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December of 2009

 

Rate Henry Selick on the Pressures of 'Coraline'

Original at TheWrap external link    Wed, Dec 23

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It wasn't even considered a Disney film – it was Touchstone, because we were too weird for Disney. It wasn't until the cult of “Nightmare” grew that it got ...

Rate Chesco sign maker helps movie be lovely

Original at pottsmerc.com external link    Sun, Dec 20

for Disney and Touchstone and "Sommersby" for Warner Brothers. For "The Lovely Bones," Yanoviak said, "We designed and made signs for 14 stores constructed ...

Rate Disney Gets Off the Road with Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride

Original at MovieWeb external link    Wed, Dec 16

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The Touchstone Pictures sequel was slated to begin production by next summer. Walt Becker was returning as director, and John Travolta, Tim Allen, ... Wild Hogs Won't Ride Again - Disney Stops Wild Hogs 2About - News & Issues (blog)

Rate 'Wild Hogs' sequel stalls

Original at Variety external link    Wed, Dec 16

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FILM (blog) The move comes after the studio pulled the plug on another Touchstone comedy -- the Robin Williams-Anna Faris comedy "Wedding Banned." Last month, Disney ... Old Dogs Causes Another Disney CasualtyNew York Magazine Wild Hogs Sequel Pulled Over By DisneyEmpire Online

Rate Prince Al Waleed hails strategic alliances between two giants, Rotana and Disney

Original at California Chronicle external link    Mon, Dec 14

The group distributes a portfolio of motion pictures from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, network TV series, TV movies and ... and more »

Rate Hugh Jackman In Real Steel Coming November 2011

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Thu, Dec 10

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Film School Rejects (blog) THR reports that Touchstone Pictures has set a release date of November 18, 2011 for the film, which will be the first collaboration between Touchstone and ... Disney Touts 1st DreamWorks Release: 'Real Steel' in 2011TheWrap

Rate G-Force DVD Review

Original at Ultimate Disney external link    Wed, Dec 9

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First came Confessions of a Shopaholic, a small chick-lit-adapted Touchstone chick flick that garnered little notice. Then summer brought G-Force, ...

Rate Touchstone sets 'Real Steel' release for 2011

Original at Hollywood Reporter external link    Wed, Dec 9

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FILM (blog) 18, 2011, marking the newly independent studio's first release under its output deal with Disney. The Shawn Levy-helmed pic will star Hugh Jackman as a ... Real Steel Coming November 18, 2011ComingSoon.net Disney Touts 1st DreamWorks Release: 'Real Steel' in 2011TheWrap

November of 2009

 

Rate Silly Parents, These Movies Aren't for Kids

Original at PopEater Music Blog external link    Mon, Nov 30

Instead, the studio released the film under its Touchstone Pictures banner. Apparently, Disney thought 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' was too scary for ... and more »

Rate Tim Conway vs. the Cabbage Patch Kids: Macy's Parade as Weird Cultural Touchstone

Original at A.V. Club external link    Wed, Nov 25

There are perennial favorites, like Snoopy, Bugs Bunny and assorted Disney characters, but every year's lineup is filled out with flash-in-the-pan cartoon ... and more »

Rate "The Little Mermaid" ain't so great.

Original at IFC external link    Mon, Nov 23

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New York Daily News It was the founding of Touchstone Pictures -- an alternate outlet for grown up Disney fare -- that really saved the company with hits like "Good Morning ... The Princess And The FrogScreendaily.com all 236 news articles »

Rate Mopey, Mute Miley Cyrus Stars in Last Song Trailer - Movieline

Original at movieline.com external link    Wed, Nov 18

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Movieline (blog) Mopey, Mute Miley Cyrus Stars in Last Song Trailer Movieline (blog) And anyway, as long as Touchstone can help move some Miley units for the parents at Disney, it's mission accomplished. Still, I can't help but imagine an ... and more »

Rate Hollywood to Actresses: Drop Dead!

Original at Gawker external link    Tue, Nov 17

Anna Faris is currently in talks to play Williams' daughter in Wedding Banned for Touchstone. [Hollywood Reporter] • MTV has acquired the exclusive rights ...

