Disney’s THE FINEST HOURS New Movie Trailer! 32 Survivors, Room for 12! #TheFinestHours

July 8, 2015 by Jenni 97 Comments

Check out the new trailer for the new heroic action-thriller, THE FINEST HOURS – the extraordinary true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. Presented in Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D, the film transports audiences to the heart of the action, creating a fully-immersive cinematic experience on an epic scale.

Disney’s THE FINEST HOURS is the unforgettable story of the Coast Guard’s most daring rescue mission, which is directed by Craig Gillespie and stars Chris Pine; Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz and Eric Bana. THE FINEST HOURS opens in theatres everywhere on January 29th, 2016!

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THE FINEST HOURS opens in theatres everywhere on January 29th, 2016!

Don’t Miss Disney’s #Zootopia – New Teaser Trailer – Like Nothing You’ve Seen be-fur.

June 11, 2015 by Jenni 486 Comments

Have you heard about Zootopia? From the creators of Frozen and Big Hero 6, this new Disney’s animation film will be coming out in theaters March 4th, 2016! Here’s a brand new teaser trailer, just to get you excited. Cause you know — we always get excited about ALL things Disney! Right?! Here ya go:

“The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy. Determined to prove herself, she jumps at the opportunity to crack a case, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox, Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman), to solve the mystery. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia,” a comedy-adventure directed by Byron Howard (“Tangled,” “Bolt”) and Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph,” “The Simpsons”) and co-directed by Jared Bush (“Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero”), opens in theaters on March 4, 2016.”

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New Disney Pixar’s THE GOOD DINOSAUR Teaser Trailer and Poster – In Theaters Thanksgiving! #GoodDino

June 5, 2015 by Jenni 201 Comments

My son is a huge dinosaur fan so I think he’ll love the new Disney Pixar movie, The Good Dinosaur. You have to check out this new teaser trailer that’s available! It really does kind of make you think, “What if…….”.

The Good Dinosaur will be in theaters everywhere on Thanksgiving day! November 25th! Will you be taking your family to see it? My friend Amanda has posted a fun roundup of Dinosaur Snacks (<— click to see!) in honor of the new teaser trailer! Your family will love them!!!

“The Good Dinosaur” asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.

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THE GOOD DINOSAUR opens in theatres everywhere on November 25th!

Brand New DreamWorks Pictures’ #BridgeOfSpies Movie Trailer Starring Tom Hanks

June 5, 2015 by Jenni 322 Comments

Are you a fan of Tom Hanks? Gosh. He’s been in way more awesome movies than I could count. So sooooo many incredible movies. Movies that have made me laugh, many that have made me cry. He’s starring in the new DreamWorks Pictures’ BRIDGE OF SPIES, directed by Steven Spielberg!

This dramatic thriller tells the incredible story of an ordinary man placed in extraordinary circumstances. Isn’t that the premise of MOST of Tom Hank’s roles?!?! Check out this brand new trailer…Opens in theaters everywhere October 16th!

“A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ “Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Screenwriters Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen have woven this remarkable experience in Donovan’s life into a story inspired by true events that captures the essence of a man who risked everything and vividly brings his personal journey to life.”

Directed by three-time Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg, “Bridge of Spies” stars: two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as James Donovan; three-time Tony Award® winner Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel, a KGB agent defended by Donovan; Scott Shepherd as CIA operative Hoffman; Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan as James’ wife, Mary; Sebastian Koch as East German lawyer Vogel; and Academy Award nominee Alan Alda as Thomas Watters, a partner at Donovan’s law firm. The film is produced by Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger with Adam Somner, Daniel Lupi, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Matt Charman and three-time Academy Award winners Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. “Bridge of Spies” will be released in theaters on October 16, 2015.

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DreamWorks Pictures’ BRIDGE OF SPIES opens in theaters everywhere on October 16th!

