2009
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- After Walt Disney Pictures leaved the Narnia franchise and the failure of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian destroyed it, 20th Century Fox entered the Narnia franchise with Walden Media.
[edit] February
- February 9 - Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, along with Paramount Pictures, enter a deal to become the distributors of DreamWorks films, starting in 2010.
[edit] May
- May 18 - Bret Iwan was first called in to be the voice of Mickey Mouse shortly after the death of Wayne Allwine.
[edit] December
- December 1 - The creators of Disney's upcoming Tron Legacy boards The Black Hole.
[edit] Film
[edit] April
- April 22 - Disneynature's Earth, is released into theaters
[edit] May
- May 29 - Pixar's latest film, Up, starring Edward Asner and Jordan Nagai, is to be released into theaters
[edit] Theme parks
- February 14 - The American Idol Experience officially opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
[edit] June
- June 12 - The Summer Nightastic! promotion begins at the Disneyland Resort, highlighting the return of Fantasmic! and an updated Disney's Electrical Parade
- July 4 - The Hall of Presidents to reopen with a new Barack Obama animatronic.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] May
- May 18 - Wayne Allwine, 62, voice of Mickey Mouse, diabetes
[edit] June
- June 25 - Michael Jackson, 50, American musician, star of Captain EO, cardiac arrest
[edit] August
- August 15 - Virginia Davis, 90, child actress (Alice Comedies), natural causes
[edit] December
- December 16 - Roy E. Disney, 79, son of Roy O. Disney and nephew of Walt Disney, stomach cancer
- December 20 - Brittany Murphy, 32, actor of Boy Meets World, natural causes
