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Pirates: On Stranger Tides Merchandise to Debut Beginning in March
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
At a pirate-themed preview event earlier this month, Disney Consumer Products unveiled a new toy line based on the upcoming fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, On Stranger Tides. The 3-D movie will release in theaters on May 20.
The On Stranger Tides toy assortment, debuting in stores beginning this March, will include figures and play sets with a special black light from Jakks Pacific. The black light accessory that comes with all four-inch figures, four-inch Legend Pack figures and accessories, and the Queen Anne’s Revenge play set unveils a secret reveal that turns the figures into zombies. Jakks will also introduce new strategy-based board games based on the movie this fall.
The Lego Group will introduce nine play sets based on the movie, including a buildable version of Queen Anne’s Revenge and the Whitecap Bay play set, in which Jack Sparrow and the other pirates encounter mermaids.
Tags: Disney, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Interactive Studios, JAKKS Pacific, Lego, On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean, TT Games
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Disney Tangled: The Video Game is Now Available
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Disney Tangled: The Video Game—inspired by Tangled, the 3-D Disney movie that opens in theaters tomorrow—is now available at retailers nationwide. Click the postcard above to zoom in and read more info, and view sample screenshots below.
Tags: Disnet Interactive Studios, Disney, Disney Tangled: The Video Game, Tangled
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Photo: Disney Unveils Times Square Store’s Digital Sign
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Photo: Mickey Mouse unveils Disney Store’s new state-of-the-art digital billboard in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, as the countdown begins for the grand store opening celebration on November 9. The two-story store will be Disney’s largest in North America and will feature exclusive merchandise plus N.Y.-themed products, and will boast Disney’s new concept design.
Credit: Disney Store North America
Tags: Disney, Disney Store, grand opening, New York City, Times Square
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Disney Channel All Star Party to Release October 26
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Disney Channel All Star Party for the Wii comes out October 26. Click the photo for more details.
Tags: Disney, Disney Channel All Star Party, video game, Wii
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Toy Story 3 App Surpasses 1.7 Million Downloads
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Coming off the announcement of the company’s acquisition of Tapulous––a Palo Alto-based leading developer of music games for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch––Disney announces that the Toy Story 3 app for the iPhone and iPod touch has surpassed 1.7 million downloads in less than one month after launching on June 15, timed with the movie’s opening weekend.
A franchise portal on the iPhone, the Toy Story 3 app lets fans play, personalize, and stay connected to their favorite Toy Story characters, stories, and happenings through both free and premium content. For more information about this app, visit www.itunes.com/waltdisney.
Tags: app, Disney, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Tapulous, Toy Story 3
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Disney to Pay $269M in Damages to Millionaire Creator After Federal Trial
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Last week, a federal jury awarded British-based Celador International, Ltd. $269.4 million in damages after unanimously finding that Disney subsidiaries ABC Television, Buena Vista Television, and Valleycrest Productions, Ltd., had breached their contract with the company to share profits from the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
The lawsuit (Celador International, Ltd. v. Walt Disney Co.) was filed in 2004 after The Walt Disney Co. reported that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, created by Celador, never made a profit and generated more than $70 million in losses for the company, although the game show took ABC from No. 4 to No. 1 in network rankings. Celador licensed rights to the game show to ABC Television and Buena Vista Television as part of a deal in which Celador would get 50 percent of the profits from the show.
The nine-member jury, after deliberating for two and a half days, found that the defendants breached the implied “covenant of good faith and fair dealing” they owed to Celador.
Tags: Celador International, Disney, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Photo: Donny Osmond on the Set of Dance Star Mickey Commercial
Monday, June 28th, 2010
“Entertainment Tonight is on hand as Donny Osmond offers a behind-the-scenes look at Dance Star Mickey from Fisher-Price and Disney. Osmond is shown taking a break during the commercial shoot that features the pair at their dancing best.”
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Tags: Dance Star Mickey, Disney, Donny Osmond, Fisher Price
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
Video: John Lasseter Talks Mr. Potato Head
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Timed with the release of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3, Disney Consumer Products has released John Lasseter Talks Toys Vol. 7: Mr. Potato Head on its YouTube channel, Disney Living. The video is the latest in a series of profiles on the Toy Story characters. The series was launched last fall, prior to the release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D.
Tags: Disney, Pixar, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, video
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Video: Wayne Newton Sings Phineas and Ferb Song at Licensing Expo
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Video Caption: “Wayne Newton performs a Vegas-style musical number to celebrate the success of Disney’s animated television series Phineas and Ferb. Newton sang an updated version of the ‘Perry the Platypus Theme Song.’ The surprise production occurred as a special grand finale to the end of a private Disney event in Las Vegas for the 2010 Licensing International Expo.”
Tags: Disney, Disney Consumer Products, Licensing Expo, Phineas and Ferb, Wayne Newton
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This post was written by Justin McCraw
Wallables Offers 3-D Wall Decorations
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
A new line of 3-D children’s wall decorations has launched, Wallables. The line, from Hot Buttered Elves, features licensed Disney characters, talking flowers, and more, offering a new dimension in wall-mounted decorating, in line with the shift in movies to 3-D.
The characters literally pop off the wall, and can be attached easily (both off and on) to a surface by a Velcro patch. Dan Garr, president and CEO of Hot Buttered Elves, created the line as a green product using soy beans grown in the U.S. His polyurethane foam products, developed with Dow Chemicals, attach to most surfaces using the Velcro system and encourage sensory interaction.
Tags: Dan Garr, Disney, Dow Chemical, Hot Buttered Elves, Velcron, Wallables
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