Disney Release Date Moves: Slots For ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5′, ‘Muppets 2′, ’1952′; 3D for ‘Captain America’ And ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

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• Why did they take the Little Mermaid off the schedule!

  Comment by anon — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 12:43pm PST  Reply to this post

  • My guess is that they do not consider it financially viable, since the 3-D releases of both Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. had disappointing grosses.

    Comment by Rob — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 12:54pm PST  Reply to this post

    • But I guess they didn’t look at the re-release “The Lion King” of 2011? Simba and friends made so much money for a re-release. Personally, it seems like Disney’s 2-D animation had better longevity then its Pixar counterparts.

      Comment by Spandex — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 1:02pm PST  Reply to this post

      • Damn it! I was looking forward to seeing sea shells in 3D!

        Comment by walter — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 2:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• The “Pirates 5″ announcement must confirm that Disney doesn’t think they can have “Star Wars 7″ out in time by summer of 2015 Becuase I was pretty damn sure that would be dated for July 2015 since the avengers sequal is coming out in may. And even though these Star Wars movies typically come out during In May, I don’t think Diney would be stupid enough two release two movies that big (The Avengers 2 and Star Wars 7) in the same month of may 2015.

  But who knows, 2015 is suppose to be the biggest year for movies since 1939 yet “The Justice League”, “Avatar 2″ , and “Star Wars 7″ have yet to actually be dated yet. So I don’t know what on earth Hollywood is doing.

  Comment by Curbcooler — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 12:46pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Please tell us more, ol’ Oracle of Hollywood.

    Are voices of studio executives supposed to speak in your head?

    They’ll do the announcements when they’re damn ready to announce ‘em.

    Try stopping to second guess them.

    ~

    Coat

    Comment by Cary Coatney — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 1:46pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Jackass – Curbcooler’s post is as rational as you get on this site. No way Disney is releasing SW and Avengers 2 is the same month.

      Comment by Sumit — Tuesday January 15, 2013 @ 6:45am PST  Reply to this post

• Was really looking forward to the Little Mermaid 3D release. A shame it now looks to be canceled.

  I hope Disney doesn’t use the non-performance of Monsters Inc 3D as reason to drop plans for Mermaid. Had Disney actually promoted, screened, and cared for the Monsters Inc. release, perhaps audiences would’ve shown up.

  Comment by Ryan S — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 12:55pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Audiences are done with the 3-D re-release gimmick. NEMO underperformed also, and Disney has wisely figured that out.

    Comment by Doc Michaels — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 3:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• I appreciate the fact that there options in theaters than there may be months to actually view the movies. It’s a good to know for our viewing pleasure we’ll be kept busy. I remember the “Little Mermaid” from when I was just a little guy. It’s kind of cool hearing that its gonna be shown on theaters again.

  Comment by Brandon Emory — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 1:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• I was so looking forward to seeing The Little Mermaid in 3D. There is a difference between seeing a CGI movie from just a few years ago re-released in 3D (the Pixar re-releases) and seeing a 2D movie from more than a decade re-released in a 3rd dimension. The novelty of The Lion King 3D just wasn’t there for Nemo and Monsters – there never seemed to be much of a difference between their original releases. Bummer to hear that Ariel won’t be back anytime soon.

  Comment by Chad — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 1:52pm PST  Reply to this post

• What? No news about that other Disney property? You know, Star Wars? Considering it has something to do with Zack Snyder?

  Comment by walter — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 2:43pm PST  Reply to this post

• Very surprised that Star Wars hasn’t been dated yet.

  Comment by Brian — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 3:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• Star Wars will be pushed to 2016 or 2017 they are not going to rush it just to make a release date they will take their time to do it right.

  Comment by Han Solo — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 3:29pm PST  Reply to this post

• Star Wars will be released in 2015…
  Do people really think that a company like Disney would make a $4 Billion investment and then not look to maximise their returns as quickly as possible?

  Marvel is now pumping out 2 movies a year and will soon have a big tv show.
  Pixar will soon be pumping out 2 movies a year.
  Lucasfilm will be tasked with making a big movie every 1-2 years be it Star Wars, Idiana Jones or another property.

  Disney are not just brilliant story tellers but they have an amazing Buisness sense and are focused on boosting an already very profitable company.

  Comment by Mark — Monday January 14, 2013 @ 5:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• POTC 5 *________* I can’t wait…………..
  JACK IS BACK!!!!!!!!! Yo Hoooooooooooo <3

  Comment by Marco — Friday January 18, 2013 @ 5:20am PST  Reply to this post