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Marvel Studios Heading To Disney’s Backyard

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday September 19, 2012 @ 10:34am PDTTags: Marvel Studios, The Avengers, The Walt Disney Studios

It been over three years since Disney announced they were buying Marvel for $4 billion but the superhero studio is finally moving in. Or at least closer. And Marvel’s move to Glendale from Manhattan Beach next year is all about getting closer to Disney, literally and figuratively. “Proximity can only help when it comes to collaboration,” said a studio insider today about Marvel’s planed relocation to be nearer the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Marvel has been housing its executive and film production offices at the Manhattan Beach Studios Media Campus, which is managed by Raleigh Studios, for nearly four years. Thor reshoots as well as parts of The Avengers and Captain America: The First Avenger was done at MBS Media Campus. However, with successive Marvel sequels shooting out of state due to more favorable tax incentives, the need for MBS Media Campus’ soundstages and other production facilities became unnecessary, Deadline has been told. “It wasn’t the only reason for the move, but it played a role. They just don’t need all that space,” said an insider. The move to Glendale of about 160 Marvel employees is scheduled to be completed by next April, says another source close to the situation. Marvel Animation Studios, a unit of Marvel Television, is already in Glendale.

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Disney Studios Passes $1B Domestic In 2011

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday October 9, 2011 @ 12:41pm PDTTags: 2011 box office, billion dollar box office, The Walt Disney Studios

On Saturday, The Walt Disney Studios crossed the $1 billion plateau at the domestic box office for the 6th consecutive year. The studio says it has reached this milestone 15 of the last 18 years. This … Read More »

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Disney Names Randi Hiller Feature Casting Vice President

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 7:15am PDTTags: Disney, Sean Bailey, The Walt Disney Studios
Mike Fleming

Veteran casting director Randi Hiller has been named VP Casting at The Walt Disney Studios. She will report directly to production president Sean Bailey. Disney hasn’t had an in-house casting executive since EVP Marcia Ross left last spring. Hiller’s job is … Read More »

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Walt Disney Studios Senior Execs Exiting

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 3:24pm PSTTags: The Walt Disney Studios

Bad day to be an executive at Walt Disney Studios. Deadline has confirmed that Bruce Hendricks, president of physical production for Walt Disney Studios was let go this morning. And Marcia Ross, EVP of feature castings at Walt Disney Studios also … Read More »

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Walt Disney Studios Restructures PR Dept

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 5, 2010 @ 12:29pm PDTTags: Julie Fontaine, Movies, The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Publicity

BURBANK, Calif. – November 5, 2010 – The Walt Disney Studios announced today it has realigned its domestic public relations department in order to streamline the Studios’ publicity and media outreach efforts.

Within the new framework, Joe Quenqua and Julie

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Disney Studios Distribution Restructures

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 4:18pm PDTTags: Movie Distribution, Movies, The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Distribution

BURBANK, Calif. – November 1, 2010 – The Walt Disney Studios today announced changes to its distribution organization that will better reflect the global marketplace and consumer trends.  With the changes, Janice Marinelli, Lori MacPherson and Jason Brenek will

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Sony, Disney Step Into 3D TV Rabbit Hole

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 7, 2010 @ 2:02pm PDTTags: 3D TV, Alice in Wonderland 3D, Blu-ray, Sony 3D, The Walt Disney Studios
Mike Fleming

Burbank, Calif., September 7, 2010 — The Walt Disney Studios and Sony Electronics have joined forces in the United States to provide both consumer and retail education, promotion and marketing support for in-home 3D devices and content. The collaboration includes advertising and retail execution, as well as product bundling,

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Disney & Guillermo Del Toro Developing Film Based On Haunted Mansion Attraction

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 12:48pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Disneyland, Guillermo Del Toro, The Haunted Mansion, The Haunted Mansion Movie, The Walt Disney Studios, Theme Parks

UPDATE: Luke Y Thompson reports from Comic-Con 2010 today: Walt Disney Studios ended the TRON panel with a surprise: the logo of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion ride! The green drawing of a ghost was shown along with some of the spiel from the ride. The audience is asked who … Read More »

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