<![CDATA[io9: disney]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: disney]]> http://io9.com/tag/disney http://io9.com/tag/disney <![CDATA[Who Lives And Who's Thrown Away: First Look At Toy Story 3]]> It's the Sophie's Choice of Toy Story. Andy must decide which toys lives, and which toys will die the horrible toy death of storage, trash or good will, and in this first clip he decides quickly.


What? Woody over Buzz? But — Buzz has wings and a voice box! Bad choice, Andy. But no doubt this isn't the final word on everyone's favorite playthings. Toy Story 3 comes out June 18 2010.

[via Coming Soon]

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<![CDATA[Just How Radical Will Tron Legacy's Redesigns Get?]]> New Tron Legacy billboard art seems to show some more new modifications to the classic lightcycle/suit design, including a revamped helmet... and is that a gun on the cycle?

Disney shared this image with a handful of lucky fans who registered via Tron's Facebook page, and presumably it'll be zooming over freeway overpasses at some point in the next few months. Bigger version at the link. [StitchKingdom]

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<![CDATA[Marvel and Disney Characters Attempt Corporate Synergy]]> We've seen tons of Marvel/Disney mashups this year, but webcomics writer T Campbell and his Rip and Teri collaborator John Waltrip have taken the idea a step further, showing both companies' characters exploring their new relationship. [via Boing Boing]

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<![CDATA[Werewolf-Vampire Threeways Upgraded To Angels In A Ménage à Trois]]> We called the "angels are the new vampires" trend months ago, and already the facts are stacking up to bolster our claims. Disney's purchase of Lauren Kate's tween againsty angel book Fallen adds fuel to the sexy angel fire.

THR reported that Disney has picked up the rights to the brand new YA series Fallen. The first book is already out and there are three more yet to come, all of which Disney now own.

The story is strikingly similar to Meyer's vamp series. A misunderstood girl meets a mysterious boy that she's strangely drawn to. What's his ace in the hole? Why he's a fallen angel, doncha know, hence the title. Plus there's another angel, also fallen, that she's also drawn to, and they fight over her, as men are wont to do. Sign me up. And while we're at it bring on Legion, Hush Hush and Going Bovine.

via THR

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<![CDATA[Your First Look Inside Tron Legacy Reveals A Sexy Upgrade]]> Check out the first ever image to come out of Tron Legacy — it's full of passionate unitard stare downs, punk wigs and disc weapons. Plus Flynn Jr. takes the wheel, in the new light-cycle poster.



Wow, Disney is riding that cyberpunk idea fast and hard. Just look at Olivia Wilde on the left. Interesting how the new light-up suits look so much less like something I could make in my basement and more like actual battle suits. Are those built in muscles and SKIN we see? This helmet-free new life of a program has undergone one sexy upgrade.


[Images via MSN]

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<![CDATA[Nic Cage's Dirty Sorcerer Is Over Tink's Sass]]> The new images from Jerry Bruckheimer's The Sorcerer's Apprentice live action remake are just begging for you to caption them. What do you think Nicolas Cage is really saying in this image?


The story is similar to the original: "A sorcerer leaves his workshop in the hands of his apprentice, who gets into trouble when the broomstick he's tasked to do his chores for him somehow develops a mind of its own." Jay Baruchel plays the apprentice, and Monica Bellucci is the sexy witch, who has a thing for Cage's 90s boy band-haired wizard. The film comes out July 2010.

[images via People and FanBoyz]

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<![CDATA[Disney’s Tron Legacy Team Remakes The Black Hole]]> Disney is revving up to remake one of its most expensive science-fiction endeavors, The Black Hole. The minds behind Tron Legacy are involved, but can they duplicate the PG-rated terror of the original?

In 1979 Disney spent $20 Million bringing the USS Cygnus to life. The ship hovered outside a black hole, unaffected by its pull. The main characters aboard another ship, the Palomino, discover this long-lost ship and have to board it for repairs. All that's left of the crew is Doctor Hans Reinhardt and a bunch of creepy droids, of course the doctor has sunk deep into madness and calamity ensues.

Heat Vision is reporting that Joseph Kosinski and Sean Bailey, from the new Tron along with scriptwriter Travis Beacham. The only other details being revealed are that it will reveal the science surrounding the black hole, and Maximilian will be back.

This movie scared the crap out of me when I was younger — let's not forget the faceless drones, or what those creatures could look like today...


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<![CDATA[An Alien Band Of Brothers Hits The Big Screen At Last]]> Comics' greatest rag-tag crew of alien soldiers is finally getting the attention it deserves, with an epic movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney. But can Disney re-create Alien Legion's gritty space war without turning it PG?

