In this edition, check out a round-up of The Mandalorian trailer Easter Eggs, watch the entire 2019 Disney Legends induction ceremony, and more.
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Disney Channel is developing a Hocus Pocus remake helmed by Kenny Ortega without original stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.
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A long Disney's Descendants clip introduces the TV movie that imagines a story in which the children of some of Disney's biggest villains hit a crossroads.
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Watch the Disney Descendants trailer. The Disney Channel movie follows the teen offspring of Disney's most iconic villains including Maleficent and Jafar.
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There's a Rocky Horror remake on the way, but not a film -- this will be a two-hour TV "event" broadcast on Fox.
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The first look at the Descendants Cast has been revealed. The Disney Original movie hits TV in 2015 and follows the kids of Disney villains.
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The Disney Descendants movie, about the kids of Disney villains, has cast its lead characters including Cruella de Vil, Jafar and the Evil Queen
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When you're the offspring of popular Disney villains like Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen or Jafar, do you follow in your parent's footsteps or learn from their mistakes? That's the question at the center of Descendants, a new live-action Disney Channel film. It'll be directed by Kenny Ortega, who helmed the High School Musical trilogy…
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Briefly: A remake of the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing has been on the books at Lionsgate since 2009. Two years later, Kenny Ortega was brought on as a director, a screenwriter was hired and finally it was scheduled for a July 2013 release. Turns out casting roles as iconic as Patrick Swayze's and Jennifer Grey's isn't as…
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Briefly: We still don't know who'll be stepping into Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's shoes for Kenny Ortega's Dirty Dancing remake, but we know exactly when they try to dance into your hearts. According to Variety, Lionsgate has announced a release date of July 26, 2013 for the updated version of the 1987 romance classic.…
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Robert Zemeckis is collecting quite a cast for Flight, his return to live-action filmmaking. Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Rubicon star James Badge Dale are the latest additions to the project, which stars Denzel Washington as an alcoholic, drug-addicted pilot who becomes a public hero when he rescues a troubled flight. However, his own issues may…
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That remake of Dirty Dancing that many have already enthusiastically begun to doubt now has a screenwriter: Maria Maggenti, writer of this summer's Monte Carlo, will pen the screenplay. When we first heard that Lionsgate wanted to remake the film we heard that Julia Dahl (Uptown Girls writer, West Wing writer/story editor) would write the…
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Briefly: Choreographer-turned-director Kenny Ortega directed the first two High School Musical films, the Michael Jackson performance film This Is It, and was set to direct the remake of Footloose before dropping out and leaving room for Craig Brewer to take that project. But Kenny Ortega is now set to remake another well-liked '80s dance film.…
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It's been a rough few years for Joel Schumacher -- rougher than most for the director who is often lambasted for his Batman films, regardless of the fact that he's made a couple of solid pictures since then. He bombed with the Jim Carrey film The Number 23 in 2007, then saw Blood Creek dumped…
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Oliver Stone's adaptation of the novel Savages, in which two pot-dealing friends are roped into working for the drug cartel that kidnaps their young female companion, is becoming a hot property. The combination of a young cast, a long-established major director and lively material tends to do that. Multiple studios were in contention for distribution…
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Briefly: Last week there was a collective 'huh?' (and probably some genuine interest) when word filtered out that High School Musical director Kenny Ortega might direct a feature film based on Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller.' But the director, who was Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer and frequent creative partner, has been in touch with EW to…
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Did you know that there is a plan afoot to make a new feature film based on 'Thriller,' by Michael Jackson? Neither did we, but a rights package is being fought over that would allow a studio to further exploit the posthumous popularity of Michael Jackson and his music. The result might be a new…
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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Early this week, This Is It director Kenny Ortega bailed on Paramount's remake of Footloose. Seems like a great idea, even if the Michael Jackson movie doesn't become the Dark Knight-sized hit that some have predicted. And yeah, Footloose? A remake? Who needs it? Well, Paramount still seems to, and their shortlist of directors is…
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