Picking Up the Spare: Moana, Lion, Suicide Squad

Moana Disney worked with Code.org to create a special Moana-themed coding tutorial meant to encourage kids, particularly girls, to get into learning about programming and software development using the Skitch language. That's available online and there are going to be special events at Apple stores between December 5th and 11th. The studio was the first … Continue reading Picking Up the Spare: Moana, Lion, Suicide Squad

MMM Recap: Week of 11/25/16 New Releases

Lion In terms of the marketing itself, it’s more or less consistent across the elements as to what it’s selling, which is Saroo’s search to uncover his true identity and find his family. That comes through just about everywhere. The website is lightest on this angle, but considering it sacrifices story for a charitable appeal, … Continue reading MMM Recap: Week of 11/25/16 New Releases

Movie Marketing Madness: Moana

The Disney Princess lineup gets a much-needed bit of ethnic diversity with this week’s new release of Moana. The title character (voiced by newcomer Auliʻi Cravalho) is an adventure-seeking girl who’s growing restless cooped up on the island where she lives with her family and other families who have been there for generations. One day … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: Moana