The biblical-based film “The King of Kings” was released on Friday, and it’s already expected to break records. The Angel Studios production racked up $14.6 million in ticket pre-sales, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/04/king-of-kings-box-office-presales-1236366250/">Deadline</a>, putting it on track to surpass the massively successful DreamWorks film &#8220;The Prince of Egypt&#8221; (1998), which currently holds the title of best opening for a biblical film at $14.5 million. 
The outlet noted that one million tickets were sold in advance, thanks in large part to the studio’s “Kids go Free” campaign, which allows one free kid’s ticket for every adult ticket purchased.
“The King of Kings” debuts in more than 3,200 locations nationwide this weekend. A synopsis <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TaylorTheater/photos/a-father-tells-his-son-the-greatest-story-ever-told-and-what-begins-as-a-bedtime/1195472525696747/?_rdr">says</a>, “A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love, and redemption through the eyes of a child.”
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“Just like the Prince of Egypt drew families to theaters, our Angel Guild has supported this film through presales and strong word-of-mouth since it entered the Angel ecosystem,” Brandon Purdie, Global Head of Theatrical Distribution &amp; Brand Development at Angel told Deadline. “Charles Dickens had a tradition of sharing this story with his family and we hope that The King of Kings will become a part of the Easter tradition for families around the globe.”
The Daily Wire was on the red carpet at the premiere this week to speak with the film’s creators and stars about working on the faith-based film. 
When asked what it’s like bringing the Bible back to the big screen, director Seong-Ho Jang said (via translator), “I felt the duty as a Christian to spread His word,” the director said, expressing surprise that no major studios were willing to take on the task. 
Jang said he considered it a “miracle” that major stars such as Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan signed on for the project. 
Voice actor Jim Cummings, who voices Pharisee Hillel, said he was convinced to do the project when his agent pitched it as “the greatest story ever told.” He also mentioned being an altar boy from way back, which he said made the project even more important to him. Cummings is best known for being the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1988. 
“The King of Kings” currently has a 66% critic score and 96% audience rating on review aggregator <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_king_of_kings">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. 
The reviewer from The San Francisco Chronicle noted the film’s “whimsical Dickensian touches,” which relates back to the fact that “The King of Kings” is based on the Charles Dickens book, “The Life of Our Lord.” He also called the movie “amusing and possibly enlightening Easter entertainment for younger children.”
Most moviegoers were effusive with their praise. One reviewer said it was “a visually captivating animated film that brings the story of Jesus to life through the imaginative lens of Charles Dickens narrating to his son.” 
“The film&#8217;s heartfelt message of hope, love, and redemption resonates strongly with faith-based audiences. A great film for all !! Tastefully done,” he added.
Another agreed, writing, “This was so captivating! Entertains adults and kids. It is full of truth and light. I&#8217;d recommend to everyone!”

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Animated Biblical Film ‘The King Of Kings’ Poised To Break Box Office Records

Animated Biblical Film 'The King Of Kings' Poised To Break Box Office Records

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The new animated Disney series “Win or Lose” is making headlines again, only this time it’s for featuring an openly Christian character.
The company has avoided Christian references for years, but that changed with the debut of the show “Win or Lose,” which is described as “[featuring] the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game — the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire.”
This new animated series includes a character named Laurie who is feeling self-doubt, so she turns to God in prayer for help. There is also a cutout of an angel inside Laurie’s bedroom.
“Dear Heavenly Father, please give me strength,” Laurie prays. “I have faith, but sometimes the doubt creeps in.”
Industry publication WDW News Today <a href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/03/win-or-lose-introduces-first-openly-christian-disney-character-after-almost-20-years/">noted</a> that this is the first time in two decades that any Disney show has made such a reference. They said the last time was in the 2007 film “Bridge to Terabithia,” which had children Jesse and Leslie attend church together and discussing religion on their way home.
This inclusion is also significant because Disney opted to cut a transgender storyline that was previously included in the same show. The character remained, but all mention of gender identity questioning was removed.
“When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” a rep for the company said at the time.
Chanel Stewart, the trans-identified actor who gave voice to the character, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/12/win-or-lose-transgender-actress-speaks-after-disney-cuts-storyline-1236209109/">complained</a> about the edits while speaking with Deadline in December. 
“I was very disheartened,” Stewart said. “From the moment I got the script, I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth. I knew this would be a very important conversation. Trans stories matter, and they deserve to be heard.”
“Win or Lose” co-creators Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates previously discussed their aim for the show.
“We knew from the beginning we wanted to have all the hallmarks of a Pixar film — humor, heart, and creativity,” they <a href="https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/pixar-win-or-lose/">said</a> in a press release. “We came to the table also knowing we wanted to tell the types of stories we couldn’t tell in a film format. Which included multi-protagonists, nonlinear storytelling, and really just pushing the tone to be more outside of the box.”

