We haven’t made it through Halloween yet, but ABC Family is already thinking about Christmas, and their annual Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming events kicks off next month.
On Tuesday, November 26, the original action-comedy movie Christmas Bounty premieres at 7 p.m. ET on the network. The movie stars WWE superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin and Francia Raisa (The Secret Life of The American Teenager).
In the movie, Raisa plays Tory Bell, a former bounty hunter turned elementary school teacher who returns to New Jersey to deal with a former …

Sources recently reported that Tim Burton, who was originally in talks to direct Disney’s Maleficent, has moved away from the project. While Burton had only been loosely involved with Disney’s take on revamping Sleeping Beauty into a live-action film, he was involved enough to the point that Disney had hired Burton’s Alice in Wonderland collaborator Linda Woolverton to write the script. Woolverton also wrote the script for Disney’s The Lion King.
Angelina Jolie is still reportedly attached to the upcoming film, and the movie is being developed with her in mind. Disney …

Just days after its release, “Tangled” has carved out its place in the record books.
Disney’s fiftieth animated feature has opened with the highest Thanksgiving holiday opening ever, after a respectable opening day total of $11.5 million.  Expected to make $65 million over the course of the five-day holiday weekend, “Tangled” is on track to beat out another Disney classic that previously held the record for Thanksgiving:  “Toy Story 2.”  While the totals weren’t enough to best the blockbuster “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,” it is clear …