- Disney is building a Frozen attraction at Epcot, the Mouse House announced Friday. Based on the hit film, it will feature a pavilion where park visitors can meet Anna and Elsa.“We think these Frozen elements are great compliments to the Norway Pavilion, which showcases the country and region that inspired the film,” said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs. For more information on the attraction, click here.
- Sunday saw the reveal of a statue of Amy Winehouse in London’s Camden Town. Created by sculptor Scott Eaton, it commemorates the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which the singer’s father, Mitch, established to assist drug and alcohol abusers. “It’s a day of incredibly mixed emotions,” Mitch said. “They don’t put statues up for people who are with us anymore so it reinforces the fact that physically she’s gone but spiritually she’ll never leave us. I feel sad, very, very sad.” To read more, click here.
- Syfy has a piracy problem. According to new data from piracy tracking firm Excipio, the premiere episode of Z Nation, the channel’s new zombie series, was illegally downloaded by over 300,000 unique IP addresses within 24 hours of its US debut. For more on Z Nation and the TV piracy epidemic, click here.
- David Fincher has recently hinted that a sequel to his 2011 adaptation of Steig Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo may soon be in the works. “The script that we now have has huge potential. I can reveal that it is extremely different from the book,” Fincher said. The first film garnered lead acres Rooney Mara an Oscar nomination. To read more on the film series and on Fincher’s other current projects, click here.
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