Katie’s boyfriend Mark Hampton joins us on this week’s Geekscape… so it’s time to vet our co-host’s boyfriend for ourselves! Sure enough, Mark passes the test with flying colors, talking about his love for Star Trek: The Next Generation, sharing his views on the new ‘Dune’ trailer, Cobra Kai, the new season of The Boys and more! I give my impression of Disney’s live action ‘Mulan’ and Katie and I argue the merits of Nintendo’s newly announced ‘Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity’! And we also hear Mark’s incredibly poignant and moving memory of his father, whose death should continue to convince all of you that COVID is a real threat and we all need to Vote this November.

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This week Brooke and Andrew revisit 1998’s MULAN. Does it hold up? Is Mulan still one of Brooke’s favorite princesses? Was Eddie Murphy the right casting choice? Will this movie be remembered as a classic? Are you a fan? Do you agree with our assessment? Let us know at DisNeatoPodcast@gmail.com

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In our Debut episode the DisNeato Team of Brooke and Andrew enjoy a glass of wine while discussing News Pieces presented to them by their producer Matt. We discuss the upcoming 2018-2019 release schedule, all the drama with the Mulan remaking, what’s rumored to be next at Disney World after Pixar Pier opens and Matt tries to get everyone to purchase Disney Super Guitar.

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Episode features a Snippet for “Beauty And the Beast” as performed by Zakk Wylde on the Disney Super Guitar album

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Disney Interactive has announced that their upcoming Star Wars themed Toys to Life title, Disney Infinity 3.0, will hit stores on August 30th. Aside from the game itself, the studio plans to release close to a dozen new figures to go with it, so we hope the next month is enough time to get your cash together!

Aside from the Starter Pack, (which includes the Twilight of the Republic Play Set, Anakin Skywalker and Ashoka Tano,) day one will see the release of Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi’s standalone figures, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, and Zeb Orrelios from Star Wars Rebels, and a set of Star Wars Power Discs. Of course, if you want even more goodness from a galaxy far far away, Playstation owners can also purchase the Star Wars Saga Starter Pack, which gives them early access to Luke, Leia, the Twilight of the Empire Play Set, and Boba Fett.

Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box Screen 1

Outside of the Jedi, Disney won’t leave themselves in the dust. In addition, the Inside Out Play Set will release on day one as well, (which is bundled with Joy and Anger,) with Sadness, Disgust and Fear releasing as standalone toys. If you want your Toy Box characters outside of the Play Sets, Disney also has you covered with the releases of Mickey, Minnie, Mulan, Olaf, Sam Flynn and Quorra, alongside a Tomorrowland power disc pack to customize your Toy Box with.

I know, this is already a huge amount of toys to buy on day one, but the last release can be free of charge! If you pre-order, each person who does walks away with early access to the Toy Box Takeover, a multiplayer expansion normally priced at $19.99. Serving as an action adventure mode supporting 2 players locally and 4 players online, players will be able to take any toy from the previous or current game and travel across multiple Disney, Marvel and Star Wars worlds in their quest to stop Syndrome. Later this Fall, Toy Box Speedway, a Kart racing expansion, will also release, but you’ll have to pay for that one.

Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box Screen 2

Here’s the full press release:

Disney Interactive Announces North American Release Date for Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition,

Offers Toy Box Takeover Expansion Game as Pre-Order Incentive

 

New Information and Assets Released for Toy Box Expansion Games

 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – (July 8, 2015) Disney Interactive today announced that the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack, featuring the Star Wars™ Twilight of the Republic Play Set, will be available in North America on August 30, 2015. The following will also be available at launch:

  • Star Wars™ Twilight of the Republic Play Set (Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano figures included) for players who choose to digitally download the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Software; additional standalone figures (Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Power Disc Pack
  • Star Wars Rebels™ figures (Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, and Zeb Orrelios)
  • Star Wars™ Saga Starter Pack
  • Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out Play Set (Joy and Anger figures included) and additional standalone figures (Sadness, Disgust and Fear)
  • Disney figures (Mickey, Minnie, Mulan, Olaf, Sam Flynn and Quorra)
  • Tomorrowland Power Disc Pack

Additional Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Play Sets and figures will be available throughout the fall.

