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Quick Links Actress Margaret Kerry Served as the Real-Life Model for Tinker Bell in Disney's Peter Pan Using Models Has Always Been Part of the Disney Animation Process Margaret Kerry is One of a Handful of Actress to Have Portrayed Tinker Bell at Disney Margaret Kerry was the real-life model for animators when Disney was in production for Peter Pan (1953). Walt Disney himself came up with the idea to use model and actors as references for his animators. A practice still continued today. At least three different actresses have gone on to play Tinker Bell in Disney movies and TV shows since Kerry first embodied the role.

For most kids growing up in the 1990s, their first on-screen exposure to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan would likely have been through Disney's 1953 animated adaptation. Disney takes on classic stories have tended to become the penultimate versions that audiences come to associate with the original tales themselves.

A Winnie the Pooh slasher film is getting the sequel treatment, and the newly-minted “Twisted Childhood Universe (Tcu)” is getting its first major crossover event.

Just months after Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain in 2022, Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios made waves for producing Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a slasher film depicting A.A. Milne’s beloved characters of the Hundred Acre Wood as feral, blood-hungry killers. Despite very, very negative critical reception (it has a 3% on Rotten Tomatoes), the film made $5 million at the box office on a $50,000 budget, and led to other planned horror films featuring children’s characters now in the public domain like Bambi, Pinocchio, and the characters of Peter Pan.

Now, a grand cinematic crossover event with these characters is imminent: Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble will hit theaters in 2025. As reported by Variety, the Avengers-style low-budget horror crossover will see Winnie the Pooh join villainous forces with Bambi,...

Some perceive Peter Pan as evil, with a theory suggesting he murders his Lost Boys. The narrative paints Captain Hook in a more sympathetic light as Peter Pan's former friend turned resistive enemy. Disney embraced the evil Peter Pan theory in their ripoff-centered movie Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers.

One particularly dark Peter Pan theory asks, "is Peter Pan evil?" suggesting that the beloved Disney character may be a murderous villain. Peter Pan has been delighting Disney fans for generations since its initial release in 1953 and the story—originally written by J.M. Barrie—has been adapted numerous times. In practically every incarnation, Peter Pan is the hero of the story, and the recognized villain is almost always Peter's sworn enemy, the feared pirate Captain Hook. The story of Disney's Peter Pan is more child-friendly than Barrie's original story, but the general premise remains the same.

A popular theory...

There’s a character in Disney’s self-mythologizing movie Wish whose life dream is to inspire the next generation. He lives in Rosas, the fictional kingdom ruled by the self-taught sorcerer Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine). For reasons that remain murky, the wizard hoards his constituents’ wishes in his castle tower. When residents of Rosas turn 18, they relinquish their greatest dream in hopes that one day their benevolent dictator will fulfill it. Magnifico, like all authoritarian leaders, insists that it’s a small price to pay for their safety and eternal peace of mind.

The whole premise is very Disney, and Wish plays out as one would expect. Magnifico meets his match in Asha (Ariana DeBose), a 17-year-old girl who dares to question the order of things. Their encounter represents the generational crossroads that Disney finds itself at during its centennial. In him, a symbol of authority and empire. In her,...

"C'mon Minnie, this is it!" "Let's get the gang!" Disney has unveiled a quick trailer for a special short film celebrating the magic of Disney Animation called Once Upon a Studio. This 10-minute short film is part of the Disney special event in October airing on ABC called "The Wonderful World of Disney: Disney's 100th Anniversary Celebration!" The description introduces it as: "Celebrate a century of stories with Once Upon A Studio, a new Original short film, premiering on ABC." When two new employees stay at the Walt Disney Animation Studios overnight, they will see all the Disney characters from the past and today come to life, and get all gather up for their very own picture taken for their 100th anniversary. This comedy short is specifically a celebration of Disney Animation's history, with references to many of their iconic characters. This trailer features Mickey & Minnie, Tinker Bell, Bolt, Winnie the Pooh,...

