Nobody does these events better… or as big.
Disney did one of their, generally, once-every-three-years events covering the breadth and scope of their film product. Bread and circuses. Heavy presence of international partners. The big show.
Effectively hosted by Cook, the massive crowd at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood were treated to musical performances by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the USC Marching Band, a live horse, Miley Cyrus, and Dr. John. There were movie star appearances by Travolta, Bullock, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H Macy, Nic Cage, the leads of High School Musical 3, The Rock, Isla Fisher, Jim Carrey, Miley Cyrus, George Lopez, and…
Johnny Depp.
Today, it was announced at this event that he would be the Mat Hatter (no real surprise there) in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland (great conceptual art shown), that he would take on the role of The Lone Ranger for Jerry Bruckheimer, and that there will be a Pirates 4. (Depp appeared at the very end of the event in his fill Captain Jack outfit, along with a mask and a six-shooter, saying not one word.)
Also, Oprah joins the cast of The Princess & The Frog as the lead character’s mother.
Another big announcement from Bruckheimer was Nic Cage in a live-action version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice set in modern New York with Cage as The Sorcerer.
Also, Toy Story 3 will be out a year earlier than originally announced.
There was also some footage from Tron 2 (or Tr2n) with Jeff Bridges that should get the geeks very excited.
The company had a multi-room display of the concept art from next November’s A Christmas Carol, being done in motion capture by director Bob Zemeckis, with Jim Carrey playing eight roles, including five versions of Scrooge. One room was a motion capture room, complete with cameras everywhere are two working capture rigs you could look at.
We watched Bolt in 3-D in its entirety (about 90% complete).
More later….
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