disneysociety.com - 9/29/2009
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Here at Disney Society , we’ve been talking about the upcoming Disney film “Secretariat” quite a bit. Disney announced back in August that they were looking for a horse to play the famous Secretariat and they found one. Not only were they looking for a horse, but a leading lady as well and ...
Malkovich Will Ride ‘Secretariat’ with Diane Lane
filmschoolrejects.com 9/22/2009 —
Aren’t you glad the words ‘Diane Lane’ and ‘Secretariat’ aren’t switched around in that headline? Me neither. But then the film wouldn’t be made by Disney.
According to Variety, someone inside John Malkovich ’s head will be controlling the ...
Three sign on for 'Secretariat'
hollywoodreporter.com 9/22/2009 — Dylan Walsh, John Malkovich and Scott Glenn are saddling up for "Secretariat," the story of the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown. Diane Lane stars as the horse's owner Penny Tweedy, the housewife who broke though a gender barrier to usher ...
No more “Dick” at Disney!
reelpretty.com 9/21/2009 — Sorry, I had to go there! Anyway, Richard “Dick” Cook relinquished his post as Chairman of Disney last Friday, and so I ask myself, “What would make Disney get rid of a guy who Business Week described as the “nicest guy in Disney’s jungle”? Answer: ...
An Early Date with Disney
atomicpopcorn.net 9/30/2009 — Walt Disney Pictures continues on their holiday brigade with an earlier release of The Princess and the Frog . Between the dates of November 25th to December 13th they’re opening up the gates of Walt Disney Studios for a limited engagement of the newest 2D animated film. The film ...
Disney Doing As Expected
mcnblogs.com 10/2/2009 — September 22, 2009 - Will Disney Even Replace Dick Cook?
And Miramax, for anyone who's been paying attention, has been folded into big Disney, still under Dan Battsek, for nearly a year already. They had 8 theatrical releases last year, 2 of which ...
EXCLUSIVE! Dick Cook Fired From Disney
deadline.com 9/19/2009 — UPDATE: Disney is adamantly telling people tonight that Dick Cook was not fired. But that's not what Cook himself is telling Hollywood tonight. There's been a lot of talk that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige spent a lot of time with Disney CEO ...
Disney to put an end to those pesky “paper” books
crunchgear.com 9/29/2009 — scaled.feh 2_jpg As a parent I love a little one-on-one time with the son and daughter in front of a good book. What I don’t like are those crap-gasmic Disney books that float through every child’s book collection, titles like “The Jungle Book” that ...
Dick Cook out at Disney - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
variety.com 9/19/2009 — Walt Disney chairman steps down immediately Dick Cook is stepping down as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, effective immediately. "I have loved every minute of my 38 years that I have worked at Disney from the beginning as a ride operator on ...
Three sign on for 'Secretariat'
hollywoodreporter.com 9/22/2009 — Dylan Walsh, John Malkovich and Scott Glenn are saddling up for "Secretariat," the story of the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown.
Disney ups 'Waverly' order —
Variety.com 9/29/2009
TV News: Channel orders eight additional eps of 'Place' -- The Disney Channel has ordered an additional eight episodes of "The Wizards of Waverly Place."
'Surrogates' preem big on fiction, not friction —
Variety.com 9/29/2009
Film News: Disney bash first release after Cook's departure -- While there's a note of irony in Disney's first release since studio topper Dick Cook ankled being called "Surrogates," it was the film rather than the succession question that filmmakers ...
Exec gives dim industry forecast —
Hollywood Reporter 9/29/2009
Former Fox and Disney studio chief Bill Mechanic delivered a gloomy forecast for the U.S. movie industry -- studios and indies -- in his keynote speech Tuesday at the Independent Film & Television Alliance Production Conference in Santa Monica.
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