Tag: Tomorrowland

  • Tomorrowland, Big Hero 6 & Wall-e Exemplify the Optimism of Disney Sci-Fi

    Tomorrowland, Big Hero 6 & Wall-e Exemplify the Optimism of Disney Sci-Fi

    The Disney approach to sci-fi can be best illustrated by the Tomorrowland section of Disneyland. Among the many other realms of fantasy and escapism that the park indulges in and amidst its Space Mountains, Astro Blasters and hotly popular churro stands, the original conceit of Tomorrowland asks visitors to hypothesize and look forward to the…

  • Haunted Mansion: Cast, Plot Details, Release Date, and Everything We Know So Far

    Haunted Mansion: Cast, Plot Details, Release Date, and Everything We Know So Far

    The Walt Disney Company has become no stranger to adapting its original attractions into feature films. Certainly, the most well-known and successful example is the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which had a grand total of five films and created a modern pop culture icon with Captain Jack Sparrow. Since then, Disney has always been…

  • Hear me out: why The Paperboy isn’t a bad movie

    Hear me out: why The Paperboy isn’t a bad movie

    Continuing out series of writers highlighting unfairly criticised films is a defence of Lee Daniels’ starry and steamy noirTo begin, a confession of professional negligence: I wasn’t at the now-notorious first Cannes press screening of Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy, where critics booed and bayed for blood with a vigour and volume exceptional even at a…

  • Syd Mead Dies: Visionary Futurist Who Worked On ‘Blade Runner’ & ‘Tron’ Was 86

    Syd Mead Dies: Visionary Futurist Who Worked On ‘Blade Runner’ & ‘Tron’ Was 86

    Syd Mead, the visionary futurist who worked on such classic fantasy/sci-fi films as Tron, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, died today in Pasadena. He was 86.His manager Roger Servick told Deadline that Mead had been in failing health due to lymphoma cancer and he was undergoing treatment at City of Hope in Duarte, CA.Mead’s…

  • ‘Life of Pi’ Dp Claudio Miranda to Receive Visionary Achievement Award at Cine Gear Expo

    ‘Life of Pi’ Dp Claudio Miranda to Receive Visionary Achievement Award at Cine Gear Expo

    Cinematographer Claudio Miranda, who won an Oscar for his imagery of magical realism on Ang Lee’s 2103 “Life of Pi,” will be honored with the Visionary Achievement Award at Cine Gear Expo, the artisans-oriented trade show and conference that will take place at the Paramount lot from May 30 through June 2.A pioneer in digital…

  • What ‘Incredibles 2’ Says About the Modern Superhero Craze

    What ‘Incredibles 2’ Says About the Modern Superhero Craze

    Out of the many filmmakers whose careers have soared thanks to working at Pixar Animation Studios, just two have leapt from animation to live-action: Andrew Stanton and Brad Bird. Stanton was the director of the 2012 science-fiction adventure John Carter, which sadly wasn’t able to break out at the box office, so just a few…

  • Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Chases Down $1.3 Million at Thursday Box Office

    Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Chases Down $1.3 Million at Thursday Box Office

    Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” grossed $1.3 million at the Thursday box office.When tracking for the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s sci-fi novel first came out three weeks ago, opening weekend estimates were set at approximately $35 million against a production budget of at least $103 million, according to California Film Commission reports.The closest competition…

  • ‘Black Panther’: How VFX Helped Build the Afrofuturistic Look of Wakanda

    ‘Black Panther’: How VFX Helped Build the Afrofuturistic Look of Wakanda

    In order to bring Wakanda to life for “Black Panther,” Industrial Light & Magic’s visual effects supervisor, Craig Hammack, took a deep dive into African aesthetics and architecture. The result was a notable one for the zeitgeist-grabbing Marvel blockbuster, which pays homage to the diverse beauty of Africa’s past and present.They started with the 500-page…