The Walt Disney Studios is jumping on the D23 Expo bandwagon with four-days (September 10-13) of exciting programming that includes major overviews of upcoming films by Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook and Disney·Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, plus a full schedule of events spotlighting new releases and newly restored digital versions of classic favorites.
Cook will present exclusive sneak peeks at such highly anticipated Disney features as
Disney's A Christmas Carol, Tim Burton's
Alice in Wonderland,
Old Dogs (with Robin Williams and John Travolta),
Prince of Persia and
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (both from producer Jerry Bruckheimer),
Tron: Legacy, plus project updates on many more exciting projects. Lasseter will discuss and show materials from such upcoming Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios' projects as
The Princess and the Frog,
Rapunzel,
Toy Story 3, etc. Both presentations will be held at The Anaheim Convention Center in a 4,000-seat arena.
All other film screenings and programs will take place in The Walt Disney Studios Theater, a custom-built state-of-the-art venue with 3D capability, located within the Convention Center. All Disney Digital 3D™ presentations will be shown in RealD 3D, the world's most widely used 3D cinema technology. Among the U.S. premieres at the D23 Expo will be new Disney Digital 3D™ versions of
Toy Story and
Toy Story 2, the digital conversion of the original
Tron and a newly restored digital version of the Walt Disney classic
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Expo guests will get an exclusive look at all things Muppets, as well as meet the filmmakers and see exclusive presentations for such highly anticipated new Disney features as
The Princess and the Frog,
Toy Story 3 (from Disney·Pixar),
Tron: Legacy,
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) and the new ABC-TV holiday animated special,
Prep and Landing.
The Expo will also debut selected scenes from the upcoming Disney Digital 3D™ version of the Studio's 1991 modern classic,
Beauty and the Beast. Other highlights of the four-day event include a program devoted to the music from
The Lion King, a panel discussion and screening of
Sleeping Beauty and the first U.S. screening of
Trail of the Panda (Disney's second co-production with China). There will also be presentations on two recent documentaries —
the boys: the sherman brothers' story and
Walt & El Grupo.
A special screening series, "Fifty and Fabulous," will unspool at 10:00 pm in the Studio Theater on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, spotlighting films that are celebrating their 50th anniversary —
Darby O'Gill and the Little People,
The Shaggy Dog and
Sleeping Beauty.
Check out the
Expo Schedule page for the latest D23 Expo event schedule.