New Disney Pixar INSIDE OUT Recipes and Activity Sheets #InsideOut

May 27, 2015 by Jenni 1,384 Comments

Raise your hands if you’re dying to see INSIDE OUT!!! Me me meee!!! It’s in theaters on June 19th! Perfect summer movie! In honor of all 5 emotions, we have 5 new recipes (one for each emotion) along with some fun activity sheets! These recipes look pretty amazing! I can’t wait to try them out, especially these S’Mores!

Be sure to click the link under the images to go to the actual PDF file to print your recipes and activity sheets! The files are much more clear. Enjoy!

Click here for the Recipes

Recipes include:

More is More S’mores
No-Cry Comfort Food Mac n Cheese
Panko Protected Long Beans
Is that Broccoli? Pizza
Hot Headed Tuna

INSIDE OUT Activity Sheets

Click each link below to download the printable file.

Inside Out Spot the Difference – click to print

Inside Out Hexaflexagon – click to print

Inside Out Maze – click to print

Inside Out Coloring Sheets – click to print

Inside DIY Door Hanger – click to print

Inside Out Emotions Around the World – click to print

Inside Out Connect the Dots – click to print

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INSIDE OUT opens in theatres everywhere on June 19th!

Which emotion do you think YOU’RE most like?

Raffey Cassidy and Her Beautiful Optimism – Our Tomorrowland Interview #TomorrowlandEvent

May 27, 2015 by Jenni 465 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and thoughts of sweet, sweet Raffey Cassidy expressed are my own.

Earlier this month when I was in LA for the Tomorrowland Event, I had the opportunity to interview some of the cast and the writer/producer. Here’s our George Clooney Interview part 1, and part 2. Our Britt Robertson interview, and our Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof interview. This interview with Raffey Cassidy was incredible. She is seriously just the sweetest thing. To be so young (just 12 years old!), she’s very mature and I think she’s got a long and happy career as an actress ahead of her.

Raffey as Athena…

The part of Athena was absolutely made for Raffey. I can’t think of anyone else who would have played the part better. Raffey goes into a little more detail about that here in the interview.

Q. What was your first scene and which scene was your favorite?

Raffey: “Oh, my first scene… It was in the world’s fair when I was watching young Frank getting on the bus. My favorite scene to shoot was probably the blast from the past sequence. I really liked that ’cause, I mean, it had a lot of action in it.”

There’s Always a Bright Side…

Raffey’s outlook on life AND the film is optimism. She’s very optimistic and that’s such an excellent quality to have, especially at a young age.

Q. What’s the one take away from the movie?

Raffey: “That everybody should be very optimistic and feel that there’s a way around situations if they’re in a bad situation. There’s always a bright side. I love how wise Athena is, like she’s like an old soul inside of a young body.”

A mathematical dress…

I never noticed this IN the movie so now I can’t wait to watch it again and pay special close attention.

Q. How did you feel about your costumes in the movie?

Raffey: “I loved them. The blue dress, if you look closely, there are actually algorithms in algebra. If you look close, you can see them!”

Raffey Learns the Ropes…

Q. You had a lot of action scenes where you had to do martial arts. Did you have to train for that?

Raffey: “Yeah, I trained for two months in gymnastics and martial arts, and then I went to Canada and did another month of martial arts and a bit of gymnastics. Then throughout the sixth month of filming, I did another couple of days every week or so.”

Q. So what were your feelings on driving the truck and learning to do that?

Raffey: “Well I really enjoyed it. It was so fun ’cause I worked with an amazing stunt team, and so they actually taught me how to drive and there was a scene where I had to like, go down a ramp and then stop. I think really I started to get a little too confident, and I got too close. Britt just went “stop!”, because I got so close.” (crowd laughs!)

Athena’s Traits, her Role and Training…

Raffey’s outlook is very bright and cheery. She smiles throughout the entire interview and you can feel the positivity just oozing from her. She’s such a sweet girl, and you could tell she was really enjoying talking about the movie!

Q. What traits of Athena do you see in yourself.

Raffey: “Well, if I had to choose something, it would probably be optimism, because I think that I feel that I’m quite optimistic and always look on the bright side of a bad situation.”

