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Thursday
- September 27, 2001
- Disney Kills El Capitan Premiere
Party for Snow White DVD
- UPN Comes in #2
with Enterprise Premiere
- Galidor:
Defenders of the Outer Dimension
- News Link of the Day
- Disney Losing Attraction with Investors
Disney
Kills El Capitan Premiere Party for Snow White DVD
(by digitalmediafx.com) Hollywood has been up in arms in how to
proceed after the devastating September 11 terrorist attacks against
the World Trade Center and White House. Concerns over security,
delicacy issues, and the place of entertainment during such a
time prompted many studios to cancel premieres, move release dates,
edit movies, and even cancel planned productions. Disney is no
exception.
Disney has
canceled its longtime planned premiere party for the Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs DVD that was to take place this Saturday
night at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood. In addition, Disney
has scrapped its Sunday premiere of Max Keebler's Big Move.
The Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD will still be released
on October 9, 2001.
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UPN Comes
in #2 with Enterprise Premiere
(by digitalmediafx.com) The UPN network, use to coming in
fifth every week in Nielsen ratings behind ABC, CBS, NBC, and
the WB scored a mega victory Wednesday, September 26, with the
premiere of the new Star Trek series Enterprise. The new series
scored a strong 9.9/15 rating, enough to propel the network into
second place for the night. As a comparison, the season finale
of Voyager only scored a 2.7/5 rating. Enterprise also enjoyed
a majority of positive critical reviews for the direction it is
going in. The Star Trek series takes place at the very beginning
of the Federation, well before the days of Captain Kirk (150 years
earlier to be precise).
The new Enterprise
captain is Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap fame. Kevin Blank is
the visual effects coordinator. Prior to Enterprise, Blank worked
with the visual effects for both Hercules and Xena.
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Galidor:
Defenders of the Outer Dimension
(by digitalmediafx.com) CineGroupe has announced that production
has begun on two seasons of 13 half-hour episodes each (for a
total of 26 episodes) of Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension,
a new live action television series that integrates 3D backgrounds
and numerous special effects to tell its story. Inspired by the
web characters created by Tom Lynch (Caitlin's Way, The Secret
World of Alex Mack, Just Deal), Galidor: Defenders of the Outer
Dimension is set to broadcast in Winter 2002 on both YTV in Canada
and Fox Kids Network in the U.S. CineGroupe is shooting the series
on location and in studio in Montreal. The 3D backgrounds and
computer generated images will be created in CineGroupe's 3D/computer
imaging studio.
"With
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, we're creating a new
entertainment category for kids and tweens, combining elements
of fantasy with stories about the magic of the human experience,"
says Tom Lynch. "With CineGroupe, we're integrating rich
characters and storylines with riveting special effects and 3D
backgrounds. The result will be an exciting live action/CG animation
genre that will completely immerse the audience in a whole new
world."
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News Link
of the Day - Disney Losing Attraction with Investors
According to The UK Times:
"...The
move is likely to make it difficult for Disney, which currently
has debts of more than $16 billion (£11 billion), to raise
additional funds or refinance existing borrowings.
Michael Eisner,
the chairman and chief executive who last year took home more
than $51 million in salary and options-related bonuses, said that
the group, which has survived several recessions, would bounce
back stronger than ever..."
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