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Is Michael Jackson's CAPTAIN EO Set To Return?? Seems So...


Merrick here...

For a few weeks now we've been hearing indications that the George Lucas produced, Francis Ford Coppola directed, James Horner scored, Michael Jackson starring CAPTAIN EO (in 3-D) would be making a return to Disney kingdoms early next year - per suddenly renewed public interest in Mr. Jackson's work (i.e. to exploit his death).

As of yet, there's been no official announcement towards such ends - although scuttlebutt says work is already underway prepping the theater(s?) in which EO will be hosted. When will we know for sure? According to Al Lutz's MiceAge site, we should see a definitive announcement tomorrow.

Editor's Note 9/11: Captain EO Update - Bob Iger kicked off the lavish D23 Expo with no major news and a rather coy answer on the Captain EO topic, as apparently Burbank is furious both the Star Tours and EO info leaked ahead of Jay Rasulo’s planned announcements on Saturday. Meanwhile, executives at WDI and TDA continue to prep for the January opening of EO, and gab about it rather openly. The technical tests for EO this week in the closed Honey I Shrunk Theater went well, and now it’s just up to Jay to either announce on Saturday or hold the news until after new year’s. - Al Lutz
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...says MiceAge HERE.

I've never actually seen CAPTAIN EO on a big screen - many of our readers probably haven't. As such, I'm guessing this might be a unique opportunity for a number of folks out there. Although, imagining the musical number featured in the second embed below...on the big screen...in 3-D...does make me question my resolve a bit.