Q. How did you train to play the role of Athena?

Raffey: “Athena has so many different qualities. She’s optimistic. She’s intelligent. She’s wise, and I just kind of put all of those together, and I always had an image in my head for a scene, so, it was never just go in cold into it and try to create one in my head. I always had an image that would just help me and I’d always be able to think of that to get me through the scene.”

Q. What was your hardest scene to film in the movie?

Raffey: “My hardest scene would probably be, hmm, my end scene. I mean, that was a lot of lines, but once I’ve learned them, it just flowed. George had a lot of eye contact with me, so it’s so easy to perform and it would have been hard if, you know, if George wasn’t so good. But yeah, it was easy ’cause he just, he was just so professional and kept eye contact the whole time.”

Q. You filmed in a few different locations. Did you have a favorite?

Raffey: “Probably the Eiffel Tower, I mean, because that was an actual thing that Tomorrowland had recreated and it, it was just so real and very cool.”

Raffey Gets Deep…

I mentioned that at such a young age, Raffey is very mature. The next question really shows you her insight and what she wants people, especially girls, her age to know!

Q. What’s the message that you would tell girls your age about the future?

Raffey: “Well, I’d say the future isn’t a place we’re going. It’s something we’re making, so it can be anything that they want it to be. It makes me think about the future now and, and how optimistic we can all be and, and how we can make it what we want. Maybe I can make a difference in the world.”

Tomorrowland in theaters NOW! GO SEE IT!!

Head out to the theater tonight with your family and see Tomorrowland! Think “retro futuristic”.

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Are you taking your family to see Tomorrowland? You can read our movie review here!

Part 2 of Our George Clooney Interview for Tomorrowland #TomorrowlandEvent

May 26, 2015 by Jenni 484 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and admiration for George Clooney expressed are my own.

Earlier this month, I shared the Part 1 Interview with George Clooney for his new movie release of Tomorrowland! That was one VERY cool experience! Today, we’re back with part 2!

Have you had the chance yet to take your family to see Tomorrowland? It opened this past Friday, May 22nd! It’s rated PG so it’s a great family-friendly movie. You can find our Tomorrowland movie review here. No real spoilers, promise!

George and his Gal-Pals…

George and two of his co-stars in this movie have a sort of love-hate relationship. Casey (Britt Robertson) and Athena (Raffey Cassidy) really know how to push Frank’s (Clooney) buttons. One of the questions asked in the interview was about their relationship.

Q. I loved how your character interacted with Raffey Cassidy and Britt Robertson. I just thought everything was so sweet between all three of you. What was it like working with such young and talented actors?

George: “Well, first of all, Britt is fantastic and, you know, her career is just at the very beginning and is going to be really fun. Raffey is spectacular and she was just 12 at the time, I think, and way too talented, for her age, and sweet and funny. They were fantastic, and they were really sweet and I think they’re having a really fun time with this, which is, you know, that’s how it’s supposed to be. You know when I work with younger actors, I always have to try to remind them that, you know, this is the fun kind of job that most people don’t get to do. And if you get to be an actor and work, and somebody pays you for it, you’ve caught the brass ring, you know, and it’s just fun. So, that’s part of, the thing is, they really do dig it and they’re having fun, which is really a good time.”

George’s Favorite Scenes and Memories…

I love this part of the interview. We see entire movies sometimes and wonder which scenes are the actor’s favorites. Now we know what George’s favorite parts of the making of Tomorrowland are.

Q. What was your favorite scene or favorite fun memory while filming Tomorrowland?

George cracks a joke, and then answers: “I don’t remember much of it. I was drunk most of the time. (the crowd laughs) You know, I will tell you, there was a lot of moments, because it wasn’t all done on green screen. They were nice enough to build a lot of these sets where you actually got to play in them. The most fun we had was the driving sequences, believe it or not, because, you know, we’re being towed but Raffey is driving and, you know, I keep having to teach her like, you’ve got to keep looking at the road, and she’d be like, “What is the deal?”. It was just old fashioned, three people sitting in a truck for five days, arguing and doing fun stuff. And that’s really fun for actors, because you don’t have to do any make believe. It’s all just right there. So I really enjoyed that. And also it was fun shoving all the packs of powder down their throat because we must have done, I don’t know, 30 takes!”

