On Friday Disney announced in front of a room of company executives and reporters new mobile apps and products heading to devices between now and April. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger started off the presentation by recounting conversations with Apple’s Steve Jobs, including a relationship that initially ushered video content to the Apple iPod. Iger beamed as he spoke about Disney...
At first glance Disney Infinity Marvel Super Heroes comes off as looking like something only designed for kids or complete comic nerds, but there is something lurking underneath that makes it an actual game. While Disney Infinity was sorely lacking in many ways, it definitely seems that Disney Interactive took all of the feedback from the first iteration and made sure you wouldn't have...
Disney CEO Bob Iger this week said the company has future plans for a much larger Star Wars presence across its theme parks, with an early look at some of the new attractions set to be unveiled next year. A number of Disney's theme parks already feature "Star Tours," though with several new movies set to come out, beginning with Episode VII at the end of 2015, it was only a matter of...
Disney has pulled the plug on its browser-based free-to-play space combat game Star Wars: Attack Squadrons after months of closed beta testing. Perhaps the reception wasn't all that positive, and Disney decided it was best to just scrap it all and move onto the next project. An announcement on the game's official Facebook page thanks gamers for their time and fans for eagerly await the...
According to one report, Disney is preparing to restore order to the galaxy by making it clear Han shot first. If you ever want to watch Star Wars fans froth at the mouth, simply tell them that you agree with George Lucas' choice in the 2004 Special Edition of A New Hope to make it look like Greedo shot at Han first. Due to this ill conceived choice on the part of Lucas, the original...
Starbucks opened a new location Monday at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, Calif. While we don’t normally cover Starbucks openings, this location features something different that the folks at Disney and Starbucks wanted to show off to us. We had a chance to chat with Bill Sleeth, Vice President of Design, Americas who was responsible for designing this stylish new Starbucks Store. Bill...
Variety reports that Girls actor Adam Driver, 30, will play the main villain in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII. The exact character hasn't been identified, though sources say he'll be similar to Darth Vader. No other casting choices have been made, though the film isn't expected to hit theaters until Dec. 18, 2015, with pre-production expected to get underway this April....
Obi-wan might have been Princess Leia’s only hope, but it turns out neither he nor anyone else could do anything for Star Wars 1313. Disney, new owner of the Star Wars franchise, has allowed its claim to the Star Wars 1313 name to lapse, according to a report from The Escapist. Revival of the name is possible, but Disney letting the title lapse sends a pretty clear message that they’re...
Lucasfilm has announced that Michael Arndt is departing the scripting duties on Star Wars: Episode VII, and in his place J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan will finish off the story. Last Nov. it was announced that Michael Arndt would be scripting Star Wars: Episode VII. This showed a lot of promise to fans as he was also the person behind critically acclaimed films such as Toy Story 3...
Star Wars 1313 was one of the more exciting video games aimed for next-generation consoles before Disney pulled the plug on it after acquiring LucasFilm last October. The news of its cancellation stung, but our hearts were only more broken after learning it was supposed to be a Boba Fett game. IGN sat down with a 15 minute demo of the unfinished game and has its impressions available...