2008
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[edit] Events
- June 27 - Pixar films began using the current Walt Disney Pictures logo.
- Dec. 24 - Walt Disney Pictures parts ways with Walden Media over the distribution of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the next film in the Chronicles of Narnia series, citing the weak box-office performance of Prince Caspian and an inability to come to a mutual agreement with Walden over the financial terms of the next film. (Dawn Treader would eventually be picked up by Fox in January 2009.)
[edit] Theatrical releases
- March 12 - Walt Disney Pictures' College Road Trip is released in theaters to mostly poor reviews.
- May 16 - The second film in the Disney adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, was released in theaters.
- June 27 - Pixar's WALL-E was released in theaters. It was attached with the short, Presto.
- August 1 - Touchstone Pictures' Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner, was released in theaters.
- September 26 - Walt Disney Pictures' Beverly Hills Chihuahua was released in theaters.
- October 28 - Walt Disney Pictures' High School Musical 3: Senior Year was released in theaters. It is the first High School Musical film to hit the big screen.
- November 21 - Walt Disney Animation Studios' 47th animated feature, Bolt, was released in theaters.
- December 25 - Walt Disney Pictures and Happy Madison's Bedtime Stories, starring Adam Sandler, was released in theaters.
[edit] Theme Park Happenings
- January 1 - Disney-MGM Studios is renamed "Disney's Hollywood Studios." And on DVD, Mickey is having 3 stories in package movie "Mickey Mouse: The Movie".
- May 31 - Toy Story Midway Mania! officially opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
- June 17 - Toy Story Midway Mania! officially opens at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