Casey’s Coke Explosion…

George mentions that packs of powder in the interview q/a above. In that same scene of the movie, Casey drinks 2 bottles of Coke, straight down. I won’t tell you why, because I don’t want to spoil anything….but this was another fun part of the interview.

Q. Did Britt really drink all those bottles of Coke?

George: “Yeah, now in fairness, Brad was kind enough to only have her do it, I think, three times. But she does down two Cokes in the take. And, I just sit there going, “you know, she’s gonna explode”, but she did it. With young actors, I remember when I was doing Descendants and we had this little girl, she played my youngest daughter in the film, and we did a scene where she gets to eat ice cream, and she never acted in a movie before and she just starts pounding the table. They did 9 takes and the girl, she was literally like, “uughhh”.

Tomorrowland in theaters NOW! GO SEE IT!!

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Take Me To Tomorrowland – Our Tomorrowland Movie Review #TomorrowlandEvent

May 22, 2015 by Jenni 1,206 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and love for the movie Tomorrowland expressed are my own.

You’ve been seeing all the hype for Tomorrowland, right?! This PG rated, family-friendly film hits theaters everywhere today, May 22nd! We watched it earlier this month in LA at the Tomorrowland Event so I’ve been trying to hold everything under my hat and not be a spoiler-sport. Now, you can see all the awesome-ness for yourself!

About Tomorrowland…

From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland,” a riveting mystery adventure starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as “Tomorrowland.” What they must do there changes the world—and them—forever.

Featuring a screenplay by “Lost” writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen, “Tomorrowland” promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.

“Tomorrowland” is produced by Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird and Jeffrey Chernov and directed by Brad Bird, with John Walker, Brigham Taylor, Jeff Jensen and Bernard Bellew serving as executive producers. “Tomorrowland” opens in U.S. theaters on May 22, 2015.

Futuristic Films Usually Aren’t My Thing But…

As soon as I watched the very first trailer, I knew I had to see it! I usually steer clear of most sci-fi types of movies. Those are more my husband’s kind of thing but within the first minute of the trailer, I was hooked. I love the mixture of the past, present and future inside this movie.

A Story of Hope for the Future…

Casey (Britt Robertson) is very curious and determined to “fix” the future. She’s a young girl, with a purpose. She seeks out Frank (George Clooney) to help her in this Tomorrowland adventure. The combustible combination of these two personalities is very refreshing and quite funny! You can imagine, a grumpy old(er) man being pushed around by a young and feisty teen-age girl. This movie is all about inventors and dreamers, movers and shakers. People like Frank and Casey! It makes you think about your own life and the dent that we put in this world. We don’t want to just exist, we want to leave our mark here!

An Incredible Cast…

You’ve heard me mention George Clooney and Britt Robertson, but you’ll also be happy to see the rest of the cast involved. Hugh Laurie – who plays the bad guy. He makes such a good “bad guy”. Raffey Cassidy who’s up and coming, and very young. You’ll fall in love with her role of Athena! Tim McGraw (yesss!) plays the role of Casey’s dad.

The PG Rating – Should Your Kids Watch It?

Tomorrowland is rated PG and it’s a great family movie, however, I don’t feel that it’s appropriate for super littles because of the degree of some of the violence in the movie. Parents, you know your kids so I suggest using your judgement. I would recommend around the age of 8+ but even younger kids will really enjoy it. Just consider your own kid’s sensitivities…that’s all.

My Final Thoughts…

Tomorrowland is a story of hope for our future. Throughout the movie, and even in our interviews with the talent from the movie, the idea is that we can make our future what we want it to be. We can’t just sit back and wait and watch for things to happen. We are movers and shakers, dreamers, and inventors! It gives a sense of renewed hope for things to come. The responsibility to take the future in our hands and shape it. It’a a beautiful thing!

Tomorrowland in theaters today, May 22nd! GO SEE IT!!

