Saturday, September 20, 2014

Popeye Art Show


Two weeks ago the Hero Complex Gallery had a special artwork show in tribute to Popeye the Sailor Man. Above, one of the artworks and jump to D&M Facebook page HERE to discover a selection of the best artworks that different artists produced for the show.

WDW Disney Hollywood Studios Backlot Tour Will Close Sept 27, Pixar Place Expansion Likely Coming


If you follow me on the D&M Facebook page you may have seen the news announced by Tom Corless on WDW News Today, which was confirmed to Disney Hollywood Studios cast members yesterday afternoon: the Studio Backlot Tour at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will close on September 27th, 2014.

According to Tom "work is set to begin on a third track for Toy Story Midway Mania inside of that building" and the area surrounding Soundstage 1 will likely be used for the rest of a large-scale PIXAR Place expansion. Although some of you might miss the Studio Tour all the question now is: what would they put instead of the Backlot Tour and Tom thinks that a Toy Story Playland like the one at DLP Walt Disney Studios and Hong Kong Disneyland which include RC Racer, Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, and the Toy Soldier Parachute Drop should . But there will be more room available so it will be interested to see if the remaining space would be used for a Cars Land or the inverted coaster Monsters Inc. attractions.


For more details jump to WDW News Today HERE.

Picture: copyright Alan Shaw

Friday, September 19, 2014

Disneyland Paris Main Street U.S.A Update


Here is a short DLP update, thanks as usual to the pictures of Max Fan, D&M contributor and DLPWelcome webmaster, as well as my own pictures. The main news today is about the new shop "New Century Notions" where the final signs finally arrived and are now in place. Also, nearby, works are still going on for the refurbishment of the Main Street Fire Department building.













I had finally a look inside the new shop and although it's a bit less worst than i thought it's definitely not as great as the previous Main Street Photography shop was.



Outside, i had the pleasure to see back some of the great Main Street vehicles, including the tram.





Also, earlier this week DLP CEO Philippe Gas left Disneyland Paris - to become General Manager of Shanghaî Disneyland - and was replaced by Tom Wolber who is now the new CEO of Disneyland Paris. Here he is below introducing himself in this short video.




And that's it for today, folks! But don't miss the next DLP update on Monday because if things are going well in Main Street it's not at all the case in others aeas of the park and you won't believe your eyes when you'll see the pictures of Monday's DLP update!

In the meantime I remind you to those of you who wants to order my Disneyland Paris "From Sketch to Reality" book and would like to have a signed copy dedicated specially for them can now have one. Normally i can't do it as i'm living too far from Paris but all this September i will be able to sign personally each copy that will be ordered, whether it will be a french or english edition!

And to make things even better anyone who will order the book during September will have a signed copy at the price of a non-signed copy, i.e 75€ instead of 100€ ( and additional worldwide shipping remain the same at 15€  ). Only a very few copies have been signed since this book was published 12 years ago, so for sure it'll make your copy even more "collector's".

Paypal and credit card payments are accepted, so make sure to place your order now!  
You can use the Paypal buttons below for the english edition, or for the french edition. If you don't have a Paypal account you can also pay directly with your credit card with these buttons without opening a Paypal account. If it don't works please send me an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com

Paypal button for ENGLISH Edition :  


Paypal bouton pour Edition FRANCAISE : 


Don't know yet the Disneyland Paris book? Have a look at the video below or on the book website HERE.





Pictures: copyright Max Fan , Disney and more.

Video: copyright Disney

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Star Wars 7 : J.J Abrams Release Millenium Falcon Close-Up Video !


J.J Abrams released today this  close-up video of the Millennium Falcon filmed on the set of Star Wars Episode 7 ! And the amazing aerial picture showing the set of Star Wars Episode 7 in England above is coming from Latino Review. You can see several X-Wing fighters, the Millenium Falcon, and more...! Click on the pic to see it in big size.




Video: copyright Bad Robot - LucasFilm

Disneyland Paris Halloween Season Video Ad


Disneyland Paris has released their first TV Ad as well as a new visual for DLP Halloween season, starting Oct 1!




Picture and video: copyright Disney

Beautiful Nautilus Under Attack by the Giant Squid Art Prints



Nautilus Art Prints just released these beautiful prints by talented artist Jonathan Burton, featuring Captain Nemo and the Nautilus battling the giant squid. The posters comes in two different colors and are limited edition. The regular one (above) is selling for €45, and the variant (below) is €65. If you want one,  don't wait too long and jump HERE.