Rate Anna Faris Joins Romantic Comedies With Robin Williams, Ryan Reynolds

Original at Moviefone external link    Tue, Nov 17

First up is a role in 'Wedding Banned,' where she will be cast as Robin Williams' daughter in a romantic comedy for Disney's Touchstone label. ... and more »

Rate LodgeNet Healthcare and SWANK HealthCare to Provide High-Definition (HD ... - CNNMoney.com

Original at money.cnn.com external link    Mon, Nov 9

LodgeNet Healthcare and SWANK HealthCare to Provide High-Definition (HD ... CNNMoney.com (press release) SWANK represents and distributes for Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Warner Bros., ... and more »

Year 2009

 

Rate Its a Doghouse halloween baddogVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at espanol.video.yahoo.com external link    Sun, Oct 25

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Copyrights go to Warner Bros, Fox, Hanna-Barbera, Touchstone/Disney, and General Mills, for sound clips and non doghouse character "costumes ... espanol.video.yahoo.com

Rate Ruthless People ReviewsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at expotv.com external link    Tue, Oct 6

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Hills, this ingenious romp revived Bette Midler's career and launched Disney (by way of its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) into the ... expotv.com

Rate Bullock, Reynolds find chemistry in 'Proposal'

Original at Arab Times external link    Wed, Jun 17

 Kuwait The Walt Disney/Touchstone release hits theaters Friday . Peter Chiarelli's script borrows a page or two from “The Devil Wears Prada” in the opening scenes, as Margaret's fearsome reputation precedes her among her frantic office staff. ...

Rate Kinnear, Preston join Cyrus in 'Song'

Original at Variety external link    Tue, Jun 16

 CA 8 under the Touchstone Pictures label. Sparks is penning the script based on his own book, which he wrote specifically to turn into a star vehicle for the "Hannah Montana" star. Book will be published this fall. Disney-based partners Adam Shankman and ...

Rate HuffingtonPost.com The Bachelorette: Marry Me Monday at Your Own Peril

Original at news.yahoo.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

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TVGrapevine.com  CA ABC and Touchstone have teemed up (or rather, been teemed up by their parent company, Disney) to bring us an unprecedented event: Marry Me Monday. During the commercial breaks, real people will have the opportunity to propose to their girlfriends on ...

Rate Disney Goes the Rare Sneak-Preview Route With a Romantic Comedy ...

Original at New York Times Blogs external link    Mon, Jun 15

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Tampabay.com  NY Yet Walt Disney Pictures, via its Touchstone label, held sneak screenings for “The Proposal” in 817 theaters on Saturday. The comedy, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, played to 88 percent capacity in those theaters, according to Disney, ...

Rate Interview With Author/Screenwriter Steve Alten

Original at Screen Rant external link    Sun, Jun 14

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 UT The book has almost come to the big screen twice, first in 1997 when Disney's Touchstone Pictures had the film option but let it expire, then again in 2004 when Guillermo del Toro and New Line were ready with Jan de Bont attached to direct. ...

Rate The World's Most Beloved Fairy Returns in an All-New Magical Adventure - PR Newswire

Original at sev.prnewswire.com external link    Mon, Jun 8

PR Newswire (press release), NY Walt Disney Studios Worldwide Home Entertainment is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, and Buena Vista DVDs and Blu-rays. Disney Fairies is rooted in Disney's rich heritage of ...

Rate BLU-RAY NEWS: Disney Summer of Blu features Lost 1 and 2, Miracle ...

Original at Eclipse Magazine external link    Wed, May 27

 CA Cool off in August with the comedic splash of The Waterboy, the zany Adam Sandler comedy available for the first time on Blu-ray hi-def August 4th from Touchstone Pictures Home Entertainment. This hilarious tale of a misfit waterboy who becomes the ...

Rate Vindictive Movie Studio Threatens To Make 'Coyote Ugly' Sequel - The Onion

Original at theonion.com external link    Fri, May 8

Zaiff said that not only would Touchstone do everything in its power to make the sequel the most repellant, soulless, pandering film ever released, but that all of the resources of the studio, as well as those of its parent company Walt Disney, ...

