The Tinker Bell Film Series

[Thumper_93]

It seems that Jakks Pacific is going to release a sabe of dolls again. I thought that this franchise was cancelled.

[Sotiris]

Where did you hear that?

[Thumper_93]

Where did you hear that?

You can see the new dolls here. They are going to be released this month and there'll be 4 dolls available. They are also going to release some surprise dolls.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeczgNXsEvl ... _copy_link

[Thumper_93]

A new magazine has been released in Spain
https://www.blue-ocean-spain.es/campanilla/

[Sotiris]

There was going to be another Tinker Bell film after the cancelled Tinker Academy and it would have connected the film series back to the original Peter Pan. It was going to be directed by Stephen Anderson and Dan Abraham.

Story room doodles from when the amazing Dan Abraham and I were directing a film with the working title ‘Tink Meets Peter.’ It would’ve been the last of the Pixie Hollow films and a prequel to Walt’s 1953 film. Unfortunately, its development coincided with the demise of the home video market and the studio pulled the plug. It was developed at Disney Toons in late 2014/early 2015. There was originally going to be another film after Never Beast and then ours.

Source: https://twitter.com/stevehatguy/status/ ... 0120537088

[Atlantica]

Such a massive, massive shame.

I, and loads of others, would 100% have been here for two more films ! It's a clear win for Disney+ isn't it ? Have a Tink franchise on there, it would THRIVE I reckon.

[Sotiris]

Disney is reviving the Disney Fairies brand with another book series after The Never Girls.

Tinker Bell makes a dazzling new debut in this exciting adventure series for middle grade readers! Disney Fairies was a breakout franchise which spawned six films and 60-chapter books. Our readers who grew up with the films and chapter book series are looking for ways to still engage with their favorite characters now that they are older. This is Book 1 of a trilogy.

Tinker Bell loves nothing more than solving a problem. For her, red buttons demand to be pushed, treasure maps need to be followed, and lost things ought to be found. So when a strange fairy crash lands in Pixie Hollow and leaves Tinker Bell two clues to find a mysterious necklace on the Mainland, she really doesn’t have a choice but to help. However, her journey takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden city of fairies living below the streets of London. In this city called Bleakwatch, she'll meet the Flutterpunks, the most infamous band of trinket scavengers around. Helping her may just give them their biggest score yet. But when the Flutterpunks’ plan goes haywire, they’ll be forced to choose between a big payday or saving their new friend. When their adventure takes them inside the glittering Clockwork Capital, Tinker Bell and the Flutterpunks will uncover a villainous secret that threatens all the fairies in Bleakwatch. It turns out there’s more at stake than just finding a missing necklace, and it’ll be up to Tinker Bell to set things right. Luckily, that’s what tinker fairies do best!

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Bleakwatch-Chron ... 368098622/

[carolinakid]

Tinker Bell is now considered problematic. Her Meet and Greet is now eliminated.

[UmbrellaFish]

Tinker Bell hasn’t had a meet and greet in Walt Disney World since the start of the pandemic. However, Tinker Bell still flies over the crowd during the Happily Ever After Fireworks show (safety precautions permitting).

Tinker Bell still meets in Disneyland at Pixie Hollow.

I tried to look it up and couldn’t find confirmation, but I suspect the meetable Tinker Bell only dates back to 2008 when the first Tinker Bell movie premiered. After all, prior to that, Walt Disney’s Tinker Bell never spoke!

[carolinakid]

This was a WDW Pro YouTube video that came out on 5/9/24.

[UmbrellaFish]

Yes, because once again, one of their videos is purposefully misleading you. Ask yourself, if the character is “problematic,” why would they be axing her from only one US park, and not all of them? Isn’t California more “woke” than Florida? If that’s the case, why would you leave Tink in CA but not FL? And if the character has been blacklisted for being problematic in FL, why would you cancel their meet and greet in FL but not also their parade and fireworks appearances in FL? Only Disney would have access to the numbers, but I think it’s fair to guess that, in a single day, many, many more people saw Tinker Bell during the fireworks than queued to meet her at the Town Square Theatre. So if they are purposefully trying to hide “problematic” Tinker Bell, they are doing a bad job of it. Lastly, Tinker Bell was not the only character whose meet and greet never returned post-pandemic. For example, Baymax used to have a M&G in Epcot but no longer does. However, similar to Tink, he can still be met in California.

WDW Pro (and other sites that run clickbait Disney headlines) is spreading this BS because 4 years since Tink’s meet and greet closed, Disney has only recently removed the signage for her meet and greet in Magic Kingdom. That has nothing to do with any “agenda,” and everything to do with poor park maintenance. Speaking of, if this story were true, why didn’t WDW Pro run it four years ago when Tink’s M&G actually closed? Interesting their “insiders” only got the scoop when an old sign was removed…

Here’s WDWNT’s article about the signage, from 5/3: https://wdwnt.com/2024/05/tinker-bell-m ... c-kingdom/

[Thumper_93]

Disney is not going to stop using Tinker Bell. She's an icon, one of the most recognizable characters of the company and her merchandise is very popular. They even built a new ride at Tokyo. They are not going to renounce her only because some people think that she's not a good reference.
Honestly I'm tired about people who only see bad things. It happens the same with Snow white and they want everybody to think like them.