House of Mouse Wednesday

Last Wednesday, to celebrate my review of the Churchill biopic Into the Storm I brought you some new political thrillers to check out.  This week, in my review of District 9 I blew the lid off the Hollywood secret that the aliens are the long lost twins of Muppet character Pepe King of the Prawn.  In honor of this hard hitting reporting (eat your heart out Drudge Report), I decided to keep with the Disney theme and give you a sneak peak at what's going on in the House of Mouse.  Don't give me that face, they're not all  movies about homeless, carpetbagging nannies or woodland creatures that speak in tongues - there's a bit of something for everyone in this mix.

To start off, last week I brought you a news story previewing the upcoming Disney documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, chronicling the fall and rise and fall again of Disney Studios.  You know, the days before Cinderella was nip tucked.  While there's not an official trailer for the movie yet, there have been several clips that have been issued in advance of the March 26 release.  For fans of Disney animation, this is apparently a must see as audiences get to peak behind the PR at the less than magical underbelly of America's favorite rodent. Check out a clip.

With teasers flying around in theaters for the past few months, you're probably aware by now that Disney's milking every drop out of the Toy Story franchise with a third installment.  Just recently they released a new preview with added scenes, including how Ken and Barbie met and fell in love with themselves all over again.  Finally Disney's tapped into theMTV/ VH1 trashy dating show boom!  Next we'll see something like Quack of Love with Donald Duck, with an intoxicated Daisy tossing Snow White into a pool by her hair.  Meanwhile, back in Toy Story 3, the toys are left behind yet again (how original) and donated to a daycare program where they meet a whole new cast of characters.  You still have to wait until June 18, but until then check out the latest trailer.

So if documentaries and cartoons aren't your thing, you'll probably enjoy the upcoming remake Tron Legacy.  When I first heard of this movie I was convinced it was based off one of my old Atari games from 20+ years ago, and I'm still not convinced it wasn't inspired by Pong.  But apparently this is an original story based off 1982 movie of the same name.  The story - a computer gaming programmer gets sucked into the electronic world he created.  I don't know, I'm not sold, but it's there's a ton of online buzz around the movie because Disney's been so secretive about the project.  The CGI looks pretty crazy and for the moment, that's what everyone's interested in.  Take a gander at the featurette.  And someone please validate me - didn't Family Guy spoof this a few years ago with Peter as one of the racers?

And finally, I'm convinced Mickey dropped some more acid before he made the last movie I'll tease you with today.  The Sorcerer's Apprentice has evidently come a long way since Merlin hats and dancing brooms.  Now Nicholas Cage and his receding hairline are taking over and it looks like Merlin's been introduced to leather.  Updated, tricked out and hopefully not completely plot-less, the Sorcerer's Apprentice is NOT the Fantasia of yesterday - think more Mortal Kombat than hippos in tutus.  Jerry Bruckheimer produces and Jon Turteltaub directs (same team as the National Treasure movies) so this has the a potential to be National Treasure 3.  We'll see.  What do you think of the trailer?

Thanks for reading this MTV Cribs, featuring the House of Mouse - don't mind the playboy mice by the pool.  Stay tuned for tomorrow's post as TMMC keep's Muppet week going with a review of Michael Jackson's This Is It.