Alien Legion was created by Carl Potts as a comic series about an alien foreign legion — think of it as the French Foreign Legion mixed with Halo and Band of Brothers. It's fairly realistic, for a series about an Alien Legion, but the audience really gets sucked in by these characters and what they have to do to survive war in space.

According to USA Today, Dark Horse is coming out with a new four-issue Alien Legion comic series in 2010, with Chuck Dixon and Larry Stroman. But the big news is Alien Legion may finally be making its way onto the big screen.

"Alien Legion has been optioned for some time," Potts confirms. "The script is currently in its third rewrite." In a recent interview with film fan-site Heyuguys.co.uk, Derek Haas revealed that he and writing partner Michael Brandt (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma) are reworking the Alien Legion script for Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney. Potts believes Bruckheimer is the type of producer who could do a great job on a film version of Legion. "Bruckheimer's never done a science-fiction before, so that challenge, I think, is something that would hold his interest. The success they've had with blending CGI and live-action characters in The Pirates of the Caribbean series could translate easily to an Alien Legion film."

My only concern is the Disney/Bruckheimer element, because after all this is a gritty series. But Disney is getting darker and darker with some recent projects, and this would be a pretty big step for them. So we're cautiously optimistic, especially since the project has been kicked around for years and somehow something always seems to get in the way.

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<![CDATA[Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World]]> Epic Mickey's stylized concept art is a mecha-filled vision of the Disney apocalypse, but Alexis Rockman's paintings take a more natural view of a post-human Disney World — and imagines other cities and monuments long after we're gone.

[Alexis Rockman via {feuilleton}]

Disney World I
Disney World II
Capitol Hill
Church and White
East 82nd St.
Gateway Arch
Hollywood
Hollywood at Night
Hotelscape
Manifest Destiny
Mount Rushmore
Miami
Vie en Rose
Washington Square

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<![CDATA[1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness]]> The first of Disney's "Silly Symphony" cartoons, this 1929 gem "Skeleton Dance" will get you in the right mood to break the back of Halloween week. Who wouldn't want to dance in a graveyard after watching this? [via Undead Backbrain]

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<![CDATA[Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers]]> If you were explaining Hallowe'en to someone unfamiliar with the concept, don't use comic books as a visual aid. As these 50 covers show, All Hallow's Eve is apparently about pumpkins, cleavage and monsters. Then again, maybe they are right...



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<![CDATA[Straczynski Tears America Apart For New Movie]]> J. Michael Straczynski is teaming up with uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer to destroy America. The Babylon 5 creator has just been announced as the writer to bring post-nuclear civil war videogame Shattered Union to the cinema screen.

The game, released in 2005, takes place in a new American civil war as the United States fall apart following a nuclear attack on (and destruction of) Washington DC, with both Europe and Russia (which annexes Alaska, presumably to the upset of Sarah Palin) getting involved and bringing the world to the brink of a third world war.

Pirates Of The Caribbean and Prince of Persia executive producers Mike Stenson and Chad Oman will work with Straczynski on the movie, which Bruckheimer's production office is handling for Disney. Is it too much to hope that the movie will have some of the game's political satire instead of just another actioneer?

More perfect 'Union' for Mouse, scribe [Variety]

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<![CDATA[Throw Out Your Old Cat Ears, It's Time To Update Your Halloween Costume]]> Every year we see the same old superheroes, Star Wars characters and sexy cats. Give those tired old costumes a new life, by revamping them or adding new elements. Check out our quick and easy Halloween costume update guide.


Instead of Superheroes: Disney Mash-Ups

As much as I love a well-dressed Clark Kent with the Superman T-shirt peeking out from underneath his white button down, we've all seen it before. And sadly, the Watchmen idea is a little played out by now as well. I'm sorry, but the 1,000 Rorschach comic con cosplayers pretty much solidified Rorschach's status as this year's Joker costume. So mix it up, literally. Be a Disney Marvel Mashup like Mickey Venom here. It's clever, timely and most likely the most original costume you'll see all night.


Instead of Sexy Princess/Sexy Beloved Childhood Icons: Undead/Evil Princesses And Villains

Another Halloween, another batch of slutty Disney Princesses and beloved childhood characters getting sexified by the masses. Look, just because they make the costume, doesn't mean you have to wear it. Sexy Snow White and Rainbow Brite are TIRED. We suggest that if you're going to sexify a cartoon princess, do it with edge, twisted princess style — like this overhauled evil Alice get up from horrorland. You could even flip it around and be the baddie, we're actually kind of excited about sexy Maleficent, at least we haven't seen her around the block as many times as Snow White.