Disney Lorcana cards have different strategic focuses based on their ink color, with Amber highlighting support techniques and Steel emphasizing combat strength. Some of the most iconic Disney characters are also some of the most powerful and desirable cards in the game, with unique abilities that make them valuable in gameplay. Song cards also have strong abilities that can be deployed for free and can disrupt opponents' strategies.

Disney Lorcana features a wide variety of cards in its First Chapter lineup, but some of these stand out from the pack as particularly powerful in play. Like any collectible trading card game, cards can be desirable for a number of reasons, from the appeal of the artwork to the rarity of their distribution. At the game table, however, none of these aspects are as relevant as actual utility.

Disney Lorcana cards fit into six different inks, each with a unique strategic focus in gameplay.

Back in 2017, Warwick Thornton landed in Venice with a western that offered some corrective to the white-savior narratives of countless others in the genre. Sweet Country, his third feature, chronicled the real-life story of an Aboriginal stockman arrested and tried for the death of a white ranch owner in 1920s Australia. Hardly the first to foreground racial tensions within a period setting, the film stood as a refreshing departure from others that only ostensibly acknowledged Indigenous peoples’ experience under colonialism, but wound up prioritizing the redemptive arcs of their white heroes. Six years later, along comes The New Boy, a film that shares the same ethos of its predecessor. Here, too, Thornton digs up a chapter of his country’s past to subvert and ultimately reappropriate the white man’s iconography: where Sweet Country took on the western, The New Boy tackles colonialism through the prism of the Church. But...

Since ABC gained the rights to “American Idol” in 2018, fans have agonized over two questions each and every season: 1) Who will win, and 2) What will Katy Perry wear on Disney Night? Well, we still have about a month to go until we find out who will join the “Idol” winners list, but the answer to our Disney question will be answered sooner rather than later.

ABC has confirmed to Gold Derby that Disney Night 2023 will air on May 14. That episode will feature the Top 5 artists still in the competition. As of this writing, the Top 12 singers are Wé Ani, Warren Peay, Haven Madison, Tyson Venegas, Colin Stough, Marybeth Byrd, Oliver Steele, Iam Tongi, Zachariah Smith, Lucy Love, Megan Danielle and Nutsa.

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So far on ABC’s reality TV show, Perry has donned the costumes of Cinderella, Snow White, Ursula, Mrs. Jumbo, Tinker Bell and Ariel.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on April 27th, reviewing “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the live action reboot of the 1953 animated “Peter Pan.” Streaming on Disney+ beginning April 28th.

The Darling siblings are being disrupted, with two brothers John and Michael (Joshua Pickering and Jacobi Jupe) and their sister Wendy (Ever Anderson), who is much older than the boys and is transitioning to boarding school. She wishes not to grow up, and are visited by Tinker Bell (Yara Shahidi) and Peter Pan (Alexander Molony) and whisked to Never Never Land, where they deal with Captain Hook (Jude Law), the Lost Boys and other Peter Pan stuff.

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Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com reviewed “Peter Pan & Wendy” during the Morning Mess with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm, Monroe, Wisconsin, April 27th, 2023 …

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By appearing in 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” for 29 minutes and 19 seconds, Princess Snow White set a screen time record among all female Disney animated characters that stood until Alice of “Alice in Wonderland” surpassed her 14 years later. Among the studio’s official princesses, she held the high-end screen time record for over five decades, and now sits in 10th place. Scroll through our photo gallery to find out the rankings of the Disney Princesses by screen time.

A total of 13 characters are currently included in the Disney Princess lineup. When the marketing brand was introduced in the early 2000s, Snow White was joined by nine others: Cinderella (“Cinderella”), Tinker Bell (“Peter Pan”), Aurora (“Sleeping Beauty”), Ariel (“The Little Mermaid”), Belle (“Beauty and the Beast”), Jasmine (“Aladdin”), Pocahontas (“Pocahontas”), Esmeralda (“The Hunchback of Notre Dame”), and Mulan (“Mulan”). With Tinker Bell and Esmeralda having been removed, the group...

