Tag Archives: Disney

Yesterday ESPN fired baseball commentator Curt Schilling for sharing a viciously anti-transgender image on social media. Right wing figures, as usual, are responding with screams about political correctness, homofascism, and freedom of speech – the last of which, of course, only applies to actions by the government, but whatever! Outrage! More interesting is the statement posted on Facebook yesterday by …

Directed by Steven Spielberg. USA Today recaps: He’s big, he’s friendly and he’s a giant. And we’re very happy to see him. A new trailer for Disney’s adaptation of the beloved Roald Dahl children’s book The BFG (aka the Big Friendly Giant) hit the Internet, and it’s just as magical, just as emotional, and just as terrifying as the book …

The Catholic League today announced the next step in their “campaign to kill” ABC’s The Real O’Neals. Via press release: Today, we are contacting the eleven members of the Disney board of directors asking them to use their influence in cancelling the ABC show, “The Real O’Neals” (ABC is owned by Disney). The show is based on a virulent anti-Catholic, …

Via press release from loony tunes Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue: Beginning today, the Catholic League is launching a new campaign against the ABC show, “The Real O’Neals.” Our goal is to kill the show. Thus far, we have (a) published a New York Times op-ed page ad against the show (b) implored our members to email Disney-ABC executive Ben …

Yesterday Disney vowed to take its film production out of Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal signs his state’s anti-LGBT “religious liberty” bill and this has Todd Starnes ever so pissed. Disney’s Marvel Comics division has filmed several recent blockbusters in the Atlanta area due to the tax breaks the state grants to movie studios.

On Saturday, HRC head Chad Griffin asked Hollywood to boycott Georgia if the state’s anti-LGBT “religious liberty” bill becomes law. Today Griffin got his first result. Via the Hollywood Reporter: Disney and its Marvel Studios film unit will not film future movies in Georgia if a controversial bill that critics contend would legalize anti-gay discrimination is signed by that state’s …

Coming Soon sets up the trailer for Disney’s coming IMAX spectacular: A Beautiful Planet aims to offer a breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet and galaxy as never seen before. Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film features stunning footage of our magnificent blue …

Another remake of a Disney classic. Entertainment Weekly recaps: It’s time to see Pete’s Dragon. Disney has unveiled the first teaser for its forthcoming remake, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, newcomer Oakes Fegley (great name for a child actor playing a feral child), and the title dragon. Pete’s dragon only registers a brief glimpse in the whimsical teaser, which …

Forbes raves: I was not expecting The Jungle Book to get the “enjoy this commercial, now go online for the second trailer” treatment that Captain America: The Winter Soldier got back in 2014. Alas, always expect the unexpected with the Mouse House. The one thing that really stood out about this trailer, which obviously was the intent, is the fact …

One Million Moms is calling on its supporters to rain down complaints upon ABC and Disney for airing the “perverted” reboot of The Muppets. Monica Cole writes: “It’s sort of an adult Muppet show,” Kermit the Frog said during a promotional video for the show. One ad read, “Finally, a network TV show with full frontal nudity.” Technically, the advertisement …

NBC News recaps: The film is a mix of live-action shots with CGI animals and environments, according to Disney. “The animals and environment are actually photorealistic computer-generate imagery, merged together with performance capture and footage shot of the cast, particularly Neel Sethi, who plays Mowgli,” reports the Verge. In an interview with IGN, Sethi said he and Mowgli share similar …

Sure sounds like it. Via the New York Times: China lacks enough snow for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, environmentalists said. China is too repressive to hold the Games, detaining hundreds of lawyers just in the past month, rights campaigners said. On Friday, despite those complaints, the International Olympic Committee awarded the Games to Beijing. Now some people are drawing …

Featuring cameos by RuPaul, Glozell, Lance Bass, Ross Mathews, Dan Franzese, and Frankie Grande. Plus a lot of beefcake. This is the sequel to the wildly popular 2013 Disney parody.

Via Playbill: Playbill will celebrate its second annual Playbill Pride initiative with Family Day OUT, a June 13 event that invites LGBT families and allies to attend special performances of Disney’s The Lion King and Aladdin on Broadway. A partnership with Disney Theatrical Productions and Family Equality Council, Family Day OUT is sponsored by Amtrak and will bring together LGBT …

Just in via press release: Dear Joe, If you didn’t know who Dan Savage is until today, it’s probably a good thing. But right now we need you to familiarize yourselves with one of the cruelest, most vile political activists in America. Why? Because ABC and Disney announced their plans to air a sitcom Dan Savage developed loosely based on …

New trailer.

Another classic Alex Jones meltdown, Fox News host denies existence of bipolar disorder, and more of Fox News attacking Disney’s Frozen.