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Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted an apology to an elementary school in Berkeley, CA, after the company charged a $250 licensing fee for a fundraiser screening of The Lion King. “Our company apologizes to Emerson Elementary School PTA, and I will personally donate to their fund raising initiative,” Iger tweeted. The apology…

The VFX wizard behind such films as Titanic and Apollo 13, Robert Legato has made it his mission in recent years to advance the art form of photorealistic computer-generated animation. Winning his third Oscar in 2016 for his work on Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, Legato then reteamed with the director on a CG remake…

Disney’s The Lion King ruled the 18th annual VES Awards, winning a pack-leading three trophies including the marquee Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature during Wednesday night’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. The Jon Favreau-directed “live action” remake of the toon classic also took the hardware for…

The Visual Effects Society has unveiled nominations for its 18th annual VES Awards, which honor VFX work in film, animation, TV, commercials and video games. Winners will be revealed at a ceremony January 29 at the Beverly Hilton. Disney’s CG redo of the The Lion King and 20th Century Fox’s Alita: Battle Angel lead…

In early December, Disney became the first studio in history to cross the $10 billion mark globally. Now that 2019 has drawn to a close, the numbers have jumped even higher. For the calendar year, the Walt Disney Studios has posted a combined global gross of $13,151.7 million across both Disney and Fox releases (Dis…

When it comes to categorizing, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been marching to its own beat. It nominated Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black in the drama field for the show’s first season in 2014, which was designated as a comedy at the Emmys later that year. The TV Academy re-classified the series as a…

Frozen 2 and its cumulative $919.7M in global snow dust, have helped bring Disney to the $10B threshold worldwide for 2019. Officially, the studio will cross the mark within the next day. Current studio cumes stand at $3.28B domestic and $6.717B from the international box office. That’s $9.997B global through today…

2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for advertising revenue at UK cinemas. According to figures published today by advertising company GroupM, the amount spent by brands at UK theaters will top £200m ($258m) for the first time by year end, up significantly from 2018's total of £184.8m ($239m). The top advertiser in…

Scores for movies including Alan Silvestri’s Avengers: Endgame, Hans Zimmer’s The Lion King and Marc Shaiman’s Mary Poppins Returns and Emmy-winning TV series Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi) and Chernobyl (Hildur Guðnadóttir) were nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media category Wednesday when…

Elton John, who won an Oscar for his music on the original Lion King, is not a fan of Disney’s remake, calling it a “disappointment”. In an interview this week with GQ magazine, the pop icon lamented that the studio had "messed the music up" in the latest version, which was released earlier this year. John said…

The making of The Lion King: The Gift, an album that saluted the Disney classic, will be unveiled Monday in an hour-long documentary exploring the behind-the-scenes work on the music. The special will air at 10 PM ET/PT on ABC and offers candid footage and interviews. The album came out July 19 in conjunction with Walt…

UPDATE, writethru: Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw continued to flex its muscles at the top of the international box office this weekend, smack-talking its way to another $39.1M in 69 markets. The overseas cume topped $500M in the session, hitting $525.3M as it approaches $700M global. The current…