This Sunday, November 18th is officially Mickey Mouse’s birthday. That was the date in 1928 the first Mickey Mouse short, Steamboat Willie, was screened publicly and transformed the little mouse and Minnie – as well as his creator Walt Disney – into an overnight superstars. In celebration of Mickey’s 90th birthday, the Emmy Award-winning “Mickey […]
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“Star Wars: All-Stars”: New Animated Shorts and Full-Length Episodes To Debut on Disney XD
October 26th, 2018 
Jerry Beck LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars, a new animated adventure series that spans all Star Wars eras, will debut beginning Monday, OCT. 29th, on Disney XD YouTube and DisneyNOW. Comprised of eight shorts and four half-hour episodes, the series features LEGO versions of the fresh faces of the Star Wars galaxy alongside iconic heroes including Kylo Ren, […]
Name That Toon: The Nomenclature in “Star Wars Resistance”
October 4th, 2018 W.R. Miller Since George Lucas no longer owns the franchise, who names the new Star Wars characters, places and vehicles? With Star Wars Resistance, Disney/Lucasfilm allows several creatives to decide. “It actually was a roundtable effort,” said Athena Portillo, one of the show’s three executive producers, during a press gathering at The Burbank Centre on September 25. […]
Preview: “Star Wars Resistance” – Diversity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
October 1st, 2018 W.R. Miller In six months, the New Republic will cease to exist. Little do they know the First Order plans to blast them with a superweapon that can shatter entire solar systems. But General Leia Organa knows something is afoot. She has assembled a group of fighters, the Resistance, to combat the First Order. To learn more […]
Meredith Roberts Named Senior Vice President, Animation Strategy, for Disney Channels
August 1st, 2018 Jerry Beck Meredith Roberts, a well-regarded leader in animation for film and television, has been named to the newly created role of senior vice president, Animation Strategy, Disney Channels. She will be responsible for leading a unified vision for the animation content produced by Disney Television Animation and other studios for Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Disney XD […]
INTERVIEW: Steve Blum, the Vocal Muscle of Zeb—and others—in “Star Wars Rebels”
July 31st, 2018 W.R. Miller Garazeb Orrelios. A name to be feared within the Galactic Empire. A walking engine of destruction, he loves smashing stormtroopers, the “bucket-heads.” He will do whatever it takes to avenge his people, the Lasats, whom the Empire has nearly exterminated. But as his story in Star Wars Rebels comes to a close, he finds that […]
Disney “DuckTales” and Marshmello Debut “Fly” Music Video
June 23rd, 2018 Jerry Beck Marshmello and Disney have collaborated on a special “DuckTales”-inspired music video of the music producer/DJ’s hit single “Fly,” which will debut on SATURDAY, JUNE 23, during Disney·Pixar’s “The Incredibles” (6:00-8:00 p.m. EDT/PDT) and leading into the “2018 Radio Disney Music Awards” (RDMA) (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel. The music video will also be available […]
INTERVIEW: Chris and Shane Houghton talk Disney’s “Big City Greens”
June 11th, 2018 Jackson Murphy The latest collaboration of brothers Chris and Shane Houghton (Harvey Beaks) is based on their own childhoods, growing-up in the small town of St. Johns, Michigan. Big City Greens follows the adventures of a mischievous and optimistic boy and his family who move to the big city. The series, with Chris and Shane as Creators/Executive […]
Second Season of Disney’s “Big City Greens” Ordered Ahead of Series June 18th Debut
May 17th, 2018 Jerry Beck Disney Channel has ordered a second season of animated comedy-adventure series Big City Greens, about a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family, ahead of its series debut, Monday June 18th (9:30 a.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel, DisneyNOW and Disney Channel VOD. The series […]
Details of ‘Disney Channel GO!’ Fan Fest
April 19th, 2018 Jerry Beck Disney Channel is rolling out a fan fest, a mini-D23, both on-air and in person this summer. The centerpiece of the off-channel events is the Disney Channel GO! Fan Fest, a special day for fans to meet dozens of Disney Channel stars at the Disneyland Resort, Saturday, May 12th. The festivities begin at 11:15 a.m. […]
Disney XD To Air Cal Arts/Gobelins Student Film “Nightmare in the Morning”
March 23rd, 2018 Jerry Beck Disney XD will premiere Yonatan Tal’s student short film, Nightmare in the Morning on Saturday, March 24th at 9:00pm ET/PT, marking the first time the channel has run a short film created by a student. Tal made the film during his third year in the Character Animation program at CalArts, and completed it while on […]
INTERVIEW: “Big Hero 6: The Series” Director Nick Filippi
November 17th, 2017 Jackson Murphy Disney’s Big Hero 6 won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015. Big Hero 6: The Series gets its launch this Monday November 20th at 8pm on Disney Channel and Disney XD with the one-hour movie “Baymax Returns.” Animation veteran Nick Filippi is the series’ executive producer and supervising director. Jackson Murphy: “Baymax Returns” […]
