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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Disney Plans Expansion of ESPN Wide World of Sports, New Clip of "Zootopia" Featuring Chief Bogo, and More

Disney Plans Extensive Expansion of ESPN Wide World of Sports:



Disney has filed plans for an extensive expansion of their ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World. The filed the plans with the South Florida Water Management District calling for a new multi-story building behind the current Josten's Center, with 286,000 square feet of space. The plans also call for additional parking being added.

The last time the complex was expanded was in 2008 with the addition of the Josten's Center. The complex originally opened in 1997 and took on the ESPN branding back in 2010. Previous plans for a bowling complex were scrapped during the economic downturn. No word however on what the expansion of the complex will be used for. 

An influx of events are planned for the complex such as the upcoming Invictus Games as well as rumors of an NBA D-League team coming on site to ESPN Wide World of Sports. Stay tuned for details on what will happen with the expansion of the complex once they are officially announced by Disney. 

New Clip Released of Disney's "Zootopia" Featuring Police Chief Bogo:


Idris Elba is Police Chief Bogo in Disney's "Zootopia" due to hit theaters March 4th. In an exclusive clip from USA Today the large and in charge cape buffalo runs through a morning meeting at the police office completely ignoring his new officer Judy Hopps played by Ginnifer Goodwin (ABC's Once Upon a Time), the first ever bunny officer on the force. Here is the clip:

Disney's "Zootopia" is directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore and is about Hopps joining a shady fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) as they try to crack a missing mammal case before they hit the 48-hour deadline. The film hits theaters nationwide March 4, 2016.

Disney Interactive Announce New Tron-Themed Game:

Disney Interactive today announced a new game themed around Tron called TRON RUN/r due to be released next Tuesday February 2, 2016. It is a new lightning, fast action-adventure runner with a twist. The game will be released to Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. Here is the teaser trailer that was released:



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