-standing, three-volume set that will be available for pre-order on September 19th, but only on Walmart.com. There will be a limited amount of sets available, so each will include a numbered certificate of authenticity. The set will also feature digital codes for each title, along with a collectible lithograph from Disney Animation’s all-new musical comedy Wish, and a collectible...

The Walt Disney Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a hefty new Blu-ray box set containing 100 of its best animated films.

Officially titled the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, the box set comes with three volumes that open up to feature the original theatrical artwork for each film. Additionally, the package offers digital codes to all 100 movies, a certificate of authenticity, a lithograph from the upcoming feature Wish, and a collectible set of crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with “Disney 100.”

Drawing films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and the now-closed DisneyToon Studios, the collection offers a pretty comprehensive timeline of the company, founded in 1923. The box set features early classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan, 1990s renaissance films like Aladdin, The Lion King, and Toy Story, and more modern offerings — many of which got the direct-to-Disney+ treatment thanks to Covid — including Soul,...

Since the Writers Guild of American and Screen Actors Guild are both still on strike, this year's Destination D23 convention down in Orlando, Florida didn't really have much of anything to showcase. Sure, the studio showed some footage from Disney's upcoming animated movie "Wish," and they announced that "Haunted Mansion" would be hitting Disney+ in October. But there was one other announcement that might be intriguing for anyone who is both a Disney fan and a physical media collector.

This fall, the House of Mouse will be releasing the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which collects 100 animated films from both Disney and Pixar, reaching as far back as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and up through this summer's "Elemental" from Pixar. All of the movies come in a big three-volume set that unfolds in collectible storybooks. The Disney100 Blu-ray box set also includes the original theatrical poster art for every movie within the storybook,...

Disney is releasing a limited edition box set of 100 animated movies to celebrate their 100th anniversary, priced at $1,500. The box set includes classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as well as newer films like Encanto and Turning Red. While the price may seem steep, the box set comes with bonus collectibles and is a comprehensive collection that would be difficult and costly to build on one's own.

The price tag for Disney's new DVD collection set that contains 100 animated movies has been set at a hefty $1,500. With Disney's 100th anniversary set on October 16, the renowned company has been celebrating the milestone all through the year. The Disney theme parks began the official celebration by kicking off Disney 100 in January, a series of special events taking place in parks across the globe all year long. However, Disney will soon offer a way to bring part of the celebration into audiences' own homes.

Disney just announced the release of the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, featuring 100 animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. It’s packaged together as a three-volume set that unfolds into your own storybook.

The set is festooned with original poster designs and comes with digital codes for every movie, alongside a lithograph from Disney’s upcoming feature “Wish,” a certificate of authenticity and crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with the “Disney 100” logo. The limited-edition collection will be available on Nov. 14, with pre-orders beginning on Walmart.com on Sept. 18. It has a retail price of $1,500.

What’s fascinating about the set is that it includes a wide array of classic Walt Disney Animation Studios features, along with beloved Pixar favorites and a smattering of films (many of them direct-to-video sequels to earlier masterworks) created by the since-shuttered DisneyToon Studios. That includes “Tinker Bell,” “Return to Neverland,” “The...

A new rumor has emerged stating that Disney wants award-winning actor Lupita Nyong'o to play Tiana in a live-action remake of its 2009 animated hit, The Princess and the Frog.

According to trusted scooper MyTimeToShineHello, Nyong'o is being eyed by Disney to play the lead role of Tiana -- the studio's first African American princess. While some Disney fans might think Nyong'o -- who at the time of writing is 40 years old -- is a bit too old to be playing a 19-year-old, another trusted scooper known as CanWeGetSomeToast chimed in, stating that Disney is "definitely changing the story" if they want Nyong'o for Tiana. Nyong'o has a long history of starring in Disney productions. She voiced Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Raksha in the 2016 live-action/CG The Jungle Book film, as well as played Nakia in Marvel Studios' Black Panther films.

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A new rumor has emerged stating that Disney wants award-winning actor Lupita Nyong'o to play Tiana in a live-action remake of its 2009 animated hit, The Princess and the Frog.

According to trusted scooper MyTimeToShineHello, Nyong'o is being eyed by Disney to play the lead role of Tiana -- the studio's first African American princess. While some Disney fans might think Nyong'o -- who at the time of writing is 40 years old -- is a bit too old to be playing a 19-year-old, another trusted scooper known as CanWeGetSomeToast chimed in, stating that Disney is "definitely changing the story" if they want Nyong'o for Tiana. Nyong'o has a long history of starring in Disney productions. She voiced Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Raksha in the 2016 live-action/CG The Jungle Book film, as well as played Nakia in Marvel Studios' Black Panther films.

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Westerns movies are often full of violence and dark themes, filmmakers of that genre have also made sure that some of their movies are suitable for kids. Cinematic tales of the "Wild West," typically set in the western United States during the mid to late 19th century, have enthralled audiences for more than a century. Whether true accounts, myths or fictional stories, viewers are enraptured by tales of a sheriff or a lone gunslinger ridding a small and friendly town from cattle rustlers, murderers, thieves or a greedy land baron.

