NEW Disney Announcements @ D23 Expo

[RoccoP72]

Since the D23 Expo started today, why not create a thread to discuss the new announcements or lack there of...
So far all I have heard is that they have announced the launch of the new "Diamond Collection". The Diamond Collection will contain 14 animated titles that will be release on blu-ray through 2016. The story I read claimed that the first title in the collection is going to be Snow White which comes out Oct. 6, and that they will release 2 movies on blu ray each year. They have already stated that Beauty & The Beast and Fantasia will be the 2 in 2010 and here are the remaining 11 that will be released between 2011-2016 in no particular order:
-Fantasia 2000
-The Lion King
-Bambi
-Cinderella
-Lady & The Tramp
-The Little Mermaid
-Peter Pan
-The Jungle Book
-101 Dalmatians
-Sleeping Beauty
-Pinocchio

What caught my eye though is that Sleeping Beauty & Pinocchio have already been released on Bluray with all the bells and whistles but maybe just don't have the tag of "Diamond Collection". Regardless I already own both of those on bluray and have a preorder in for Snow White so I am excited to buy the remaining 11 when they come out over the years!

[KNWVIKING 2.0]

It truely is amazing how many times they can resell the same movies.

[Stitch]

It truely is amazing how many times they can resell the same movies.

And how many times we'll buy them!

"We" not being me in this case. I bought a dozen or so vhs tapes for the kids years ago and don't feel the urge to 'own' any movies anymore.

Actually Viking, you may find yourself in the target group for these. As newly minted grandparents you may see the value in having them on hand when the little vikings com to visit and you need 90-minutes of peace and quiet.

Disney is a well-oiled machine when it comes to creating markets for their products.

[KNWVIKING 2.0]

Actually Viking, you may find yourself in the target group for these. As newly minted grandparents you may see the value in having them on hand when the little vikings com to visit and you need 90-minutes of peace and quiet.

I have a travel trailer with toilet,tv and fridge.I'm good.

[ghost1000]

DH also heard that the next POTC movie would be announced at D23. And this confirms the announcement:
http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2009/09/sparrows-next-journey-has-name.html

[RoccoP72]

From what I've heard, they are going to make on their promise from the ending of the 3rd film where Jack took the map to the Fountain of Youth.

[TimK]

Yes, new pirate film announced for 2011. Johnny Depp was here in person along with Bruckheimer, John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Zemekis, Nick Cage and others.

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[ghost1000]

I heard this about Johnny Depp:


Johnny Depp live as Jack Sparrow was about the most amazing thing I've seen at D23 (or anywhere, for that matter.) Dick Cook (head of the WD Studios) clearly didn't know what to do with him... I think he really thought Johnny would come out in costume, make a piratey comment, and then answer a question or two from Cook - but Johnny was the rum-soaked Sparrow through and through, mumbling to himself and asking the audience if it were just him, or if we had seen a talking frog running about as well. It was classic.

[RoccoP72]

From what I heard he was joking on trying to make Kermit the Frog for dinner! :rotfl2:

[Colorado Belle]

AII I can say is that I hope someone got video of Cap'n Jack for we Iadies!!!1;)

[newjerseynick]

AII I can say is that I hope someone got video of Cap'n Jack for we Iadies!!!1;)

From youTube:

YouTube - Johnny Depp - at Disney's D23 Expo

Nick

[athenna]

I cant begin to tell you how happy I am about POTC 4...I kinda knew, but am sooooo glad it's official and has a name....When I found out yesterday, I kinda screamed at work:grin: Everyone thought I was nuts, and no one cared.:(

[RoccoP72]

Thanks Nick for the video, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to embed a youtube video here....:oweye:

[newjerseynick]

Thanks Nick for the video, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to embed a youtube video here....:oweye:

I copied the URL of the video. I thought it would just be a link, I didn't expect the video to be embedded!

Nick

[KevinZ]

Some great announcements so far and we have Sunday still to go! :goodvibes:

[ffpmme]

Just found this on Yahoo. Looks like D 23 made the Yahoo front page.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/florida39s-disney-world-to-get-fantasyland-facelift-ap

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/pirates-miley-disney-dishes-new-films-d23-ap

[RoccoP72]

It looks like they have the confirmed the release of Cars 2 in 2011 and some story lines in the movie:
Cars 2, due out in summer of 2011, finds its foundation when Lightning McQueen is invited to participate in the International Race of Champions, a world-wide race in which McQueen competes against all genres of racing cars.
Inspired by the press junkets Lasseter used to make around the world while promoting Cars, Lasseter said he often found himself wondering ‘What would Mater do?’ when encountering all of the different types of unique driving experiences around the world, such as driving on the other side of the road in London, the roundabout in Paris, viewing scooters in Italy as gnats, etc.
So when Lightning takes off to compete around the world, he brings Mater along as his crew chief and the rest of the characters as his pit crew. They start off in Japan where they race through downtown Tokyo, through the Black Forest of Germany (where Mater also attends Oktoberfest in his ‘materhosen’), the Porto Cosa in Italy, through the streets of Paris and finally past Buckingham Palace in London, passing along the iconic ‘Big Bentley’ along the way.
But all is not what it seems in what turns into — in the words of Lasseter — a Hitchcockian thriller when clueless Mater inadvertently saves the life of a British spy in the form of Finn McMissle, a car straight out of a James Bond movie.
Believing noone can simply be as dumb as Mater, McMissle believes it to be a clever cover and decides that Mater himself must be a super secret agent and leads Mater into a life of intrigue and suspense.
Along with the expected puns such as Big Bentley, Lasseter showed off a lot of concept art, including how each of the international locales have been stylized to marry the automotive world in Cars. Examples include a dashboard replacing the cuckcoo clock on a glockenspiel in Germany and the wheel-ized base of the Eiffel tower in Paris.

[Sparrowsprincess]

Hi,

My captain made an appearance! I am very happy!!! He looks wonderful!

[MatterhornMiss]

I just read that Muppet Vision 3D was going to be updated--with a new preshow :boohoohoo: :boohoohoo: :boohoohoo: