Get Animated! and Animation Courtyard closed last summer. They will reopen this summer, with the courtyard reimagined into the Walt Disney Studios lot. Replacing the old dance party will be the new ...

Gaston, the swole villain from Beauty and the Beast, will reportedly be the next Disney baddie to get the live-action movie treatment. Following in the footsteps of Maleficent and Cruella de Vil, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Disney looks to be taking another one of its iconic villains and giving it the live-action spin, as sources tell Deadline the studio is in early development on pic centered on the Beauty ...

As part of the Walt Disney Company's $1 billion investment in ChatGPT parent OpenAI, the entertainment giant will let you use Mickey Mouse and other Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters in ...

Disney is developing a live-action “Beauty and the Beast” spinoff centered on Gaston, TheWrap has learned. Dave Callaham will pen the script with Michelle Rejwan attached to produce. Kate Herron and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses more than 200 characters — including Mickey Mouse and Moana — to ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A new report from Variety has revealed that Disney is developing a live-action spinoff of Beauty ...

Disney will continue to mine its animated canon for live-action gold, this time with a feature headlining Gaston, the bombastic antagonist who’s roughly the size of a barge from Beauty and the Beast.

The movie will be a musical that explores the arrogant villain’s backstory and his relationship with his sidekick, LeFou The project follows the success of the 2017 live-action adaptation, though ...

The rumor mill for Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Tangled is heating up, with several reputable industry sources dropping potential names for the coveted lead roles of Rapunzel and Flynn ...

The Walt Disney Company has announced a sweeping partnership with OpenAI that will see it take a $1bn (€852mn) stake in the tech giant. The deal will notably allow cult Disney characters to appear in ...