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Disney.com Helps Kids Make a Difference with the “Disney Friends for Change Games” Online Destination

June 26, 2011 by Chip 48 Comments

To support the “Disney Friends for Change Games” on Disney Channel and Disney XD, Disney.com has launched an online destination at Disney.com/ProjectGreen, where kids and families can take part in the Games from home and help the planet — by making personal pledges of their own, playing online versions of the Games, and making art that matters! When kids play online versions of the Games at Disney.com/ProjectGreen, they can donate the points they earn to one of the four charities involved. At the end of the Games, the charity with the most points given by the Disney.com online community will receive $100K.

In addition to playing online games for charity, kids can view exclusive video content and participate in a number of fun online activities. Kids can create online art on the Friends for Change Group Wall at Disney.com/Create, where they can see the transformative power of friends everywhere pitching in to make a difference. The Disney.com/ProjectGreen site will also feature exclusive videos from the “Disney Friends for Change Games,” including a special wrap-up show hosted by Tiffany Thornton and Jason Earles. Kids can also download the official 2011 Friends for Change anthem “We Can Change the World” featuring Bridgit Mendler on Disney.com/Project Green.

Over 30 Disney Channel and Disney XD stars from around the globe will compete in “Disney Friends for Change Games.” Four teams will play on behalf of a global charity — Fauna and Flora International, World Wildlife Fund, Ocean Conservancy and UNICEF. For five weeks beginning Friday, June 24, Disney Channel will present “Disney Friends for Change Games” in interstitials during its Friday, Saturday and Sunday primetime original series programming, and Disney XD will present a special episode from the games Monday nights beginning June 27 (9:30 p.m., ET/PT). The Games will culminate with a special half-hour episode Sunday, July 31 on Disney Channel.

Disney.com Helps Kids Make a Difference with the Disney Friends for Change Games Online Destination

Filed Under: Celebrity, Disney & Co, Disney Channel/XD, News Tagged With: Bridgit Mendler, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney's Friends for Change, Games, Jason Earles, Tiffany Thornton

Disney XD Orders “Wasabi Warriors” A New Martial Arts Inspired Comedy Series

November 16, 2010 by Chip 8 Comments

Disney XD has ordered “Wasabi Warriors” (working title), a live action comedy set at the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy, a strip mall martial arts studio and worst dojo in the underperforming nationwide Bobby Wasabi chain. There, a ragtag crew of lovable misfits welcomes a hotshot skateboarder named Jack, who will teach a group of neighborhood goofballs about life, karate and how to just plain kick it. The multi-camera series will begin production in Hollywood in January for a 2011 premiere around the world. The announcement was made today by Gary Marsh, president, entertainment, and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide.

Marsh said, “By weaving martial arts into the fabric of a traditional situation comedy, we’ve created a completely unique sitcom form. Plus, by pairing our star Leo Howard – a real life black-belt martial artist – with a brilliant comedian like Jason Earles, we’ve tipped the scales towards success.”

Starring are Jason Earles (“Hannah Montana”) as Rudy, Leo Howard (Disney Channel’s short-form series “Leo Little’s Big Show“) as Jack, Mateo Arias (“Cold Case,” “Hannah Montana,”) as Jerry, Dylan Riley Snyder (“Life During Wartime”) as Milton, Alex Jones as Eddie and Olivia Holt (“Black & Blue”) as Kim.

Located in a strip mall, the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy is in danger of closing until Sensei Rudy recruits Jack, the only person who can restore glory to Bobby Wasabi and vanquish their bitter rival The Golden Dragon. Jack reluctantly joins the dojo and meets his new crew — tough guy and slacker Jerry, awkward yet confident Milton and the lovable and uncoordinated Eddie. These underdogs soon realize their newfound friendship will take them places they never quite imagined.

The series was created by Jim O’Doherty (“Grounded for Life,” “3 Rock from the Sun”) who, with Marc Warren (“JONAS L.A.,” “Cory in the House,”"That’s So Raven”), serves as Executive Producer. Joey Scott (“Growing Pains”) is the producer. “Wasabi Warriors” is produced by It’s A Laugh Productions, Inc.

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Disney XD Orders Wasabi Warriors A New Martial Arts Inspired Comedy Series

Filed Under: Disney & Co, Disney Channel/XD, News Tagged With: Gary Marsh, Hannah Montana, It's a Laugh Productions, Jason Earles, Jonas L.A.

Unlock the Magic – Disney Store Grand Opening at Santa Monica Place

August 10, 2010 by Chip 1 Comment

Moises Arias, Jason Earles, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Minnie, Mickey, President of Disney Store Worldwide – Jim Fielding and Santa Monica Store Manager Diane Derudder “Unlock the Imagination ” at the Opening of the new Disney Store at Santa Monica Place on August 05, 2010 at Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, California.

Mickey, Moises Arias, President of Disney Store Worldwide – Jim Fielding, Jason Earles and Minnie