Disney has released a 4-minute preview of OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL showing us the journey taken by Oscar Diggs on his way to the mysterious land with the yellow-brick road.

Those who have experienced the 4D expeirence at Disney California Advneture will be familiar with the clip as it is the same clip shown in the preview. Obviously the fans and water effects you'll have to re-create yourself.

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is in theaters now.

Runners can now register for this year’s Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort, Nov. 8 -9, by going to www.rundisney.com.

More than 20,500 runners are expected to register for weekend races, including 14,000 for the nighttime half marathon,

We all know that that the wizard in the merry land of Oz loves himself a good award ceremony. Today, Disney's released a new still from OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL featuring a few of the film's key characters lined up in front of the Wizard awaiting an announcement.

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is now playing in theaters.

• Check out our movie review of OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL.
• See our full gallery of images for OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL.

On Thursday, March 7, 2013, the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood played host to the opening night screening of Disney's OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, kicking off a seven week engagement of the film.

James Franco and Zach Braff who starred in the film, made an unannounced surprise appearance prior to the beginning of the movie to thank and welcome the excited audience.

El Capitan's engagement of “Oz The Great and Powerful” runs through April 30. El Capitan guests will also get to see an exclusive display of costumes and props from the movie. Plus, for the first three weeks of the engagement – through March 31 – audiences will get to experience Disney “Mysteries of Magic” at every show with award-winning magician Greg Wilson performing traditional magic.

Oz the Great and Powerful opened this past weekend with a respectable take and while the reviews are a mixed bag, so are the unique characters from the film. There's no denying that there's several funny moments in the film and even a few instant quotables.

Today, we present some of our favorite quotes from Oz the Great and Powerful!

Potential spoilers ahead if you don't want to know anything about the film so proceed with caution!

AP holders will have the chance to take part in a special "making of" Presentation and Panel Discussion about the new Fantasy Faire at Disneyland. Show Director Christopher Utley and Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Director Michel den Dulk will talk about the new project and hold a special Q&A where Annual Passholders can ask questions about the making of Fantasy Faire.

IRON MAN 3 lands in theaters May 3 and to help get us exited, Disney has released a new poster and trailer for the film. IRON MAN 3 lands in theaters May 3.

In continuing viral efforts to promote Disney-Pixar's upcoming MONSTER'S UNIVERSITY, a few viral videos for the actual university depicted in the film have been released. Playing on smarmy recruitment type commercials, the videos give us a look at the beautiful visuals for the film as well as some of the primary characters who've been revealed in official trailers thus far.

Directed by Dan Scanlon, Monster's University features the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray and Peter Sohn.

Monster's University opens enrollment in theaters on June 21.

A record breaker this is not but Sam Raimi's OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is extimated to pull in the expected $80 million target amount. The film opened with a strong start on Friday taking in more than $24 million domestically according to Box Office Mojo.

Overall, 2013 has been rife with disappointing box offices but this opening for OZ is the biggest of the year thus far and in the top 5 of movies that have ever opened in March. It's Friday opening alone nearly made more than John Carter's entire March opening weekend. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, by contrast, also opened in March but with more than a $116 million take.

The annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company is a time to look back at prior year success and to look forward to what's to come. From the opening of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure to Marvel's The Avengers setting box office records, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger had great news to share at the meeting earlier this week.

Earlier this week, we commented in our BD review or WREC IT RALPH that one of our favorite features was a bonus feature called Disney Intermission. Chris Hardwick from the Nerdist narrates an Easter egg extravaganza of fun facts from the film.

We won't give away everything but we present eight things you probably missed when you saw WRECK IT RALPH.

Al Lutz mentioned a few weeks ago that a special Greek celebration is in the works for the Disneyland Resort as part of a new event division called “Small World Celebrations.” Similar to the events we've already seen the past few years for the Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras Bayou Bash, and Dia de Reyes the new celebrations offer a way for guests to experience Disney magic like never before with special limited time entertainment, food, crafts, and activities.

A recent Disneyland Resort survey was asking about such types of celebrations and how relevant that they would be at the Disneyland Resort. The options below might give a sneak peek at upcoming Limited Time Magic offerings at the Disneyland Resort.

Disney.com just launched Oh My Disney, a new blog delivering a bizarre mix of Disney favorites in a cheeky blog format. OMD for short, the new site combines witty writings with classic and current Disney characters and stories. Features include original and shareable content through a variety of videos, GIFs and images.

Check out OMD today at Disney.com/OhMyDisney.

Wreck it Ralph was a contender this year at the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and while the shiny gold Oscar went to Disney-Pixar's BRAVE instead, the film is definitely with its own merit. Within WRECK IT RALPH, we find several distinct worlds that have been brought to life like never before.

In celebration of the film's release on Blu-ray and DVD, we have a great feature talking with several of the visual development artists from the film who helped conceptualize the video game worlds and characters in Wreck-It Ralph.