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I was born and raised in Southern California. I love the sun and the city. Music is my passion, but I love so many other things as well. Art, Film, Television, Technology, Crafts, Sewing, Knitting, Sports, Disney, Books, Puzzles, Games, Animals, Nature.
Earlier this year, Netflix’s messy breakup with Starz resulted in an even messier custody battle, with the latter walking away with their entire catalog of Sony and Disney flicks. But now it looks like the world’s largest provider of on-demand streaming media is on the rebound and has hooked up with the Walt Disney Company in a multi-year licensing deal.Cutting out the middleman, Netflix will now have access to the wonderful works of Disney and its subsidiaries, as well as no longer spending lonesome evenings waiting for the hot dogs to thaw in the kitchen sink.
With this agreement, Netflix will be streaming a back catalog of classic Disney films includingDumbo, Pocahantas, and Alice in Wonderland among a plethora of other memorable titles. Beginning in 2013, new direct-to-video releases — most likely comprised of the lesser sequels that we try in vain to pretend don’t exist, but regrettably do — will be available for streaming once they’re released in stores and other outlets.
Perhaps the greatest stipulation of all in this agreement is the availability of new theatrically released films in the pay TV window to be watched instantly. This includes all films produced by Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneynature, Pixar Animation Studios, and even Marvel Studios. Granted, this part of the agreement will not go into effect until 2016, but, in the meantime, we have plenty to watch during the next three years or so.
In Netflix’s press release highlighting this momentous occasion, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos had this to say:
Disney and Netflix have shared a long and mutually beneficial relationship and this deal will bring to our subscribers, in the first pay TV window, some of the highest-quality, most imaginative family films being made today. It’s a bold leap forward for Internet television and we are incredibly pleased and proud this iconic family brand is teaming with Netflix to make it happen.
While we’re happy to see Netflix out of its heartbroken rut, we really wouldn’t be at all surprised if Disney just flat out buys the company entirely. It’s just a matter of ti– NOW!
(Netflix via The Verge, image via methodshop.com)
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Peanuts On The Big Screen of the Day: An animated full-length adaptation of Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts gang is headed for theaters in November 2015, with a script by Craig Schulz and Bryan Schulz, who are Schulz’s son and grandson.
Is this good news or bad news? Vote here.
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Peanuts On The Big Screen of the Day: An animated full-length adaptation of Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts gang is headed for theaters in November 2015, with a script by Craig Schulz and Bryan Schulz, who are Schulz’s son and grandson.
Is this good news or bad news? Vote here.
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Don’t screw it up, guys!
First official image of Chris Pine as Jack Ryan
In the first shot revealed from Kenneth Branagh’s as-yet untitled prequel, Pine tears through Manhattan on a motorcycle
Now why couldn’t we get Chris Pine as Jack Reacher, instead of retched Tom Cruise?
(via popculturebrain)
All we needed in a Maleficent film was for Angelina Jolie to play the evil queen. We got that, so everything else after is just candy. Well, the new casting announcements make it feel like Halloween! Six new cast members have been added to the Disney production, among them Imelda Staunton and Miranda Richardson. Yup, Dolores Umbridge and Rita Skeeter from Harry Potter! Can you guess who they’ll be playing?
I love that this production doesn’t just include voice actresses like Tara Strong, Rachael MacFarlane, and Nika Futterman, but also Andrea Romano, veteran casting director on pretty much your entire childhood with seven Emmys under her belt. Now, before you go off on the voice acting luminaries who don’t show up here, you should know that this is just a trailer: I Know That Voice is still in production, and still interviewing, so we’re going to go off and demand the inclusion of Phil Lamarr and Jennifer Hale. Uh, please. (via io9.)
Whether your mind first jumps to the original Archie Comics, the numerous animated series, or the live-action ABC sitcom, fans of Sabrina the Teenage Witch listen up. Sony Pictures is developing a live-action film where Sabrina will get a Spider-Man-like origin story and use her powers like a superhero. I think my nose is twitching. Oh wait, wrong witch.
I’m a gainfully employed adult who must arrive at the office by 8AM every day of the week. It’s a fact of life that doesn’t always mesh well with my inner nerd who loves to stay up until 2AM watching 80s movies or an entire season of a TV show in one sitting. These days there are very few occasions in which I break my strict 10:30 PM bedtime. But, there’s one sacred event that happens a couple times a year. The glorious midnight premiere. Here’s 10 reasons to shun responsibility and attend a midnight premiere:
I gotta say, I haven’t been super enthusiastic about The Avengers photoshopped to death poster lineup, where it’s clear nobody was actually posing for the same photo and sometimes it looks like Captain America is ten stories tall. But the new round, where each poster focuses on one hero with another in the background (with a single exception), I can really dig. Scarlett Johansson looks like she is about to tear something apart, and that’s all I can really ask for. Okay, here’s the rest of the team.
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Class Action Lawsuit of the Day: A movie theater patron from Michigan has filed a class action lawsuit against the AMC in Livonia alleging that the snack prices are too damn high.
Consumer experts expect Joshua Thompson’s suit won’t get very far, but, with popcorn and soda prices at the cinema as much as four times more expensive than at less price-gougey places, many filmgoers undoubtedly agree with his cause.
“Movie concession prices are extremely high, and that’s why I don’t stop at the snack bar very often,” said gym own Timothy Fells.
Thompson also used to shun the concession stand, opting instead to bring his snacks from home. But the theater eventually posted a sign prohibiting outside food.
He filed the lawsuit after paying $8 for a box of Goobers and a Coke — over $5 more than the cost of the same items at a nearby restaurant and drug store.
“[L]ike high airline prices, it’s just one of those things that we’ve become accustomed to because we don’t have any control over it,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
Reached for comment, AMC declined to discuss the suit. A National Association of Theatre Owners hung up the phone.
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Class Action Lawsuit of the Day: A movie theater patron from Michigan has filed a class action lawsuit against the AMC in Livonia alleging that the snack prices are too damn high.
Consumer experts expect Joshua Thompson’s suit won’t get very far, but, with popcorn and soda prices at the cinema as much as four times more expensive than at less price-gougey places, many filmgoers undoubtedly agree with his cause.
“Movie concession prices are extremely high, and that’s why I don’t stop at the snack bar very often,” said gym own Timothy Fells.
Thompson also used to shun the concession stand, opting instead to bring his snacks from home. But the theater eventually posted a sign prohibiting outside food.
He filed the lawsuit after paying $8 for a box of Goobers and a Coke — over $5 more than the cost of the same items at a nearby restaurant and drug store.
“[L]ike high airline prices, it’s just one of those things that we’ve become accustomed to because we don’t have any control over it,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
Reached for comment, AMC declined to discuss the suit. A National Association of Theatre Owners hung up the phone.
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Seriously though.
Brave trailer - Disney Pixar - Only at the Movies June 21 (by WaltDisneyStudiosAU)
Pretty bad ass. I can’t wait for this movie.
We heard rumors of this news a few months ago but today it’s official. The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, now has a screenwriter and it’s not the book’s author Suzanne Collins.
Unfortunately, we cannot hop onto the TARDIS to find out if 2012 will be a good year. However, we can still have hope. And we, as a staff, have come up with a list of things that might be awesome this year. See if these are the things you’re the most excited about, and please share your hopes for geekdom in 2012!
