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This August will mark 20 years since Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis gave us the body-switching comedy classic Freaky Friday. Now we’ve got reason to hope for more. Reflecting on the film, the actresses were asked by Nadine Zylberberg of the New York Times how they “feel about a sequel.” “As I went around […]

Despite receiving credit as a voice consultant for the role of BB-8, the ball-shaped robot in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Bill Hader admits he doesn’t enjoy signing merchandise related to the character.  During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Hader explained how his voice work for BB-8 indirectly resulted in him deciding […]

Guests at Disneyland Theme Park in Anaheim, California, witnessed a scary situation when an animatronic dragon was engulfed in flames on Saturday night. Footage of the incident shared on social media showed parkgoers watching the Fantasmic light show on Tom Sawyer Island, where Mickey Mouse battled Maleficent in her dragon form. As the 45-foot-tall dragon […]

Kid Cudi is living up to his Man on the Moon moniker. On Wednesday, Disney+ released the trailer for Crater, a coming-of-age sci-fi film that follows a group of kids living on a lunar colony in 2257. Cudder—who is credited under his legal name, Scott Mescudi—plays the father of lead character Caleb Channing, a boy who sets out to […]

Prolific songwriter and composer Alan Menken has revealed the upcoming Little Mermaid remake will update the lyrics of some songs to recognize consent. Menken, who composed the music for the original film and the remake, recently told Vanity Fair that there have been some minor changes made to some songs expected to return. “There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the […]

Disney has announced a new live-action remake of 2016’s Moana with Dwayne Johnson reprising his role. “We are so excited and happy to announce that a live-action reimagining of ‘Moana’ is in the works,” Johnson said in a video announcing the project. Joined by his daughters, Johnson said that the project is still in the early stages. “It’s still […]

Disney and Pixar released the first full trailer for their new film Elemental.  Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew) will voice Ember Lumen, along with star Mamoudou Athie (Jurassic World: Dominion) as Wade Ripple. The project features Pixar veterans like director Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) and producers Pete Docter and Denise Ream. The script comes from Brenda […]

Academy Award-winning director and Roots drummer Questlove is set to helm a live-action remake of the 1970 Disney movie The Aristocats. Questlove, whose 2021 debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature last year, will also be “overseeing music,” per Variety, and executive producing via his Two One Five Entertainment company alongside fellow Roots […]

Halle Bailey’s Little Mermaid is arriving in theaters soon and fans are excited. The singer even met a young fan while on a trip to Disney World, sharing snippets of their interaction on her Instagram Story. In one video, Bailey can be seen holding the girl who’s hugging her, when a woman in the background says, […]

Brandy Norwood is reprising her history-making role as Cinderella in the musical Descendants: Rise of Red. News of the singer/actress’ filming was confirmed via footage from the Disney+ movie’s social media accounts.   Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella was released in 1997 and featured Brandy in the title role, Paolo Montalban as Prince Charming, the iconic Whitney Houston as […]