With the latest announcement of the Walt Disney Company acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd, the global entertainment company founded by George Lucas and the home of the legendary “Star Wars” franchise, one may wonder what the hell was Geoorge Lucas was thinking? Well in this video posted today at Star Wars.com, George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy discuss the future of Star Wars movies and it’s partnership with the Mouse House!
George Lucas, Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy discuss the future of Star Wars movies
October 30th, 2012 
Beyond the Marquee WOW!!! BIG News! The Walt Disney Company to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd for $4.05 Billion.
October 30th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee 
Disney acquires Lucasfilm Ltd…
Two of the greatest “forces” in the Entertainment Universe have united!!! Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on October 26, 2012, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with Disney paying approximately half of the consideration in cash and issuing approximately 40 million shares at closing. The final consideration will be subject to customary post-closing balance sheet adjustments. “Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas,” said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 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.” CLICK AHEAD TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING NEWS!
Play Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph’s Fix-It Felix Jr and other Games from the New Animated Film!
October 29th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee 
Play Wreck-It Ralph Today!
This week, Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph hits theaters, and in the movie, the plot takes place within the realm of 3 arcade video games; Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game’s eponymous hero fixes a building that Ralph destroys, Hero’s Duty, a light-gun shooter game that has you battling against “Cy-Bugs” (the game’s alien invaders) and Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets.
Now the good folks at Disney Online have got all 3 fully playable browser-based versions of the games available to play on the official Wreck-It Ralph movie web-site. And once you see the movie, you’ll most certainly want to come back and revisit the site to play them again. In the meantime, click ahead and save your quarters, these games are set to FREE PLAY, courtesy of the Mouse House!
CLOUD ATLAS an Epic Journey thru Time and Space! (Film Review)
October 26th, 2012 David Chase 
Everything Is Connected
I’d been hearing about this movie for over a year now and I think like many others, were skeptical on the potential that Cloud Atlas could deliver. The Wachowski’s have had their fair share of hits and failures, but with such a wide range of talent on-board from Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess and Halle Berry, which way would this film teeter? I loved the Matrix trilogy, I loved Speed Racer (and yes I still get flack for it), but this film that teased a mysterious journey of characters thru what seemed like pages of history, past, present and future, wet my appetite. Though little promotion and marketing really seemed to support it, I was quite excited to be invited to a Media screening a few weeks back, and well…I file this review. Click ahead to see what I thought about my escape into the Cloud Atlas!
Cloud Atlas, a Complex Fantasy (Film Review)
October 26th, 2012 John Delia Tedious comes to mind after watching this tale of fantasy that spans six time periods within five centuries played out in nearly 3 hours. Cloud Atlas, although an admirable piece of movie making tends to be so complex that viewers I’m afraid, will just not get it. It’s a brain teaser of sorts, one that challenges an audience to connect the dots between repetitive periods of time for a final resolve.
Breathtaking cinematography, fine acting and amazing make-up are the benefits from the movie, but the storyline gets so complicated it becomes ‘work’ instead of entertainment. Most audiences want to see stories play out to an understandable realistic manor. Here, with six stories going at one time, the chore of working out the meaning of it all in one’s mind takes away from its intended entertainment value.
Take a Look at Evolution of Disney’s WRECK IT RALPH Title Treatment
October 26th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee 
The Evolution of an 8-Bit Logo
Award-winning designer, lettering artist, and illustrator Michael Doret is a legend when it comes to logo design. From logos, album covers, magazine covers and art for major brands in media, advertising, sports and even US postage stamps, Michael has done it all. So it was no surprise that when Disney was looking for a unique design for their new 8-bit inspired animated feature; WRECK IT RALPH that they called upon Doret. Click ahead to read about his creative process in the exploration of this gorgeous logo.
