Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Carly Konsker

by Carly Konsker

Profile

The Walt Disney Company, including all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, is known across America and world wide as a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. This massive corporation contains five main business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products, and Interactive Media. [1]

History

On October 16, 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded The Walt Disney Company, which was originally named The Disney Brothers Studio. The company got its start by producing Alice Comedies, which lasted for four years. They continued with their love of cartoons, and in 1928 the most famous Disney icon was created, Mickey Mouse. Disney won its first Academy Award for Best Cartoon in 1932. Fiver years later, the company shocked the world by developing their first full-length feature film in 1937. [2, 3, 4]

Courtsey of http://d23.disney.go.com/ Walt and Roy proudly displaying their first Oscar with the world's most famous mouse.

Walt and Roy proudly displaying their first Oscar with the world’s most famous mouse. [5]

Walt Disney, the visionary behind the Disney empire, dies at age 66 on December 15, 1966. After his younger brother’s death, Roy Disney took it upon himself to control the financing and construction of Walt Disney World, his brother’s last wish. Since the beginning, Roy was always in charge of the business side of the Disney company, while Walt was the creative genius behind the fantasies. On December 20, 1971, Roy O. Disney passed, three months after the opening of Walt Disney World. [2, 4]

Today, The Walt Disney Company continues to thrive while sticking to their roots of turning dreams into reality. Disney reinforces their past by keeping the Disney legacy alive, but the company also creates new content with ground-breaking technology.

Current Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company is Robert A. Iger. [6]

Courtesy of http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/

Alan Horn, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios [7]

Financials

The Walt Disney Company: NYSE:DIS quotes & news https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:DIS

Walt Disney Studios/Walt Disney Pictures

The Walt Disney Studios includes the creation, production, promotion, sales, acquisition, and national and international distribution of live-action and animated motion pictures, home entertainment releases, music and soundtrack recordings, and live stage plays. The Walt Disney Studios is the home to Marvel, Touchstone Pictures, Disney•Pixar, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Live-Action), Disneynature, and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Live-Action)

On July 19, 1950, Disney released its first life-action feature film, Treasure Island. Since then, filmmakers have created some of the most successful live-action family films including the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Alice in Wonderland, and Oz the Great and Powerful. Many of these films, as well as movies in other divisions, are distributed under the brand name, Buena Vista. [10]

Courtesy of www.boxofficemojo.com

Recent News:

On March 14, 2013, Disney and Showtime announced the extension of their output deal, which allows DreamWorks Studios’ films that are theatrically released by Disney to be available to Showtime subscribers through 2018. [8, 9]

As of April 7, 2013, Oz the Great and Powerful has topped the US Box Office with an estimated gross of $212,767,000. [11]

In 2015, Disney looks forward to releasing Star Wars: Episode VII, the first film produced since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. in October 2012. The film will be directed by J.J. Abrams, who is famous for directing the hit television series Lost. “Standalone movies” featuring Star Wars characters are in the works. [12, 13]

Future Releases: The Lone Ranger (July 3, 2013), The Delivery Man (October 4, 2013)

Marvel Studios

Marvel Entertainment is a completely-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios, founded in 1996, is a successful facet of Marvel Entertainment that creates, develops, and produces life-action films based on the characters and story-lines from the iconic marvel comic book empire. [14]

Iron Man 3 Trailer

The success of their film franchise will continue to grow with the upcoming releases of Iron Man 3 on May 3, 2013, The Avengers 2, Thor: The Dark World, and the studio has already started production has on the sequel to Captain America. Marvel’s The Avengers was not only the highest grossing movie of this past year, but it was also the 5^th highest grossing feature film of all time. [14, 15, 16]

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Animation Studios was founded in 1923. The studio’s first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, became the highest grossing film of its time. Disney paved the way for a new type of family entertainment. Some of their masterpieces include the Disney Fairies films, Tangled, Bolt, and The Lion King. [16]

Future Release: Planes (August 09, 2013) featuring the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, and Cedric the Entertainer. [17]

Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar Animation studios was founded in 1986 when Steve Jobs bought the Computer Graphics Division of Lucasfilms from George Lucas and started an independent company, Pixar. [18] Pixar has built a name for itself through some of the most successful movies in animation. For example, all the Toy Story films, Finding Nemo, WALL•E, and all Cars movies. [18]

