News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

hmm, interesting they are adding a new character .... I wonder why they felt this was needed

• According to Variety, Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy, Bojack Horseman) will voice a new character not featured in the 1994 animated film.
• Sedaris will apparently portray an elephant shrew — a small mammal that gets its large name from its long nose.

To spice up the story? I am actually looking forward to that. Something not exactly like the original.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

looks pretty cool - but I fear it will have the same issue as other recent efforts in that it is too "dark" to be a true family film but also not a teen/grownup film and will flop (looks like it must have had a pretty decent budget too so will be hard to make a profit)

I wonder if people have a hard time with seeing Disney and at least nowadays thinking it has to be a true family film because it's Disney. I agree with you that it could be that inbetween age where the appeal isn't enough to create a large box office result. It does remind me in that respects like Ender's Game.

Without a doubt though other YA books turned films have done well.

Maybe Disney being Disney is hurting them lol.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

To spice up the story? I am actually looking forward to that. Something not exactly like the original.

definitely - just wondering what the role will entail ... is it to help with the story? Involve a new storyline element? Just for more comic relief?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I wonder if people have a hard time with seeing Disney and at least nowadays thinking it has to be a true family film because it's Disney. I agree with you that it could be that inbetween age where the appeal isn't enough to create a large box office result. It does remind me in that respects like Ender's Game.

Without a doubt though other YA books turned films have done well.

Maybe Disney being Disney is hurting them lol.

That's a fair pint - and while YA books have made for successful movies most that I can think of off hand skew a bit older (Hunger Games, etc.) and, to your point, will teenagers (who can go to the movies alone) think they are "too cool" for Disney?

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

From the concept art (which I know is not anything exact) it seems more like the entrance to Tron will involve going over the train tracks - so will be more of a “tunnel” being build that the train will go through

I am interested to see what they do as obviously seeing a steam train doesn’t fit with Tomorrowland so perhaps mix of a tunnel and foliage to hide it?

Funny that you mention the tunnel...When I was at WDW earlier this month, I rode in the back of the train and got talking to the Train Conductor CM...Take this as a CM giving info, but he claims that Disney is building a tunnel from the Fantasyland Station to where the train meets Space Mountain. This would cut out the view of the current walkway and everything between the Fantasyland Station and Main Street Station...I would put this as a rumor, but he seemed pretty confident about that sighting that Disney says that "trains aren't in Tomorrowland."

 

[rteetz]

definitely - just wondering what the role will entail ... is it to help with the story? Involve a new storyline element? Just for more comic relief?

I am going to go with either of the bolded. The story really doesn't need help.

 

[rteetz]

News

$1.75 Billion Lawsuit Filed by Malaysian Theme Park Company Against Disney, Fox

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Funny that you mention the tunnel...When I was at WDW earlier this month, I rode in the back of the train and got talking to the Train Conductor CM...Take this as a CM giving info, but he claims that Disney is building a tunnel from the Fantasyland Station to where the train meets Space Mountain. This would cut out the view of the current walkway and everything between the Fantasyland Station and Main Street Station...I would put this as a rumor, but he seemed pretty confident about that sighting that Disney says that "trains aren't in Tomorrowland."

I could see that - i think they will do *something* to keep the trains from really intruding on that view

At first I was like "really, all the way from the Fantasyland Station?" but I just did a quick measure on Google Maps and guess didn't realize how close to Tomorrowland the Fantasyland Station is ... from the end of the station to where the People Mover goes over the track is only ~600ft

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

That's a fair pint - and while YA books have made for successful movies most that I can think of off hand skew a bit older (Hunger Games, etc.) and, to your point, will teenagers (who can go to the movies alone) think they are "too cool" for Disney?

Yeah Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight skewed older but going to those movie premieres there were a ton of younger people too..and older people lol.

I'm just not sure Disney can do those types of films (sci fi-ish, age group, etc) well enough nowadays that is. I feel like nowadays maybe they should hold off on producing them. I'd have a lot more confidence in them, honestly, if Disney wasn't the one doing them. That's not to say that other YA novels turned films have always produced box office hits though.

On the other hand I can't fault Disney too much for trying at least to bring variety to the table considering Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar films they've had recently and in the future.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

But at least Broadway is a different form of entertainment. This is taking a film you made and making the same film with just a different look. Either way I’m still gonna see the Lion King...

https://twitter.com/StreamingMagic/status/1067405685388910598

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Yeah Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight skewed older but going to those movie premieres there were a ton of younger people too..and older people lol.