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Disney Animated Series Has Openly Christian Character For First Time In Almost Two Decades

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>-identifying teenager who voices a character in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a>’s new animated series, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Win or Lose</a>,” is upset that the studio cut out a trans storyline from the show.
The Pixar series, which will air its first episode on February 19, follows a co-ed middle school softball team preparing for its big championship game. Initially, the series was slated to include a story arc about a player identifying as transgender, but Disney removed those references, a rep <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-animated-series">confirmed</a> to The Hollywood Reporter.
“When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” the Disney spokesperson said in a statement. 
The outlet noted that the character will still appear in the show, but the lines about gender identity have been removed.
Now, the voiceover artist who is voicing that character is speaking out. 
Chanel Stewart learned about the role while scrolling social media and seeing a casting call for a “14-year-old transgender girl” to voice the part, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/12/win-or-lose-transgender-actress-speaks-after-disney-cuts-storyline-1236209109/">Deadline</a>. 
“I was exactly what they wanted to a T, and that’s why it felt so right. It felt just so right,” Stewart told the outlet. “I immediately asked my mom if I could do it, because I just felt like if I don’t do this, it wouldn’t make sense. You know what I mean?”
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“Oh my God, it was crazy,” Stewart, now 18, said of landing the role. “I wore it as a badge. I wore it with pride. I wore it with honor because it meant so much to me. The thought of authentically portraying a transgender teenage girl made me really happy. I wanted to make this for transgender kids like me.”
Stewart’s mom, Keisha, told Deadline that the call from Disney about the storyline being cut was “upsetting.”
“It was upsetting because my daughter is transgender and this is her life. I felt like it was very important that we not hide that fact,” she told the outlet. 
“There may be some parents out there who are not ready to have that conversation, but this is the world that we live in and everyone should be represented,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;Everyone deserves to be recognized. And it felt like it was just another setback for the LGBTQ community, because it’s very hard on transgender teenagers … transgender people, period. Especially when you’re young and you’re trying to figure out how to navigate this world that you live in and be able to grow into your own person.”
“I was very disheartened,” Stewart agreed. “From the moment I got the script, I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth. I knew this would be a very important conversation. Trans stories matter, and they deserve to be heard.”
“It’s just that my character would now be a cis girl, a straight cis girl,” Stewart continued. “So yeah, that’s all they really told me and that I was still a part of the show.”
“I’m definitely one of the first [transgender girls] to do this!” the teen said. “It’s a true honor to be a part of queer history.”
Disney films that include LGBT storylines, such as “Onward” and “Lightyear,” have not performed well with audiences and have inspired negative attention from parents who feel the themes are not appropriate for younger audiences.

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Trans-Identifying Teen Who Voices Animated Character Reacts To Disney Cutting Storyline

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> is deleting a storyline about a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>-identified character from an upcoming animated series, with a rep for the company stating that the topic is best left for parents to discuss with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children</a> themselves.
Pixar’s original animated series “Win or Lose” is scheduled to air its first episode on February 19. The series follows a co-ed middle school softball team preparing for their big championship game. Each of the eight episodes follows one character and shows their point of view.
A rep from Disney confirmed with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-pulls-transgender-storyline-win-or-lose-1236088172/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that the storyline about a transgender-identified individual from one of the later episodes has been removed. “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” the rep said.
The outlet noted that the character will still be in the show, but the lines about gender identity have been taken out. The Disney rep declined to share any more details about the decision or what exactly was changed.
The topic of LGBT themes in children’s content is nothing new for the company. In June of 2022, Disney released the “Toy Story” spinoff “Lightyear” and got a ton of negative press for the same-sex kiss included in the animated children’s feature. 
The film “Onward&#8221; (2020) also included an openly gay character. That movie, which opened just prior to the COVID pandemic, only brought in $76 million at the global box office, with some more conservative countries refusing to show the movie at all.
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Currently, the issue of transgenderism, especially as it relates to children, is an important topic of conversation. The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-hear-a-major-child-gender-transition-case-heres-what-to-know">recently heard oral arguments</a> in a case dealing with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed Senate Bill 1 into law in March 2023. The bill bans doctors or health care providers from performing so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones.
The bill came about following a September 2022 investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. He brought attention to the issue by exposing VUMC’s gender transition procedures for children, including the fact that they called these procedures a “big money maker.”

