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 In the area of live-action motion pictures, Walt Disney Pictures continues its commitment to quality family entertainment, delivering several of the year's most memorable titles. In February, Kurt Russell starred in Miracle, an inspiring true story of hope and determination. During the summer, Academy Award®-winner Julie Andrews once again lit up the screen alongside Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. For November, acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub teamed up for National Treasure, starring Oscar®-winner Nicolas Cage as a patriotic treasure hunter who must steal riches hidden by the Founding Fathers in order to keep them from falling into the wrong hands.
The 2005 Disney live-action schedule begins in March with the release of The Ice Princess, about a high school ugly duckling who transforms into a swan when she pursues her goal of becoming a skating champion. Also in the spring, Vin Diesel makes his Disney debut in the heart-warming family comedy, The Pacifier, about a former Navy SEAL who is assigned to protect five out-of-control children.
Disney's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy arrives on earth this May, bringing the much-loved literary masterpiece to the big screen. In this irreverent and wacky fantasy, earthling Arthur Dent's life takes a strange turn when his planet is blown to smithereens, and he finds himself cruising the galaxy on a spaceship with a most unusual, out-of-this-world cast.
This summer, Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday) climbs into the driver's seat as the "Love Bug's" new owner in Herbie: Fully Loaded. Michael Keaton and Matt Dillon join the fun in this high-octane, revved-up comedy.
At the end of summer, Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston star in Sky High, which will offer a super-sized take on high school life in this comedy-adventure centered on super-powered teens living in the secret world of superheroes.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer returns to the family genre, following up his successful Disney film Remember the Titans with Glory Road. In the film, Joshua Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama) plays a real-life college basketball coach whose all-black Texas Western team challenges the undefeated white team from Kentucky in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in 1966.
The Greatest Game Ever Played is the true story of legendary golfers Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet and Ted Ray and the 1913 U.S. Open, which Ouimet won in an incredible upset.
Ending the year with a roar is one of the Studios' most exciting and ambitious live-action projects — The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. When four siblings find their way to Narnia through a magical wardrobe, they join up with a noble and mystical ruler — the lion Aslan — to help break the Witch's icy spell. Produced in partnership with Walden Media, this adaptation of the first in C. S. Lewis' seven-book fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia takes moviegoers into a magical world inhabited by beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs, giants and the evil White Witch.
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The Ice Princess stars Kim Cattrall and Michelle Trachtenberg.

The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel.

Herbie: Fully Loaded, rolls into theaters on June 24.

Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston star in Disney's Sky High.

Glory Road from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

Shia LeBeouf in The Greatest Game Ever Played.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe premieres during the holidays.. |