Disney’s Planes — the animated film that’s a spin-off of sorts from Cars — has released a new clip online just over four months before from its summer release.
Dusty, the prop plane we last saw hesitant to take off a jet carrier, looks like he’s gotten over his fear of flying in this clip. Below check out the Dane Cook-voiced airplane racing a pair of jets over a rocky and lush landscape, through more than a few plane-shaped clouds and landforms. READ FULL STORY »
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Spoiler alert: She just kept swimming!
Disney•Pixar announced today that Finding Dory, a sequel to the Academy Award-winning Finding Nemo, will dive into theaters Nov. 25, 2015. As the name implies, the film will focus on Ellen DeGeneres’s memory-challenged blue tang fish Dory. Like the first Finding flick, Dory will be directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton; reports of Stanton’s involvement in a Nemo sequel first surfaced last summer. READ FULL STORY »
With just a few months to go before Disney’s Planes hits theaters, we’re getting our first look at the new winged animated characters.
Planes follows the story of Dusty (voiced by Dane Cook), a single-propeller plane who “dreams about the world beyond his town of Propwash Junction. Despite clear physical limitations and a nagging fear of heights, Dusty enlists in the Wings Around the Globe rally to compete against the world’s greatest flying machines,” according to USA Today. The film will also feature the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Cleese and Teri Hatcher, as well as Top Gun alums Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards.
Check out photos of all the different planes below:
Dane Cook as Dusty:
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Stacy Keach as Skipper:
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Mind-blowing fact number 1: The little kid from Love, Actually — a.k.a. British actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster — will be 23 years old in May.
Mind-blowing fact number 2: He’s playing mysterious, prophetic teenager Jojen Reed on Game of Thrones this season.
Mind-blowing fact number 3: Brodie-Sangster also voices taciturn, green-haired Ferb on Phineas and Ferb. And the girl who played his Love, Actually love interest also plays Ferb’s crush, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, in Disney’s cartoon. Whooaa.
Obviously, actors act — it’s right there in their job description! — and that necessarily means that they should have the ability to tackle all sorts of projects. Still, Phineas and GoT are about as different as two TV shows can be… and chances are that a lot of Thrones-loving parents will find themselves in the same position as TV critic Alan Sepinwall this spring:
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Finally, a mouse you’ll be pleased to welcome into your home!
Disney announced today that Mickey Mouse — the company’s 85-year-old mascot and spirit animal — is set to star in his own set of 19 new cartoon shorts, which will air on Disney Channel and Disney.com starting this June. The series, which is geared toward kids aged 6-14, will combine throwback and modern elements. It’ll be animated in old-fashioned, purposefully retro 2-D, for example, but will feature a few “contemporary touches” as well. Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto will all appear in the shorts as well.
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Is Teen Beach Movie the next High School Musical?
We’ll find out July 19, when Disney Channel’s next big family film — formerly known as Teen Beach Musical – premieres at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The sunny tale centers on Brady and McKenzie (Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell), a pair of surfers who find themselves mysteriously transported into an old-fashioned, Beach Blanket Bingo-esque movie. As they search for a way out of this all-singing, all-dancing ’60s world, they discover that they’ve accidentally changed the movie’s storyline (à la Pleasantville) — a mistake which could alter their lives forever. READ FULL STORY »
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Assemble, Marvel fans — Disney XD has just announced the premiere dates for two new comic-inspired series.
Both Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. will debut this summer, the first on Sunday, July 7 and the second on Sunday, Aug. 11. Additionally, Disney XD will give viewers a special one-hour sneak peek at Avengers on Sunday, May 26. All of these showings will occur at 11 a.m. ET.
Each series features a cast of beloved heroes and villains from Marvel’s comics, as well as a few new characters just to keep things interesting. READ FULL STORY »
Gravity Falls takes its name from the small town that serves as the kooky cartoon’s setting — but in this week’s episode, Stan, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos will see that name get literalized when they find themselves descending into a bottomless pit.
Naturally, it’s a long way down; luckily, each member of the gang helps to pass the time by telling a different story to the group. Get a sneak peek at Mabel’s tale in the clip below –a colorful yarn involving a wild beast, a police officer, and a suspicious doctor’s note (“Stan is sick and needs a bear. — Dr. Medicine”)
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Here’s some genuinely surprising news: Dane Cook has been cast as the voice of lead character Dusty, a plane, in Disney’s Planes, a 3D action comedy that follows “Dusty’s dream of competing as a high-flying air racer—and his decidedly unfortunate fear of heights.” It’s based in the same world as Cars and Cars 2 and is being released Aug. 9.
Planes, directed by Klay Hall, was originally slated for a spring 2013 direct-to-DVD release, but after the release of Cars 2, Disney decided to give Planes a theater take off.
Cook was set to appear on a midseason comedy for NBC this season, but that show was cancelled before it aired. One of his most recent famous appearances was on Louie in 2011. He played himself having an awkward conversation about joke stealing with Louis C.K.
Read more:
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‘Planes’ trailer: ‘Cars’ magic takes flight
NBC orders series from Dane Cook
School’s in session, Pixar fans! With just under four months to go until Monsters University opens in theaters, Pixar has released a new poster for the upcoming prequel. Mike, Sully, and a whole host of new faces (in some cases, more than one face per body) gather on the bleachers for a “class photo” in the latest one-sheet. Check it out below. READ FULL STORY »