Instead of The Joker: Cesar's Joker

We get it, you really, really, really liked Dark Knight's Joker. Well so did millions of other people, which is why the streets are perpetually flooded with Jokers every year, The Office even poked fun at the Joker masses. This year if you must don the old purple suit, at least go retro Cesar Romero style. Don't forget the pencil-thin mustache.


Instead of Bloody Doctor: A Real Science Experiment Gone Wrong, District 9 Style

Every year one of my friends in the medical profession always half asses it with an old pair of scrubs and some fake blood. This is not scary, nor is it interesting. Put a timely spin on this look with a "Prawn" hand! Slap on a "property of MNU" and this amazing arm extension and BAM you're Wikus from District 9. Just remember to say "fook" a lot. Alien hand available on ebay.


Instead of Sexy Cat: Sexy Avatar Cat

Throngs of unwashed, mewing "sexy cats" prowl paws first through our city street every year. But this year, we beg of you, update your kitty ears and tails into a James Cameron approved sexy cat, an Avatar Na'vi. Plus 1,000 points if you wrap it in with Arrested Development's "never nude" shorts.


Instead of Darth Vader: Sexy Vader

While we all love a good Chewy and Han here and there, I'm a little tired of seeing poorly constructed Vaders. Give the old costume a whirl this year and throw a pair of heels on the Dark Lord.

Instead of Leia: Zombie Leia

Same thing that applies to Vader also applies to the tons of Leia costumes, switch it up, take her from beauty to undead lovely with a zombie twist!

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<![CDATA[Vampire Care Packages and Disney's Take on Twilight]]> In this vampire news update we've got details on the Disneyfied Twilight (with sexy ladies), plus a 30 Days of Night 2 tease. Plus, see the warning that comes from Amazon when you order New Moon goodies.

A reader sent in this little tidbit above - this is the packaging for the New Moon movie companion book. We're glad that the marketing team at Twilight is in on their own joke, though I would like to add that what the movie is selling are clearly bare-chested were-puppies. Thanks for the tip and picture Matt!

Also Disney is thinking about getting into the Twilighting business. The mouse house registered some interesting domain names recently that suggest they will be turning Adrian Phoenix's "The Maker's Song" series into a film, TV movie or show. There are three books in the entire series. Here's the Amazon summary of the book series:

Set in the brooding New Orleans area long established as the best location for all things vampiric, Phoenix's lively debut has it all: Rogue [FBI] agents, Bureau-ordered hits, mad-scientist experiments in psychopathology, vampires and fallen angels and a slicing-dicing serial killer. Smart, sexy FBI Special Agent Heather Wallace has been trying to catch the Cross-Country Killer for three years when the trail leads to New Orleans and Club Hell, where Dante Prejean performs with the Inferno, an industrial/goth rock band. Dante is a Cajun and a born vampire whose memories of his terrible past have been erased, leaving him vulnerable to the psychopathic killer, E, who knows all that Dante has forgotten. As E begins targeting Dante's loved ones, Heather must swallow her skepticism and work with Dante's vampiric friends and family to save him. Phoenix alternates romantic homages to gothdom and steamy blood-drinking threesomes with enough terse, fast-paced thriller scenes to satisfy even the most jaded fan.

And it looks like this (below). So - guns, vampires and little outfits. That's good, right?


And finally the 30 Days of Night sequel will have a familiar face according to Shock Till You Drop:

Sequel to 2007 vampire horror hit about a lonely and desperate woman who joins a group of rogue vampire hunters to seek revenge on the bloodsuckers responsible for an attack on her tiny Alaska town.

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<![CDATA[First 5 Minutes Of The Princess And The Frog Is A Love/Hate Experience]]> As much as I love the hand-drawn beauty that is classic Disney story-telling, it's hard not to let certain Princess And The Frog plot points fog up the animation. But you be the judge: here are the first few minutes.


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<![CDATA[John Lasseter Explains Buzz Lightyear's Secret Origin]]> Pixar boss John Lasseter spends a little time describing how Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear came to be. Turns out Buzz has a little bit of G.I. Joe in him. And his color palate came straight from the heart.

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<![CDATA[Video Shows Tron In Pop Culture Through The Years... Including Tron On Ice]]> Disney created this impressive video, showing how Tron has invaded pop culture for the Tron Legacy panel at D23. Here's the longer "director's cut" version, that includes everything from the Simpsons and The Strokes, to Tron on Ice. No, really.

Here's the original shorter version:


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