By appearing in 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” for 29 minutes and 19 seconds, Princess Snow White set a screen time record among all female Disney animated characters that stood until Alice of “Alice in Wonderland” surpassed her 14 years later. Among the studio’s official princesses, she held the high-end screen time record for over five decades, and now sits in 10th place. Scroll through our photo gallery to find out how the rankings of the Disney Princesses by screen time.

A total of 13 characters are currently included in the Disney Princess lineup. When the marketing brand was introduced in the early 2000s, Snow White was joined by nine others: Cinderella (“Cinderella”), Tinker Bell (“Peter Pan”), Aurora (“Sleeping Beauty”), Ariel (“The Little Mermaid”), Belle (“Beauty and the Beast”), Jasmine (“Aladdin”), Pocahontas (“Pocahontas”), Esmeralda (“The Hunchback of Notre Dame”), and Mulan (“Mulan”). With Tinker Bell and Esmeralda having been removed, the...

Plot: Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she encounters the evil pirate Captain Hook and embarks on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that will change her life forever.

Review: In their seemingly neverending quest to refresh their animated IP with live-action remakes, Disney thought they would find luck by bringing auteur David Lowery back after his updated take of Pete’s Dragon to tackle a new Peter Pan feature film. Where Lowery imbued Pete’s Dragon, a less familiar title in the overall Disney canon, with realistic characters and emotionally grounded storytelling, his Peter Pan & Wendy is a rote remake that sticks pretty close to the 1953 original. While the more problematic elements from the classic animated film have been replaced,...

As a retelling of both J.M. Barrie’s novel and Disney’s 1953 animated classic, Disney+‘s Peter Pan & Wendy is a mixed bag. But as a retelling via director David Lowery, it’s totally on-brand.

The first half-hour of the 106-minute movie (streaming now on Disney+) suggests a beat-for-beat retread (à la Jon Favreau’s The Lion King), but Lowery’s quirky preferences permit a more offbeat take. And once Peter, Wendy et al reach Neverland, the story takes on new life.

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As written by J. M. Barrie in his original 1904 play, “Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up,” the century-old name Peter Pan has always been synonymous with a severe case of arrested development. More expressly, the fear of adulthood, the immature reluctance towards embracing the responsibilities and pains of being a grown-up, unable to gauge the earned rewards of such hardships.

So what could a 21st-century version of such arrested development look like? One that has something to say to today’s grown-ups both mesmerized and puzzled by a fiery younger generation vastly different than them, and today’s kids, being raised by an unprecedented sense of individuality? With “Peter Pan & Wendy,” soulful auteur David Lowery tries to find an answer with mixed results that’s fascinating and refreshing in parts and somewhat wearisome on the whole.

An expressive voice throughout his wide range of tales,...

Peter Pan & Wendy debuted on Disney+ today and it is already dividing critics and audiences. The film, which is the latest live-action remake from Disney, is a retelling of the classic J.M. Barrie story that was originally adapted into the animated feature Peter Pan in 1953. This outing - which was directed by Pete's Dragon 2016's David Lowery - stars Jude Law as Captain Hook, Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, and Ever Anderson as Wendy Darling.

Rotten Tomatoes is currently aggregating critic reviews, which dropped at the same time as the Peter Pan & Wendy release today. While the score has fluctuated throughout the morning as more reviews are added, it has stayed firmly in a range between 75 and 77 percent. It seems more than likely that the film will end up with a fresh rating on the service, but audiences sharply disagree with critics, giving...

Disney's new live-action Peter Pan & Wendy ends a little differently than the original play, book, and 1953 animated film. In J.M. Barrie's original story (which was first a play and then a novel), Wendy decides to take the Lost Boys back home with her to London, England. Peter flies ahead of the group to bar the window, but changes his mind when he sees Mrs. Darling crying. The Darlings agree to adopt the Lost Boys and offer to adopt Peter, but he refuses. He does promise to return for Wendy every spring. An epilogue sees Peter returning for Wendy's daughter, Jane, and then Jane's daughter, and so on.

Disney's live-action Peter Pan & Wendy remake doesn't stray too far from the original book and play. The Lost Boys stay in London with Wendy, John, and Michael, and it's implied that the Darlings will adopt them. Peter and Wendy talk...

