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Standalone Star Wars films planned by Disney

Shane McGlaun, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [10]

Like many Star Wars fans, I'm simultaneously excited and filled with dread at the thought of more Star Wars films coming now that Disney has acquired Lucasfilm. I'm excited that new movies are coming, but I'm worried the movies might not fit with expectations. An story is making the rounds that Disney is developing standalone Star Wars films based around individual characters. Read The Full Story

Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful arriving February 27

Craig Lloyd, Feb 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's only be a little over a couple of week since Temple Run 2 released unto the public, but now we're hearing word that a third installment of the series will be hitting mobile gamers this month. Based on the upcoming movie Oz the Great and Powerful, Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful will be released on February 17 to celebrate the new movie. Read The Full Story

Disney shuts down Junction Point after Epic Mickey 2 sales fall short

Eric Abent, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Disney fans have quite a bit to look forward to, but it doesn't seem that a new game from Junction Point will be one of them. Disney shut down the Epic Mickey developer today, after sales of Epic Mickey 2 ultimately disappointed. At one point in the day, rumors claiming the game only sold 270,000 copies were making the rounds, but Joystiq has confirmed that Epic Mickey 2 sold 529,000 copies between its November 18th release date and the end of the year. Read The Full Story

Doctor Strange and Ant-Man movies confirmed by Marvel Comics president

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the president of Marvel has confirmed that two characters you, as an average everyday citizen, may have overlooked as a youngster are now headed for "Phase Three" of the Marvel-made (and Disney-owned) major motion picture saga. It's Ant-Man that'll be jamming forth with Doctor Strange somewhere in the mix as well. Not that these two fellows will be coming up in the same film necessarily, but that they're both on the docket without a doubt. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams

Eric Abent, Jan 26th 2013 Discuss [14]

After rumors that claimed as much started making the rounds, Disney and Lucasfilm have just confirmed J.J. Abrams as the director of Star Wars Episode VII. Given the director's work on the Star Trek series, this is bound to get many Star Wars fans excited. The only problem now is that we'll have to wait until 2015 to see what Abrams can do with Star Wars series. Read The Full Story

Star Wars VII director tipped: J.J. Abrams

Eric Abent, Jan 24th 2013 Discuss [6]

While it's definitely not confirmed, we're hearing a whopper of a rumor that claims none other than J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars VII. Ever since Disney announced that it will continuing the Star Wars franchise after its buyout of LucasFilm, the Internet has been going crazy trying to figure out who the director will be. Names have been tossed around left and right, though Abrams is definitely one of the bigger directors to be mentioned. Read The Full Story

Disney Infinity starter pack and play sets get expensive price tags

Eric Abent, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, Disney announced Disney Infinity, a new game that looks to capture a segment of the huge audience created by Activision's Skylanders line of games. We're sure the announcement lit up the imaginations of many different children, but those trips into famous Disney worlds are going to cost a healthy amount of money. Disney has stuck the starter pack with a $74.99 price tag, and each "Play Set" will require a payment of $34.99. Read The Full Story

Disney Infinity announced to capitalize on collectible craze

Eric Abent, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [1]

Back when Activision announced the first Skylanders game, a fair few people thought that offering collectible toys to use with a video game wasn't a winning idea. Fast forward to today and Skylanders is easily one of Activision's biggest franchises, perhaps second to only Call of Duty. Disney today introduced the world to its answer to Skylanders, officially pulling the veil off Disney Infinity. Read The Full Story

Netflix signs content deal with Disney

Craig Lloyd, Dec 4th 2012 Discuss [1]

More popular movie titles are coming to Netflix, thanks to a significant deal made with The Walt Disney Company. The deal will give Netflix subscribers movies from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation, Marvel, and Disneynature. However, the deal actually doesn't start until 2016 -- about three years from now. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: November 1, 2012

Eric Abent, Nov 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

We've officially entered November, which means that 2013 is right around the corner - an alarming thought indeed. Today the folks at iFixit gave us an up close look at the internals of the iPad Mini, while Apple was told by a UK judge that it needs to change the Samsung "apology" on its website. Verizon is helping out with the Hurricane Sandy recovery effort, as is Apple by accepting donations through iTunes. We heard a whopper of a rumor that claims Google will soon introduce physical Google Wallet credit cards which, if true, could be a major game-changer. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Episode 7 “can’t get here fast enough”

Chris Burns, Oct 31st 2012 Discuss [9]

It's time for the directors and writers to chime in on the idea that Star Wars Episode 7, that taking place in the storyline after the first 6, will be made and released in 2015. This news came this week concurrently with the fact that George Lucas had sold the entirety of LucasFilm (his own production company) to Disney along with the rights to Star Wars itself. Lucas will remain part of the universe as a creative consultant, and the 7th, 8th, and 9th movies have been confirmed all at once - several big names in the film industry have commented in the short time since this announcement was made. Read The Full Story

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