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Henry Selick on the Pressures of 'Coraline'
Original at TheWrap
• Wed, Dec 23
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 ...
Chesco sign maker helps movie be lovely
Original at pottsmerc.com
• 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 ...
Disney Gets Off the Road with Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride
Original at MovieWeb
• Wed, Dec 16
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)
'Wild Hogs' sequel stalls
Original at Variety
• Wed, Dec 16
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
Prince Al Waleed hails strategic alliances between two giants, Rotana and Disney
Original at California Chronicle
• 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 »
Hugh Jackman In Real Steel Coming November 2011
Original at Cinema Blend
• Thu, Dec 10
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
G-Force DVD Review
Original at Ultimate Disney
• Wed, Dec 9
First came Confessions of a Shopaholic, a small chick-lit-adapted Touchstone chick flick that garnered little notice. Then summer brought G-Force, ...
Touchstone sets 'Real Steel' release for 2011
Original at Hollywood Reporter
• Wed, Dec 9
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
Silly Parents, These Movies Aren't for Kids
Original at PopEater Music Blog
• 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 »
Tim Conway vs. the Cabbage Patch Kids: Macy's Parade as Weird Cultural Touchstone
Original at A.V. Club
• 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 »
"The Little Mermaid" ain't so great.
Original at IFC
• Mon, Nov 23
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 »
Mopey, Mute Miley Cyrus Stars in Last Song Trailer - Movieline
Original at movieline.com
• Wed, Nov 18
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 »
Hollywood to Actresses: Drop Dead!
Original at Gawker
• 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 ...
Anna Faris Joins Romantic Comedies With Robin Williams, Ryan Reynolds
Original at Moviefone
• 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 »
LodgeNet Healthcare and SWANK HealthCare to Provide High-Definition (HD ... - CNNMoney.com
Original at money.cnn.com
• 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 »
Its a Doghouse halloween baddogOriginal at espanol.video.yahoo.com
• Sun, Oct 25
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
Ruthless People ReviewsOriginal at expotv.com
• Tue, Oct 6
Hills, this ingenious romp revived Bette Midler's career and launched Disney (by way of its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) into the ... expotv.com
Bullock, Reynolds find chemistry in 'Proposal'
Original at Arab Times
• 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. ...
Kinnear, Preston join Cyrus in 'Song'
Original at Variety
• 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 ...
HuffingtonPost.com The Bachelorette: Marry Me Monday at Your Own Peril
Original at news.yahoo.com
• Tue, Jun 16
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 ...
Disney Goes the Rare Sneak-Preview Route With a Romantic Comedy ...
Original at New York Times Blogs
• Mon, Jun 15
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, ...
Interview With Author/Screenwriter Steve Alten
Original at Screen Rant
• Sun, Jun 14
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. ...
The World's Most Beloved Fairy Returns in an All-New Magical Adventure - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• 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 ...
BLU-RAY NEWS: Disney Summer of Blu features Lost 1 and 2, Miracle ...
Original at Eclipse Magazine
• 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 ...
Vindictive Movie Studio Threatens To Make 'Coyote Ugly' Sequel - The Onion
Original at theonion.com
• 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, ...
Rumor Pairs Hulu, Disney In New Partnership
Original at WebProNews
• 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 ...
Confessions of a Shopaholic about an incorrigible spender: Isla Fisher
Original at Hindustan Times
• 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'. ...
Tripods TV series lands on DVD as movie marches ahead
Original at Coventry Telegraph
• 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 ...
Escape to Witch Mountain - Walt Disney Family Classics
Original at DVD Talk
• Mon, Mar 9
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 ...
Disney Studios Group President Mark Zoradi to Present Keynote at ... - eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service
Original at emediaworld.com
• 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 ...
Zoradi, Eick Added as NAB Keynote Speakers
Original at VFXWorld
• 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 ...
Diego Lerner Named President, Disney in Europe, Middle East And Africa
Original at Animation World Network
• 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. ...
ABC raked in $72 million off 26 minutes of Oscar ads - FinancialWeek
Original at financialweek.com
• 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 ...
UltimateDisney.com and DVDizzy.com:
Original at Ultimate Disney
• 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 ...
LA Confidential's Curtis Hanson Directing Gemini Man
Original at First Showing
• Fri, Feb 13
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, ...
A bomb of a movie for a Hogwarthian
Original at thenational.ae
• 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. ...
Disney in distribution pact with Reliance Big-Spielberg
Original at Economic Times
• 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. ...
DreamWorks in Talks to Move to Disney
Original at New York Times
• 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. ...
Rising from the ashes
Original at Malaysia Star
• 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, ...
Capsule reviews of new DVD releases
Original at San Luis Obispo Tribune
• 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, ...
Swing Vote DVD Review
Original at Ultimate Disney
• 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
Wild speculation: Disney to buy EA in 2009 - Joystiq
Original at Joystiq
• 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 ...
Save Disney Shows News » Blog Archive » Article: Bob Iger rocks Disney
Original at Save Disney Shows
• 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, ...
Tucson Weekly : Cinema : Now Showing at Home
Original at Tucson Weekly
• 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 ...
ABC Special Searches for 'Ugly Americans'; Anti-immigrant Bigotry ...
Original at NewsBusters.org
• 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 ...
CES PR: New Blu-ray titles from Disney, including combo packs ...
Original at SatelliteGuys.US
• 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 ...
MediumAtLarge.net: Disney at NYCC
Original at MediumAtLarge.net
• 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 ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Original at Syracuse New Times
• 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 ...
Blu-ray Review: Lost: The Complete Fourth Season
Original at PopCultureShock
• 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 ...
Review: Swing Vote Runs on a Cluttered Platform - Film.com
Original at Film.com
• 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 ...