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yo
by DirtyWookie
Sep 11th, 2009
04:01:17 PM
CAPTAIN EO was weird
by slone13
Sep 11th, 2009
04:01:38 PM
OH ]]
by DirtyWookie
Sep 11th, 2009
04:02:23 PM
Johnny Depp was there too
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 11th, 2009
04:03:03 PM
Cant remember this one...
by TheUmpireStrokesBach
Sep 11th, 2009
04:03:05 PM
I saw Captain EO the year it came out
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 11th, 2009
04:04:06 PM
I'm not sure...
by gingerella
Sep 11th, 2009
04:04:43 PM
STAR TOURS
by DonLogan
Sep 11th, 2009
04:05:48 PM
News is a slight exaggeration...
by TheUmpireStrokesBach
Sep 11th, 2009
04:07:06 PM
Damn that Invisible Woman statue's got ASS
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Sep 11th, 2009
04:07:15 PM
Good job posting more Jackson news...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 11th, 2009
04:07:27 PM
You beat me to it lol.
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 11th, 2009
04:08:07 PM
DonLogan
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 11th, 2009
04:08:33 PM
Michael Jackson Biopic coming soon...
by carlanga
Sep 11th, 2009
04:09:56 PM
We're all dicking about in a thread about Captain cunting Eo
by gingerella
Sep 11th, 2009
04:10:37 PM
We are here...
by TheUmpireStrokesBach
Sep 11th, 2009
04:11:15 PM
I got a stuffed animal
by Series7
Sep 11th, 2009
04:11:19 PM
When happens if they made a film about this?
by donduck
Sep 11th, 2009
04:12:53 PM
When happens if they made a film about this?
by donduck
Sep 11th, 2009
04:12:55 PM
HOLY SHIT PIRATES 4!!!
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 11th, 2009
04:13:30 PM
would love to see PIXAR involved
by DrUltimately
Sep 11th, 2009
04:16:37 PM
Zach Efron for the MJ biopic.
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 11th, 2009
04:17:50 PM
Captain EO was my first 3D experience
by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS
Sep 11th, 2009
04:20:19 PM
yeah, make a real movie out of this Disney!
by donduck
Sep 11th, 2009
04:23:21 PM
Ahhhhhh so this is the movie Francis Ford Coppola
by Series7
Sep 11th, 2009
04:31:14 PM
CAPTAIN PEDO
by AzulTool
Sep 11th, 2009
04:33:00 PM
Tomorrowland
by Cordelia
Sep 11th, 2009
04:42:22 PM
Yep kiddies I saw it at Disneyland...
by DonKingKong
Sep 11th, 2009
04:46:21 PM
The proto-Borg Queen...
by blade_walker
Sep 11th, 2009
04:56:52 PM
Better go ride Star Tours while it's still standing
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 11th, 2009
05:02:18 PM
Fuck off Flynn Lives
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 11th, 2009
05:02:52 PM
"When happens if they made a film about this?"
by ledbetter51
Sep 11th, 2009
05:04:49 PM
Nope, Star Tours is gonna be toast
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 11th, 2009
05:08:03 PM
Captain EO was a shit movie when he was alive...
by Gus Van Rant
Sep 11th, 2009
05:14:56 PM
Captain EO is great stuff!
by Azlam Orlandu
Sep 11th, 2009
05:30:17 PM
Star Tours is being REPLACED by EO
by rectalscan
Sep 11th, 2009
05:38:24 PM
Disney should be ashamed. Jackson was a child molester!
by Snake Foreskin
Sep 11th, 2009
05:41:39 PM
Captain EO was bad ass!!! Bring it on Disney!!!
by kbarber29
Sep 11th, 2009
05:42:26 PM
probably looks shit on a big screen too
by Mysterious_Volvo
Sep 11th, 2009
05:47:36 PM
Captain EO was AIDS
by Mysterious_Volvo
Sep 11th, 2009
05:47:58 PM
Saw Captain Eo at Disneyland the night it opened
by Greggers
Sep 11th, 2009
05:48:14 PM
working at disney world in the late eighties
by Mundungus
Sep 11th, 2009
05:48:35 PM
STAR TOURS and CAPTAIN EO existed right next to each other at on
by kbarber29
Sep 11th, 2009
05:48:36 PM
Upon rewatching it...
by Greggers
Sep 11th, 2009
05:53:17 PM
Eo really was great
by Cutter99
Sep 11th, 2009
05:59:13 PM
EPCOT in the 80s fucking ruled
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 11th, 2009
06:03:54 PM
I love how whenever anyone does something to memorialize...
by JackLucas
Sep 11th, 2009
06:06:45 PM
Captain EOOUUUW!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 11th, 2009
06:07:50 PM
SAVE THE UNIVERSE THROUGH DANCE! YAY! LAME.
by HaterofCrap
Sep 11th, 2009
06:14:07 PM
EO: Special Edition
by HB_Dad
Sep 11th, 2009
06:17:48 PM
But will they bring back the People Mover to cash in on Tron 2?
by HB_Dad
Sep 11th, 2009
06:19:59 PM
Was this really a good film?
by Logan_1973
Sep 11th, 2009
06:40:11 PM
There's better-quality WIDESCREEN videos....
