Inside and In Depth: San Diego Comic-Con 2014 from a Disney fan's perspective 

Inside and In Depth: San Diego Comic-Con 2014 from a Disney fan\'s perspective

Inside and In Depth: San Diego Comic-Con 2014 from a Disney fan\'s perspecti

PANEL: Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N Superhero Science Analysis

PANEL: The Official Disney Publishing Worldwide Fall Book and App Preview!

PANEL: Disney\'s Master Teachers\' Life Drawing For Animation

PANEL: Inside the Big Bang Theory Writers\' Room

PANEL: Charles Schulz and Social Commentary in Peanuts

HANDS-ON: Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Don Hall moderated a fun exploration panel into the artwork of the upcoming Marvel BIG HERO 6. On hand to take part in the discussion and visual exploration was producer Roy Conli, production designer Paul Felix, character designer Shiyoon Kim, visual development artist Lorelay Bove, and visual effects supervisor Kyle Odermatt. There was even a surprised appearance by Ryan Potter, the voice of the film\'s new protagonist: Hiro.

Unfortunately, there was absolutely no photos or video allowed for us to share so we had to turn off our equipment. Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name,

Big Hero 6 tells the story of robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada who along with a rag-tag group of techie friends and a quirky robot named Baymax, finds himself in the middle of a dangerous plot in the streets of his hometown San Fransokyo.

It\'s somewhat unfortunate to report back on a panel about artwork and not be able to show any of it but there was still a lot of interesting info to be learned from the panel. Among the interesting tidbits we learned...

The new film takes huge artistic license from the original Marvel comics

The fictional city of San Fransokyo in the film was a blend of the lived in feel of San Francisco with the ever-changing, always-new, vibe of Tokyo.

The unique blend of architectural styles between the two cities required a lot of unique buildings for a large city. To help with this, designers created several architectural elements for buildings that custom-created City Builder software could then take and use to generate hundreds of unique buildings.

The look and feel of Baymax was researched at a variety of medical and robotics labs including Harvard, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon. Nursing robots with inflatable skins ended up being the inspiration for the cuddly robot.

John Lassetter liked the idea of Baymax only having eyes and emoting with just that feature. Using camera lenses for the eyes, animators were able to create the full range of emotions for the character without having a mouth or eyebrows to use for his expressions.

To get Baymax\'s walk to the appropriate cute level, animators referenced a variety of reference footage include toddlers and baby penguins.

Bill Murray bringing Baloo to life in THE JUNGLE BOOK reboot

Bill Murray has joined the cast of Disney’s The Jungle Book as the voice of Baloo.

also recently announced that Academy Award winner Christopher Walken will play King Louie while Giancarlo Esposito will play Akela, and the previously confirmed cast includes Academy Award winners Ben Kingsley and Lupita Nyong’o as Bagheera and Raksha, respectively; Golden Globe winner Idris Elba as Shere Khan; Scarlett Johansson as Kaa; and newcomer Neel Sethi as Mowgli.... read more

Muppets debut in 6-part original series on DISNEY MOVIES ANYWHERE

Taking a page from Netflix and other streaming services which offer exclusive programming, Disney Movies Anywhere is is launching a six-part original series called "

Disney Drive-On with The Muppets" for a limited time beginning today.... read more

Disneyland Pictorial: Refurbishments on a warm busy summer day, Club 33 on the outside, and more!

While our main focus today was getting the Adventure Trading Company Juju\'s Hunt, we also got a look at some refurbishments and new items from around the Resort. While the summer season is a busy time for the Resort, the Tram, Esplanade, and Main Street are all getting some love with some updates.

We recently shared some great pictures from

inside the newly reopened Club 33 but now we take a look on the outside and how it has changed the vistas of New Orleans Square. Plus, we stop into the newly reopened Mascarade d\'Orleans which switched out its selection of Disney Pins for more unique French-inspired offerings.... read more

Inside and in depth: ADVENTURE TRADING COMPANY juju hunt now at Disneyland!

ADVENTURE TRADING COMPANY! Located, inside the Indiana Jones Outpost, guests are encouraged to purchase adventure guide maps and to go on a hunt for the elusive Jujus throughout the land and even in some areas across the Resort.... read more

Well, well... MALEFICENT comes to home market November 4

MALEFICENT. They either loved the distinct new direction or despised it completely. If this is a film you find you will want in your home you will be able to do so starting NOVEMBER 4 when it arrives on (take big breath) Disney Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital HD, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD & On-Demand.

There\'s a pleasing number of extras in this release. Apart from the required deleted scenes there\'s FIVE separate featuerettes covering topics from the battle scenes to the fashion to the special effects. This truly feels the first worthy hard-copy Disney release in quite some time.... read more

First look: INTO THE WOODS trailer and stills

INTO THE WOODS released its first official trailer along with new stills revealing several of the film\'s enchanted characters. The star-packed musical follows the classic tale of several well-known stories, twisted into a new story.

INTO THE WOODS makes a Christmas Day debut in theaters

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is NOT going to do great at the box office. It\'s going to DOMINATE the box office. The little story that nobody but comic-geeks had heard of might have started out with mild uninterested buzz but that will quickly change once the first audiences start to pour out of theaters nationwide.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is a great movie. At the risk of over-hyping it, I\'d say that it ranks towards the top of my favorite Marvel films. In traditional Marvel fashion, it fires on all cylinders offering a little bit for everybody.... read more

Philippe Gas named general manager at Shanghai Disney Resort

Tonight, Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced

Philippe Gas the general manager Shanghai Disney Resort. With this role change, Staggs has appointed Tom Wolber as President of Euro Disney, the role Gas previously had.... read more

SHIELD #1 will bring ABC television to comic pages with robust stories and guest visits

Agents of SHIELD will be able to dive deeper into the lore with the new

SHIELD #1 comic dropping in December. Similar to the show, the comic takes place in-continuity with the Marvel series and will also feature a mostly done-in-one format.

The stories will center around the same characters we know and love from the ABC show but unlike the show promises to include a more expansive group of guests from all across the Marvel universe including Dr. Strange, the Thing, Spider-Man, Cloak, Dagger and Groot.... read more

Disney twenty-three magazine celebrates 23 issues with Walt and Roy on the cover.

To celebrate D23\'s twenty-three magazine\'s twenty-third issue, the magazine takes a look at all things Disney from around the world. The cover of the issue features a spectacular photo mosaic with a classic image of Walt and Roy O. Disney with Margie Gay of the Alice Comedies shorts series, courtesy of images of D23 Members from around the globe.

Also, this issue will have articles about Disney\'s next movie

BIG HERO SIX, the 75th anniversary of Marvel with an exclusive interview with Stan Lee, and a looking into Once Upon A Time\'s upcoming Frozen story line.

The issue will arrive on doorsteps mid August.... read more

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