Western movies for adults are renown for graphic violence, vulgarity, sex, heavy alcohol use. Many westerns have also aged badly as some of its narratives mistreat women and Indigenous Americans (which goes as far back to the first western made in 1899). While racial and gender stereotypes have...

From the moment “Home On The Range” became the defining song of the American West, accusations of plagiarism over its lyrics cast a shadow over its success. Dr. Brewster Higley was eventually credited with the poem that became the eternal hit, and while it’s now the state song of Kansas, there was a time when Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico all made claims for the tune as their own. When New York rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) arrives in Tokyo, she winds up working as a hostess in a karaoke bar, despondently singing that very tune to a room full of enthusiastic (and drunk) Japanese salarymen.

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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Nathan December.

Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...

2022's Strange World had the ignominious fate of officially ending Disney Animation's CinemaScore ratings streak by scoring lower than any film in 31 years. Directed by Don Hall and Qui Nguyen and written by Nguyen, Strange World was the third major animated feature to be released by Disney in 2022 after Pixar’s Turning Red and Lightyear. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid, and Lucy Liu, and Jonathan Melo, Strange World brings viewers into the fold of a new adventure and story centered on a family of explorers.

Strange World reviews from critics presented mixed opinions about the pulp adventure flick, which led to a Disney tradition being broken. The market research firm CinemaScore, which polls theater audiences after seeing the movie, has revealed that Strange World received a B, making it the first ever Walt Disney Animation Studios film to score below an A- according to CinemaScore's metrics.

According to Empire, Rob Marshall's "The Little Mermaid" -- a live-action/CGI remake of John Musker and Ron Clements' 1989 animated film of the same name -- will feature a brand new song called "For the First Time," to be sung by the titular mermaid Ariel (Halle Bailey) as she makes her first sojourn onto dry land after being transformed into a human. It was co-penned by Disney legend and award-winning songwriter Alan Menken, the Egot maestro who co-wrote the songs for the animated "Little Mermaid" movie with Howard Ashman, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Broadway superstar and songwriter behind the Disney-released animated films "Moana" and "Encanto."

Menken's return is a big deal. In 1990, he won two Academy Awards for "The Little Mermaid," taking home trophies for the film's score and for the song "Under the Sea" (for which Ashman was also awarded the Oscar). Menken and Ashman's ballad "Kiss the...

The Mandalorian season two Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. As Disney celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, The A.V. Club marks the occasion with a series of lists, essays, and more.With Avatar: The Way Of Water shooting up the all-time global box office list, The Walt Disney Co. now either...

Mrs. Potts, Mufasa, Quasimodo, and Kuzco. These are just a few characters that Disney animator Phillip Young helped bring to life. On June 2nd, Animation Magazine reported his death from cancer at 79. Young started out his career by enlisting in the U.S. Army, where he worked as an Army Artist, his first paid job for his work. With his earnings, Young invested in college and ended with an undergraduate degree in Illustration. This gave him the training he needed to start a career in animation.

Young began working for Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1977, studying under the the famous Nine Old Men such as Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson and Marc Davis. His first credited work for the studio was The Fox and the Hound. In an interview with FlipAnimation.com in 2013, he stated, "Frank and Ollie, along with Eric Larson, were on the review board at...

Pearl Jam, David Byrne and Jenny Lewis are among the many artists featured on Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy: Volume Two. The collection will be available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series.

The tracklist is nearly twice the size of the first edition, with 77 previously unreleased recordings. Pearl Jam — who recently announced a massive voting initiative themselves — contributed the new song “Get It Back.” Byrne’s “People Tell Me” is a demo from the Joan of Arc: Into the Fire musical,...

Sweating Bullets – 10 Action Packed Movies on 2 Discs is available from Mill Creek Entertainment. Ordering information can be found Here

Prepare to set your adrenaline to overdrive! The high-octane Sweating Bullets collection is stacked with the stars you love for a maximum assault on your senses.

Here’s the line-up of incredible action films:

Across the Line – 2000 – Brad Johnson, Sigal Erez, Brian Bloom

A small town sheriff falls in love with a Latina illegal immigrant who witnessed a murder on the Texas border.

Fatal Combat – 1995 – Jeff Wincott, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Phillip Jarrett

Master martial artist John Stoneman is kidnapped by Houston Armstrong, a psychotic billionaire who runs a bizarre fighting ring, where combatants must either win or die.

Inner Action – 1997 – Douglas O’Keefe, Mark Lutz, Michelle Johnson

John Ryan ends his life of crime to become a detective and repay society for his past misdeeds. He is hired by a mysterious woman...

Eight-time Oscar winning composer and lyricist Alan Menken is set to pen the music and score to Skydance Animation’s upcoming musical fantasy Spellbound.

Menken will team with lyricist and frequent collaborator Glenn Slater and music producer Chris Montan.

Directed by Vicky Jenson and written by Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin (Mulan) and Linda Woolverton, Spellbound follows a young girl who must break the spell that has split her kingdom in two.

Menken is known for his award-winning work on Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Shop of Horrors, Pocahontas, Newsies, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted and Tangled. His work also includes the onstage musicals Little Shop of Horrors, A Christmas Carol, A Bronx Tale and Sister Act as well as adaptations of his film work including Newsies.

“Alan Menken’s music defines a...