Disney refuses to let any stone go unturned when it comes to remaking its animated classics into live-action, so ahead of this May's The Little Mermaid, the Mouse House is slipping in an additional remake. Peter Pan & Wendy, which flies to Disney+ rather than theaters, aims to put a deeper, more grounded spin on the 1953 animated flick that was solely named after the male hero and based on J.M. Barrie's iconic written works. Director David Lowery (Pete's Dragon) brings a more mature sensibility to the tale of a boy who never wants to grow up, and it ultimately yields some mixed results. While Peter Pan & Wendy is strangely lacking some magic, it is saved by a scene-stealing Jude Law and a narrative that forces one to reckon with Peter's more negative traits.

Peter Pan & Wendy begins in a very familiar place: The nursery of three children living in Edwardian London.

With “Peter Pan and Wendy,” Disney sets out to bring the boy who refused to grow up into the 21st century — not literally, like those taxing live-action/cartoon hybrids, where computer-generated Smurfs get loose in Manhattan or Tom and Jerry wreak havoc in a high-end hotel. The studio’s latest remake is still set in Edwardian England, the way both J.M. Barrie’s play and the animated feature it inspired were. But the sensibility is very much of the moment, as director David Lowery (who did an admirable job of updating “Pete’s Dragon” for Disney) refreshes the 1953 classic according to contemporary priorities.

In conception and casting both, the new movie presents a diverse and empowered ensemble. The vintage toon’s shameful Native American stereotypes have been corrected. The beloved Tinker Bell character can now serve as a role model for a wider range of children. Sharing hero duties, Wendy gets to announce,...

The question you may be asking is ‘do we really need yet another take on Peter Pan? Ever since J.M. Barrie published his book “Peter And Wendy” in 1911 there have been countless film, TV, and stage versions of one stripe or another, starting with silents, and of course NBC’s live musical in the 50’s with Mary Martin, and later versions with Sandy Duncan, Cathy Rigby, and just a few years ago another NBC live attempt at it with Allison Williams. Of course there have been big screen spins, neither quite magical, like Joe Wright’s messy 2015 Pan and Spielberg’s overblown Hook with Robin Williams and Julia Roberts. Up to this moment even Broadway has a new Tony contender in the farcical take, Peter Pan Goes Wrong. But for me the one version that resonates the most, to this day, is the Disney 1953 animated feature classic.

So here we are again,...

In the summer of 2016, writer/director David Lowery pulled off what feels like a magic trick in retrospect: he made a Disney remake that was actually quite good. His take on "Pete's Dragon" may not have set the box office aflame, but his tender approach to a story about an orphaned boy in the forest with only a mammoth dragon for a friend resulted in a low-stakes but wonderful family adventure. Of course, the major reason why "Pete's Dragon" worked so well as a remake is that it eschewed almost everything aside from the aforementioned logline that's present in the 1977 original, from big musical numbers to con-artist bad guys. And "Pete's Dragon" was able to eschew those aspects because while the original has some fans, it's by no means one of Disney's biggest titles. 

The same cannot be said for "Peter Pan & Wendy," Lowery's latest Disney remake, this time...

American Idol season 21 is heading toward its finale, with less than a month to go before the new champion is crowned, and there are just six episodes left in the season. AI season 21 began with the auditions, during which the judges decided which contestants deserved tickets to Hollywood. After Hollywood Week, at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa in Hawaii, the Top 26 contestants performed for America's votes for the first time. Singers Allen Stone and Noah Cyrus served as mentors for that round.

American Idol season 21 featured last year's winner Noah Thompson and runner-up HunterGirl performing on the April 23 episode. Motown legend Smokey Robinson also sang on that show. In addition, Hollywood Week round one brought back several alums as mentors, as the contestants chose one of three categories to work on. Clay Aiken and David Archuleta helped to build the contestants' confidence, while Phillip Phillips and Catie Turner worked with the singers on their songwriting.

Yara Shahidi has told Et Canada what went into playing Tinker Bell in the new “Peter Pan & Wendy” movie and how she managed to add to the magic of the film.

Shahidi — who stars alongside Alexander Molony’s Peter Pan and Ever Anderson’s Wendy in the flick — told Carlos Bustamante of whether she was on harnesses and ropes flying around a studio or if a lot of it was computer generated: “Well, a lot of the magic happened in Vancouver where I was not. So they had built these incredibly epic and immersive sets in Canada, and then they did quite a bit of travelling for it.”

Read More: See Yara Shahidi’s Tinker Bell And Jude Law’s Captain Hook In First ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Trailer

She went on, “But for me, I was shooting in Los Angeles and I was concerned… motion capture is how...

Exclusive: British comedy legend Jennifer Saunders will make her pantomime debut as Captain Hook in Peter Pan this winter holiday season at the world famous London Palladium.

The top-of-the-bill casting coup was the brainchild of Michael Harrison, of Michael Harrison Entertainment and Crossroads Pantomimes. He’s the UK’s pantomime supremo with 24 panto productions set to open across the country in December.

“I thought: ‘Hello! Captain Hook is often played by a man and I thought why not do a gender change? It’s what pantomime is all about, isn’t it?” Harrison told us.

The comic performance artist and writer Rob Madge) will play Tinker Bell.

Peter Pan will run at the Palladium from December 9-January 14.

Last year, Harrison booked Saunders’ longtime comedy partner Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,...

The diminutive fairy Tinker Bell levitates Wendy in a new clip from Disney+'s Peter Pan & Wendy. In the live-action adaptation of Disney's classic 1953 animated film Peter Pan, Alexander Molony stars as Peter, a boy of perpetual youth who whisks Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson) and her brothers Michael (Jacobi Jupe) and John (Joshua Pickering) to a magical land where they can all be kids forever. There they must face the villainous Captain Hook (Jude Law) and his band of pirates who want nothing more than to rid Neverland of Peter and his Lost Boys.

With a week left until Peter Pan & Wendy premieres on Disney+, Walt Disney Studios shared a new clip from the upcoming film.

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It’s been a busy week for London premieres, tonight sees the Neverland express arrives in Leicester Square for Disney+’s Peter Pan & Wendy . The film stars Jude Law, Yara Shahidi, Ever Anderson, Alexander Maloney, as well as The Lost Boys: Jacobi Jupe, Joshua Pickering, Kelsey & Skyler Yates, Caelan Edie, Noah Matofsky, Florence Bensburg, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Felix de Sousa and is directed by David Lowery.

The original movie will begin streaming on Disney+ 28 April, 2023. Colin Hart & Scott Davis are on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

Peter Pan & Wendy Premiere Interview

Plot:

The reimagining introduces Wendy Darling, a young girl looking to avoid boarding school who meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she encounters an evil pirate captain, Captain Hook, and embarks on a...

Disney's latest live-action riff on a classic is "Peter Pan & Wendy," a new adaptation of the classic "Peter Pan" story. Ever since first taking center stage in J.M. Barrie's 1904 stage play, Peter Pan and the magical land of Neverland have captured imaginations all over the world. The whimsical story with a hint of darkness has inspired plenty of movies, plays, and books over the years, each with a slightly different take on the Boy Who Never Grew Up. Here's a brief look back at all of the notable movie adaptations and how they each made the Neverland mythos their own.

"Peter Pan" (1924)

The first authorized movie adaptation of "Peter Pan" was this silent film version, starring Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy Darling, and Virginia Brown Faire as Tinker Bell. J.M. Barrie personally worked on a screenplay for this one,...

Fans of Enchanted have finally gotten the sequel they’ve waited years for, Disenchanted, courtesy of the streaming-waves of Disney+. Both Enchanted and its sequel used every opportunity to deconstruct the familiar tropes and conventions of traditional fairy tales. Since fairy tales are some of the oldest and most well-worn stories ever told, they’re ripe for satire.

From Shrek to Hook to The Princess Bride to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, plenty of beloved fantasy movies have poked fun at the time-tested traditions of the fairy tale genre.

Disenchanted (2022)

Fans have waited for over a decade to see a sequel to Disney’s fairy tale parody Enchanted, and the Mouse House has finally delivered that sequel. In Disenchanted, Princess Giselle disrupts the balance between the real world and her old animated kingdom.

Instead of just rehashing the formula from the first film like most sequels, Disenchanted puts a fresh...

Disney's D23 Expo is currently underway, returning fully-fledged for the first time since before the pandemic. That means that Disney is bringing out the big guns and making a big show, not just for those in attendance, but for those of us at home as well. During the Disney and Pixar presentation, we were treated to the first look at one of the upcoming live-action remakes of an animated classic in the form of "Peter Pan & Wendy."

This, much like the recent "Pinocchio" live-action remake, is looking to update a familiar story for the Disney+ era. David Lowery ("The Green Knight") is in the director's chair for this one, which makes it an instantly intriguing prospect. So, what does a Lowery live-action "Peter Pan" movie look like? /Film's own Ethan Anderton was on hand at the convention to preview the footage.

A Return To Neverland

The footage starts off,...

When you wish upon a (dancing) star….

Tinker Bell works a bit of her magic in helping Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro tout Dancing With the Stars‘ big move to Disney+, in a first promo for Season 31 (shown above).

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Director Staci Layne Wilson's supernatural comedy feature "The Second Age of Aquarius", currently in post-production stars Christina Jacquelyn Calph, Michael Ursu and Brooke Lewis Bellas:

"...ever wonder what it would be like to bring your favorite dead rock star back to life? 'Alberta' certainly has. Since she was a kid, she's dreamed of a world where ultimate 60's rock icon 'Russell Aquarius' was still alive and writing songs just for her.

"Now a successful computer programmer, Alberta takes her fandom and wishful thinking a step further and makes a 'Russell Aquarius' avatar. Her loneliness and a freak power outage give her more than she bargains for when sparks fly not just in her computer, but also in reality when Russell's avatar comes to life..."

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Project Name: Burp Girl

Asking For: $35,000 on Indiegogo

Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $3,645

Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 22

Description: Burp Girl is seeking funds to tell the eight-episode story of the titular female superhero who defeats villains through her ultimate superpower: burping. She’s joined by a host of other crazy characters who also have repulsive powers and titles, like Fire Crotch, Dandruff, Fatman, Nose Picker, The Urinator, and Upchuck. Burp Girl already has a pilot episode, thanks to Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment and YouTube Space La’s “World of Superheroes” contest from earlier this year.

Creator Bio: Burp Girl creator, director, and star Christina Jacquelyn Calph is the brains behind the comedy YouTube channel Bad Girl’s Ball. Calph originally started acting in New York City and landed roles in feature films like Arthur (with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren...

The Russell Brand comedy Arthur will be released on Blu-ray and DVD July 15. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.98 Srp, while the Blu-ray, which also includes a copy of the DVD and a Digital Copy, will cost $35.99 Srp. You can take a look at the cover art and special features details below.

Russell Brand reinvents the role of lovable billionaire Arthur Bach, an irresponsible charmer who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and lifelong nanny Hobson (Academy Award winner Helen Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge: choosing between an arranged marriage to ambitious corporate exec Susan (Jennifer Garner) that will ensure his lavish lifestyle, or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy - Naomi (Greta Gerwig), his true love. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most...

Weekend Box Office

Hop $21.6 millionArthur $12.6 millionHanna $12.3 millionSoul Surfer $10.6 millionInsidious $10 millionYour Highness $9.6 millionSource Code $9 millionLimitless $5.5 millionDiary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules $4.5 millionThe Lincoln Lawyer $4.5 million

As expected, Hop continued to dominate the box office over the weekend with an estimated $21.6 million take. It should continue to do well over the next few weeks as the holiday approaches.

Meanwhile, Arthur, Russell Brand's other effort, opened to a disappointing $12.6 million - well under the projected $18 million from the studio. This may lead to the end of Hollywood's love affair with Brand as he just doesn't seem to be leading man material as he can't open a movie. His Get Me to the Greek opened to $17.5 million and it was rated R - Arthur's PG-13 should have helped the film reach a broader audience but for once taste prevailed and moviegoers decided to pass. Studios will probably think twice before...

Predicted Weekend Box Office

Hop $23 millionArthur $16 millionYour Highness $12 millionSource Code $10 millionHanna $7 millionInsidious $6.6 millionLimitless $6.3 millionDiary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules $5 millionThe Lincoln Lawyer $4.5 millionSoul Surfer $3.4 million

I hope you are a Russell Brand fan because he's likely to take the two top spots at the weekend box office. His turn as the reluctant Easter Bunny in Hop should be able to retain its winning streak for another week. Family films often don't suffer the same box office drop week to week since the audiences for such fare aren't as likely to show up opening weekend. It's projected to be on top of the heap with around $23 million.

Russell Brand is also starring, this time in the flesh not just the voice, in the remake of Arthur. This remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore/Liza Minnelli chestnut has reviewers asking "Why" and me very angry because why doesn't Liza even have a cameo in this?...

We have added the first trailer for Arthur, a remake of the 1981 Oscar-winning comedy starring Dudley Moore as the title character.

Synopsis: Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge — choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man.

The Warner Brothers comedy directed by Jason Winer also stars Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Luis Guzman, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Garner, Leslie Hendrix, Geraldine James, and Christina Calph.

Arthur opens in theaters on April 8th,...

We have added the first trailer for 'Arthur', a remake of the 1981 comedy film starring Dudley Moore. In this new film version, British comedian Russell Brand stars in the title role of Arthur.The Warner Brothers comedy directed by Jason Winer also stars Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Luis Guzman, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Garner, Leslie Hendrix, Geraldine James, and Christina Calph.Watch the trailer below in standard definition or HD;'Arthur' is released across the Us from April 8th, and the UK from April 22nd.Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Helen Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest...

Former DC Comics and Marvel comic book artist Chris Walker gives us a inside perspective on fanboy culture with Anti-Matter, an original web series comedy "about a NY comic store, its staff, and the regulars that drive them crazy." The series, starring Jill Butterfield, Christina Calph, Shannon Coffey, Kaite Johnson, Julie Katz, Aaron Kheifets, Pedro Lee, Kirstan Perry, Davram Stiefler, Justin Tyler, and Walter Vincent, is written and directed by Walker, who produces Anti-Matter on nights and weekends out of real-world New York comic book store Jim Hanley's Universe. “The basis for the humor in Anti-Matter is that as a comic fan, you’re hanging out with your buds and probably being an ass at someone’s place of business,” Walker told Wired.com. “I know because I was that guy. I’d come by Hanley’s and talk smack on new comics every Wednesday with everyone in the store right up until closing,...

A picture has been released by Splash News of Russell Brand in full costume and make-up from the NYC set of Arthur, a remake of the 1981 comedy which starred Dudley Moore as Arthur and Liza Minnelli as Linda.

And yes, he has no hair on that English face of his. It feels so weird seeing him looking clean shaven and serious, but that’s before we know what his role is.

Brand plays a jubilant drunk that lacks ambition in life, sounds a bit like Aldous Snow if you ask me. Much of this demeanor has to do with the fact that he is vastly wealthy and the heir to a large fortune. But there is some fine print that goes along with the inheritance and that is that Arthur must marry the ‘Susan’ character, played by Jennifer Garner, in order to get it.

Once he proposes there is an...

"When you're an actor, I feel like you're always putting yourself out there, and you're doing everything to become that person or that character," actor-model Lauren Francesca says of her approach to onscreen comedy. "So it's really not about 'Are people going to make fun of me?' It's more 'Am I going to make people laugh? Is it going to be a funny video that people are going to enjoy?' "When Francesca saw a casting notice for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" at BackStage.com, she applied immediately to be a backup dancer for the show's parody hip-hop music video. "It's 'The Daily Show,' and I was pretty confident that it was going to be a great video," she says. "It was really cool. I got books thrown on my head."Francesca was cast as a dancer in the video "Still a Boss," the second...