The Last Jedi’s Kylo Ren is a very serious boy. Played by Adam Driver, the character is ruthless, emotional, and probably the kind of guy who thinks animated Star Wars shows are for babies. Disney would like to maintain this mystique, it appears, as they reportedly nixed a Ren cameo in the new Wreck-It Ralph movie.

DuckTales is back, baby! Sooner than you’d expect, considering that the season one finale only aired in August. And while the show had its ups and downs, the final three or four episodes ended on a high note, providing enough juicy narrative and character material to work with for season two. And if “The Most…

For most of us, the release of the recent teaser for Disney’s live-action, Guy Ritchie-directed Aladdin was little more than a digital comma, a 90-second lacuna in which our brains neutrally registered the thought, “Oh, yep, that’s Aladdin,” and then moved on. But for at least one of the people partially responsible…

For the better part of a century, the name Disney has been synonymous with great animation. But, for those of us not versed in the technical side of the craft, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes Disney-produced films and television stand out from the rest. A new video essay from YouTuber kaptainkristian

Following hot on the heels of every other animated film the company has ever made, Disney has announced that it’s developing a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, the underrated 2002 film about a dog-like alien named Stitch who escapes space-captivity and befriends a human girl named Lilo in Hawaii. The new version…

Since the announcement of the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox, people have wondered how, exactly, all of these disparate comic book characters would finally be brought together. For years, Marvel superheroes like the X-Men and the Fantastic Four have been sequestered to separate franchises, timelines, and…

According to Variety, Disney’s still-mysterious streaming service is getting a TV series based on High Fidelity, the Nick Hornby novel that was previously adapted into a John Cusack-starring movie the same name. This adaptation will, once again, be about a sad-sack record store owner who is obsessed with pop culture…

This week, it was reported that Disney is developing TV shows spun off from Marvel Cinematic Universe characters like Loki and the Scarlet Witch for its upcoming, direct-to-consumer streaming service. This was seen by some as a death knell for ABC’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was renewed for a sixth, 13-episode…

After a troubled production and a relatively soft box-office for Solo, rumors began to emerge that the full-steam-ahead Star Wars franchise might take a quick breather. That sort of made sense, given the amount of rods they’ve got in the fire, so to speak: the J.J. Abrams-helmed flagship trilogy, the ongoing…

Hoping to somehow top the awe-inspiring spectacle of decades-old cartoon series and “Fuck Batman” that Warner Bros. used to herald the arrival of its recently debuted DC Universe, Disney is reportedly getting ready to throw some serious money at its own entry into the on-demand market. Per Variety, the entertainment…

When casual observers say that Kingdom Hearts is unlikely, they’re not wrong. Around the turn of the millennium, Disney was a media company coming off of its second “golden age,” immensely profitable, powerful, and self-possessed. Its image was paramount—so much so that in 1998, Disney pushed for changes to American…

With the grim inevitability of some kind of magical finger snap of doom, production on Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 has now officially been put on a temporary hold. This is per Deadline, which reports that—in the wake of director James Gunn getting fired from the film by Disney after a bunch of bad-faith right-wing…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable whims. Because it’s 1998 Week here at The A.V. Club, we’re looking back at some of the movies of that bygone year.

It has been quite an up-and-down season for DuckTales, which in a lot of ways struggled between establishing its new approach to the show and engaging in the legacy of the entire Duckverse that has evolved over countless comics, TV episodes, and even video games (see my stray observations). “The Shadow War!” is a…

Sorry, folks, but Mickey’s put his big, yellow loafer down: James Gunn will not be directing Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3. Despite rumors of positive “back channel talks,” the overwhelming support of the Guardians cast, and what have no doubt been some intimidating glares from Dave Bautista, Disney has made it…

Today, in “the all-consuming black hole calling the kettle black” news, Disney—a company that will sue you if you take a crap that looks a little too much like Donald Duck—is decrying overzealous copyright protection on the part of another entity. Specifically, the company is arguing that the estate of Michael Jackson…

Few people in Hollywood are having a better moment right now than Tessa Thompson. Westworld, Thor: Ragnarok, Creed, Sorry To Bother You—odds are decent that, if something’s popular or getting serious critical buzz right now, Thompson’s in there somewhere, elevating the material. And now, we’re happy to report that …

Bottle episodes in animated shows don’t quite work in the same way as bottle episodes of live action shows. While live action shows utilize bottle episodes to save money and/or narrow the focus to select characters and a select moment, animated shows can utilize a single setting and still create stakes equal to or…

Stop! Rumor time: If you’ve been paying attention to the ongoing uproar over director James Gunn being fired from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 thanks to a right-wing hit job over a series of old, offensive tweets, then you know it looked unlikely he’d get his job back. Well, today comes the odd news that...maybe he…