Fans who pre-order a Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack at participating retail stores will receive an early copy of the Toy Box Expansion Game, Toy Box Takeover, an action-adventure valued at $19.99, featuring multiplayer gameplay allowing players to use all of their favorite Disney Infinity characters across Star Wars™, Marvel, Disney and Disney•Pixar.

Toy Box Takeover is one of two new Toy Box Expansion Games available to play in Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition.  The second will be Toy Box Speedway, a kart-racing game, also set for release this fall. Toy Box Expansion Games unlock additional hours of gameplay inside Toy Box 3.0.  Players place a Toy Box Expansion Game Piece on the Disney Infinity Base to unlock pre-built games that instantly take them into the action, mixing and matching characters from across The Walt Disney Company and using unlocked toys and gadgets to complete missions.

 

Toy Box Expansion Game Overviews:

 

Toy Box Takeover

When Syndrome gets his hands on Merlin’s magic wand, it’s up to the player to stop him.  Using their favorite characters in Disney Infinity, they must battle across multiple worlds, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Marvel’s Upper Manhattan, The Old West, or The Incredibles Volcano Lair to defeat the bad guys before they ruin the Toy Box forever. Players can complete missions with family and friends via two-player local co-op or four-player online.

 

Toy Box Speedway

Players can join their favorite Disney, Disney•Pixar, Marvel’s and Star Wars characters and vehicles in an action-packed kart-racer.  With nine franchise-themed tracks to choose from – Sugar Rush, Frozen, Tatooine, a classic Star Wars location, San Fransokyo, Agrabah, Monsters Inc., Halloween Town, Gravity Falls or Marvel’s Knowhere – they can choose from three different game modes including Time Trial mode, Race mode and Combat mode.   Players put their driving skills to the test as they attack opponents with gadgets and weapons and earn trophies across three challenge cups.

Rated E10+ by the ESRB, the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack available in North America on August 30, 2015 for $64.99, includes the Star Wars™ Twilight of the Republic Play Set, the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Base, Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker character figures, and a web code card that unlocks content for PC and mobile devices.

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Video Game and Base are required to play the Toy Box Expansion Games.  Toy Box Takeover and Toy Box Speedway will be sold separately at the suggested retail price of $19.99 each later this fall.

All figures and Power Discs from the 1.0 and 2.0 editions of Disney Infinity will be compatible with Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition in the enhanced Toy Box 3.0.

Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box Screen 3

We were lucky enough to try out the Play Sets and the Toy Box Speedway between E3 and Comic Con, which you’ll be able to read about really soon! Until then, let us know if Disney has you hooked and what content you’re planning on buying! And don’t forget, follow our Twitter feeds @geekscapedotnet and @geekscapegames to find out how to win a Darth Vader figure in advance!

Fresh off their successful live-adaptations of Disney tales like Cinderella and Maleficent, Disney intends to continue striking while that iron burns hot with Mulan. I’m legitimately excited.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Disney bought a script by writing team Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.

 

Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) are producing the new project.

Mulan will be yet another entry in live-action reboots Disney has in the works.

Disney is also making a live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson andDan Stevens. Audra McDonaldjust joined the cast of the project, which will be directed by Bill Condon. It hits theaters on March 17, 2017. And in 2016 Disney will release a new version of The Jungle Book and the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. Finally, a live-action version of Dumbo, which will be helmed by Tim Burton, is also in the works.

The success of genre properties like The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones must have unlocked Disney’s awareness of their older audience who have a fond affinity of never growing up past their childhood. How long before we see The Lion King with real lions?

I’m not knocking their decision — a live-action Mulan that looks like Red Cliff? Yes please! — I just think it’s funny that it’s only in this era that Disney could profit from these types of movies. The direct influence from geekier properties are clear, but appropriated into Disney fairy tales (which itself were mostly Grimm stories which clearly Mulan isn’t, but still) is just amusing to me.

Points for Disney for hiring women writers. I do hope they commit to the, uh, ahem, exotic aspects of Mulan and not cast non-Asians in any prominent roles. Of all the ethnicities underrepresented in Hollywood, it’s Asians, man. There were twenty years between Margaret Cho’s failed sitcom to ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat. Twenty.

It is currently unknown when this new Mulan will hit theaters, but I hope it’s soon. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.