Anna Faith Carlson has had a crazy few months.
Earlier this year, the Florida resident, who happens to look very similar to the character Elsa from “Frozen,” posted a picture in front of the Disney movie cutout, and her Instagram went nuts.
Hail, hail – the gang’s all here as Joss Whedon toils away on his anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The director has assembled (get it?) his all-star cast on sets in and around London, and because everyone on the planet owns a camera,…
Everyone has a Disney Side – even dads! This video, released just in time for Father’s Day, plays tribute to the original Prince Charming – dad. Check it out!
The Marketplace Co-Op is now open at Downtown Disney® Marketplace at the Walt Disney World® Resort.
This new merchandise location features a variety of unique, authentic and original items developed especially for Disney Parks. Guests can browse through six different boutiques within the Marketplace Co-Op, including:
Wizard World Philly Comic Con is next Weekend June 19-22. Let us know if you are heading there.
This month, a test will take place at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels. This test involves a new potential service that could allow your guests to go directly to their hotel room once it is ready, without visiting the front desk.
This test will be conducted for arrivals June 16-28, 2014 at the following Walt Disney World Resort hotels:
In order to participate in this test, your guests will need to use Disney online check-in service, provide their estimated arrival time, a credit card to be used for incidentals and other charges once they arrive, and contact information. They should also make sure to consent to receive email or text message alerts so they can receive notification of their room number when it is ready.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC is amping up its focus on performance. The company known for its arsenal of Super Heroes is messaging to companies known for performance, strength, and durability that teaming with Marvel – a company whose characters instantly reflect these core attributes – will help further enhance their brands and build out their audience.
Companies across categories wanting to accentuate strength and performance are seeing the value in collaborating with Marvel including: Under Armour for apparel, Tantrum electronics accessories, Bell performance bike accessories, C-Preme durable helmets, and Sage Fruit’s better-for-you produce.
Marvel is focused on building a greater connection on how its arsenal of characters can help companies better connect their brands to key performance attributes such as strength and durability. It is working closely with companies to develop the best licensing executions for connecting performance between their brands and Marvel through innovative and creative product experiences.
“Marvel Super Heroes are a natural fit for this exciting initiative,” said Paul Gitter, senior vice president, licensing, Marvel at Disney Consumer Products. “We see tremendous opportunity to further build out this performance initiative across all product categories – from consumables and apparel, to electronics and sporting goods.”
A box office smash from the day it opened (June 15, 1994), Disney’s animated musical tragicomedy—the producers called it “Bambi meets Hamlet”—also got a brilliant Broadway staging in 1997 that’s still going more than 6,800 performances later.
Reality TV celebrity Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi poses June 13, 2014 with Chewbacca, the famous Wookiee from “Star Wars,” during the “Star Wars Weekends” event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Snooki met the Wookiee during the final weekend of 2014 for the annual “Star Wars” event at the Walt Disney World Resort theme park. The event took place this year May 16-June 15, 2014. (David Roark, photographer)
After scouring the country to find the best of the best in live action performers with an amazing array of disciplines and skills, Feld Entertainment, Inc., the worldwide leader in live touring family events, today reveals the final cast of more than 50 performers ready to bring its most ambitious live event experience to life in Marvel Universe LIVE!. Debuting this July in Tampa, FL, before having its world premiere at New York City’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, August 13, the show will be the most physically demanding in Feld Entertainment’s storied history and will stop in 85 cities nationwide.
Featuring the most Marvel characters ever in one production, Marvel Universe LIVE! will be headlined by a cast trained in everything from martial arts to motocross in order to bring the Marvel Universe to the live action arena. Supported by a unique blend of aerial stunts, pyrotechnics and state-of-the-art special effects, the performers will bring an epic live action experience right in front of audiences’ eyes every time.
After an intensive eight month cross-country casting process that took place in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando and Ellenton, Florida, with hundreds of hopefuls representing the United States, Mexico, Hungary, France, United Kingdom, Russia, and Japan showing off their considerable skills, the final ensemble is set. When the spotlight finally shines, spectators will see some of the world’s most gifted athletes and performers including professional snow-skater and three-time X Games champ Phil Smage (Captain America), WMX Pro National champion and two-time X Games winner Ashley Fiolek (Hydra Agent), and 2012 X Games Silver Medalist Louise Forsley (Black Widow). To depict the superlative athleticism of some of Marvel’s most renowned heroes, Feld Entertainment also has signed martial arts expert and AAU Junior Olympics/National Champion Kirk Jenkins (Wolverine) and long-time American Ninja Warrior professional course tester Eric Foster (Hawkeye).
“From the beginning we knew that to pull off a show of this magnitude we had to have a cast that was the closest thing we could find to real life Super Heroes,” said Shanda Sawyer, director of Marvel Universe LIVE! “These are intense roles that require performers who are experts in their fields with the ability to take those skills and apply them to a number of meticulously crafted sequences, all designed to push the limits of anything the audience has ever seen in an arena show of this caliber – and they need to do this day in and day out.”
Marvel Universe LIVE! will captivate audiences with an authentic and original story that brings more than 25 Marvel characters together on one epic quest. The story is framed around the battle over the Cosmic Cube, the source of ultimate power and one of the most feared and coveted treasures in the Marvel Universe, that has been shattered into pieces by the mighty Thor in order to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. With the pieces scattered across the globe, Thor’s villainous brother, Loki, devises a scheme to clone its powers, inciting a threat that could not only decimate Earth but also obliterate the Universe.
For an inside look at the audition process click here: http://youtu.be/gPh0IdAxf58
For a complete cast list and more information, visit the Marvel Universe LIVE! website (http://www.marveluniverselive.com)
