#wda: event

[eptodaytommorowforever]

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[greatqueenanna]

11/14/23

Introduction

Hello hello! A shorter update for today.

It’s November and we’re slowly getting closer to the Frozen 10th Anniversary! You excited? I know I am! If we get anything, I’m definitely at the very least expecting an emotional response from Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee about this huge event!

November 27th people! Save the date! We’ll wait and see if WDAS has anything special planned.

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GQA - Archive

Decided to open up a small side blog that would only have my analyses on it. I know how much of a pain in the butt it is on mobile to see my extra pages, so I thought it would be easy to have a whole side-blog dedicated to just that. I mean, it’s also useful for anyone who doesn’t want to see discussions, extra Frozen images, and other random posts. You can go straight into looking for whatever analyses you wanna yell at me about (haha).

You can find this below.

@gqa-archive

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Upcoming Analysis

Note, I decided to put my Frozen Rumors rewrite on the back burner for now, especially since my previous versions posts have already started to debunk rumors. Here’s the list of what is coming in the future, in no particular order —

Mirrors and Mimicry - Delving into Hans’ Sociopathy

Frozen Canon Talk - Fifth Edition

What Came Before Part 2 - Previous Versions of Frozen 2 

All is Found: A Frozen Anthology - Review

Lost Legends: The Fixer Upper - Review

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Poll Question

As with all of my recent updates, it’s time for the next poll question to my super vague F3 post. As with the previous update, I will also provide the results of the previous polls, with my answers as well.

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

This weekend’s MCU developments, fresh out of Comic-Con and on DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE's massive opening weekend, seem to indicate that Disney's trying to make the year 2026 - as I've mentioned before - into their proverbial next 2019.

A repeat of a year where they just dominated with billion dollar smashes, with few valleys in-between... They made *bank* with CAPTAIN MARVEL, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, ALADDIN, TOY STORY 4, THE LION KING, FROZEN II, and STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER.

Of course, that was a rare occasion where the planets pretty much aligned for them... CAPTAIN MARVEL directly preceded ENDGAME, and of course ENDGAME was the big climax to the entire "Infinity Saga" of the MCU: Three phases, 11 years of movies, all down to that one big battle. ALADDIN and LION KING were remakes of some of Disney's most iconic and beloved animated films. TOY STORY 4, following up the huge smash that was TOY STORY 3 by almost a decade, almost as long of a wait between 2 & 3. FROZEN II, sequel to their animated phenomenon. RISE OF SKYWALKER was the end of the entire Skywalker Saga, 9 movies across five decades...

I think they keep wanting to recreate that, even though the 2020s are a much different time from this past decade, and some of those "brands" are now kinda stale...

So they revealed at Comic-Con that AVENGERS 5 has dropped the Kang stuff altogether, the Russo Brothers have returned to direct (along with SECRET WARS, arriving 2027), Dr. Doom is now the main villain and is played by none other than Robert Downey Jr., and it's called AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY. A lot of fans, from what I understand, are very mixed on this. Some feel it's desperation at this point, after their Kang/multiverse plans for phases 4-6 just didn't seem to pan out, and arguably weren't planned too well in advance - Majors accusations or no Majors accusations. So, go to an iconic villain who has been portrayed in live-action before, and get the beloved actor who played Tony Stark to make his grand return as this all-time Marvel villain that could very well be a thinly-written portrayal that strips the character of what makes him compelling and richly-written in the comics... Maybe, we don't know, the movie's far from being done... But the announcement definitely caught me off guard.