Rate Rumor Pairs Hulu, Disney In New Partnership

Original at WebProNews external link    Fri, Mar 27

 KY The Walt Disney Company actually owns television channels ABC and ESPN. Plus, on the movie side of things, there's Pixar Animation Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Miramax Films. So Hulu stands to receive quite a few interesting ...

Rate Confessions of a Shopaholic about an incorrigible spender: Isla Fisher

Original at Hindustan Times external link    Thu, Mar 19

 India Distributed worldwide by Touchstone Pictures (The Walt Disney Company), the screenplay of the film is based on two novels from Sophie Kinsella's best-selling 'Shopaholic' series - 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' and 'Shopaholic Takes Manhattan'. ...

Rate Tripods TV series lands on DVD as movie marches ahead

Original at Coventry Telegraph external link    Tue, Mar 17

 UK Disney's Touchstone Pictures picked up the feature film rights to Christopher's sci-fi books back in 1997, with the aim of a franchise. In 2000, Darren Lemke came on board to adapt the trilogy, then Terry Hayes, before Australian-born director Gregor ...

Rate Escape to Witch Mountain - Walt Disney Family Classics

Original at DVD Talk external link    Mon, Mar 9

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Disney Sci-Fi" (2:45) is a baffling techno music video montage of their sci-fi catalogue, with a couple Touchstone pictures thrown in for good measure. "1975 Disney Studio Album" (3:30) is similar, but of course features their projects and ...

Rate Disney Studios Group President Mark Zoradi to Present Keynote at ... - eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service

Original at emediaworld.com external link    Thu, Mar 5

Zoradi, an industry veteran who oversees the worldwide distribution and marketing of all Walt Disney Studios films including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures, has played a pivotal ...

Rate Zoradi, Eick Added as NAB Keynote Speakers

Original at VFXWorld external link    Thu, Mar 5

Zoradi, an industry veteran who oversees the worldwide distribution and marketing of all Walt Disney Studios films including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures, has played a pivotal ...

Rate Diego Lerner Named President, Disney in Europe, Middle East And Africa

Original at Animation World Network external link    Tue, Mar 3

 CA Previously, Lerner was president, The Walt Disney Studios, Latin America, responsible for the distribution of all films released by Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Miramax, as well as the sale and distribution of all home entertainment formats. ...

Rate ABC raked in $72 million off 26 minutes of Oscar ads - FinancialWeek

Original at financialweek.com external link    Fri, Feb 27

Other newbies in the broadcast were Sprint Nextel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Disney Touchstone Pictures, Hoover, Paramount Pictures and Maytag. The Oscars allowed movie advertising for the first time this year. ABC itself had six minutes and 20 seconds of ...

Rate UltimateDisney.com and DVDizzy.com:

Original at Ultimate Disney external link    Sun, Feb 15

Disney today issued a press release announcing plans to distribute six DreamWorks films a year under the Touchstone Pictures banner, beginning in 2010. February 6, 2009 - Surprising Hollywood today are reports that the Walt Disney Company might have a ...

Rate LA Confidential's Curtis Hanson Directing Gemini Man

Original at First Showing external link    Fri, Feb 13

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Total Film  CO Anyway, Hanson's next project will be the action thriller Gemini Man that has been in development at Touchstone / Disney for a long time. The script, written by David Benioff (25th Hour, Troy, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), is about aa brilliant, ...

Rate A bomb of a movie for a Hogwarthian

Original at thenational.ae external link    Wed, Feb 11

 United Arab Emirates Under the new deal, Disney will handle the distribution and marketing for at least six live-action films a year for DreamWorks. The first of the movies, which will be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner, will hit cinemas in 2010. ...

Rate Disney in distribution pact with Reliance Big-Spielberg

Original at Economic Times external link    Tue, Feb 10

 India - The first film to be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner is scheduled to hit the theatres in 2010, a Disney release said here today. ...

Rate DreamWorks in Talks to Move to Disney

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, Feb 6

 NY - The studio’s Touchstone label has been a disaster of late, with the films “Miracle at St. Anna” and “Swing Vote” ignored in the marketplace. ...

