Disney Interactive

11.18.10
Iconic and critically acclaimed French duo Daft Punk, who created the music score for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming film TRON: Legacy, provided two of their tracks from the film for the new TRON: Evolution videogame for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The tracks -- “Derezzed” and “The Grid” – will complement music from composers Sascha Dikiciyan, Cris Velasco and Kevin Manthei in the new game. The new CD will ship alongside the game on December 7. Check out this exclusive interview with Propaganda Games about TRON: Evolution.
11.11.10
GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, has partnered with Walt Disney Pictures to support the release of their new film TRON: Legacy, while offering moviegoers the opportunity to experience studio-quality 3D viewing. The premium 3D glasses will be showcased at the WIRED Store in NYC, where movie aficionados and fans of TRON: Legacy can personally sample the glasses. The much-anticipated 3D movie opens December 17. The glasses will also bring Disney Interactive Studio's 3D PlayStation 3 TRON: Evolution videogame to life. The creators of the new film talk about the sequel in this exclusive video interview.
11.02.10
Toy Story 3, the biggest animated movie of all time – with over $1 billion at the box office – is now on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Families won’t want to miss adding the Blu-ray Combo Pack, 2 Disc Blu-ray or the DVD edition of Toy Story 3 to their home movie collections. Fans of all ages who have come to love and cherish these unique characters, can explore them in a whole new way as the Disney/Pixar team provides a more in-depth look into Pixar Animation Studios and the creation of its characters with hours of exclusive bonus features on the Blu-ray Disc version of the film including filmmaker commentary with Director Lee Unkrich and Producer Darla K. Anderson, amusing views of life at Pixar, analysis of favorite scenes, and the Toy Story Trivia Dash game. The filmmakers talk about the movie and the Disney videogames in this exclusive video interview.
10.30.10
Disney Publishing Worldwide has launched its Disney Epic Mickey App for viewing Disney Digicomics on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch on the App store. The first Disney Digicomic available in the app is “Tales of Wasteland,” which comprise six eight-page short comic stories that take place in Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney’s forgotten creative efforts. Users get a preview of Wasteland and feature characters from the upcoming Disney Epic Mickey video game, including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first cartoon star. Disney’s Warren Spector talks about the exclusive Wii game in this video interview.
10.22.10
Film and TV star Olivia Wilde and the actor who portrayed the original TRON character, Bruce Boxleitner, will headline the voice cast for the upcoming video game, TRON: Evolution, in addition to appearing in the highly anticipated December film, TRON: Legacy. The Hollywood voice cast will star in the upcoming TRON: Evolution video games that bridge the storyline gap between the original TRON film and the upcoming TRON: Legacy film. Wilde, who plays Quorra, Kevin Flynn’s confidant in the TRON: Legacy film, will also star as that character in the TRON: Evolution video games.
10.11.10
Walt Disney Studios is counting down the 10 weeks to the December 17 theatrical release of TRON: Legacy, one of the biggest 3D movies that’s not named AVATAR. Every week for the next 10 weeks marks a major milestone in the countdown as The Walt Disney Company rolls out exciting new TRON events, film content, products and announcements in preparation for the worldwide film launch. Check out this exclusive video interview with the men behind the new TRON movie.
10.11.10
Pulling a page out of James Cameron's AVATAR marketing play book, Walt Disney Pictures will offer fans a free 20-minute look at its December 17 3D spectacle, TRON: Legacy. Dubbed "TRON NIght: An IMAX 3D Experience," this free preview will occur on October 28 and give audiences worldwide the first opportunity to step onto the Grid and into the cutting-edge, 3D world of the high-tech adventure. Sponsored by ASUS Computer International, select IMAX 3D theaters nationwide and 3D & IMAX 3D theaters internationally will offer a special screening of thrilling, never-before-seen 3D footage. 
09.20.10

BURBANK – With Disney/Pixar readying Cars 2 for a 3D theatrical release next year, gamers get a head start with Diney Online Studios’ World of Cars Online. Cheech Marin, who plays Ramone in the movies, has reprised his role in multiple Cars console videogames. He’s now added his voice acting to the new free-to-play online game aimed at families. Marin was on hand for the world premiere of the new game to discuss the videogame phenomenon.

09.15.10
After taking in $335 million worldwide, including $90 million in the U.S., Jerry Bruckheimer’s  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is now available on 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), 1-Disc Blu-ray and 1- Disc DVD on September 14, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.  
09.06.10
The accolades just keep coming for Toy Story 3, which bodes well for Disney Interactive Studios’ Toy Story 3 catalog of videogames. The Disney•Pixar feature film has earned over $1 billion (and counting) at the worldwide box office, joining Alice in Wonderland as the second $1 billion film this year from The Walt Disney Studios. Disney’s the first studio in history to accomplish this feat – and the fact that both films are in 3D certainly played a role in the success story. Disney first crossed the $1 billion threshold with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in 2006 – the fourth film in that franchise is currently filming in 3D.  Toy Story 3 becomes the only animated film to reach this milestone and the seventh title in industry history. 
09.03.10
BURBANK – Bob Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, drove over to the Disney/Pixar World of Cars Online launch event at the Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank. Iger took some time to test drive the newest online videogame from Disney Online Studios. He then took a pit stop to discuss the new game, as well as the larger role videogames now play within Disney, in this exclusive video interview.  
09.02.10

A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games. This audience of boys and girls aged 8 to 11 has game publishers launching new games like Disney Online's "World of Cars Online" and Sony Online Entertainment's "Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures." 

08.21.10
Disney’s World of Cars Online, featuring the voices of Cheech Marin and Jenifer Lewis, revs into a very successful Disney Online. According to recently released data from comScore Media Metrix, Disney Online, the No. 1 ranked community-family and parenting destination on the Web, reached a record-breaking 36 million unique visitors in July, beating the previous all-time record of 34 million uniques set in June 2009 by two million unique visitors.
07.31.10

Warren Spector – master storyteller and game designer of one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, Disney Epic Mickey – will share his insight on games and gaming culture as the opening keynote speaker at the PAX conference in Seattle on Friday, Sept. 3.