Starting in 1991, Disney and Pixar have continuously signed deals over the years to make and distribute animated films together. The Walt Disney Company officially agreed to acquire Pixar Animation Studios in a $7.4 Billion stock deal on January 24, 2006. This deal allowed Disney to revert back to its traditional animation roots, and gave Steve Job’s, the former CEO of Pixar, tremendous power in Hollywood by becoming the largest individual shareholder of Disney. [19]

On April 1, 2013, Pixar announced the title sequel to the 2003 Academy Award winning film for best animated feature, Finding Nemo. The upcoming film, Finding Dory, will be released on November 25, 2015, thanksgiving weekend. Ellen DeGeneres will once again be the voice behind the film’s leading character Dory, who learns about the meaning of family as she is reunited with her loved ones in the film. [20, 21]

Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures is one of several film labels of The Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. This American film production studio was created in 1984 in order for Disney to have a brand that released more adult-oriented material. Touchstone Pictures is also the banner under which live-action films from DreamWorks Studios are distributed since their agreement finalized 2009. [22]

Touchstone’s first film released was the 1984 comedy, Splash. Since then, over 200 films have been released from Touchstone Pictures including Pretty Woman, Father of the Bride, Step Up, and The Proposal. [23]

Lincoln (2012), distributed under Touchstone Pictures, was nominated for 12 Oscars at the 85th annual Academy Awards. Lincoln received the most nominations among those released in 2012, and it won the award for Best Production Design and Best Actor. [24]

Future Release: The Fifth Estate (November 15, 2013) [25]

Sources:

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Walt and Roy Disney Photo http://d23.disney.go.com/
Bob Iger CEO of The Walt Disney Company http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/about-disney/leadership/board-directors/robert-iger
Alan Horn, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/6/bio/1015
Disney and Showtime DreamWorks Deal Extended http://variety.com/2013/film/news/disney-to-keep-its-dreamworks-films-at-showtime-1200194681/
Showtime and Disney Renew DreamWorks Contract http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/showtime-dreamworks-studios-contract-extension/
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (live-action) http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/74
Oz the Great and Powerful Tops US Box Office http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oz.htm
Disney Acquires Lucasfilm – Press Release http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-news/press-releases/2012/10/disney-acquire-lucasfilm-ltd
CEO Bob Iger Discusses Star Wards in CNBC Interview http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/disney-to-release-additional-films-based-on-star-wars-characters/#more-422357
Marvel – Walt Disney Studios http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/246
Marvel’s The Avengers http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avengers11.htm
Walt Disney Animation Studios http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/76
Disney’s Planes Press Release http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/news/1288
Pixar Animation Studios History http://www.pixar.com/about/Our-Story
Disney Agrees to Acquire Pixar http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/business/25disney.html?_r=1&
Finding Dory Announced http://variety.com/2013/film/news/pixar-finds-title-release-date-for-finding-nemo-sequel-1200331933/
Finding Dory Press Release http://waltdisneystudios.com/corp/news/1293
Walt Disney Studios Corporate http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-companies/studio-entertainment
Touchstone Pictures http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/264
Lincoln (2012) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Lincoln_(2012_film)
Production Begins on DreamWorks’ WikiLeaks Project “The Fifth Estate” http://waltdisneystudios.com/corp/news/1250

Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures

Posted on September 18, 2012 by lma07

by [Li Ma]

Walt Disney Pictures Opening Logo

Touchstone Pictures Opening Logo

A Brief History:

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It was founded in 1928 with the name as Walt Disney Productions; in the year of 1983, the name was changed to Walt Disney Pictures. It is the main production company for animated and live-action feature films based at the Walt Disney Studios. One of the most recognizable films of Walt Disney Pictures is Snow White and Seven Dwarfs (1937), as it is the first full-length traditional animated feature in motion picture history; Walt Disney Pictures has also produced numerous popular and award-winning films such as Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Little Mermaid (1989), The Lion King (1994), Toy Story (1995), Mulan (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Cars (2006), High School Musical III (2008), Alice in Wonderland 3D (2010), and so on.

