The Mouse Castle Lounge 05-28-2021 - 'Cruella,' 'Jungle Cruise,' Themed Bars and Arby's

Anthony has Arby's for lunch while he and Tim talk about "Cruella" with Emma Stone and Emma Thompson (but not Emma Watson) and "Jungle Cruise" with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. They also share updates on Avengers Campus at Disneyland and take a look at a new Haunted Mansion-themed bar in Oregon. 

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Inside The Mouse Castle 10-12-2015 - Marvel, Pixar, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and Kevin Corcoran

By Tim Callaway

We've got plenty of movie news for you this week Inside The Mouse Castle. Marvel announced Ant-Man, closing in on $500 million at the box office worldwide, will get a summer tent pole sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, in 2018. That move will bump Black Panther to a February 2018 release. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel will move from a primo holiday season release in 2018 to a less showy March 2019 premiere. It's clear Marvel is hedging its bets on untested characters while giving the now-proven Ant-Man a second shot at the summer spotlight.

Over at Pixar, our hopes for a sooner-than-later Incredibles sequel have been dashed. Incredibles 2, written and directed by Brad Bird, won't see daylight until summer 2019. Toy Story 4, the sequel no one expected, will hit theaters in June 2018. That moves the sequel no one wants, Cars 3, to summer 2017. After next month's The Good Dinosaur, the lone non-sequel in the mix, the Lee Unkrich-directed Coco, is slated for November 2017.

Here's what else Anthony and I are checking out this week:

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens will have its world premiere in Los Angeles on December 14 ahead of its wide release in the U.S. on December 18. Surprise, surprise, that's all we know for now. No specific venue has been announced yet.
• Fourteen year-old native Hawaiian Auli'i Cravalho will voice the title character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' Moana, opening in U.S. theaters November 23, 2016. She's cute. We like her. And we can't wait to see the John Musker/Ron Clements-directed Polynesian adventure. 

• Disney is working on a live-action flick based on Cruella de Vil. Didn't Glenn Close do this already? Twice?

Riley's First Date?

• Pixar's Inside Out arrives on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on Tuesday. It'll hit Blu-ray on November 3. The movie is awesome, but the appeal of catching it on video is to see Riley's First Date?, the super-funny short cartoon about how Riley's parents react when a <gasp!> boy shows up at the door. 
• Rest in peace, Kevin Corcoran. The former child star and Disney Legend passed away last week at the age of 66. He made multiple TV appearances on the original Mickey Mouse Club as the annoying, but fun-loving character Moochie. He also appeared in numerous Disney films including Old Yeller, The Swiss Family Robinson and Toby Tyler. Corcoran gave up acting as a child and went on to have a successful career as a producer/director in television and film.
• Guests were stranded more than two hours Saturday when a Monorail train broke down at Walt Disney World between the Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary Resort. All passengers were eventually rescued and no injuries were reported. 

• Next March, Disney Infinity will launch Marvel Battlegrounds, a play set where up to four super heroes can do battle with each other against a backdrop of villainous exploitation by Loki and Ultron. 

Enjoy!

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Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives at the D23 Expo

One of the highlights of last month's D23 Expo in Anaheim was the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives exhibit, 12,000 square feet of Disney props, costumes and memorabilia. These items were among my favorites (click on each image for a larger view):

Talent Roundup Day costumes worn by Annette Funicello,
Roy Williams and Cubby O'Brien on The Mickey Mouse Club (1955).

He makes the sign of the "Z." Costume worn by
Guy Williams on the TV series Zorro (1957-59).

Roger Rabbit maquette from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

She's not bad. She's just molded that way.
Jessica Rabbit maquette from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

It's DIIIIIP!!!! Dipmobile model from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Costumes worn by Bob Hoskins (Eddie Valiant)
and Joanna Cassidy (Dolores) in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Costume worn by Billy Campbell (Cliff Secord) with an airplane model from
The Rocketeer (1991). Disney will release the film on Blu-ray on December 13.

Cirrus X-3 jet pack from The Rocketeer.

Costumes worn by Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connelly (Jenny)
in The Rocketeer.

March Hare, White Rabbit, Dormouse and Cheshire Cat models
from Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Costumes worn by Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter)
and Mia Wasikowska (Alice) in
Alice in Wonderland.

Costumes worn by Johnny Depp
and Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland.

Props from National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).

The Dead Man's Chest from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Props from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): Tia Dalma's locket and
Davy Jones' spyglass, pipe and cane.

Captain Jack Sparrow's compass that doesn't point north.

Costumes worn by Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Swann) and
Orlando Bloom (Will Turner) in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Captain Jack Sparrow (well, his costume anyway) at the wheel
of the Black Pearl.

Props from ABC Television's Lost (2004-2010)

Costumes from Tron (1982)

Costume worn by Jeff Bridges (Kevin Flynn/Clu) in Tron.

Costume worn by Glenn Close (Cruella De Vil)
in 101 Dalmatians (1996).

Display of vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse stuffed toys.

The original Mickey Mouse watch made by Ingersoll in 1933.

Mickey Mouse maquette from The Brave Little Tailor (1938).

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Handcar manufactured by Lionel in 1934.
This piece was donated to the Archives by the late Disney animating legend
Ward Kimball.

Mickey Mouse animatronic from the Mickey Mouse Revue,
which played at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World
in the 1970s.

Surrounded by other vintage merchandise, a Mickey Mouse phone from
1976. I still own one myself....and it still works.

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Thirty Days of Disney Movies, Day Eight - Favorite Thriller

A daring kidnapping.

A crazed, charismatic villain.

A secret, underground group of unlikely heroes.

A hunt through a creepy, dilapidated mansion.

A harrowing escape in a snowstorm.

A thrilling car chase climax

Does this sound like the making of a great movie thriller to you? It is.

It's 101 Dalmatians.

It has a fair share of warmth and humor, but at its core, Disney's animated adaptation of Dodie Smith's book has all the elements of a classic suspense thriller--only with animals. Pongo and Perdita are the proud new parents of 15 dalmatian puppies. Together with their human "pets," Roger and Anita, they live a quaint lifestyle in London, where Roger works diligently at becoming a successful songwriter. Their lives are turned upside down, however, when an old school chum of Anita's, the appropriately named Cruella De Vil, becomes obsessed with the puppies (she longs for a--gasp--dalmatian fur coat) and masterminds their kid--er dognapping with the help of her bumbling henchmen, Horace and Jasper. From there, the search is on as Pongo, Perdita and a bevy of animals in the English countryside band together and risk their own skins to save the pups. Never underestimate the power of a "Twilight Bark."

Cruella is one of Disney's greatest villains. Her commanding figure is gaunt and skeletal, but her hair and fur coat are broad and bushy. She's the loudest person in the room at all times with smoke perpetually billowing from her ever-present cigarette holder. She was animated by Disney Legend Marc Davis, who previously drew Tinker Bell for Peter Pan. Cruella would be his last, crowning animation achievement. Davis would go on to enjoy a terrific second act as a Disney Imagineer (Pirates of the Caribbean, anyone?).

If you're going to cap an animation career, Cruella De Vil isn't a bad way to do it. Her bigger-than-life presence is the energy that drives 101 Dalmatians, Disney's best thriller.

This is part eight of my 30-day Disney movie challenge. Tomorrow, bring a spoonful of sugar to enjoy my favorite Disney musical.

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