Is Honesty the Best Policy?

Have you ever wondered where a movie gets its story from, the inspiration that leads to feature film that hits the big screen? Thanks to The FW we can have an honest look at some of the Disney's movies if they were given another name.

Interestingly enough, looking at some of these revised titles does give some additional clarity and an additional outlook of the movie. Check it out below:

The Lion King

Beauty and the Beast

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Little Mermaid

Cars

101 Dalmations

The Princess and the Frog

Aladdin

Cinderella

I must say many of these titles hit it right on the buzzer. Some did have more humor than truth, but when it is all said and done an argument could easily be made for each one of these Disney remake posters.

Your Thoughts???

*Posters by The FW contributor Christine Gritmon

Can you see Iron Man as a Disney Character now?!!

According to the Associated Press, The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.

Under the deal, which was announced Monday (8/31)and is expected to close by the end of the year, Disney will acquire the rights to 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee. Disney said the boards of both companies have approved the transaction, but it will require an antitrust review and the approval of Marvel shareholders.

Disney CEO Robert Iger said Marvel's comic books, TV shows, movies and video games amounted to "a treasure trove of content."

Although it began producing its own movies, starting with Iron Man last year, Marvel has several deals with other movie studios that Disney said it will honor and re-examine upon expiration. For example, Spider-Man 4, set for release in 2011, is being made with Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures; Iron Man 2 will be distributed by Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures next year; and the upcoming X-Men Origins: Magneto and X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, both due in 2011, are to be distributed by News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox.

"The acquisition of Marvel offers us a similar opportunity to advance our strategy," Iger said, and "to build a business that is stronger than the sum of its parts."

Now I am not too sure how I feel about this, I kind a got some mixed emotions on this one here....hmmmm...

*Associated Press Los Angeles

Drama enfolds for Disney's First Black Princess

In recent news there’s controversy surrounding Disney’s first black american princess. While The Princess & The Frog’s Princess Tiana and the rest of the cast is made up of mainly black characters, folks are not to happy that the prince is not. Prince Naveen of Maldonia and is voiced by a Brazilian actor and people are saying he looks more white than black in photographs from the film that Disney has released.

Some disappointed fans have wrote:
‘I think it’s sad that he is white because its saying that black love isn’t good enough and that black men could never be princes.
‘Disney had the perfect chance to make its first black prince, but instead it decided to go the controversial route.’
“I am very disappointed and I wished Disney had made the prince black,(and the ironic thing is the prince in the movie is white but the evil voodoo villain is voiced by a black actor and is black).’



Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana, says “Not only is she the first black princess, she’s the first American princess. We’ve never had an American princess. The scope and the significance is larger than people even realize.” The movie, set in 1920 New Orleans, comes out later this year.