The same publisher also released this great Journey to the Centre of the Earth art print ( out of stock )...


...and this other one inspired by H.G Wells First Men on the Moon famous novel ( still available ).


Pictures: copyright Nautilus Art Prints

DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains Norman Rockwell Style

                                
If you're a Norman Rockwell fan, i'm sure you will enjoy this series of Norman Rockwell "Saturday Evening Post" cover art featuring classic DC Comics heroes and villains. The artwork was created by DeviantArt user OnlyMilo a.k.a. Ruiz Burgos, and they include Wonder Woman, Clark Kent, Zatanna, Joker, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy! Click on each to see them in big size!
                                  
                                    





                                    
Artwork: copyright OnlyMilo

Monday, September 15, 2014

Order this September the Disneyland Paris, From Sketch to Reality Book English Edition and get a SIGNED copy at the same price than the regular one!


Order this September the Disneyland Paris, From Sketch to Reality book and get a SIGNED copy at the same price than the regular one! 75€ only ( + 15€ shipping worldwide ) ! This special offer is for the English or French edition! The book is the perfect gift for Disney parks fan! All orders are shipped in the next 48 hours!

Note: For those of you who have never seen a copy of the book you'll find below a video presentation of the full book which will show you each of the 320 pages of the book.

Orders can be placed by Paypal, using the Paypal Buy it now button below or by sending your Paypal payment at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com
If you don't have a Paypal account you can pay by credit card or by bank transfer, please send me an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com and i will let you know how to do.

NEW! : You can now pay for the book directly with your credit card through Paypal EVEN if you don't have a Paypal account! All you need to do is to send me an email with your order ( at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com ) and i will ask Paypal to send you a payment request. You will receive an email from Paypal and by clicking on the link you'll be able to pay with your credit card on the Paypal website with no need to open a Paypal account if you don't have one!


Now, what are the differences between the regular edition and the collector's edition? 

The english regular edition is identical to the collector's one and both have 320 pages and 750 pictures including 250 WDI artworks. What you don't have in the new regular edition is the gold printing on the jacket and cover text, a glossy paper, the four prints of Walt Disney Studios artwork and copies don't have a "number".

BUT What you will have in the new english "normal" edition is the same number of pages with exactly the same pictures and text, a printing on a beautiful "silk art matte" paper, AND, because we reprint we did an update in the Discoveryland chapter with new pages on the Buzz Lightyear ride and Space Mountain Mission 2. And also in the Adventureland chapter a gorgeous WDI artwork for the Indiana Jones Temple du Peril ride is now on a full double page. See below a full description of the book as well as a video.

Here is how to do to order the book:

So, how to pre-order a copy of this updated regular edition? First, send an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com ( with as subject: "dlp book order" ) to let me know that you want to pre-order a copy, how many copies you want and your shipping address. Please also note that a pre-order needs to be paid to be consider as an order.

One copy of the english normal edition is at the special price of 75 euros ( instead than 100€ ), including shipping wherever you live on the planet.

Also note that we still have a few copies of the english collector's edition available for immediate shipping and the french collector's edition is always available so you can still order these if you wish - see the choice and prices in the Paypal button menu.

How to proceed for your payment: We prefer a Paypal payment. Paypal is a very safe way to pay without giving your credit card number. For a payment with Paypal the total amount must be sent through Paypal at the email adress: neverlandeditions@gmail.com

NEW! You can now order the book directly from this page and proceed to the payment with Paypal by clicking on the "Buy it Now" Paypal button below! Don't forget to let us know your shipping address and to confirm your order and payment by sending us an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com


If you don't have a Paypal account: You can now pay with your credit card with Paypal EVEN if you don't have a Paypal account ( see above ) , or you can also pay with a bank wire transfer ( no foreign checks, sorry ).

Below you'll find a description of the book as well as visuals of the inside pages ( click on the mosaic pictures to see them in larger scale ).

Although you've probably heard about this beautiful book, many of you may have never seen a copy of it. So we've done a video presentation of the full book which will show you each of the 320 pages of the book! The book includes 750 pictures of the park, including 250 gorgeous renderings of Walt Disney Imagineering and stunning pictures of the park seen from above. The book is so big that it took us seven and a half minutes to show you the full book, and that's without stopping turning each pages! So, if you want to have a closer look at a page don't hesitate to stop the video.

Alain Littaye



Description of the book:



The book is a gorgeous "coffee table book" with 320 pages and 750 pictures - of which 500 are park and attractions photos and 250 are Walt Disney Imagineering renderings!