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The internet has exploded with commentary about one scene in the show CoComelon Lane, which is a spinoff of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">popular</a> animated series CoComelon. The episode in question features <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbt">two fathers</a> fawning over a little boy dancing around in a tutu and tiara.
Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh addressed the episode on his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-matt-walsh-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wednesday show</a>. “Another popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children</a>’s program has decided to go all-in on Left-wing indoctrination,” he began. 
“The clip circulating on social media today is from episode 8 of the show’s recently released first season. In the clip, we see a young boy — a character named Nico — dancing around in a dress and a tiara while his two gay dads look on approvingly. It’s so on-the-nose that you’d be forgiven for assuming that it must be a parody. But it is not. Not intentionally, anyway,” Walsh continued.
Walsh went on to mention how all iterations of CoComelon should be banned because they are “annoying and obnoxious.” 
“Bad music, bad voice acting, very bad, lifeless, ugly animation. The whole show looks and sounds like something that was generated in 12 seconds by AI,” the podcast host continued. But putting all those complaints aside, the more concerning aspects of this episode are the blatant attempts to force radical gender theory on toddlers,” he said.
“Whatever the message is, the child watching the show will be perfectly susceptible to it,” Walsh went on. “Netflix has your child where they want him. Sitting there, eyes glued to the screen, passively absorbing whatever images, sounds, and ideas emerge from it. And if your kid happened to be watching Episode 8 of CoComelon Lane, he would passively absorb the idea that it’s normal for boys to dress like girls, and that there’s nothing strange about a child having two dads.”
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He added that it was intentional to debut this scene in episode 8 because it’s more likely parents wouldn’t notice it by then. 
“Like any groomer, it wants to lure parents into a false sense of security,” the podcast host said. “They see the first couple of episodes, everything looks pretty normal and harmless, not knowing that the gay dads and the cross dressing kid is buried midway through the eighth episode. It’s all very deliberate, and very evil, and sadly very effective.”
Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro also discussed the CoComelon Lane episode on his Wednesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1873-breaking-trump-barred-from-colorado-ballot-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a>. 
“I mean, this is the kind of crap that many people are allowing their kids to watch,&#8221; Shapiro said. &#8220;It is confusing to them. It is indoctrinating them into a particular leftist point of view about human relationships and gender and sex and all the rest to very small children. You don&#8217;t need this.”
Shapiro went on to remind listeners that <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus-v3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> remains the perfect antidote to this “garbage” television.  
Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing also commented on the episode, saying that scenes in children’s shows like this one are why The Daily Wire launched Bentkey in the first place.
“This is why we built Bentkey.com. Parents need options. Bentkey is the way,” Boreing shared on X.
CoComelon Lane, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-netflixs-top-kids-show-features-boy-in-tutu-dancing-for-his-two-dads">spinoff</a> of the wildly popular animated CoComelon series, was released on Netflix on November 17.
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‘Very Deliberate And Very Evil’: Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro Slam CoComelon Episode With Gay Dads Celebrating Boy In A Dress

'Very Deliberate And Very Evil': Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro Slam 'Cocomelon' Episode With Gay Dads Celebrating Boy In A Dress