But yeah, add that to 2026... A year with, tentatively, two new STAR WARS movies: THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU, and an untitled movie about Rey 15 years after the events of RISE OF SKYWALKER. Familiar faces. Also TOY STORY 5. And a live-action remake of the beloved MOANA... Though, somewhat differentiating 2026 from 2019 is the possibility of new original movies from the two animation studios: A Pixar in the spring, and a WDAS in the autumn. In 2019, both studios only offered up sequels. There are a couple other slots Disney has for 2026 as well, which will likely go to some 20th Century/Searchlight movies. 2019 was when Disney finished their acquisition of 20th Century, and... The line-up that year was either movies they didn't give a damn about, or just didn't cut it. That was the year of... DARK PHOENIX, STUBER, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN... Movies that didn't get greenlit under Disney's watch, but these 2026 movies will be, so maybe those will do better for them.

So yes, I can kinda tell that Iger's Disney is still chasing that 2019 high. Surefire hits based on old favorites, but I think in the case of the MCU, it really isn't - say - 2017 anymore. Announce both DOOMSDAY and SECRET WARS back then, and the roof is blown off the joint. But we're in 2024 now, and while Deadpool teaming up with Hugh Jackman's iconic go as Wolverine is expectedly doing amazing business, Captain Marvel joining forces with Ms. Marvel and Rambeau (two characters largely established in two Disney+ shows) did horribly, as did a third Ant-Man movie. CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 without Chris Evans, this THUNDERBOLTS* thing, and another go at Marvel's First Family could reverse this, maybe not... Tellingly, BLADE - still ostensibly scheduled for November of next year - didn't get a mention at all during the presentation. We know it has been held up, that they just can't seem to crack what was already done w/o pools full of Disney money back in the 1990s... Maybe it goes to show that something as neat as Blade falls apart when you try to force it into the fractured framework of the MCU. BLADE would've had a much easier time, I feel, if it were being developed during the first two phases w/o Ike Perlmutter around.

I guess at this point, it either opens in fall 2026 after DOOMSDAY releases, or it'll debut after SECRET WARS. I don't know anymore. The MCU was certainly imperfect from the word-go, but the character interactions and dynamics, the fun soap opera-like tricks, and often memorable moments got us through the big tangle of it all. The novelty of this big cinematic universe with all these characters from multiple movies crossing over was just such a real novelty circa 2010-2019, it was done on a scale that no one really saw beforehand. But that has now worn off, what with many of the OGs having died or left. It's not too late to reinvent it, and go a new direction after SECRET WARS. One that doesn't recreate what came before.

I think audiences have gravitated towards that kind of superhero movie now... The likes of the SPIDER-VERSE movies, THE BATMAN, etc. Both a handful of recent MCUs and the last of the old DC movie-verse films largely got rejected, so the tricks of the 2010s no longer work. It's about personal stakes and distinct style and a vision now. Unless it's a pre-established portrayal of a character that audiences love (like Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool and Jackman's Wolverine), you gotta be more than just a garden variety CG spectacle. It's why I'm curious as to how James Gunn and Peter Safran will launch the live-action end of their new DC Universe. Do SUPERMAN, SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW, THE AUTHORITY, BRAVE AND THE BOLD, etc. all stand out on their own? Or do they feel like episodes with little to no visual/storytelling differences?

Either Marvel Studios are onto something, or this is some last-ditch attempt to drum up a lot of interest again and make the end of Phase 5 and all of Phase 6 flop-less. Less MARVELS, more GUARDIANS/DEADPOOL 3-sized stuff.

What caught **my** interest the most were the details revealed about their new Fantastic Four film, now titled THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS. Continuing their little way of differentiating their movies from the adaptations that came before. Fantastic Four already had two* iterations (*not counting the unreleased 1994 Roger Corman film), the 2005 movie was called FANTASTIC FOUR, as was the 2015 movie, though everyone calls it FANT4STIC. This tells you it's the Marvel Studios MCU F4 movie! Just like how their Hulk movie was THE INCREDIBLE HULK, five years after the release of the 2003 movie HULK. And how their first Spider-Man solo movie added the subtitle HOMECOMING. Also, it's like we get an F4 every 10 years now. The Tim Story-directed movie with Chris Evans in 2005, the next version in 2015, and now this version. Next year. 2025.

