In a $1.75 million deal, the Walt Disney Co. has acquired Jonathan Hensleigh action pitch “Nine Lives,” with Hensleigh to pen the script. Jerry Bruckheimer will produce through his Disney-based ...

Disney animation is flashing back to the ’90s. At the conglom’s shareholders meeting in New Orleans on Thursday, Walt Disney Feature Animation Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter officially unveiled ...

Family and friends including those at Walt Disney Imagineering plan a celebration in California of the life of Don Edgren, a top Walt Disney World planner who died late last month. Edgren of Murrieta, ...

Walt Disney Studios retired its old Buena Vista distribution moniker last year as it continued to focus on its release schedule — down from 19 movies in 2006 to 13 in 2007 — around family-friendly ...

In a major strategy shift, the Walt Disney Co. said it will stop making lucrative direct-to-DVD sequels of such classic animated films as “Cinderella,” a move that reflects the growing influence of ...

Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it has acquired Warren Spector’s Junction Point Studios as it expands its game-publishing business. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Junction Point was added to the ...

It's very easy to forget that Walt Disney was a man. A brand name? Sure. A studio? Of course. An institution? Most definitely. But a man? Wow, I guess so... If nothing else, this release helps prove ...

Despite a looming threat of recession, Walt Disney Co. executives said last week that they were upbeat about the company's parks and resorts business in 2008. Disney reported an 11% first-quarter ...

Boys will be boys. And the Hardy Boys? Well, they'll be something else. Originally broadcast as a ten minute segment during The Mickey Mouse Club in 1956, this daily (!) serial holds up quite well ...