Head out to the theater tonight with your family and see Tomorrowland! Think “retro futuristic”.

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My First Disneyland Experience and a Trip to Tomorrowland! #TomorrowlandEvent

May 21, 2015 by Jenni 520 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and love for Disneyland and Tomorrowland expressed are my own.

TOMORROWLAND opens in theaters TOMORROW!!! May 22nd! Make sure to take your family!!

My 1st Disneyland Experience…

If you EVER get the chance to go to Disneyland, just DO it. Earlier this month, I experienced many firsts in my life. As a grown woman, I made my first trip to Disneyland. You’re never too old for Disney magic! It was my first time to California…my first time to the Chinese Theater, my first time to Tomorrowland, just lots and lots of firsts!

Our Disneyland trip was soo. muchh. funnnn. My anticipation and excitement were no different than a 4 year old’s when I walked into Disneyland and got my 1st visit to Disneyland pin! I was proud to wear that pin everywhere!! Entering the park, I was having heart palpitations. There’s just so much to see and I was trying to gulp it all in, in one sweep. Which is impossible, but I tried.

The Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse statue encircled in those beautiful flowers, seeing the castle, listening to the quartet. I was a dawdler…I have to say. I was forever more trying to keep up with my friends. I wanted to stop every 2 seconds to look and take pictures. I think I heard, “Where’s Jenni?” 52 million times…and I’d say, “I’m here…I’m coming!” Whoops!

The Wimpy Rider…

So, let’s talk rides for a minute. I gladly opted out of the scary rides like Space Mountain and the Tower of Terror. Yeah, umm…no. Those aren’t for me. I can totally live vicariously through the other girls who were brave enough to go ride them. I stuck with the more laid back rides. My favorite was the Indiana Jones Adventure! Although, my eyes were closed through 80-90% of it. I would have gone on that one over and over!

It’s a Small World ride was soooo fun. It’s the classic boat ride of Disney, and I just loved it. It was relaxing and beautiful. All of the detail that they put into this ride is nothing short of amazing. I can’t even begin to imagine the time spent creating everything you see inside this ride.

We went into Radiator Springs and I could not stop taking photos! Cars is still one of our family’s very favorite movies to date. We still watch it pretty often and so seeing all of the things from the movie was pretty awesome. The Radiator Springs Racers ride, man oh mann, was crazy! Another ride I kept my eyes closed through. Again, I’m such a wimp…and the hills really got my belly!

Take me to Tomorrowland…

Since we were there for the Tomorrowland Event, we couldn’t go to Disneyland without going into Tomorrowland! We went through the Tomorrowland Exhibit and saw the Sneak Peek of the movie too. After that, we went to check out Astro Blasters and I got to see my guy, Buzz Lightyear. We also went to Star Tours, which was so cool. My husband would have totally dug that!

The kiddo would have loved this! He’s a huge Toy Story fan and naturally, he would have gone crazy over seeing a giant Buzz Lightyear!!

Take me to Tomorrowland!

Our Tomorrowland Group photo!

The Light Show…

We ended the night with this beautiful Lights Show on the water! It’s a gorgeous display and those few minutes were magical. It’s a nice way to celebrate some of the Disney greats!!

Celebrating 60 Years of Magic: Diamond Celebration Will Light Up the Disneyland Resort Beginning With Dazzling 24-Hour Event, May 22-23

Head to Disneyland May 22-23rd for a 24 hour party! The Disneyland Diamond Celebration will be going on!! Guests will enjoy 3 new spectacular shows:

The Paint the Night parade
The Disneyland Forever Fireworks show
The World of Color – Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney at Disney California Adventure!

The all day/all night celebration begins very early at 6am on Friday, May 22nd and ends 24 hours later at 6am Saturday, the 23rd. Enjoy dancing and special character encounters along with Diamond decor througout the resort! Celebrating 60 years of magic!!! Click here for more information about theDiamond Celebration!

Tomorrowland in theaters on Friday, May 22nd!