It had been teased that this film would have a more '60s flavor to it, which always made sense, given that the Fantastic Four debuted in the early 1960s and directly correlated with space age exploration. The setting of this film is described as a sort-of '60s retro future, and the first look at it certainly confirms it... And what's more, Michael Giacchino is doing the score.

This is literally THE INCREDIBLES!

I remember for many years, some people joked that they didn't need to make a "good" Fantastic Four movie. One already existed: THE INCREDIBLES. And of course, THE INCREDIBLES is highly inspired by the same space age aesthetics that inform the original F4 comics and most superhero/sci-fi stuff of that era. They both have stretchy and invisible characters. And Giacchino did the score for that film. Brad Bird grew up during that period, and it's all over his animated classic. Tim Story's FANTASTIC FOUR was in post-production when THE INCREDIBLES came out, and he had made changes to his movie, fearing similarities that were always inevitable.

So maybe this 2025 movie, part of the MCU, finally works. That Marvel's First Family finally works as a live-action movie, and can stand on its own in a world where an amazing animated equivalent exists. Matt Shakman directs, who helmed WANDAVISION, which had three episodes heavily patterned after sitcoms made in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, so maybe I'll quite like this movie. It's the one future MCU movie, outside of BLADE, that actually has my interest.

[emmyllou]

B J U 😊

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

(talkin' bout JS&MN here): Anything other than Johnsquared, to be honest! I thought there was interesting potential in Johnsquared and I was delighted to see it was so popular when I first joined the fandom, but I didn't consider all of the wonderful possibilities other than that one specific ship. I'm going to say TomJohn because 1. it is such a niche ship that the fact that anyone has considered it is astounding and I will forever be in awe of Alex's brain for thinking it up, and 2. it's a fave now =)

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

SAS Rogue Heroes. Maybe you've seen that one gifset? Yeah. That. Also The Magnus Archives! I saw some artwork of it and was intrigued. I've started listening to it at work and I'm really enjoying it. I love the spooks and the mystery.

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Oh no do I even have three fandoms oh no. John Segundus from JS&MN! He's the cinnamon roll he's the guy who asks inconvenient questions he's so polite he's a drenched kitten. I want to feed him soup (I don't care how much he wants beefsteaks he's getting soup) and listen to him ramble about magic. I think there's a lot of potential for exploring hidden depths (Ed) and how the events of canon have shaped him.

Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins! I love how she came to her faith in a roundabout and disastrous way, and how other members of the Chantry turned against her after she talks about her visions. And even after being constantly rejected and threatened by the people she loves, despite the personal danger she's in, she still just wants to help people in a world about to be overwhelmed by darkness. Ahhh I just love her. Also she (and Zevran, from the same game!) is one of the first characters I... read? experienced? saw featured in a piece of media I enjoyed? who is canonically bisexual and actually talks about her attraction to multiple genders. Redheaded lockpicking devout spymaster queen.

Kim Secretan from Will Darling Adventures! Honestly I could say, like, all the characters from WDA (Maisie ILU) but I'm focusing on Kim here because I feel like he goes through so much growth. He's a very different person at the end of the series, which is good because hoo boy he's kind of awful in a lot of ways at the beginning. It feels very earned, though. He acknowledges the ways he hurts people and chooses to do better, even though it's hard and he isn't sure he can do it. That's great I love that.

