2013 Disney Movie Releases

Here’s the line-up of Disney movie releases for 2013. My favorite princess movie of all time, “The Little Mermaid” is coming back to theaters, and my boys will be thrilled to hear they are making a Thor movie! We’re looking forward to catching many of these in the new year.

March 8: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL-

Disney’s fantastical adventure “Oz The Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well.

May 3: IRON MAN 3 (Marvel Studios)-

See the trailer here.

June 21: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar)-

See the trailer here.

July 3: THE LONE RANGER- 

From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and
fight against greed and corruption.

September 13: THE LITTLE MERMAID 3D (Walt Disney Animation Studios)-

Swimming into the hearts of a new generation—beautifully restored and this
time in 3D—“The Little Mermaid” features the beloved Ariel (voice of Jodi
Benson), a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid, who is enchanted with all
things human. Disregarding her father’s order to stay away from the world above
the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues the prince of
her dreams. Determined to be human, Ariel strikes a bargain with the devious
seawitch Ursula (voice of Pat Carroll), trading her fins and beautiful voice for
legs. With her best friend Flounder (voice of Jason Marin), misguided seagull
Scuttle (voice of Buddy Hackett) and the calypso-singing Caribbean crab
chaperone Sebastian (voice of Samuel E. Wright) at her side, Ariel must win the
prince’s love and save her father’s kingdom – all in a heart-pounding race against
time. Originally released in 1989, “The Little Mermaid” garnered two Academy
Awards®, including Best Original Score (Alan Menken) and Best Original Song
(Menken/Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”). Directed by Ron Clements and
John Musker, who went on to direct “Aladdin” and “The Princess and the Frog,”
“The Little Mermaid” returns to the big screen on September 13, 2013, and will
be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters.

October 4: DELIVERY MAN (DreamWorks Pictures)- 

From DreamWorks Pictures comes “Delivery Man”, the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide whether or not he should reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self but the father he could become as well.

November 8: THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Marvel Studios)- 

Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the  Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and  “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark  on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane  Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

November 27: FROZEN (Walt Disney Animation Studios)-

From the studio behind 2010’s “Tangled” and this year’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” Walt Disney Animation Studios presents “Frozen,” the most daring comedy-adventure ever to hit the big  screen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna (voice of Kristen Bell), a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna’s sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, an amazing and comedic snowman named Olaf, Everest-like conditions and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.

December 20: SAVING MR. BANKS-

Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen. When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers,
Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

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