It’s just been announced at Comic-Con that Guillermo Del Toro will be taking on a new project for Disney: a remake of The Haunted Mansion, based on the legendary Disneyland ride.  Del Toro is taking on a lot of dark movies, with involvement with Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, and Van Helsing all in development with him attached.  He’s a big fan of the ride, and is looking forward to the movie.  Here’s what he had to say about it to MTV at Comic Con:

“For some people, it’s just a ride. For others like me, it’s a way of life.  We’re really serious fanatics. I’m a big, big collector of it. I’ve been collecting not only memorabilia, but also original artifacts from the mansion for the last ten years.”

Disney, under new leadership, is planning to move to the dark side.  Rumors have swirled recently that Angelina Jolie might play the ultimate Disney villainess, Maleficent, for a Tim Burton-helmed feature film.  Del Toro will write and produce The Haunted Mansion and I bet it will be a lot more serious and scary than 2003′s movie starring Eddie Murphy.

It looks like Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is wrapping up production and Disney has released stills of several scenes from the movie.  Demi Lovato and the Jonas brothers star in the sequel to Disney’s hit Camp Rock.

Check it out!

Oooh, drama drama!  What happened to Kevin Jonas?  Is he sick?  Faking?

Whoa, those girls don’t look like they’re getting good news.

But now Demi Lovato is happy about something!

Look!  Campers!  So that’s what the camp counselors are for.

Whoo-hoo!  More dancing and singing.  It is a musical, after all!

Are you looking forward to Camp Rock 2? Did you like the first one?

The soundtrack to “Jonas LA”, the popular Disney show, hit the Billboard’s top ten this week.  It landed at a solid #7 on the chart, with over 33,000 albums sold and beat out Miley Cyrus but sits behind Justin Bieber (edit:updated).  You can see the video for “Hey You”, one of the tracks, right here on BSCKids.com!  The Jonas brothers are on tour and are promoting their new movie, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.  I wonder if that album will hit the top ten, as well?

The soundtrack released in the US on July 20, so it hit the top ten in just a week’s time!  Congratulations, Jonas Brothers!  Do you think the Jonas brothers deserve a spot in the top ten?  Should they have beat Miley Cyrus’s album this week?

Justin Bieber will not appear at the awards show likely when it airs on August 9th, since he has already accepted his 4 awards prior. We have the video, which will likely be shown during the awards show on the 9th. But you can watch it here first before it airs on Teen Choice Awards!

He won these following awards-Choice Top Album, Choice Summer Music Star, Choice Top Album, and Choice Breakout Artist, Male. So he won four awards and was lucky to get them ahead of the time. Another neat little factor is the fact that Shaquille O’Neal was able to present him with one the awards. Which is pretty cool, considering the fact that they will have a dancing face off on Shaquille’s show.

You can also see two exclusive photos from Justin Bieber being on the set of CSI. You can watch the video below to see him accepting his awards and do not forget to watch the Teen Choice Awards.

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Amazon is arguably one of biggest web stores around, so when they release their top selling action figures people listen. They have Buzz Lightyear listed twice and even Jacob Black from New Moon. Plus a few other Disney characters as well. Then they also have your typical type of action figures listed as well. Here is the full list.

Gear of War Jace Stratton 7″ Action Figure SDCC Exclusive
Bioshock Unmasked Big Sister 7″ Action Figure SDCC Exclusive
Toy Story 12″ Talking Buzz Lightyear
Disney / Pixar TS1 Bucket of Soldiers
Predators Cloaked Berserker Predator 7′ Action figure SDCC Exclusive
Transformers Leader Optimus Prime
Star Wars Galactic Hero Playset – At-At
Bakugan 7 in 1 Maxus Dragonoid
Fisher-Price Imaginext DC Super Friends Batcave
Disney Advanced Talking Buzz Lightyear Action Figure — 12”
Transformers Deluxe Movie Collection 2 – Cybertronian Optimus Prime
HeroClix Watchmen Colossal Dr. Manhattan Figure SDCC Exclusive
Cult Classic – Terminator 2 Series 3 T-1000 Liquid Metal 7″ Action figure SDCC Exclusive
Transformers Human Alliance – Bumblebee with Sam
Toy Story 3 Woody & Bullseye Roundup Pack
Disney / Pixar TS3 Toy Story Space Aliens 3 Pack
Ben 10 Ultimate Big Chill 4″ Articulated Alien Figure
Twilight New Moon “Jacob Black” 7″ Action Figure
Disney / Pixar TS3 Rex the Roaring Dinosaur
Retro-Action DC Super Heroes Batman Figure

Are any of your favorites on the list? I think they should release the biggest selling dolls next! I find it neat how they mention an action figure of Jacob Black, but not Edward Cullen. You would think that an Edward one would sell pretty well. What do you think?