Thank you for asking =)

[ledenews]

Groundbreaking Ceremony for $44M Expansion of Weirton Water Plant 

The City of Weirton will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the $44 million expansion of the Weirton Water Treatment Plant on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. The expansion project will increase the plant's capacity from 4 million gallons per day to 8 million gallons per day and improve the water quality and reliability for the residents and businesses of Weirton and surrounding areas. This landmark project was made possible because of $22.47 million in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); $14.7 million loan from the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (IJDC); $5.675 million CDS match grant from Governor’s Office; $1 million from the WV Water Development Authority (WDA) Economic Enhancement Grant Fund; $200,000 grant from the City of Weirton; $165,000 overrun grant from the IJDC; and $100,000 contribution from the Weirton Water Board. State and Regional representatives will attend the ceremony, along with Mayor Harold Miller and other local officials. The project is expected to create 150 construction jobs, as well as support the ongoing economic development and growth of the city. The groundbreaking ceremony will mark the start of the 24-month construction phase, which will be completed by March 2026. The celebration will include remarks from dignitaries, a symbolic shovel turn, and a reception following the ceremony. The public is encouraged to attend the ceremony and show their support for this vital project that will enhance the quality of life for the current and future generations living in and around Weirton. The groundbreaking event will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 2 p.m., at 3031 Birch Drive, Weirton, WV. Read the full article

[moveslikeanape]

hey! so, you may or may not have seen me post about this, but sadly one of my cats, lily, died just a couple days ago. i'll spare you the details of what happened, but i've been pretty heartbroken about it. she was an incredibly sweet cat. daisy is doing well and is very healthy, though. anyway, you and your dad's cats have such cute names! would oliver's name happen to come from oliver and company?

iirc you have an older phone and that's why you can't get dreamlight valley on mobile, right? hopefully you'll be able to download twisted wonderland! i should also say that the game is sort of a mix of a visual novel, rhythm game, and turn based RPG. the gameplay isn't usually too difficult but it'd be totally understandable if it turned out it wasn't your thing. i mostly love it because i'm fascinated by the characters, story, and world! it's set in a school with seven dorms, each one being based on a different disney movie: there's heartslabyul (alice in wonderland), savanaclaw, (the lion king), octavinelle (the little mermaid), scarabia (aladdin), pomefiore (snow white), ignihyde (hercules), and diasomnia (sleeping beauty). so each part of the story focuses on one dorm and takes inspiration from that movie's events, but with a lot of unique twists on it. and it's still ongoing so it's always fun to wait for the updates to find out what happens next.

i agree on everything you said about sequels! and personally, i'm worried about moana 2 because it was originally planned to be a disney+ show, which was then canceled and turned into a movie. so i have to wonder why they made this decision, is it just because a movie will make them more money? and how will whatever story was planned for the show work with the much shorter runtime of a movie? i just find it strange. and yes, i love toy story so much but i'm not excited about 5 at all!!

how i feel about the WDAS movies since moana is that with almost all of them, i was excited before they were released and then either disliked them when they came out, or enjoyed them at first but after rewatching and thinking about them more i realized they just weren't very memorable and not nearly as good as i first thought. for me the only exception has been encanto, and i'm pretty sure it's by far the most well received of the newer films as well. i think it's clear that disney is having issues behind the scenes, and it's also sad that some people don't see that. recently someone on here basically said that i and others who don't like wish are "anti disney moron", and are the reason we're getting all these sequels instead of original stories… but most people who know me would say that i'm crazy passionate about disney! i wanted to love wish but found it disappointing, and it is not my fault that it didn't succeed.

i will be honest, trolls band together came out in theaters around the same time as wish and i remember hearing about it making more money and getting better reviews than wish did. i ended up thinking i should've gone to see it instead because as cheesy and childish as they are, i actually like the trolls movies haha. the ghibli movie "the boy and the heron" also came out in US theaters not long after, and it sounds like a lovely movie from everything i've heard about it.

strongly agree about the broadway shows! i also think something that really sets them apart from the live action remakes is, quite simply, the fact that a stage show is such a different medium than a movie. they have to get so much more creative to translate an animated film to the stage. sometimes i see people wanting remakes of movies like the emperor's new groove or princess and the frog, but i always say they should get broadway musicals instead.

ohh that is true, i didn't think of how tarzan and terk's relationship might be viewed differently if it's just the two of them! it's too bad they had to remove tantor, because it sounds like that just might be the reason why terk was changed. also, sorry some of my asks are so lengthy, you can probably tell that i tend to ramble lol.