by Cervantes
Sep 11th, 2009
06:51:03 PM
I Hope They Enhance The Special Effects
by Media Messiah
Sep 11th, 2009
06:56:31 PM
saw this
by adomenic
Sep 11th, 2009
07:14:03 PM
Well, that'll haunt my dreams forever.
by brokentusk
Sep 11th, 2009
07:18:51 PM
For Christ sakes, keep Astro Boy away from Captain EO
by AzulTool
Sep 11th, 2009
07:32:46 PM
"To exploit his death" Goddammit Merrick
by MattmanReturns
Sep 11th, 2009
07:42:07 PM
Replacing 'Honey I Shrunk The Audience'?
by Heckles
Sep 11th, 2009
08:06:47 PM
Magic Journeys was better!
by JimStansel
Sep 11th, 2009
08:20:06 PM
anyone else notice how
by mynamesdan
Sep 11th, 2009
08:36:35 PM
i too saw this when i was young..
by soup74
Sep 11th, 2009
08:37:35 PM
The best part?
by Uga
Sep 11th, 2009
08:47:14 PM
Will they upgrade it like Star Wars: Special Edition?
by GibsonUSA Returns
Sep 11th, 2009
08:53:31 PM
"GibsonUSA Returns"...
by HB_Dad
Sep 11th, 2009
08:56:12 PM
Keep piling on the jackson talkbacks
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Sep 11th, 2009
09:19:23 PM
WHO GIVES A FUCK.
by effector12
Sep 11th, 2009
10:55:16 PM
....
by effector12
Sep 11th, 2009
10:56:24 PM
Lutz likes boys, and Miceage is ass
by FeralAngel
Sep 11th, 2009
11:25:51 PM
CAPTAIN EO WITH THE KNIFED GLOVE
by Mullah Omar
Sep 11th, 2009
11:39:19 PM
Disney as good at Dancing round the issue
by freedunit01
Sep 11th, 2009
11:48:57 PM
Please...no...no no and no.
by yodaismyhomie
Sep 12th, 2009
12:43:35 AM
Can we get a new Captain EO?
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 12th, 2009
01:17:17 AM
Any chance they'll do a movie...
by HercsShowerRadio
Sep 12th, 2009
01:30:36 AM
They should put this guy in it..
by The Dark Shite
Sep 12th, 2009
01:45:52 AM
Why did Universal get rid of the Back to the Future
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 12th, 2009
02:19:37 AM
Last time I was at Disneyworld was in '86
by Dingbatty
Sep 12th, 2009
02:22:16 AM
I saw it when I was a kid.
by Crimson King
Sep 12th, 2009
02:55:25 AM
The actor playing Michael Jackson will have to...
by Fareal
Sep 12th, 2009
07:05:49 AM
BTTF ride..
by The Dark Shite
Sep 12th, 2009
08:22:21 AM
I call for a full HD remaster and IMAX 3D tour
by Geomancer21
Sep 12th, 2009
08:38:32 AM
There will be two MJ biopics. One will be total bullshit...
by Fareal
Sep 12th, 2009
09:17:23 AM
Dead on Fareal
by Stalkeye
Sep 12th, 2009
09:38:34 AM
MICHAEL JACKSON DID NOT ABUSE ANY CHILDREN
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 12th, 2009
12:07:03 PM
Captain EO Sucked
by 900LBGorilla
Sep 12th, 2009
12:37:17 PM
I said it before..I'll say it again and again and again..
by conspiracy
Sep 12th, 2009
01:05:40 PM
Bringingsexyback
by kilerb
Sep 12th, 2009
01:07:42 PM
I have no words to describe...
by ElJuano
Sep 12th, 2009
01:34:16 PM
Peter Fucking Pan and a bunch of muppets.
by Viking2009
Sep 12th, 2009
01:44:51 PM
Saw Captain Eo when I was 8
by Bramton1
Sep 12th, 2009
02:57:03 PM
Wow a lot of hate for Captain EO..
by Nuking the Fridge
Sep 12th, 2009
03:11:15 PM
BringingSexyBack, stop drinking the MJ Jesus Juice.
by Fareal
Sep 12th, 2009
03:30:22 PM
Where;s the Star Tours Story?
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 12th, 2009
03:44:02 PM
Honey, I Blew the Kids
by NoWhammies
Sep 12th, 2009
03:55:12 PM
Fuck me, Captain EO is bad.
by Playkins
Sep 12th, 2009
04:02:41 PM
Isn't it funny we got more news out of a Disney Expo
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 12th, 2009
04:02:48 PM
Yep, Star Tours is toast
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 12th, 2009
04:16:46 PM
STAR TOURS 2 - EVEN MORE ASS RAPING!
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 12th, 2009
04:33:12 PM
Star Tours may be old..
by conspiracy
Sep 12th, 2009
08:03:55 PM
Yes to Captain EO, but no to Song of the South?
by Snake Foreskin
Sep 13th, 2009
02:04:18 PM
There are a lot more people who'd love to see Song of The South!
by Snake Foreskin
Sep 13th, 2009
02:04:55 PM
Get Robert Zemeckis to do a mo-cap remake!
by Royston Lodge
Sep 13th, 2009
02:51:57 PM
Star Tours is so obsolete.
by Royston Lodge
Sep 13th, 2009
02:55:10 PM
fans that don't go outside are so in.
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 13th, 2009
05:39:54 PM
Alien Encounter
by Sgt.Steiner
Sep 13th, 2009
09:59:24 PM
captain eo
by hellokittylikeskaga
Nov 5th, 2009
01:44:15 PM
Bit late in the game are we?
by Orcus
Nov 6th, 2009
12:48:16 PM

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