I'm just not sure Disney can do those types of films (sci fi-ish, age group, etc) well enough nowadays that is. I feel like nowadays maybe they should hold off on producing them. I'd have a lot more confidence in them, honestly, if Disney wasn't the one doing them. That's not to say that other YA novels turned films have always produced box office hits though.

On the other hand I can't fault Disney too much for trying at least to bring variety to the table considering Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar films they've had recently and in the future.

yeah, it is almost like they need another brand or studio as while Marvel and Star Wars are under the Disney Umbrella, I don't think they have the same stigma of being for families or for kids. So maybe if it was done by another studio that had a separate head, but still part of "Disney" it could work

 

[The Pho]

News

Disney’s Artemis Fowl trailer

https://twitter.com/artemisfowl/status/1067325112670547971?s=21

looks pretty cool - but I fear it will have the same issue as other recent efforts in that it is too "dark" to be a true family film but also not a teen/grownup film and will flop (looks like it must have had a pretty decent budget too so will be hard to make a profit)

It'll be interesting to see more about this one. The character is much more of a Lex Luther/ Hans Gruber than a Harry Potter and my main concern is them changing the character to be more like the latter. This trailer didn't really show us anything about that. If done right, they could have a big hit. But it's nice after all these years to finally have something. I mean I first heard about the Artemis Fowl movie on the Backlot Tour from the real guide shortly after mentioning the Hitchhikers Guide film entering production.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

yeah, it is almost like they need another brand or studio as while Marvel and Star Wars are under the Disney Umbrella, I don't think they have the same stigma of being for families or for kids. So maybe if it was done by another studio that had a separate head, but still part of "Disney" it could work

Agreed

 

[JReneeW]

Is a Test Track Refurb coming up? I tried to book at FP+ for 2/4 and none are available all day.

 

[rteetz]

Is a Test Track Refurb coming up? I tried to book at FP+ for 2/4 and none are available all day.

It is not on the schedule as of right now.

 

[Moliphino]

News

Names Revealed for Two New Restaurants Coming to Coronado Springs July 2019

Three Bridges? They couldn't even go for Tres Puentes?

 

[rteetz]

Three Bridges? They couldn't even go for Tres Puentes?

This is Disney after all...

 

[Mattimation]

That's a fair pint - and while YA books have made for successful movies most that I can think of off hand skew a bit older (Hunger Games, etc.) and, to your point, will teenagers (who can go to the movies alone) think they are "too cool" for Disney?

I worry they waited too long for this one. I loved the Artemis Fowl books when I was a child, but I feel like I'm not going to enjoy this film much as an adult because of how young it slants. YA feels like stories for 13-18ish, but Artemis Fowl was definitely intended for younger readers than that. I'm not sure the kids who grew up with the books will still enjoy the story, and I don't think the books are as prominent today among today's children. It probably won't matter much since it'll be a movie parents can take their kids to while they're still out of school, but I don't think it'll have the same built-in audience that Hunger Games had, and it definitely doesn't have the staying power that Harry Potter does.

 

[tlmadden73]

From the concept art (which I know is not anything exact) it seems more like the entrance to Tron will involve going over the train tracks - so will be more of a “tunnel” being build that the train will go through

I am interested to see what they do as obviously seeing a steam train doesn’t fit with Tomorrowland so perhaps mix of a tunnel and foliage to hide it?

I would gather that a tunnel through Tron would be the solution. The train is already pretty hidden from Tomorrowland and that would hopefully continue it. After being there a few weeks ago . it just seems like Tron will be so farm removed from the rest of Tomorrowland, but I am sure they'll pull it together well. Just hard to visualize it right now.

They definitely won't want a traffic jam of a railroad crossing for guests. Not only is it dangerous (let's admit it .. some people just don't obey signs), it could just be a traffic jam for guests and just ruin the immersion of Tomorrowland.

When I was on the train a few weeks ago, the Space Mountain exit was still going out the back emergency exit and the guests had to cross the tracks there as the train crossed (but they had a CM or two manning that crossing since there isn't a true crossing signal there).

As long as they keep "Lasseter point" (Follow the fake track from Casey Junior (starting the path from Storybook Circus to Tomorrowland) until it reaches a dead end wooden block). A tidbit I learned on the train tour: This point was apparently requested and created for John Lasseter (a train buff himself) because he felt that there wasn't a good place to view/take pictures of the train in Fantasyland after the construction of Storybook Circus.

 

[Gusey]

News

Disney’s Artemis Fowl trailer

https://twitter.com/artemisfowl/status/1067325112670547971?s=21

Completely forgot they were making this film, lol At least one original film in 2019