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by James White | 22 02 2021 While Disney isn't shy about finding merchandising opportunities and sequel possibilities for all its titles, it tends to be a little quicker than nearly 30 years. Still, festive perennial The Nightmare Before Christmas is headed down the sequel route – for a novel. io9 reports that The Wicked Deep author Shea Earnshaw has been hired to write a book that shifts the spotlight to rag doll Sally, while also continuing the story after events of the film. The plot sees a happily married Sally and Jack get their lives momentarily turned upside down when Sally acciden...

When Will Cruises Resume? © (Getty Images) Cruise After almost a year stuck on dry land, cruise lovers may be itching to hit the high seas again on their favorite cruise lines. But with rules and regulations about cruising in flux, it can be hard to pinpoint when next you may be able to hop on board and sail away to paradise – and whether or not it is safe to do so. At the end of October 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a conditional sailing order that remains in effect until Nov. 1, 2021 (pending further changes). The order states that cruise lines should take...

He executed the distribution strategy for Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar movies. 15 Feb, 2021 - 12:52 PM IST     |     By indiantelevision.com Team     MUMBAI: Disney eastern division sales vice president Frank Patterson has exited the studio after 17 years, online news publication Deadline reported. Patterson is a second-generation theatrical distribution veteran; his father Frank Patterson Sr was the longtime EVP and head film buyer at Loews Theaters. He is highly respected in the theatrical business. Patterson’s departure comes at a time when Disney’s theatrical business is weath...

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) In 1997, when my mom got me the original Star Wars Trilogy for Christmas, I thought she was crazy.  I had never thought that nearly 25 years later, I would still be such a rabid fan.  I love anything any everything Star Wars, even the steaming piles of crap that the sequel trilogy turned out to be.  While Disney’s ownership of Lucasfilm has only spanned the last almost-decade, I have raised my two children, neither of whom have known a “pre-Disney” Star Wars universe, with characters like Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Palpatine, Count Doo...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Pirates of the Caribbean is one of Disney's most popular, and profitable, live-action franchises. While the fifth movie in the series didn't light up the domestic box office the way previous films did, the movie still made nearly $800 million globally, and that's not the sort of money you would ever expect Disney to just forget about. However, in the years since the last film, while there has been a lot of movement on a new movie, it has all led to very little when it comes to actual productions, and a lot more when it comes to confusion.