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Wizards of Waverly Place has released two promo photos for their upcoming August 20th episode, guest starring Wilmer Valderrama who is known for Handy Manny. The episode is entitled Uncle Ernesto.

Here is a quick glance at what is the episodes plot.

Friday, August 20th – Wizards of Waverly Place – “All About You-Niverse” – After Alex steps through a magical mirror, the universe becomes all about her, and when the mirror breaks after she doesn’t want to come back to the real world, Alex is possibly stuck in the parallel ‘you-niverse’ forever, in a new episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.

Friday, August 27th – Wizards of Waverly Place – “Uncle Ernesto” – Justin, Alex and Max promise a magic-free evening so Theresa can invite her brother Ernesto (who does not know about the Russo’s magical powers) for a birthday dinner. The promise is broken as soon as Alex spots magical birthday presents from Uncle Kelbo, in a new episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. Guest Starring is Wilmer Valderrama (“Handy Manny”) as Uncle Ernesto.

Sounds like it will cause you plenty of laughs. Do not forget to watch the Emmy Awards to see if Wizards of Waverly Place wins! You can also find out about the 4th and final season of the show. Next up, the promo photos for the episode!

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Last year, Disney’s A Christmas Carol was a smash hit, earning $137 million before DVD sales.  Now you can preorder the DVD and BluRay, set to release just in time for the holidays on November 16.  Features include:

Special Features

4-DISC BLU-RAY COMBO PACK
• Mr. Scrooge’s Wild Ride (In 3D)
• Plus All Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Features

1-DISC BLU-RAY
• Behind The Carol: The Full Motion Capture Experience
• Digital Advent Calendar
• Plus All DVD Bonus Features

1-DISC DVD
• Capturing A Christmas Carol
• On Set With Sammi
• Deleted Scenes

A Christmas Carol starred the talents of Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, and Bob Hoskins, and follows the classic Dickens story of a miser who is visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve and has a change of heart.  It’s been made into movies before, including the Mickey Mouse version in the 1980s.  Which version of A Christmas Carol is your favorite?

I was lucky enough to attend the Shop Til You Rock event in Alpharetta, GA on July 24th, where I was able to interview her for BSCKids. The video is below, in which I asked about Sonny with a Chance and her other projects like her upcoming album. I think the interview is very informative and is a must see for any Demi Lovato fan.

Be warned about the screaming fans, as the interview was filmed besides the stage and her fans went crazy over her! Other than that, the video is fairly short, but to the point. Sadly, she did not perform at this event, but she did do a meet and greet with her fans. However, you can see when she performed at the Glendale Galleria. for the same even. The event went smoothly all in all, but the highlight is this interview.

Do not forget to check out when the event will come near your city and see who will perform. Also, do not forget about the contest at Shop Til You Rock for a chance to win a meet and greet with Demi herself! Now for the video of the interview.

“Sweet Valley High” was a series of books that your moms probably read, very popular in the 80s and 90s.  There was even a TV series.  Now a new book about the Sweet Valley twins, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, is coming out.  Titled “Sweet Valley Confidential: 10 Years Later”.  Now Elizabeth is a reporter in New York and Jessica is in the middle of a divorce, and the twins aren’t speaking to each other.

I’m not sure why they bothered adding the “ten years later” part, since the original series had the twins in high school for over 20 years across over 150 different books, many written by ghost writers.  It’s the latest tween girl book-turned-movie. The movie, by the way, should release in 2012 and is to be written by the ever witty Diablo Cody (Juno).  I never read the books but I’ll probably go see the movie because I think Diablo is so talented!  Have you ever read the Sweet Valley books?

Selena Gomez recently went on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show to talk about her newly released film and her new album, along with her co-star Joey King. You can hear the interview below for all of the goodies they talked about on the show.

Interviews with Selena Gomez are always entertaining and again she did well. They talked about the movie Ramona and Beezus, of course mixed with other topics. The interview was typical Ryan Seacrest style. I do give major props to Selena since she was sick during the interview, so she really went above and beyond with this one.

I love the fact that they did not just talk about her movie, but also her upcoming album. In addition, Joey King did bring some laughter to the show as well. I think they all did a good job and I hope that Selena Gomez will get the chance to work with Joey again. They both make a great team together and they enjoyed working with each other.

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