Season 3 of “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” will debut this Friday, January 3, featuring guest stars Jack McBrayer and Josh Duhamel
The new season will have new characters including pirate ghosts, mummies and robots, and special super powers and gadgets for Jake and his crew, including Jake’s Mega-Mecha Sword, a robot suit and an invisibility ring that will help the gang outwit their new adversaries.
Special Guests Include Jack McBrayer, Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner, Rico Rodriguez, Estelle Harris and Jo Frost
JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES (Photo credit: DISNEY JUNIOR) CAPTAIN HOOK, TINKER BELL, JAKE, PETER PAN
Season 3 will also include action-packed extended length episodes and a revamped rock and roll-style theme song performed by Sharky and Bones of The Never Land Pirate Band.
New episodes will air every Friday in January and February, culminating with the premiere of a special extended episode on Friday, February 28, featuring three 11-minute stories that pit Jake against Hook in an ultimate showdown!
Plus There’s a New Game for Kids too!
Beginning Friday, January 31, DisneyJunior.com/Jake will debut the new game, “Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Super Pirate,” where players can take on the role of Jake as he attempts to retrieve the Mega-Mecha Sword that Captain Hook has stolen and each Friday through February 28, kids are invited to unlock a new game level.
Don’t forget… “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” airs daily on Disney Junior and Disney Channel’s Disney Junior programming block for kids age 2-7!
About Jake and the Never Land Pirates
The series stars Cameron Boyce as Jake; Madison Pettis as Izzy; Jonathan Morgan Heit as Cubby; David Arquette as Skully; Corey Burton as Captain Hook; Jeff Bennett as Mr. Smee and Bones and Loren Hoskins as Sharky. Rob LaDuca is executive producer, Mark Seidenberg is producer/story editor and Howy Parkins is director, all of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” The series is produced by Disney Television Animation.
How many times have you seen this movie? I bet you even own it? Me too. Nothing however, stops us from watching it time after time (good thing DVDs can’t get dog-eared). So why should you take your family to the theatre to see this again… because this time, it’s in 3D.
Think of the fun the kids will have with the 3D glasses and seeing the action of the characters dancing and interacting. Imagine their little hands reaching out to touch them. Engaging them… Who knows, maybe it will keep them occupied so they forget about needing to have snacks or run to the bathroom?
What’s amazing to me about this is that “Beauty and the Beast” was the first hand-drawn film to be dimensionalized into 3D… and that’s no easy feat AND Walt Disney Studios didn’t initially have plans to release “Beauty and the Beast” or “The Lion King” theatrically in 3D they were just going to offer it for home sales. So why now? They tested “The Lion King” in 3D as there was a gap in scheduling releases and it made $100 million – which confirmed that audiences wanted to see the 3D version.
Question – do you remember when it first was released? Walt Disney Pictures’ 30th full-length animated feature, ”Beauty and the Beast,” premiered in 1991. That’s 20 years ago, and it will be a first-time experience for children going to see it in a theatre setting which makes the experience more fun.
Bonus playing with “Beauty and the Beast” – is the “Tangled Ever After” Short: “The Pursuit”
More fun facts
“Beauty and the Beast” was the fifth classic fairy tale to be adapted as a Disney animated feature. The tradition began in 1937 with “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” which was based on the famous story by the Brothers Grimm. In the 1950s, Walt Disney and his animators successfully tackled two classic folk tales by French author Charles Perrault––”Cinderella” (1950) and “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). Another famous purveyor of fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen, was the source of ”The Little Mermaid,” Disney’s 1989 release, which went on to become the Studio’s most successful animated feature up until that time.
“Beauty and the Beast” was nominated for six Academy Awards® and won Oscars® for Best Song, by the renowned Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, and Best Original Score (Menken).
Céline Dion won a GRAMMY® Award (with Peabo Bryson) for her chart-topping recording of the title song.
“Beauty and the Beast” was the 1st animated feature to bring in more than $100 million
Three years after the film’s debut, “Beauty and the Beast” hit Broadway opening at the Palace Theatre in New York and ran for 5,464 performances between 1994 and 2007, becoming the eighth-longest running production – it has even played in 13 countries and 115 cities and continues to enchant audiences worldwide
Celebrity sightings at the premiere
Last Saturday the stars came out to the special screening of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D – and to get their pictures taken with Belle and Beast at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Rico Rodriguez of Modern Family and Disney Channel stars with Belle and Beast from a special BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D
Zachary Levi - who is the voice of “Flynn” in TANGLED EVER AFTER
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (In Disney Digital 3D™)
WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Voice Cast: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers,
Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Rex Everhart, Jesse Corti, Hal Smith, JoAnne Worley
Directors: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Producer: Don Hahn
Executive Producer: Howard Ashman
Screenplay by: Linda Woolverton
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ magical classic “Beauty and the Beast” returns to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D™, introducing a whole new generation to the Disney classic with stunning new 3D imagery. The film captures the fantastic journey of Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara), a bright and beautiful young woman who’s taken prisoner by a hideous beast (voice of Robby Benson) in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle’s enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast’s exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.
Featuring unforgettable music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, and an enormously talented vocal ensemble, “Beauty and the Beast” was the first animated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Céline Dion/“Beauty and the Beast” 3D Disney’s beloved Belle, and the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast
Céline Dion/“Beauty and the Beast” 3D Disney’s beloved Belle, and the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” flank internationally acclaimed singing superstar Céline Dion (center, left) and her family (center left to right) Nelson, René-Charles, Eddy, and husband René Angélil, backstage at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, on the occasion of The Walt Disney Studios’ Academy Award®-nominated classic animated feature being released for the first time in 3D on January 13.
We were at the GBK Kids’ Choice Awards Gift Lounge yesterday to talk to some of our favorite kids in entertainment and check out the swag! Of course, Kristyn Burtt was having a lot of fun talking with these young actors… wait til you see the video interviews to see how much energy and fun they are out of character (or were they just having fun?)!
Rico Rodriguez from Modern Family
Bailee Madison - Actress
You’ll be able to watch the KCA’s LIVE from the Orange Carpet starting at 7 PM EST and then turn on your TV for the awards show. You can also watch the Kids Choice Orange Carpet from your iPhone or iPad… take polls and more!
We saw a post on Clicker.com earlier and wanted to share it with you too because as you can see… nothing changes too very much in the world of kids… or does it? Hmm?? Tell us your theory on why it looks the same… from year to year? I think it’s because we all want to keep things the same, even though we want to have new experiences? Okay, that’s a bunch of hooey!
Without further adieu… don’t forget to tune in for the Orange Carpet 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST – go to Nick.com and you can…
Watch LIVE streaming video from the Orange Carpet
See the latest celeb tweets
Take polls
Ask the stars questions
Save photos with the “Snap a Pic” button
Flip through tons of photos from the event
Sound like fun?? You will also see Jeff Sutphen, Victorious‘ Daniella Monet and iCarly‘s Noah Munck and watch a live performance by Victoria Justice.
Tell your parents that it’s your turn to watch the Kids’ Choice Awards – they got the Oscars LIVE online, now you get to check out your favorite stars too!
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