Go to the official website of Walt Disney Pictures, please click here. [1]

Touchstone Pictures

Touchtone Pictures was established in 1984 as Touchstone Films; two years later, it received its new name as Touchstone Pictures. It is also an animated and live-action film banner of Walt Disney Studios. Most of its releases are typically for adults rather than for children. Since 2011, Touchstone Pictures banner has been assigned a 30-pictures distribution deal with DreamWorks Studios to distribute DreamWorks’ films over next five years. The most notable films that produced by Touchstone Pictures are Ernest Goes to Camp (1987), Good Morning Vietnam (1987), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), Sister Act (1992), Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Insider (1999), Rushmore (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and so on.

Go to the official website of Touchstone Pictures, please click here. [2]

Recent News:

July

July 8, 2012

The Avengers (2012)

According to the Deadline News, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has passed $ 1 billion domestic box office and become the first studio that reached the milestone of 2012. This great achievement was attributed to the movie The Avengers, which was distributed by Disney; it helped Disney gain a huge amount of domestic box office with $ 611.1 million. This time, Disney has broken the 2010 studio record of 210 days to reach the $ 1 billion box office by using only 188 days to reach the goal. It is also the 16^thtime that Disney has achieved this in the last 19 years. (Deadline, 2012) [3]

July 18, 2012

Disney will distribute Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln domestically through its Touchstone label; this movie was announced to be released on Nov. 9^th and expanded on Nov.16^th.

Lincoln (2012)

“Lincoln, starring Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, is a likely awards contender and will hit theaters just as awards season begins to heat up in earnest.” (Hollywood Reporter, 2012)

Lincoln is also expected to be one of the movies that have most box office in the year of 2012. [4]

October

October 18, 2012

According to Hollywood Reporter, Tom Hanks recently visited the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco to have a three-week research for the role of the famous mogul in his new Disney movie Saving Mr. Banks.

Tom Hanks (left) and Walt Disney (Right)

This film is about the struggle between the author, who wrote the beloved novel in 1934, and Walt Disney who made a promise to his daughters in the 1940s to turn the book into a movie. However, from the very beginning of pre-production through to its successful release in 1964, Disney and Travers disagreed over script, tone and casting; Travers even complained that her character, which was depicted by Julie Andrews in her Hollywood debut, was too pretty and too nice; not even the overwhelming success of the movie would change the author’s mind.

“It’s like a trip to Disneyland itself, and it’s the third happiest place on the planet, behind Disneyland and Disneyworld.” (Hanks, T. 2012)

Walt Disney Pictures will release this film on December 20^th, 2013. [5]

October 30, 2012

The Walt Disney Company announced to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd., owned by George Lucas who is the chairman and founder of Lucasfilm, with a cash and stock transaction of $ 4.05 billion.

“Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise.” (Press Release, 2012)

Robert A. Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, and George Lucas, chairman and founder, Lucasfilm sign the agreement for The Walt Disney Company to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

Disney also announced it would Continue its marketing strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world. In other words, besides Walt Disney Pictures’ efforts on the production of the 7^th episode of Star Wars, which is targeted for release in 2015, the rest of subsidiaries and affiliates of The Walt Disney Company will also contribute on its promotion. [6]

According to Robert A. Iger, the chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company,

“This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including ‘Star Wars,’ one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney’s unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses, and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value.” (Robert, 2012) [7]

October 31, 2012

“Star Wars” films

According to Hollywood Reporter, Disney is buying Lucasfilm and producing three new “Star Wars” films.

These upcoming episodes are expected to have brand new concepts and plots with a notable visual improvement compared with the previous ones. As a result, 15 directors, such as J. J. Abrams, Jon Favreai, and Joe Johnston, were nominated as the potential directors for the new Star Wars films. [8]

November

November 30, 2012

Mel Shaw, an artist and writer who contributed to Disney animation classics as Bambi, Fantasia and The Lion King, died on November 22^ndat 97.

