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The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jurassic World Breaks Records, Elio Stalls, and Looking Back at 'The Mouse Factory' (Ep. 314)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Fine Tooning, Jim Hill and Drew Taylor dig into a packed slate of animation and entertainment news—including box office wins, deep animation history, and Broadway updates: Universal celebrates a huge opening for Jurassic World Rebirth with $318M globally, while How to Train Your Dragon crosses the half-billion mark. Disney’s Lilo & Stitch nears the billion-dollar club, expected to cross the threshold by the time Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters later this month. Pixar’s Elio struggles at the box office, with $96M worldwide after three weekends and its Disney+ debut now supposedly slated for September. “Boop the Musical” to close on Broadway, while Disney’s Frozen the Musical West End run hits Disney+ with a professionally filmed version. Ward Kimball’s The Mouse Factory – Jim revisits Disney’s forgotten answer to The Muppet Show, cancelled after just two seasons to protect the studio’s Sunday night ratings. Plus: Updates on Camp Cretaceous: Chaos Theory, the retirement of animation legend Tom Sito, changes at Cartoon Brew, and the long-awaited arrival of The Cat in the Hat—now with Things 1 through 18. A jam-packed episode filled with history, industry insight, and a look ahead at what’s next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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slash setup welcome back to fine tuning with drew Taylor your one-stop shop when it comes to

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animation news and commentary I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr. Taylor,

0:39.5

whose writings on the industry you can regularly read over on the rap and whose musings on the

0:44.4

Mission of Possible movies you can listen to on Like the Fuse, the official Mission Impossible podcast.

0:50.8

He and I are recording this week's show on Monday, July 7th, which is a crazy

0:58.8

time of here for folks who work your side of the street, Drew. I mean, what was it? The Anime

1:04.4

Expo just wrapped up at the Los Angeles Convention Center. And then just two weeks after this podcast officially posts on Tuesday, July 8th,

1:16.9

Comic-Con International is just about to get underway down in San Diego.

1:21.5

Preview night is Wednesday, July 22nd.

1:24.0

And then San Diego Comic-Con officially gets underway the next day, Thursday, July 23rd.

1:29.7

Are you going to be doing Comic-Con this year? Do you know yet?

1:33.3

Yes. Well, I will be there for a panel on Friday the 25th that I'm hosting.

1:39.8

Oh, cool. Yeah. Yeah. So when I, I'm probably going to get more information this week.

1:45.5

So it'll be fully revealed next week.

1:48.7

There we go.

1:49.5

What Mr. Taylor is alluding to is honestly one of the most frustrating aspects of San Diego Comic-Con that they don't reveal the schedule to what?

2:00.2

Less than a week out?

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