More Sad News and The Enchantment Continues

DIZNEWS: A guest passed away after falling outside a Magic Kingdom restaurant. The guest, a 72 year old man died at the hospital he was taken to after sustaining his injuries. No further information was available.

On a lighter note, "Enchanted" retained the top spot this weekend at the box office. The Orlando Sentinel is also reporting some Oscar Buzz for the movie, "Ratatouille". They are hoping for a best animated film nomination as well as a possible best picture nomination.

Enchanted #1, Three productions on Schedule Despite Strike and Hannah Montana Casting Call

DIZNEWS: Not a lot of Disney news this holiday weekend. `Enchanted', Disney's latest live action princess movie, came in #1 at the box office taking in $50 million gross since its opening last Wednesday. The number two movie, `This Christmas' took in half what `Enchanted' did this weekend.

Bob Iger announced that the Disney productions of `High School Musical 3'; `Cheetah Girls 3: Indian Adventure' and `Dadnapped' are all on schedule for their respective release dates despite the writers' strike. Iger also stated that he did not expect the writer's strike to effect film production until 2009.

Finally, looking for work? `Hannah Montana: The Movie' is currently being casted for production starting January 2008. Here is a link to the Disney casting blog with all the specific casting contacts and information. http://hannahmontanacasting.blogspot.com/

Hidden Mickey’s in ‘Enchanted’

DIZNEWS: Director Kevin Lima has added references to Disney cartoons, movies and characters throughout the new Disney flick. Two examples are:

* The law firm where ‘Robert’ works is Churchill, Harline and Smith. They are the song writers of ‘Snow White’.

* The journalist who interviews ‘Giselle’ is Mary Ilene Caselotti named after the actresses who voiced Sleeping Beauty (Mary Costa), Cinderella (Ilene Woods) and Snow White (Adriana Caselotti).