Mel Shaw (1914-2012)

He was recruited by Walt Disney, the founder of Disney Studio, and then joined and worked in his team. Shaw started his animation career by creating title cards at the end of the silent-film era for Leon Schlesinger’s Pacific Title and Art Studio. In the early 1930s, he helped Orson Welles create a storyboard for a version of The Little Prince that was never produced. In 1974, Walt Disney Studios asked Shaw to return to help mentor the next generation of animators. His last project for Disney was The Lion King (1994). Mel Shaw then was named a Disney Legend in the year of 1994. [9]

December

December 3, 2012

During the 17^th annual Satellite Awards on Monday, ten movies have been nominated as best motion picture by the International Press Academy, an organization that is composed of entertainment journalists for both domestic and foreign outlets.

The movie Lincoln, which is distributed by Touchstone Pictures domestically, has been nominated eight Satellite Awards, including best actor, best actor in a supporting role, best motion picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best original score, best cinematography, and best art direction & production design. [10]

Upcoming Movies:

Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)

Oz: The Great And Powerful (March 8, 2013)

Lone Ranger (July 3, 2013)

The Little Mermaid in 3D (September 13, 2013)

Thor: The Dark Worlds (November 8, 2013)

Frozen (November 27, 2013)

Saving Mr. Banks (December 20, 2013)

The Muppets Sequel (2013)

Maleficent (March 14, 2014)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)

Bears (April 18, 2014)

The Good Dinosaur (May 30, 2014)

Telsa (2014)

Phineas and Ferb (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Star Wars: Episode VII (2015)

The Avengers 2 (May 1, 2015)

Ant-Man (November 6, 2015)

Finding Nemo 2 (2016)

Star Wars: Episode VIII (2017)

References:

[1] Walt Disney Pictures: http://movies.disney.com/

[2] Touchstone Pictures: http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/unit/264

[3] Finke, N. (2012, July 8). Disney passing $1B domestic box office. Deadline. Retrieved from http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/disney-passing-1b-domestic-box-office/

[4] McClintock, P. (2012, July 18). Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-lincoln-dated-early-351152

[5] Riefe, J. (2012, October 18). Tom Hanks on becoming Walt Disney for ‘Saving Mr. Banks’. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-becoming-walt-disney-380011

[6] Anonymous. (2012, October 30). Disney to acquire Lucasfilm for $4 billion. ABC News. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/10/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilms-for-4-billion/

[7] Anonymous. (2012, Oct 30). Disney to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd..The Walt Disney Company Press Release. Retrieved from http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-news/press-releases/2012/10/disney-acquire-lucasfilm-ltd

[8] Zakarin, J. (2012, October 31). 15 potential directors for the new ‘Star Wars’ films. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-star-wars-movies-director-384731

[9] Barnes, M. (2012, November 30). Legendary Disney animator Mel Shaw dies at 97. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-animator-mel-shaw-bambi-396272

[10] Kilday, G. (2012, December 3). Satellite Awards nominates 10 films for best motion picture. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/satellite-awards-nominates-10-films-396865

DreamWorks

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Alexandra Hayes

by Alexandra Hayes

A Brief History:

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen are the founders of DreamWorks entertainment. They founded the company in 1994, and since then have produced numerous award-winning films such as Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, American Beauty, Gladiator, Meet the Parents, Cast Away, A Beautiful Mind and so on. “In the Fall of 2004, the animation division of the studio was spun-off into a publicly traded company named DreamWorks Animation (DWA).” DreamWorks was sold to Paramount Pictures, the Viacom owned studio, in January 2006. In 2008, the company partnered with the Indian film company, Reliance Big Entertainment, headed by Anil Ambani. Since then, DreamWorks has continued producing copious amounts of critically acclaimed and entertaining films. (DreamWorks Studios)

For DreamWorks Studios’ full history click here [1].

Recent News:

January:

January 18, 2012

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s marketing chief, MT Carney’s departure was confirmed on January 8, 2012. Disney was able to keep Carney’s replacement a secret until such time that a press release could be provided. This is relevant to DreamWorks because since 2009, Disney has distributed DreamWorks’ films.

At the January 12 dinner for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Steven Spielberg confronted Disney’s studio chief about his frustration. “The sources say Spielberg told [Rich] Ross bluntly he was upset that he wasn’t consulted two or three weeks earlier, when Ross decided that Carney had an ‘out’ date and would be replaced.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [2].

