The Disney Frontier Blog

2719 Hyperion was the address of the Disney Brother’s first studio. Jeff is now making new magic at this old address. Check out his new blog.

[Via The Disney Blog]

Lifted is a new Pixar Short set to debut in October. SlashFilm has the insight.

With a new movie set to be released next year, you’ll find every 6 year old girl wanting her backpacks, shirts, denim clothes and any thing else Disney Consumer Products can come up with.

[Via Caffeine Marketing]

Rumor has it that the film version will follow a group of people on a journey through the jungle looking for a cure to a friend’s illness. In the past, the film has been described as a family version of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

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No media here but media related. Disney has already sold 125,000 movies through iTunes for a total over $1 Million. I just started playing with a new 30 GB iPod with Video and the Disney content looks fantastic. The screen is ultra bright and the sound quality is superb. With my two kids its almost impossible to watch a full 2+ hour movie in one sitting (let alone get my own time on the TV). I can easily see watching segments on the iPod during my free time. Plus at the price point they are selling at, its as cheap as buying them in store.

From Chef Mayhem:

Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 19) is the officially designated International “Talk Like a Pirate” Day, so what better way to celebrate than with a contest at your favorite Pirates of the Caribbean website, TellNoTales.com

Think you know your pirate lore? Well sail on over tomorrow to join in our “X Marks the Spot - Cursed Treasure Hunt” trivia contest! Starting at 9 am (eastern), TellNoTales.com will be hosting hourly trivia questions, and the first correct response to each question will win some spectacular booty!

You do need to be a TNT board member to enter, but joining is quick and painless (and free!), and we don’t spam. Just sign up at http://p104.ezboard.com/btellnotales and be a part of the fun!

Yo ho!

Inside the Magic found two new pages on the Disney world website:

• The Seas with Nemo & Friends - Opening Late October
• Finding Nemo - The Musical - Opening Late November

If so, this site may be a great resource for you. They have a pins database complete with pictures. Each entry lists as much information about that pin that they can find including the where and when the pin was originally released. They also list site members who have that pin and are looking to trade it as well as those who are interested in trading for it.

These posters for American movies all feature Stitch. The text is in Japanese so the point of it is beyond me but their fun to look at.

Via MouseKingdom Blog

John at the Disney Blog points to a new Flickr group: The Classic Disneyland Souvenirs Pool. This flickr group has tons of cool pictures of great souvenirs. I’m still in the market for a scanner so I can add some of my stuff.

Bob Iger explains why Tinkerbell is his favorite Disney Character in this Disney Motion video.

On Tuesday, Apple released their new version of iTunes which now offers movie downloads. The only movie studio on board right now is of course Disney. This is probably because Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, also sits on the board of Disney and is the single largest individual share holder.

The movies are priced at $9.99 for current movies, $12.99 for pre-orders and $14.99 for new releases. Cars is already available for pre-order. The movies are in 640×480 resolution which is what a traditional TV displays at but that doesn’t mean you can watch these on your TV. You can’t burn them to DVD and unless you are going to connect your PC or Mac directly to the TV, you are stuck watching them on either you computer monitor or your iPod. In the first 3 months of 2007, Apple will release their iTV. This will allow you to stream these movies - as well as the rest of your iTunes collection - to your TV.

There are a total of 75 movies available as of today.

Haunted Dimensions, the creator of cool 3D paper models of the Haunted Mansion, shows a model they created of a mansion shown on a 1964 LP of haunted Halloween sounds. There is also a link to DavesWorld56 where you can listen to the sounds from the actual album.

Disney released a new episode of their monthly podcast today. Since they didn’t release one last month, they are calling it the August/September episode. Also on the podcast page is a video of what happens at Disneyland after the gates close. Its great to hear/see this from the mouths of the employees.

Tip: To pause the video, simply click on it. Double click on it to resume playing.