To help promote Disney/Pixar’s newest film, The Good Dinosaur which opens on November 25th, the Walt Disney Company is hosting a Dinosaur Dance Party on Friday and Saturday this weekend. The parties will be at Disney Springs Marketplace in Florida and in the Downtown Disney District in California from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Each will […]
Coming Attractions – Lights, Camera, Live-Action!
Magical DIStractions has been buzzing with all of the Breaking News that came from the annual D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. We are so pleased to have had team-members of our DIStracted team there live, sharing all the exciting news! At D23, Disney, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm presented their Live Action film slates. The presentations gave fans […]
The Merchandise Awakens
What do Covergirl®, Subway®, Verizon & Duracell® all have in common? Well, if you are Disney and Lucasfilm Ltd., you’ll be raking in the cash from all of them. Yes, more than three months before Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes to a theater near you, sponsors of the long-anticipated sequel are gearing up to […]
D23: Check Out These Three Upcoming Animated Films!
Anticipation for Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur, which is scheduled to open November 25, was taken up a notch on Saturday when producer Denise Ream and director Peter Sohn showed some sequences of the film at the D23 Expo. The film is about an Apatosaurus named Arlo and his pet human, Spot, and their adventures far […]
Inside Riley’s First Date!
Guests at D23 had the chance to visit our favorite emotions from Inside Out with the ALL NEW short “Riley’s First Date?” during its World Premier! This brand-new short film was introduced by director Josh Cooley, Pete Docter (Up, Monsters, Inc.), and Jonas Rivera (Up). Pixar Animation is at it again! We get to go back inside […]
Details Emerge on Finding Dory!
We’ve been swimming, we’ve been swimming, we’ve been swimming, swimming, swimming while waiting on the Finding Dory Movie that Ellen announced on her show back in April of 2013. Friday during the D23 Expo, Ellen Degeneres (voice of Dory), Ed O’Neill (voice of Hank), Ty Burrell (voice of Bailey) and Kaitlin Olson (voice of Destiny) […]
Avengers Merchandise Galore! Which Superhero Are You?
As you all know, Avengers : Age of Ultron hit the movie theatres with a bang and headed straight to number #1 at the box office. The Avengers, a team of superheroes written about in American comic books by Marvel, was a massive hit on its release date knocking every other movie out on its way to hit the […]
Disney Announces Role for Josh Gad in All Current Projects
Playing off the seemingly never-ending success of Frozen, Disney casting chief Sheila Havarohl announced today that she has secured a part for versatile actor/comedian Josh Gad in virtually every current movie in production. Josh obviously will again voice Olaf in Frozen 2, and as previously announced will play Le Fou in the live-action Beauty and […]
Disney Junior becomes Oh So Fancy!
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! This one is for all my little Disney bébés out there (That’s a fancy word for babies!). Harper Collins plucky little, curly haired girl, Fancy Nancy is being ever so fancy! Being in books is no longer enough for our little Nancy. She now needs to move to a bigger stage and reach […]
A Mom’s Review of Cinderella
This is absolutely, positively a Mom Approved movie for ALL ages! I am VERY conservative regarding what my children see, but there is nothing dark or scary in Cinderella. There is death of parents, but it is handled very well and is simply there to set the story. Transitions to non-grieving scenes are quick and well […]