Tag: The Lion King

  • Rent’s Due! Sweet, Sick ‘Small Apartments’ Lets You Vicariously Kill Your Landlord with Matt Lucas

    Rent’s Due! Sweet, Sick ‘Small Apartments’ Lets You Vicariously Kill Your Landlord with Matt Lucas

    On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The…

  • Disney Veteran Ken Caldwell Retires After 40 Years

    Ken Caldwell, a nearly 40-year veteran of Disney, is retiring from the company at the end of the year.He most recently served as executive vice president and general sales manager of North American theatrical sales and reported to Tony Chambers, the executive VP of theatrical distribution. In his role, Caldwell oversaw domestic distribution encompassing the…

  • No, Disney Did Not Cancel Its Upcoming Live-Action Snow White Adaptation

    No, Disney Did Not Cancel Its Upcoming Live-Action Snow White Adaptation

    When Disney finds a trend that makes money, the company will more or less run it into the ground. If the Marvel Cinematic Universe is doing well, it will continue to churn out feature films and TV miniseries until the market is oversaturated. If “Pirates of the Caribbean” is successful, it will try out all…

  • ‘Barbie’ Surpasses ‘Avatar,’ ‘Titanic’ to Become Ireland’s All-Time Box Office Champion

    ‘Barbie’ Surpasses ‘Avatar,’ ‘Titanic’ to Become Ireland’s All-Time Box Office Champion

    “Barbie” is now the all-time box office champion in Ireland with an €8.85 million ($9.57 million) gross.Greta Gerwig’s film has swept past previous champions “Avatar” (€8.75 million) and “Titanic” (€8.39 million) in the country’s all-time top 10 chart.“Spider-Man: No Way Home” occupies fourth place with €7.57 million; “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” fifth with €6.76…

  • ‘You’re Next’s Alternate Ending Is Way Darker Than What We Got

    ‘You’re Next’s Alternate Ending Is Way Darker Than What We Got

    Watching an alternate ending to a movie is like taking a peek at a parallel dimension, looking at the different directions, whether vast or small, the plot of a movie could go. Most importantly, it shows the audience how important the right ending is to a movie. While fittingly absurdist and juvenile, a pie fight…

  • ‘Painkiller’ Producers on Why Matthew Broderick Was Perfect For the Part

    ‘Painkiller’ Producers on Why Matthew Broderick Was Perfect For the Part

    When you think of Matthew Broderick, the first thing that comes to mind likely isn’t greedy big pharma billionaire. The Emmy nominee’s career is defined by being likable and easy to root for, from his turn as the titular iconic delinquent from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in the Civil War…

  • This Was the First Character to Ever Fart in a Disney Film

    This Was the First Character to Ever Fart in a Disney Film

    The Lion King, 1994, is among the most treasured of Disney’s animated features, as well as one of its best live-action adaptations. The world of the African Pride Lands is beautifully realized, and within that world is a wealth of memorable characters. Surprisingly, it’s the first Disney animated film with a completely original storyline, with…

  • This Warner Bros. Animation Tried to Beat Disney at Its Own Game and Failed

    This Warner Bros. Animation Tried to Beat Disney at Its Own Game and Failed

    In 1998, Warner Bros. Feature Animation attempted to challenge Walt Disney Animation in the realm of big-budget, family-friendly animated features. While the Disney Renaissance was already winding down at that point, the studio had enjoyed unprecedented critical and commercial success throughout the 1990s with its groundbreaking, beloved animated films, such as Beauty & The Beast,…

  • Disney Animators Believed in This Movie More Than ‘The Lion King’

    Disney Animators Believed in This Movie More Than ‘The Lion King’

    The Lion King is Disney nobility — all pun intended. The animated film is one of the most beloved, celebrated, and successful movies Disney has ever produced, becoming one of highest grossing animated films at the time of its release. Its critical acclaim was as notable as its commercial success, taking home two Academy Awards…

  • This Is the Only Live-Action Disney Movie That Should Get a Franchise

    This Is the Only Live-Action Disney Movie That Should Get a Franchise

    Say what you will about Walt Disney Studios’ live-action remakes, but they’ve certainly had some success — and especially after the positive response to their most recent take on The Little Mermaid, it’s no wonder that more are being greenlit. News broke recently that Disney wants to expand 2019’s The Lion King into its own…