New Particulars About Disney 100 Years Of Marvel Revealed To Followers Throughout D23 Expo

New and thrilling particulars about Disney 100 Years of Marvel had been revealed this previous weekend to followers throughout D23 Expo 2022 offered by Visa^®. Disney100 would be the largest cross-company international celebration within the 100-year historical past of The Walt Disney Firm, and it’ll formally kick-off throughout Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on ABC.

“Ten a long time of creativity, innovation, and dedication created The Walt Disney Firm you understand at this time—probably the most enduring and beloved title in leisure,” stated Disney CEO Bob Chapek through the opening ceremonies of D23 Expo. “It’s an superior duty to steer Disney as we start our second century of telling tales and creating magic that may endure for an additional 100 years.”

Company on the Final Disney Fan Occasion had been the primary to see Mickey Mouse in his shimmering new “platinum” outfit, designed to mirror the optimism and creativity of Disney as the corporate celebrates 100 years and appears towards the subsequent century. All through the weekend, followers heard about unbelievable new leisure, experiences, and occasions coming from each nook of The Walt Disney Firm for the celebration. From Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 2023 launch Want and Disney100: The Exhibition, which is able to tour domestically and internationally starting subsequent 12 months, to new spectaculars opening at Disneyland Resort, wonderful collectible merchandise, and extra, right here’s a style of what’s to return throughout Disney100:

The Walt Disney Studios

On Friday contained in the 7,000-seat Corridor D23, Jennifer Lee, chief artistic officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios introduced Want, an epic authentic animated musical impressed by the studios’ legacy of movies and options all-new songs by Grammy^®-nominated artist Julia Michaels. The magical story, which appears to be like forward to the subsequent 100 years for the studio and explores how the wishing star that so many Disney characters wished upon got here to be, is about in Rosas, a fantasy kingdom the place needs actually can come true. Impressed by watercolor illustrations of fairytales that fascinated Walt Disney, the look of the movie blends a timeless watercolor fashion with up to date 3D CG animation. Attendees had been launched to 17-year-old Asha—a sensible and pushed optimist with a pointy wit whose impassioned plea to the celebs calls down an precise star from the sky. Impossibly curious and slightly ball of boundless vitality, Star is a huge beacon for chaos. Filmmakers Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn and actor Alan Tudyk (the voice of Valentino the goat) joined Lee on stage earlier than introducing the voice of Asha, latest Oscar^® winner Ariana DeBose, who introduced down the home singing “Extra for Us,” an all-new authentic track from the movie, which hits theaters in 2023.

Plus, the Walt Disney Studios presentation of upcoming theatrical and streaming titles on Friday previewed a trio of latest movies from Disney Stay Motion that proceed Disney’s 100-year celebration. These new movies embrace The Little Mermaid, a live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar-winning animated musical traditional, which opens completely in theaters nationwide Could 26, 2023; Haunted Mansion, a ghostly journey impressed by the traditional theme park attraction, which hits theaters in 2023; and Peter Pan & Wendy, a reimagining of the 1953 animated traditional, which premieres on Disney+ in 2023.

Followers in Corridor D23 had been among the many first to see a brand-new Walt Disney Studios emblem introduction in honor of Disney 100 Years of Marvel. The brand new Disney fort introduction options Tinker Bell flying over a riverside village and up a waterfall that results in the long-lasting Disney fort, now platinum. Created by Disney Studios Content material and Industrial Gentle & Magic and that includes an all-new association of “When You Want Upon a Star” by award-winning composer Christophe Beck (Frozen, WandaVision), the brand new introduction will first seem in theaters with Disney’s Unusual World this Thanksgiving and can then play in entrance of all Disney theatrical and streaming releases all through 2023.

Disney100: The Exhibition

At D23 Expo, it was introduced that Disney100: The Exhibition will open on February 18, 2023, at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Chicago, Illinois, and Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, set as the subsequent two stops on the North American tour. The worldwide unit of the exhibit will open on April 18 in Munich, Germany, with extra cities to be introduced within the coming months. The gorgeous key art work for the exhibit was additionally revealed, which invitations friends to step into their favourite tales utilizing progressive and immersive expertise all through ten galleries within the 15,000-square-foot exhibit. The Walt Disney Archives is opening its vault of treasures, showcasing greater than 250 of its “Crown Jewels,” hardly ever seen authentic artworks and artifacts, costumes and props, and different memorabilia. Disney has curated particular behind-the-scenes glimpses into the creation of the corporate’s hottest characters, movies, reveals, and sights—from Disneyland to Walt Disney World and past. The ten magnificent and imaginatively themed galleries, all that includes transferring tales, distinctive interactive installations, and thrilling background info, will take guests on a journey by 100 years of The Walt Disney Firm, celebrating the classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Unusual World, in addition to the newest members of the Disney household—Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and Nationwide Geographic.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

Disney Parks, Experiences and Merchandise Chairman Josh D’Amaro supplied friends at D23 Expo a primary have a look at how Disney Parks world wide will mark Disney100. New décor, specialty meals and drinks, character experiences and extra will come to parks world wide, with the guts of the celebration rooted at Disneyland Resort:

• Two new nighttime spectaculars—World of Coloration – One and the brand new fireworks present Wondrous Journeys—will kick off in late January at Disneyland Resort. World of Coloration – One at Disney California Journey will span the broad storytelling legacy of Disney’s first 100 years and inform a brand new story by Disney classics and new favorites. Wondrous Journeys at Disneyland Park will ignite the surprise in everybody and have nods to all 60 Walt Disney Animation Studios movies so far, taking viewers on a journey full of artistry, music, storytelling, and coronary heart. Particular leisure moments may also pop up throughout the resort, together with the long-awaited return of the Magic Occurs parade this spring.
• A brand-new nighttime spectacular will come to the World Showcase Lagoon at EPCOT in late 2023 as a part of the Disney100 celebration.
• Hong Kong Disneyland may also unveil a new statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse close to Cinderella’s Golden Carousel as a part of Disney 100 Years of Marvel.

Disney Shopper Merchandise, Video games and Publishing

As The Walt Disney Firm celebrates its one hundredth anniversary, Disney Shopper Merchandise, Video games and Publishing has a number of thrilling new merchandise collections and collaborations to commemorate Disney 100 Years of Marvel. The primary of those collections embrace:

• Disney100 Platinum Assortment – D23 Expo attendees received a particular preview of Disney’s Platinum Assortment, together with the debut of the primary Disney100 ear hat and headband. Platinum is a uncommon, treasured metallic recognized to face up to the take a look at of time, identical to beloved Disney characters. This Platinum Assortment of Disney100 merchandise captures the “classically Disney” look whereas paving the best way ahead into a brand new century. Extra particulars about this assortment debuting on shopDisney—together with the introduction of latest merchandise—can be revealed later this 12 months.
• Disney100 A long time Assortment – As a part of the Disney100 Celebration, Disney is introducing the Disney A long time assortment, a merchandise line that celebrates traditional tales and eras from the corporate’s historical past. Debuting early subsequent 12 months on shopDisney with merchandise centered across the Twenties and Steamboat Willie, this ongoing collection will rejoice a unique decade and the beloved tales from them together with Snow White from the Nineteen Thirties, Pinocchio from the Nineteen Forties, and extra.
• Disney100 Books from Disney Publishing: Followers seeking to rejoice 100 years of Disney by its beloved custom of storytelling can sit up for brand-new titles in 2023, together with Walt Disney: An American Unique, Commemorative Version; The Official Walt Disney Quote E-book; The Story of Disney: 100 Years of Marvel, by John Baxter, Bruce C. Steele and the Workers of the Walt Disney Archives; and Individuals Behind the Disney Parks: Tales of These Honored with a Window on Foremost Avenue, U.S.A. by Chuck Snyder with authentic artwork by Josey Tsao.

A Firm-Large Celebration

Along with the above, extra unbelievable experiences, content material, and alternatives await friends together with:

• Disney100.com: D23 Expo marked the debut of Disney100.com, a digital expertise for all of the magic in retailer for friends through the celebration. Proper now, followers can get a sneak peek of the location, which is able to formally launch January 1, 2023.
• ABC Information Studios will current a once-in-a-lifetime documentary occasion to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of one of many world’s most beloved firms. Disney: 100 Years of Marvel will take viewers on a journey that began in 1923 and whose future shouldn’t be but written. Deciding {that a} linear chronological retelling starting in 1923 was insufficient to actually seize the essence of the magic of The Walt Disney Firm, the mission will inform the story from the lens of the core values and philosophies of the corporate, which have acted as a guided path by our ever-changing world.
• Disney Music Group and Deutsche Grammophon will launchLang Lang: The Disney E-book on Septembers 16, 2022 celebrating 100 years of Disney with iconic melodies reimagined for the piano.
• In 2023, Disney Music Group will launch a vinyl compilation highlighting the Firm’s musical moments throughout movie, tv and the Parks.
• And far, far more to be introduced within the coming weeks and months, together with —content material that may span the corporate’s portfolio of must-watch linear tv channels, together with ABC, Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and Nationwide Geographic, in addition to the ABC owned-stations—and streaming platforms—Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+

Followers can publish in regards to the celebration utilizing #Disney100.