In April, Dwayne Johnson announced he’d team up with Disney for a live-action Moana remake., and now we’ve learned he is one of the only original actors returning. Taking to social media, actress Auli’i Cravalho has confirmed she won’t be returning to the role of Moana. Cravalho voiced the iconic Disney princess in the 2016 […]
LEGO Disney Villain Icons and Disney Duo sets revealed
The LEGO Group has unveiled two new LEGO Disney sets: Villain Icons (43222) which includes minifigures for Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent, Snow White’s Evil Queen in Disguise, Beauty and the Beast’s Gaston, and Aladdin’s Jafar Genie; and the Disney Duo set which includes the brick-built pairings of Pua and Hei Hei from Moana, Percy and Meeko […]
Disney and Dwayne Johnson team for Moana live-action remake
Disney is working on yet another live-action remake of a popular film, but they aren’t going as far as the Disney Renaissance this time. The latest remake will be 2016’s Moana, with original stars Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson returning. This project joins Disney’s latest remake announcements, which include a Lilo & Stitch remake. During […]
New LEGO Disney BrickHeadz include Wall•E & EVE, Cruella & Maleficent and Moana & Merida
LEGO has unveiled three new sets coming to its LEGO Disney Brickheadz theme in includes Wall•E & EVE (40619), Cruella & Maleficent (40620), and Moana & Merida (40621). The sets go on sale on March 1st, and you can check out the promotional images here… EVE & WALL•E – 40619 Captivate movie fans and […]
LEGO Disney Princess 2023 sets include Moana, Tangled and more
LEGO has revealed four new sets from the LEGO Disney Princess theme which are set to hit shelves on January 1st: Princess Enchanted Journey (43126), Moana’s Wayfinding Boat (43210), Aurora’s Castle (43211), and Twirling Rapunzel (43214); check out the promotional images here… SEE ALSO: LEGO Marvel 2023 sets include Morbius, Mechs, Ghost Rider, Avengers Quinjet […]
The Highest Grossing Movies of 2016
Luke Owen charts the highest grossing movies of 2016… The box office battle of 2016 is now in the books, and Disney are the ones wearing the king’s crown. Their domestic totals are very impressive, and their worldwide takings are even better. As with the opening weekends, The House of Mouse holds six of the […]
Moana series sailing onto Disney+ in 2024
Among the myriad of announcements made at the Disney Investor Day presentation in 2020 was a small-screen adaptation of 2016’s excellent Moana, but as with most things since then release dates have changed and projects have been blown off course. However, wind is now set fair on the further adventures of Moana, Maui and Heihei, […]
Moana, The Princess and the Frog, Zootopia and Baymax! animated series coming to Disney+
During Disney’s Investor Day presentation this week, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced a slate of new Disney+ series based upon four of their classic animated features. In 2022, the streaming service will see the arrival of the Big Hero 6 spinoff Baymax!, The Princess and the Frog series Tiana, and Zootopia+ (Zootropolis+ in the UK?), […]
The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s
Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]
Disney’s Ongoing Fight To Be Feminist
Kate Harrold on Disney’s ongoing fight to be feminist… The Disney Princess is an iconic film archetype and one that has been around since Snow White and the Seven Dwarves premiered in 1938 and it doesn’t seem to be a figure fading from our cultural canon anytime soon. With reinvention being a continuous process, the […]
