The cards, the cards, the cards will tell. <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts &amp; entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.&nbsp;</p>
We know Splash Mountain is getting a big update, but is that time almost here?
Splash Mountain is set to undergo a big change at Disney World and Disneyland, but when will that change actually happen.
Some Splash Mountain fans have a new idea for re-theming Splash Mountain.
The head of Walt Disney Imagineering explains the decision making behind the change.
Splash Mountain, the beloved Disney attraction based on the equally controversial 1946 live action/animation hybrid Song of the South, will soon get a new identity, based around characters from their 2009 animated feature The Princess and the Frog. In other words, Disney looked at the flume ride and said: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Nah. The official statement, released on the Disney Parks Blog, is hilarious in its wording and timing. According to Disney, the redo is “a project Imagineers have been working on since last year” (sure) and was timed to mere hours after Disney announced that Disneyland would …
The Princess And The Frog was Disney's farewell to their beloved hand-drawn films. Let us honour that legacy by exploring this instant classic.