In this episode we catch up on round one of March Mayhem then jump into the announcements for D23 The Ultimate Fan Experience. We talk about the week leading up to it and the events you can attend, we talk about the big changes coming to a few of the larger panels, and we go over each of the Disney Legend honorees!
This week we present our bracket predictions for March Mayhem, a quick review of the new Wonka film, Disney releases a new image of Jared Leto from Tron Ares, we talk about whether Disney Speedstorm is still worth playing, Bob Iger cancels several Marvel projects, plus he makes a noticeable change to his announcement about Avatar coming to the Disneyland Resort that may indicate bigger things are coming.
This week we celebrate Toy Story’s 25 anniversary by ranking the films in the series and talk the impact the films have had on the industry, the Mandalorian has a small slipup and the internet goes nuts, and we discuss the news about Imagineer Joe Rohde announcing his retirement from Walt Disney Imagineering after an illustrious 40 year career.
We’re celebrating 200 episodes with a special MEGA episode! We talk about the opening of Pixar Fest, our favorite parades and why we connected with them PLUS we play some Disney Trivia!
We had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Brian Crosby who is the Creative Director for Themed Entertainment at Marvel! Brian talks about growing up as an artist, interning at WDI (Walt Disney Imagineering) and how he set himself apart in order to try to get a job and eventually working at Marvel.