Get ready for a very animated San Diego Comic-Con (Ep. 316)

Drew Taylor & Jim Hill start this week’s episode by discussing “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” that new show at Disneyland Park in Anaheim. examineThey then look at how Paramount Pictures’ new “Smurfs” film performed at the domestic box office. For this episode, listeners will learn about: Who did Chris Buck & Kevin Lima originally want to voice Tantor the elephant in Disney’s animated version of “Tarzan” Which role will Josh Gad be playing in the live concert version of “Jesus Christ Superstar” (which will be presented at the Hollywood Bowl August 1 – 3rd) How many songs from the soundtrack of “KPop Demon Hunters” (i.e., Netflix’s latest hit animated film) wound up in Billboard’s Hot 100 Why did Sony Pictures Animation opt to push back the release date of “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” When will San Diego Comic-Con be celebrating Fox’s Animation Domination programming block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices