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The highly anticipated Disney movie Encanto – featuring original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda – was released on 24 November in cinemas, and fans can now take home a little of the movie’s magic with shopDisney’s latest collection. Encanto is the tale of a young Colombian girl (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz) who …
Read More »Disney launches Christmas campaign in support of Make-A-Wish, including new animated ad
Disney has released a new festive advert to mark the start of the Holiday season. ‘The Stepdad’ is a three-minute animated tale about family togetherness and the power of storytelling. A sequel to last year’s ‘Lola’, which celebrated festive traditions passed down generations, the short film forms part of Disney’s …
Read More »Star Wars fans can ‘bring home the bounty’ this festive season with weekly product drops
Disney and Lucasfilm today launch ‘Bring Home the Bounty’, a global consumer products, games and publishing campaign to debut new Star Wars products every Tuesday from today through 21 December, helping fans find the perfect bounty for their family, friends and themselves this Christmas. The eight-week programme, launching across UK & …
Read More »Disney bolsters its adaptive roleplay and wheelchair cover sets with Star Wars and Marvel lines
Disney has added a new line up of adaptive roleplay kids’ costumes and wheelchair cover set to a range it launched last year, bolstering its inclusive play lines with the addition of costumes inspired by Marvel Studio’s Black Panther, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and a The Mandalorian Wheelchair cover set. …
Read More »Disney content and licensing hit hard by Covid-19 but consumer products offer glimmer of hope
Content sales and licensing revenues at the Walt Disney Company have suffered big losses at the hands of the pandemic with dramatic decreases of 56 per cent and an operating income decrease of 78 per cent driven primarily by the closure of theatres, parks and experiences over the course of …
Read More »Mattel’s Real Moves The Child plush steals show at Disney’s first Mando Monday
It was a new remote-control plush version of The Child – affectionately otherwise known as Baby Yoda – from Mattel that stole the show when Disney Consumer Products and Lucasfilm finally lifted the lid on a swathe of new Star Wars toys and products during its first ever Mando Monday …
Read More »USAopoly to showcase its first Star Wars cooperative game at UK Games Expo
There has been a disturbance in the Force as USAopoly and Disney Consumer Products UK detail the launch of Star Wars: Dark Side Rising, a new cooperative card and dice game. Inspired by the events leading up to and through Star Wars: A New Hope, the game sees players work …
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