January 23, 2012

Steven Spielberg’s newest film, Lincoln, will be released in theaters in December 2012. Already the film will be distributed domestically by Disney due to DreamWorks’ partnership with the company. Recently, Fox has signed on to the project to distribute it internationally.

The film has an all-star cast, as well as a critically acclaimed director. “Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Abraham Lincoln in the film, which also stars Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln. Tommy Lee Jones and James Spader also star.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [3].

February:

February 9, 2012

DreamWorks Studios will be working on remaking Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940). The Screenplay will be written by Steven Kni ght who is known for Eastern Promises (2007). He will not only look at the previous film adaptation, but use the original book by Daphne DuMaurier, as well. (DreamWorks Studios)

For the full article click here [4].

February 17, 2012

Reliance Big Entertainment will not be breaking away from DreamWorks anytime soon, even though the company has reason to do so.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reliance invested $325 million in DreamWorks in 2008, aiding the ailing company immensely. “Attorney Schuyler Moore, who represents Reliance in some matters, says the company still plans to be a global media player. “They are happy with all their talent relationships,” he says. “They are happy with DreamWorks. They’ve been financially successful. They are thrilled with everything that’s happened.””

This is interesting seeing that Reliance has made many deals with DreamWorks, but nothing has really come of them. However, DreamWorks’ recent 10 Oscar nominations has impressed Reliance. Therefore the company wants to work out an arrangement with DreamWorks. (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [5].

April:

April 10, 2012

After long and strenuous discussion, Reliance Big Entertainment has decided that it wants to keep its relationship going with DreamWorks. Reliance and DreamWorks have struck a deal that will allow Spielberg’s company to make about 8-10 movies over the next 2-3 years. “On larger movies, DreamWorks will seek to partner, as it has with Fox on the upcoming Robopocalypse, set for release in July 2013, and with Participant on The Help and Spielberg’s upcoming biopic Lincoln.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [6].

April 12, 2012

On Thursday, April 12, DreamWorks’ head of physical production, Steve Molen, resigned. Even though Reliance will continue to finance DreamWorks, the new deal calls for some reduction at the ailing company. “His departure is associated with reductions in that department in the wake of the company’s renegotiation with Reliance Entertainment…” (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [7].

April 13, 2012

DreamWorks, as a result of the recent negotiations with Reliance Big Entertainment, will be laying off about 10 of their 80 current employees. Steve Molen, head of physical production, resigned due to the fact that most of the layoffs will be in his department. Other departments being affected are legal, insurance and IT. (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [8].

April 16, 2012

DreamWorks has expressed interest in buying the new project Need for Speed based on the extremely popular video game by Electronic Arts. “The project hit the town last week in a UTA-repped package that saw brothers John and George Gatins develop the story with George writing the script. John Gatins is producing with EA.”

Need for Speed is considered the most successful videogame in the world. (The Hollywood Reporter)

For the full article click here [9].

April 23, 2012

DreamWorks has recently attained the rights to the 2011 French-Canadian film Starbuck. Oddly enough the company wants to fast-track this film to have a production start date later in the year. Even more strange is the fact that DreamWorks has asked the original director, Ken Scott, to direct and write this remake only a year after its original release.

Starbuck is a film about a man who finds out he has 533 children due to sperm donation throughout the years. He then learns that a few hundred of them a interested in meeting their biological father. DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider said, “We were completely charmed by the story in ‘Starbuck’ and saw the potential for a commercial remake with universal appeal.”

For the full article from Variety click here [10].

For the full article from collider.com click here [11].

Sources:

[1] DreamWorks Studios http://dreamworksstudios.com/about/history

[2] Kim Masters http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-disney-rich-ross-282936

[3] Pamela McClintock http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-lincoln-fox-dreamworks-284020

[4] Jeff Sneider Variety http://www.dreamworksstudios.com/news/dreamworks-to-remake-hitchcocks-rebecca

[5] Kim Masters http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reliance-dreamworks-caa-indian-conglom-hollywood-292383

[6] Kim Masters http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-secures-additional-funding-reliance-310123

[7] Kim Masters http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/dreamworks-steve-molen-physical-production-reliance-entertainment-311692

[8] Kim Masters http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-layoffs-stacey-snider-steve-molen-312009

[9] Borys Kit http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dreamworks-need-for-speed-312493