Rate Rising from the ashes

Original at Malaysia Star external link    Fri, Jan 23

 Malaysia Going through the Great Depression and at least eight other recessions and tough times, Disney now has various companies such as Miramax Films, Pixar Animation Studios and Touchstone Pictures under its belt. As for Internet giant Google Inc, ...

Rate Capsule reviews of new DVD releases

Original at San Luis Obispo Tribune external link    Fri, Jan 16

 CA - SWING VOTE 3 stars (Touchstone/Disney, '08) $29.99. 120 mins. The presidential election comes down to one vote - the ballot of a beer-drinking, unemployed, ...

Rate Swing Vote DVD Review

Original at Ultimate Disney external link    Thu, Jan 8

 - Since the Walt Disney Company announced in the summer of 2006 plans to scale back non-Disney branded entertainment, its Touchstone Pictures division has ... Blu-Ray Review: ‘Swing Vote’ Wastes Great Cast on Predictable Script HollywoodChicago.com Swing Vote (Blu-ray) DVD Talk

Rate Wild speculation: Disney to buy EA in 2009 - Joystiq

Original at Joystiq external link    Thu, Jan 8

You forgot Touchstone and ABC as well! 2.5 hearts vote down vote up Report. (The Award-Winning) dark_inchworm: Jan 8th 2009: 9:25AM. Funny, in an alternate timeline where Take-Two is gobbled up after all, Disney could be the one to ...

Rate Save Disney Shows News » Blog Archive » Article: Bob Iger rocks Disney

Original at Save Disney Shows external link    Wed, Jan 7

One consequence of the renewed Disney focus is that the company slashed production of films under the Touchstone and Miramax studio names. And one risk is that Iger has limited growth by becoming over-reliant on family-oriented fare, ...

Rate Tucson Weekly : Cinema : Now Showing at Home

Original at Tucson Weekly external link    Wed, Jan 7

Touchstone/Disney Movie D+ Special Features C+ DVD Geek Factor 3 (out of 10). Kevin Costner is in aw-shucks mode for this insipid tale about a presidential election coming down to one vote. Surely inspired by the 2000 presidential ...

Rate ABC Special Searches for 'Ugly Americans'; Anti-immigrant Bigotry ...

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Wed, Jan 7

We can no more avoid Disney Corp than avoid a grocery store. But, given the opportunity, if you have a choice, choose a Disney competitor, a different movie from Touchstone or Miramax, a different vacation destination, skip the Disney ...

Rate CES PR: New Blu-ray titles from Disney, including combo packs ...

Original at SatelliteGuys.US external link    Tue, Jan 6

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista product which ...

Rate MediumAtLarge.net: Disney at NYCC

Original at MediumAtLarge.net external link    Tue, Jan 6

By Lance Fensterman Join director Pete Docter as he presents a look at Disney*Pixar's new animated film, UP, which opens on May 29 and will be available in select theaters in Disney Digital 3-D. SURROGATES (Touchstone Pictures) Touchstone Pictures presents ...

Year 2008

 

Rate The Nightmare Before Christmas

Original at Syracuse New Times external link    Wed, Dec 17

 NY - Dec 17, 2008 Interestingly, Disney’s subsidiary Touchstone Pictures featured its logo during the 1993 release because of the PG rating, but now the familliar Disney ...

Rate Blu-ray Review: Lost: The Complete Fourth Season

Original at PopCultureShock external link    Mon, Dec 15

By David Brothers Studio: Touchstone/Disney Rating: PG SRP: $96.99 (Blu-ray). FEATURE: A+ I’ma Lost fan. I screwed up mid-way through season 4 and missed a few episodes. The lack of a TiVo meant that I had to stop watching, so about half of this disc was ...

Rate Review: Swing Vote Runs on a Cluttered Platform - Film.com

Original at Film.com external link    Tue, Dec 2

Review: Swing Vote Runs on a Cluttered Platform. This Costner film ends up swinging all over the place! Kevin Costner in Touchstone/Disney's 'Swing Vote' - Touchstone/Disney. Related Content. Stories. DVD: Mr. Costner Selections ...

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