I'm so sorry for your loss **hugs**

It never gets any easier, but giving them a loving home and the best life we can makes it worth the heartache. I'm glad Daisy is doing well. Many people don't realize that losing an animal is hard on other animals in the house too.

(also, sorry I missed the post, I've been having internet issues on and off this weekend)

Good guess on Oliver's name. I finally got to name a cat, and naturally had to be Disney related… I was struggling to pick the best name, but couldn't concentrate because he kept crying for more food, so he kind of named himself.

I do have a tablet, but it's android and dreamlight valley isn't available on them (hopefully it will be someday). I have tried Twisted Wonderland and it looks really interesting. Love all the character designs, and the villain descriptions too! Not sure if I'll play much of it though, it looks like it takes far more time than I have time for. Will let you know if i make any progress on it though!

I was so excited when I saw the announcement of Moana 2 (especially the artwork with the whale shark, my fav!), but then I discovered they'd cancelled the show. If we were getting both I'd be ecstatic, more Moana! But changing from series to movie so far into production… that just screams Tarzan and Jane (tying a few episodes together with some quickly written story to make them connect) to me. It's gotta be about money. 1 short movie verses however many epsiodes they were going to do. I'm going to hope for the best that Moana turns out alright, but I'm not holding my breath. I find I'm constantly surprised when I get reminded that Toy Story 4 even exists, it was just that memorable to me. The only thing I really remember from it is Duke Caboom, and that's probably only because he's Canadian, lol. Can't imagine what they could possibly add to that series to justify another movie.

I really really wanted to like Raya, and I probably should give it another chance as I've only seen it the once, but it just felt like they were throwing things in there that they think people will like instead of actually trying serve the story. From what I remember, so much of it seemed unnecessary. I do remember at times being blown away by the animation though, maybe I was just too focused on that to actually pay attention to the rest, lol.

The "anti disney moron" made me laugh. As if that's what's going on. There are people who genuinely like Wish (and the other recent movies), but enjoying a movie doesn't make it good. And Disney is in a rut because they are, not because fans are being too picky. Disney went hard in the 90s/2000s, and they just can't seem to achieve the same quality of story we've some to expect. There are other factors too. The whole pandemic situation, rising costs of everything, and people just being worn out will affect how movies do as well. I've been worn out for years, constantly on the go, and at times struggling to pay bills… when I do have time to unwind and watch a movie, I don't want to waste my hard earned money on something I'm not guaranteed to enjoy. That makes it so much easier to just wait for something like Wish to go on Disney+. That way if it ends up being not my cup of tea, at least I didn't waste any extra money on it.

I've never seen any of the Trolls movies, but I have some coworkers who said they enjoyed them. I've heard nothing but good things about the Boy and the Heron, and I really want to see it!

OMG yes!! Stop the remakes right now and bring on the musicals!!! They can still film them and put them on Disney+ so people who can't travel can still see them. Even if they did that as a pay per view, I would still watch them! And I totally agree about the creativity, far more interesting than any changes they've made for the LA remakes.

I dug out my Tarzan Broadway book and had a quick look through, and I couldn't find anything that even mentioned Terk becoming male. Will have to find the time to properly read it someday. That's probably my best guess though. Such a shame not to find the actual reason. But at least we get 2 versions of Terk this way. I am so sad Tantor was removed, he's such a great character. It may have been tricky, but it would have been neat to see how they'd pull off having an elephant in the show.

lol, no worries. You're passionate, "rambling" is part of that.

