Tag: The Lion King
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…