Plan on taking the family to Tomorrowland on Friday, May 22nd. It’ll be in theaters everywhere!! Think “retro futuristic”. That’s sort of the theme for the movie.

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The Creative Genius Behind Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof – Our Tomorrowland Interview #TomorrowlandEvent

May 20, 2015 by Jenni 383 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and admirations for the genius work of Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof expressed are my own.

I’m sure you’ve seen the incredible trailers for Tomorrowland by now. We interviewed Director/Producer Brad Bird and Producer/Writer Damon Lindelof while we were in LA earlier this month. They were quite a pair of characters!! That was a really fun interview.

The thing about movies is that you just go and watch them. You don’t consider everything that GOES into making the movie – but it’s VERY interesting to see. What’s even more interesting, is getting to know the minds that create the movie and the thought process.

How Disney Brings Tomorrowland to Life…

The very first question, right off the bat, asks that very thing.

Q. How did the information from the Disney archives help you to bring tomorrowland to life on the big screen?

Damon answers: “I think that we are both fascinated with Imagineering and particularly Walt’s futurism. A lot of that stuff was rampant in the early days of designing the Parks itself. And in tomorrowland obviously he came up with the concept in the 50s and 60s but I think that this sort of treasure trove of roads not taken, the part that Brad and I particularly zeroed in on was the 1964 world’s fair where there were a number of attractions like Mr. Lincoln, carousel progress, Magic skyway, Small World, and we just felt like it would be really great to see those on the big screen kind of re-create that feeling. Our initial ambition was a lot higher but again the world’s fair as what they represented at the time, particularly in the 60s, the connection to Disneyland that was really the stuff that we kind of locked in on.”

Then Brad Bird finishes the answer with: “But it’s also that world’s fairs in and of themselves were a thing where people would bring together their brightest minds and talk about the future. And they were semi regular event where people came together from all over the world and kind of traded ideas. And they had a utopian aspect. And when we were talking about what happened to the idea of a positive future we kind of started to notice that that great future sort of disappeared around the time the world’s fairs disappeared.”

Coffee Fuels the Storytelling…

I love a guy that loves coffee and can tell a story! This pair can certainly do that!!

Q. You both are very creative and it seems like you just love storytelling. So what do you do to feed that creativity?

Brad answers, “Coffee. Yeah. It doesn’t have to be Starbucks either, by the way.”

Then Damon chimes in, “I think, you know we watch a lot of TV. We go and see a lot of movies. And we tell our wives and children that that’s work. (everyone laughs). But it is the idea of constantly sort of surrounding yourself. I do feel for me in particular and I think that Brad shares this, is we sort of grew up in that culture and the idea of saying like, I want to do this one day. But where we start almost every time that we get together is oh, did you see this? Did you read this? What do you think about that? And I think that we are so steeped we are fans of this material ourselves. The fact that we get to make it. I think in a lot of ways this movie as Brad was just saying is a little bit of a response to these other you know, to the sort of apocalyptic storytelling that we’ve been kind of barraged with. And we love the Hunger Games. And I want to see Mad Max.”

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The Discovery of the 1952 Box…

Isn’t there always something intriguing and interesting about a discovery of something unknown? The guys were asked about the 1952 Box and how it was their inspiration.

Q. Can you tell us more about the discovery of the 1952 box and how that inspired you in the movie?

Damon answers, “Yes, probably 80% of the items were completely and totally uninteresting. But the ones that were interesting to us felt like, what if we were kids in third grade and someone put this box in front of us and said, tell us a story about the things that you find in this box. How would they all connect? And we took some things like the design for the, it’s a small world ride and Flushing Meadows in 64. And this weird kind of like disk that might have been an animation that Orson Welles might have had some interest in. And we said, what if Walt Disney was a member of this secret group of geniuses. And Tomorrowland itself was actually a cover for a real place that they built in an alternate dimension? And then we were kind of off to the races. And the box became just sort of you know, just sort of became a part of it.”

When the interview was over, we all piled up for a group shot with this dynamic duo! Seriously, such nice guys and I love how their imagination works!!

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