[mylespilling]

Wiltshire dyslexia association event

It's Dysleixia Awareness month and here are some suggestions for different tyoes of users wutg dyslexia to us in assistive technology

Resource Handout WDA Event – Thusrday 5th October 2023 – County Hall, Trowbridge Assistive Technology Workshop – Arran Smith & Myles Pilling Microsoft 365 – Learning Tools -https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/products/learning-tools Dictate – Speech to text Immersive Reader – Text to Speech Edge – Read Aloud, Dark Theme, Language selections, Background themes Access to Work Dragon…

[mylespilling123]

Wiltshire dyslexia association event

It's Dysleixia Awareness month and here are some suggestions for different tyoes of users wutg dyslexia to us in assistive technology

Resource Handout WDA Event – Thusrday 5th October 2023 – County Hall, Trowbridge Assistive Technology Workshop – Arran Smith & Myles Pilling Microsoft 365 – Learning Tools -https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/products/learning-tools Dictate – Speech to text Immersive Reader – Text to Speech Edge – Read Aloud, Dark Theme, Language selections, Background themes Access to Work Dragon…

[princemikhail]

MIKHAIL VOLKOV’S 19TH // WHERE.

mikhail has managed to secure ( with some VERY generous bribes to both groundskeepers and the usual pool cleaners ) the FANTASY PALACE OUTDOOR POOL, located on the roof of the dorm. the floor below the roof consists of the bar and lounge & games room along with just a handful of dorms, and everyone both living there and involved in the running of the rooms below, are ALL on board with the idea of the party being held.

[forrestfull-bailey]

                   ╘  ♡ ....SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DATE?  ♡                                                 A WDA/U VALENTINES EVENT!

WHAT: oh my dollar valentine

WHEN: by the end of the 12th of february send in your survey, and by the 14th you’ll be matched up!

HOW: fill out this form for each character you have, that would want to participate (even begrudgingly, as a joke, taken, single whatnot, come up with any reason at all as to why ur character would attend, because THE MORE THE MERRIER!)

ooc: 

as we all know- bailey loves love. she loves setting people up, she loves doing the dumb stuff. SO, this year she is fundraising to help the swim team get new uniforms and gear! you can help by just donating a few dollars and filling out her survey, and letting her play matchmaker!

get in your surveys by the 12th of february, and hopefully by the 14th (aka VALENTINES DAY!!!!) bailey will have set you up with another ~mystery~ person, who you will go on a date with to a place which bailey shall pick for you!

rules: 

for the survey, you are not to use your characters real names! this is to keep things fair and entirely up to you guys! 

answer every question IC how your character would! 

please be a good sport about this. it’s hard trying to match everyone with everyone, or someone with someone, so i really don’t mean to leave anyone out or feeling crappy! talk to me if any issue arises!

have as much drama / fighting / making out ic as you want! i live for it

tell vina what an amazing graphic she made for the event , as usual

HAVE FUN

message me if you need help with anything

yes, even if your character is technically ‘taken’ or ‘in a relationship’ they can and still should fill out the survey! idk why but lets get everyone involved! just say they’re doing it for charity / to help out bailey!

yes, even if your character is literally satan or an asshole, they can and still should fill out the survey too. why not? wreak havoc. 

yes, hopefully everyone will be paired up! we will respect age groups and sexualities.

yes, the date does not have to be romantic! it can be a friend date! 

tag outfits and musings and ideas and whatnot in wda: oh my dollar !

please like this post once you’ve read it and especially if you know you’ll be participating!!!!!!

I CAN’T WAIT!

[thorxson]

CALDER THORSON aka ‘OK’ dressed up for oh my dollar on valentine’s day, on his way to house of mouse theater.  

[walmartkaligaris]

CHATZY: HERE.

andrea kaligaris  📧 @janicegriff @boorycek @zoiros @julesb.orden +25 more ↳ party on nov 10th?

   jules borden  📧 @andrayuh @janicegriff @boorycek @zoiros +25 more    ↳ can source a keg. wat for, tho?

janice griffith  📧 @andrayuh @julesb.orden @boorycek @zoiros +25 more ↳ have it @ dream house, mayb? 

   andrea kaligaris  📧 @janicegriff @boorycek @zoiros @julesb.orden +25 more    ↳ sounds 👍 j&j. its ya gals bday

stephanos zoiros  📧 @andrayuh @janicegriff @boorycek @julesb.orden +25 more ↳ good a reason as any to party lol

WHAT

In their defense - the groupchat that originally decided on throwing a party didn’t intend for a dorm wide one to kick off. It wasn’t out of the question, sure, but at the time all they’d been thinking about was the single keg and the few guests they invited in class. Not a thought was spared for the very possibility of those invited guests inviting more guests of their own, who did the same, who did the same, until word had spread around campus and everybody knew about the event going down at the dream house dorm building, Friday, November 10th. Older students stepped up to the plate to provide whatever alcohol they could get their hands on, others brought whatever they thought would make for a thrilling evening, and everyone knew not to mention it on social media outside of the simple #november10th hashtag, so that the school couldn’t swing by and shut them down early. The minute school was out, students began to prep for what some went as far as to call - the night of a lifetme. 

WHERE

Against the wishes of literally everyone that remembers the four horrible events that unfolded at The Dream House dorm building, ground floor through the top! 

WHEN

IN CHARACTER: The party doesn’t have an official starting time ( or ending one ), per say - students began to arrive from Fantasy Palace as early as mid afternoon, November 10th, with the crowds only growing.

OUT OF CHARACTER: The event is starting as soon as this post is made, and will end Monday afternoon. 

WHO

Since everyone went wild on the invites, everyone and anyone is welcome - so long as they’re not someone inclined to shut it down! 

OTHER INFO.

How are they getting away with a dorm wide party? Who knows! It’s WDA! When has this school ever cared about what its students get up to! 

On a serious note - Halloween was a bust, my friends, and consider this my peace offering. You all deserved a far better party event than y’all got, and here I am.. trying to deliver.

Anything related to the event should be tagged with wda: dhparty

It’s encouraged for you to suspend current topics for the duration of the event, but so long as you make sure to suitably tag everything so as to avoid confusion - don’t feel obliged to! 

Please like this post once you’ve read it!

[rheawindsor]

R : this is how i’m going to die, jack. this is it. i’m literally wearing four sets of pyjamas- stop laughing, i’m trying to be serious- and i’ve got at least six duvets- jack- and the hypothermia? is STILL setting in! it’s just so fucking cold - - - J : rhea?                                      ◌  attempting to reconnect 

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

Okay, that was a *huge* drop of animated movie news from the Mouse House...

The takeaways...

MOANA 2, previously being developed a Disney+ series, is WDAS' 63rd film. Opening November 27, 2024.

ZOOTOPIA 2 is being released in 2025. No concrete date.

TOY STORY 5 and FROZEN III are being released in 2026. Again, no concrete dates for these, either. ELIO stays where it is.

So... My questions:

Walt Disney Animation Studios opened a unit in Vancouver to make Disney+ shows, MOANA 2 - when it was a series - was the one project that was announced as theirs. With Disney looking to lay off Pixar staff who were involved with that studio's Disney+ projects, following the losses that streaming is accumulating for big bad Disney, my concern is... What happens with this studio? Does it get closed down like Pixar Canada was back in 2013? Or do they continue, and function similarly to the Orlando unit that Walt Disney Feature Animation opened in 1989 but closed down in 2003? Before shutdown, WDFA-Florida went from making shorts and helping out on movies to graduating. They were making features on their own by the end of the 1990s, making three total: MULAN, LILO & STITCH, and BROTHER BEAR. They had a fourth film deep in development - A FEW GOOD GHOSTS - before the wing was closed down.

It appears I might have an answer here. These screenshots imply that WDAS-Vancouver is making MOANA 2. Or it's a co-production of sorts (hat-tip NCLuke1024 on twitter for these):

Since WDAS' slate is gummed up with three sequels, all opening one year after another, I think it'd be smart to have that second studio stay open so they could possibly get both one of those sequels and an original movie out in the same calendar year. Speaking of which...