The size is 9 x 12 inches, all pages are in color and it's hardbound with a glossy dust jacket. The text (by Disney historian Didier Ghez), was written after more than 75 interviews he conducted with all the Imagineers who created the park. He goes into just about everything you wanted to know about this unique place that many describe as the best "Magic Kingdom" ever created by WDI.

It took five years to create the book, but it was worth all the time we spent on it, and the book looks just as good as we had hoped for at the beginning - in fact Imagineer Bruce Gordon told us that it was "probably the best book ever done on a Disney theme park". Coming from Bruce who did with David Mumford the great "Disneyland, The Nickel Tour" book, it was more than a compliment.

The first chapter about Main Street has 52 pages and introduces the reader to the "legend" of Main Street, USA. You'll learn all about the Disneyland Paris Railroad, the unique "Discovery" and "Liberty" Arcades; find out about the architecture, the restaurants (like "Walt's," a tribute to Walt Disney, but also inspired by Club 33 in Anaheim) and the shops; with dozens of photos, renderings, models, and reproduced for the first time here, all the "cities of the future" posters located in "Discovery Arcade."



The second chapter on Frontierland discusses the park's western side with extensive sections about its major attractions, "Big Thunder Mountain" and "Phantom Manor." In fact the book has the longest sections ever put together in a book on all the major attractions. The Pirates of Caribbean section in the Adventureland chapter is 26 pages, Phantom Manor has 16 pages devoted to it, as does Space Mountain, it's a small world, etc. The photo material was so great that we kept adding more pages to the book, which was supposed to have only 240 pages when we started... we ended up with 320 upon completion!



The Frontierland chapter also covers the Mark Twain, the River Rogue Keelboats, Fort Comstock, all the restaurants, the shops and Cottonwood Creek Ranch.and featuring stunning photos of Disneyland Paris from the air by Yann Arthus Bertrand, author of The Earth from Above that make spectacular "double-pages," and allow the reader to discover the park from a whole different angle.



The Adventureland chapter is even more interesting, as many elements of the land exist only in Paris - such as the Bazaar and Aladdin to Africa and the ex-"Explorer's Club." Plus there's a long section about "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril," "Adventure Isle" and "The Swiss Robinson Treehouse" and, of course, "Pirates of Caribbean" the land's major attraction and featuring its amazing Audio-Animatronics! All in all there are 56 full pages about Adventureland, and as in the previous chapters, there are dozens of photos, lots of concept art, and many shots of Imagineers at work. There's even a great bonus here, with the Marc Davis artwork for "Pirates" also included.



56 full pages are also dedicated to Fantasyland. There's an extensive look at Sleeping Beauty Castle, sections on all the dark rides (Snow White, Peter Pan and Pinocchio), as well as a look at "Alice's Curious Labyrinth," the "Mad Hatter's Tea Cups," "Storybookland," and "Casey Jr." There are even 14 pages about "it's a small world" with stunning photos of nearly all the scenes in it. Here the reader can discover a new attraction that exists only at Disneyland Paris, with a great view from above of Alice's Labyrinth.

Discoveryland also gets 52 pages of special treatment, with sections on the Visionarium, the Nautilus, Star Tours, Space Mountain, and everything you wanted to know about the other attractions in this land – Autopia and Orbitron. In fact the Nautilus chapter takes you on a visit with photos of every room of this detailed walk-through and two double page photo spreads, one which makes you feel you're inside Captain Nemo's grand salon, and the other showing you a unique view of Discoveyland featuring the Nautilus and Space Mountain in a kind of "CinemaScope" view.



When the book was released in early 2002, the Walt Disney Studios didn't exist, so you won't see them in the book. But there's still one last chapter about the hotels of the park, and Disney Village too, with the great Buffalo Bill Wild West show that entertains hundreds each evening.

And because every day in a Magic Kingdom should end with a parade and fireworks, we have the Main Street Electrical Parade that close the book, with also an Herb Ryman gorgeous painting in the very last pages!



Order the book directly from this page and proceed to the payment with Paypal by clicking on the "Buy it Now" Paypal button below! Don't forget to let us know your shipping address and to confirm your order and payment by sending us an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com

NEW! : You can now pay for the book directly with your credit card through Paypal EVEN if you don't have a Paypal account! All you need to do is to send me an email with your order ( at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com ) and i will ask Paypal to send you a payment request. You will receive an email from Paypal and by clicking on the link you'll be able to pay with your credit card on the Paypal website with no need to open a Paypal account if you don't have one!


Pictures: copyright Disney

Video: copyright Alain Littaye 2012