As DisZine reported in July, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha star Zhang Ziyi has been confirmed to play the lead role in an independently produced live-action version of Chinese folktale, Mulan, titled Hua Mulan.
Most westerners learned the story of a Chinese heroine who joined the all-male army from Disney’s 1998 animated film, Mulan.
Director Jan de Bont has signed on to the film. Viewers have seen his name credited in other action films, including Speed, Twister and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The film will be …

On the tail of another wage suit in which Disney was ordered to pay over $400,000 in back wages, 36 financial analysts at Walt Disney Pictures have launched a lawsuit claiming denial of payment.
Unlike many wage suits, which are often started by blue-collar workers, this one is being put together by salaried analysts and contract researchers in the participations, royalties and residuals department at Walt Disney Pictures — these are the folks who make sure A-list stars get paid accurately by the studio.
The suit claims that the 36 were …

Just who is Hannah Montana? A new DVD from the Disney Channel and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment promises to answer that question.
“Hannah Montana Forever” features a one hour episode starring Miley Cyrus of the Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana.” The description of the DVD promises that “the whole world will watch as Hannah takes the wig off…for good!” Also, the description is calling this “the must-have series collection that includes all of Hannah’s biggest moments when she takes off the wig and shares her true …

After already becoming the highest grossing animated film of all time and passing the impressive $400 million dollar mark domestically a few weeks ago, Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story 3″ has now achieved yet another distinction. Today, Disney reports, “Toy Story 3″ will become the third Disney film to gross $1 billion, joining 2006’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and this year’s remake of “Alice in Wonderland.”
Surpassing the $1 billion mark puts “Toy Story 3″ in an elite group of only seven movies that have achieved this distinction. The other …

Disney’s Pixar may have taken home top honors six out of the last ten times, but that is all changed now. An announcement from Disney today stated they have withdrawn from the Hollywood chapter of the International Animated Film Society, a group who hands out awards for achievment in animation.
Disney has made no secret of its feelings regarding the group in recent years. While not the case with most organizations that hand out awards, Disney feels the group responsible for the Annie Awards allows people to …

Crazy about Disney movies?  Mark your calendars: Disney Family Movies Channel is bringing fans a free preview weekend from Thursday, September 2 to Monday, September 6. 
Customers of providers Verizon FiOS, Comcast, Charter, AT&T Universe, Avail TVN and Suddenlink will be able to get a glimpse of the subscription video on demand channel.
Actress Phylicia Rashad is slated to be the hostess for the preview weekend.
As part of its free preview, Disney Family Movies is set to show such family favorites as “Pocahontas,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Muppet Treasure Island.”  Other titles …

The Creative Arts Emmys 2010 were awarded last night, and Disney/ABC’s achievements in television this year were not forgotten. While HBO was the top winner of the night, earning 17 awards, ABC led the broadcast networks with 15 awards.
ABC’s TV programs earned many of the awards, including “Modern Family,” which took home three awards for their casting, picture editing, and sound mixing. “Dancing With the Stars” also earned multiple awards, receiving two awards for hairstyling and technical direction. “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and “FlashForward” all won one award …

The time is finally here! The Toy Story 3 Trilogy Box Set is available for pre-order for release November 2nd, 2010!
You can purchase the 10-Disc mega-collection now for $69.99, although the retail price has been said to be $100.
Included in the box set are three Toy Story discs (Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy), three Toy Story 2 discs (Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy) and four Toy Story 3 discs (2-Disc Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy)! Because the news is so…well…new, there hasn’t been any cover art released, yet.
This is the perfect Christmas …

For those who didn’t get to see Toy Story 3 in theaters, or for those who loved it enough to watch over and over again, you can now pre-order the film on Blu-Ray and DVD!
The film will release on disc on November 2, 2010. Options available are as follows:

1-Disc DVD
2-Disc Blu-ray set
4-Disc combo pack that includes the film on Blu-ray, DVD, and a digital copy

The product page for the 4-Disc combo pack does briefly outline included extras for that set. Happily, there will be more animated Studio Stories (“Where’s Gordon”, …

“There are LOTS of Skywalkers in the universe. You should see the phone book,” George Lucas explained when fans asked how Darth Vader — whose given name was Anakin Skywalker — could be in the dark that Luke Skywalker was his son.
This was one of many questions fans threw at Lucas during a recent interview at Orlando’s Star Wars Celebration V, a multi-day fan conference that heated up at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center as Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show interviewed Star Wars mastermind George Lucas …