ZOOTOPIA 2 and FROZEN III were not given concrete dates. Currently, WDAS has the dates 11/26/2025 and 11/25/2026 locked. Would this mean three sequels in a row for them? MOANA 2, ZOOTOPIA 2, FROZEN III... Hmmmm, that would be a little too much... Like, why can't WDAS slot an original movie for like spring 2025 so that ZOOTOPIA 2 can get that Thanksgiving slot? They'd have to have the staff and resources for that, though... Again, what's up with the Vancouver house? What's going on with Suzi Yoonessi's movie? Josie Trinidad's movie? Marc Smith is hinted to be FROZEN III's director, if so, then that answers that question. I bet FROZEN III, given that the first two were Thanksgiving movies and have a very cold word as their title, is the 11/25/2026 movie. Pixar has March and June 2026 locked. Speaking of which...

UPDATE 6:28 PM EST: Answered a half-hour later, ZOOTOPIA 2 is in fact the Thanksgiving 2025 movie... Welp, we'll see where the next original lands, then.

TOY STORY 5 having no concrete date. Since TOY STORY 3, TOY STORY has been a summer thing. I'd imagine Pixar uses the March slot for an original, like they did in 2022 for TURNING RED (summer 2022 was LIGHTYEAR, TOY STORY spin-off), and 2020 for ONWARD.

TIANA... Hey, remember when Disney announced that a PRINCESS AND THE FROG Disney+ series was being developed? This was announced at their investor day event in December 2020, alongside the MOANA Series Now Movie, IWAJU, ZOOTOPIA+, and BAYMAX!

And now... Well, BAYMAX! came out first, then ZOOTOPIA+. IWAJU is out later this month, that was animated elsewhere, at Cinesite. MOANA The Series is now a feature film coming out this year... Where does this leave TIANA? Will that be reworked into something? Given that Disney is seemingly pulling back on original animated stuff for Disney+ following the burst of the streaming bubble... I'd imagine TIANA either gets cancelled, or turned into... Something.

A feature film sequel? Doubt it, WDAS does not have a functioning 2D unit at the moment for that. It'd have to be made elsewhere, like a Duncan Studio-type place. Though that would be weird, a new WDAS 2D movie *not* made at WDAS. I can't see it being made as a CGI movie, or a stylized PAPERMAN or WISH-esque movie, for consistency sake. Then again... Look at how DreamWorks went ham on the storybook painted look of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, in comparison to the hyper-realistic and super-detailed first PUSS IN BOOTS movie + the rest of the SHREKs... Possible... But we'll see. I'd like to see the project go somewhere. More PRINCESS AND THE FROG is what I'd like. We've got the new ride coming, but I'd also like to see other stuff. They were mum on it today, so... Again, I'll keep my eyes on it. I'd be overjoyed if it was reworked into a feature, but, ya know...

Coincidentally that makes two former TV shows that are follow-ups to Disney animated movies directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, who left the studio a while ago and were pursuing a METAL MAN movie at Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. Not sure where that's at now. Anyways, would love to know what happens with this series...

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Walt Disney Animation Studios Checks In With Baymax! For June 29th On Disney+.

Walt Disney Animation Studios New Animated Shorts Series, “Baymax”, which would give us some new adventures with everyone’s favorite healthcare companion and that it takes place in the fantastical city of San Fransokyo has found itself a date!

It has now been announced via the Disney+ app, that the new Disney+ Original Series. “Baymax,” will arrive on the streaming service on June 29th 2022.

It's unknown if the series will make canon the events of Big Hero 6 The Series however there’s this insider rumor that it will be retconned on this show since WDAS productions barely acknowledge Disney TVA’s work.

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DMITRI COSMOS aka “dtf” having a smoke before heading to his oh my dollar date at shake out!