By Marc Bernardin, source: Blastr.com Disney was hoping to reunite its Pirates of the Caribbean team—actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski—for a big-budget reboot of the classic, but when the costs shot through the roof, the studio pulled the plug. Now, thanks to a trimmed budget, The Lone Ranger
By Carol Pinchefsky, Source: Blastr.com John Carter—formerly John Carter of Mars—is the upcoming movie based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ epic tale of an Earthman who was suddenly transported to Mars, aka Barsoom. We’ve been looking forward to this movie for quite some time, and we’ve especially hoped that it would
By Albert Ching, Newsarama Staff Writer The in-house marketing department of Marvel Studios has been let go by parent company Disney, according to a report on Deadline.com. The article states that three individuals in total were let go on Monday — Dana Precious, EVP of Worldwide Marketing, Jeffrey Stewart, VP
By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com It seems that not even the presence of Johnny Depp can guarantee that a big-budget movie will actually get made these days. According to Deadline, Disney has canceled The Lone Ranger, which would have starred Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as
by John Frost, The Disney Blog Bangerter homes, in conjunction with the the Salt Lake City Home Builders Association, has come up with a great way to get visitors, and potential buyers, to their Parade of Homes event, they’ve recreated a full scale version of Carl and Ellie’s house from
By MIKE FLEMING, Deadline.com In its latest attempt to hatch a large-scale film that can play to a family audience, Disney has made a seven-figure deal with screenwriter and Lost exec producer Damon Lindelof to write and produce an original large-scale science fiction feature film. Other than the fact that
In prepping for the DVD and Blu-ray release of last winter’s sci-fi-gamespace hit, (Coming April 18th) Disney has been dropping little film-clip nuggets, suggesting a life for the characters after Tron: Legacy. And the latest reaches way back for an antagonist with real bite. Let’s just hope that for Tron:
