Zootopia characters confirmed

mm52200

mm52200

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JakeSpadaro said:
"Celebrity Spotlight, the perfect place for a dream encounter with one of Disney’s latest stars. At opening, you are invited into the Celebrity Spotlight to meet lovable snowman Olaf, from Disney’s blockbuster film “Frozen.”
This is about the new M&G area coming to DHS, maybe Nick & Judy will come there?
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Pretty sure Olaf will be there for awhile...and if he's the example of one of Disney's "latest stars" considering his film came out almost three years ago...
 
jensenrick

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Matt_Black said:
Pixar doesn't always get meet & greets the way that WDAS films often do. As for Zootopia, it could be as simple as the fact there are TWO WDAS films releasing in 2016, and the Powers That Be decided to put the budget towards Moana in November.
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More like TPTB have put their budget towards Finding Dory, a movie that already has merch flooding ToysRus, even though it's 4 months away- meanwhile Zootopia merch is sold out (for the main characters) practically everywhere I look- including the tzum tzums at the DisneyStore.com
 
jensenrick

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fox_198 said:
It would be hilarious if Moana doesn't become as big a hit as Zootopia has been so far. Like a repeat of The Lion King/Pocahontas in the mid 90s. Disney puts all their effort into marketing a princess movie and the previous movie about animals steals the spotlight.
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I think you have it pegged- Disney is, once again, not recognizing how they have captured lightning in a bottle. If they think Moana is gonna be more popular than Zootopia? SMH.
 
Matt_Black

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jensenrick said:
I think you have it pegged- Disney is, once again, not recognizing how they have captured lightning in a bottle. If they think Moana is gonna be more popular than Zootopia? SMH.
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Well, maybe. It's a musical, it might do very well with non-white markets (the latest Fast & the Furious HUGE success is credited in part to the diverse appeal of the cast allowing it to do very well in foreign markets), and it has a neat look. I don't think it's fair to judge the movie when it's not even out yet.
 
Matt_Black

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Wikkler said:
They also expected Pocahontas to be more popular than The Lion King, and look how that turned out.
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Yeah, well, the best analogue for The Lion King right now is Frozen, in terms of cultural impact, critical reception, and commercial success. Pocahontas as a follow-up did okay, but it is regarded as one of the weakest films in the Disney canon. Now, the film following Frozen was Big Hero 6, and that did VERY well. In fact, in terms of box office, it's right behind Frozen and the Lion King.

Now, I will admit that the periods of 1985-1994 and 2005-2013 are VERY similar in terms of WDAS's output. But, once we go past those dates, the analogy breaks down.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

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Next Big Thing said:
Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Zootopia have forgone the M&Gs along with (or even before) the movie debuted.

Inside Out is only just getting a proper M&G next week in Epcot.
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If this was the 90's mindset we would have seen big parades laid out with corny titles for them at the Studios..
Inside Out: Free Your Mind parade
The Good Dinosaur Great Migration Parade
Zootopia Try Everything Parade
Etc....
 
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Wikkler

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Matt_Black said:
Yeah, well, the best analogue for The Lion King right now is Frozen, in terms of cultural impact, critical reception, and commercial success. Pocahontas as a follow-up did okay, but it is regarded as one of the weakest films in the Disney canon. Now, the film following Frozen was Big Hero 6, and that did VERY well. In fact, in terms of box office, it's right behind Frozen and the Lion King.

Now, I will admit that the periods of 1985-1994 and 2005-2013 are VERY similar in terms of WDAS's output. But, once we go past those dates, the analogy breaks down.
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  • The Black Cauldron
  • The Great Mouse Detective
  • Oliver & Company
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Rescuers Down Under
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Aladdin
  • The Lion King
vs.
  • Chicken Little
  • Meet the Robinsons
  • Bolt
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • Tangled
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • Frozen
Huh. Most of it works (Black Cauldon and Chicken Little both tried something new and failed at it; Great Mouse Detective and Robinsons are underrated; Oliver and Bolt are mostly forgotten; Princess and Mermaid both restarted the company; Lion King and Frozen are both massively successful musicals).
 
captainmoch

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Wikkler said:
  • The Black Cauldron
  • The Great Mouse Detective
  • Oliver & Company
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Rescuers Down Under
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Aladdin
  • The Lion King
vs.
  • Chicken Little
  • Meet the Robinsons
  • Bolt
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • Tangled
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • Frozen
Huh. Most of it works (Black Cauldon and Chicken Little both tried something new and failed at it; Great Mouse Detective and Robinsons are underrated; Oliver and Bolt are mostly forgotten; Princess and Mermaid both restarted the company; Lion King and Frozen are both massively successful musicals).
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The Rescuers Down Under and Winnie the Pooh may not line up order-wise but are very similar; both are mostly forgotten sequels that are slightly underrated/forgotten. Plus this means that Tangled = BATB and WIR = Aladdin, so that works.
 
mimitchi33

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Next Big Thing said:
I
Inside Out is only just getting a proper M&G next week in Epcot.
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I'm going there in a week or so, so this is GREAT news!

Matt_Black said:
Well, maybe. It's a musical, it might do very well with non-white markets (the latest Fast & the Furious HUGE success is credited in part to the diverse appeal of the cast allowing it to do very well in foreign markets), and it has a neat look. I don't think it's fair to judge the movie when it's not even out yet.
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I bet you Moana will be very successful. The people behind Hamilton are doing it, and that has a very huge fanbase. I also think it will do well in Japan, because that country loves the place where the movie is set, Hawaii.
brb1006 said:
Here's them at DCA
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Wow, they premiered earlier than I thought they would.
 
Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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Wikkler said:
Huh. Most of it works (Black Cauldon and Chicken Little both tried something new and failed at it; Great Mouse Detective and Robinsons are underrated; Oliver and Bolt are mostly forgotten; Princess and Mermaid both restarted the company; Lion King and Frozen are both massively successful musicals).
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GMD and MtR are both based on children's books. O&C features talking animals as a pet tries to reunite with his owner Jenny; Bolt features talking animals as a pet tries to reunite with his owner Penny.
 
Wikkler

Wikkler

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mimitchi33 said:
I bet you Moana will be very successful. The people behind Hamilton are doing it, and that has a very huge fanbase. I also think it will do well in Japan, because that country loves the place where the movie is set, Hawaii.
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So far they've just said "South Pacific", of which Hawaii is just one group of islands.
 
Matt_Black

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Still relevant.

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