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Daily Wire co-founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeremy-boreing">Jeremy Boreing</a> slammed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-times">New York Times</a> piece that described the fathers on both <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus-v3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a>’s “Chip Chilla” and the hit Australian series “Bluey” as “a fantasy.”
“There are two kids shows that stand out to the [NYT] as problematic: Bentkey’s ‘Chip Chilla’ and ‘Bluey.’ And what’s so problematic? ‘Weirdly present’ fathers,” Boreing shared in an X post about the article. 
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There are two kids shows that stand out to the <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> as problematic: Bentkey’s Chip Chilla and Bluey. And what’s so problematic? “Weirdly present” fathers.
Both fathers are derided as a “fantasy” for being so active and engaged with their children but, according to NYT, Chip… <a href="https://t.co/Y5E87h5x65">pic.twitter.com/Y5E87h5x65</a>
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“Both fathers are derided as a ‘fantasy’ for being so active and engaged with their children but, according to NYT, Chip Chilla is the far more offensive of the two because Chum Chum teaches ‘lessons about dead white people’ (read: George Washington, Ben Franklin, Neil Armstrong, etc.) and leads his kids in fun games and lessons as a way of establishing ‘male authority,’” Boreing continued.
“Chip Chilla is the most popular show on our new Bentkey platform, and Bluey is the most popular children’s show period,” Boreing added. “It’s no coincidence that two shows that feature loving and engaged nuclear families with great values who actually enjoy being together are so popular.”
He went on to note how it’s “no coincidence” that the “cultural gatekeepers” at the Times are targeting these particular programs.
“The left not only wants to add its radical agenda to kids entertainment, they want to remove good values from kids entertainment,” Boreing said.
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NYT writer Amanda Hess noted in her<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/arts/television/bluey-chip-chilla-dad.html"> article</a> how in the first episode of “Bluey,” the archeologist father, Bandit, “keeps house” while his wife works outside the home. She describes Bandit as “a fun dad who does housework, too” and always plays with his kids. Hess views this portrayal as unrealistic, writing that his “omnipresence is odd, and striking.” 
The writer goes on to describe how her own child is often “staring at a screen” while she takes care of household chores like laundry. “Bandit represents a parent freed of drudgery, one whose central responsibility is delighting his kids,” Hess adds, claiming that parents don’t play with their children in real life because they’re too focused on other tasks.
Hess has the same complaints about Bentkey’s “Chip Chilla,” which is about a homeschooling family with the dad, Chum Chum, serving as the children&#8217;s instructor. She describes Chum Chum as “a highly involved father and unrelenting jokester who rarely seems to have to work.”
She also says Chum Chum is likely the children’s teacher “because it puts male authority at the center of the show.”
“Our culture has fallen so far and at times it might seem hopeless,&#8221; Boreing concluded. &#8220;Bentkey isn’t anywhere near the level of size and influence of the NYTs and Disneys of the world, but we created it because we have hope and believe our best days are ahead of us, and that the only way we can take back the culture from the left is by building something better.&#8221;

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Jeremy Boreing Slams NYT After Paper Targets Bentkey’s ‘Chip Chilla’ For Depicting ‘Weirdly Present’ Father

Jeremy Boreing Slams NYT After Paper Targets Bentkey's 'Chip Chilla' For Depicting ‘Weirdly Present’ Father

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a>’s new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">animated</a> film, “Wish,” failed to perform well at the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This is especially tough for the studio following the massive flop of “The Marvels” earlier this month.
“Wish” debuted in third place at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">box office</a>, grossing just $19.5 million in its three-day opening weekend and $31.7 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. This was significantly less than forecasted and doesn’t come close to recouping the $200 million production budget.
The fantasy musical stars Ariana DeBose as the main character, Asha, and Chris Pine as the villain, King Magnifico. 
The synopsis says: “Young Asha makes a wish so powerful that it&#8217;s answered by a cosmic force, a little ball of boundless energy called Star. With Star&#8217;s help, Asha must save her kingdom from King Magnifico and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.”
“Wish” currently has a 49% critics review on Rotten Tomatoes, one of the lowest of any Disney movie. Critics call it boring, uninspired, and forgettable, plus accuse the film’s creators of borrowing heavily from other more popular Disney movies to create the storyline.
“Just like The Marvels, Wish is an emotionally inert and personality-free movie that appears to have been assembled from the outside in,” Times U.K. reviewer Kevin Maher <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wish-review-disneys-latest-turkey-is-a-dreadful-fairytale-without-a-plot-8cd9l8pt8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
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“It follows the studio’s fairytale formula: plucky heroine, villainous magician, talking animals, and big songs. Yet the story brings no new life to the parade,” the Sunday Times reviewer <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-films-movies-2023-vz7zdln5q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
“The movie is so busy referencing the classics, it makes itself an afterthought,” a third reviewer <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4faa5967-b0a8-4130-a692-425a39b783aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a>.
“Wish” has an 81% audience score, but this higher number hasn’t helped the bottom line much so far.
This latest poor performance comes on the heels of “The Marvels” absolutely bombing for Disney. The newest Marvel film failed to meet expectations on its opening weekend, earning just $47 million at the box office and being called the worst debut in MCU history, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-marvels-continues-to-flail-at-box-office-earns-worst-second-weekend-drop-of-all-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The female-led sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel” also represents a financial failure for Disney. This was blamed on a general sense of superhero movie fatigue and the writers and actors strikes in Hollywood, forcing the studio to adapt their promotional plans.

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Disney’s ‘Wish’ Is Another Critical And Commercial Disappointment After ‘The Marvels’ Flop Earlier This Month

Disney's 'Wish' Is Another Critical And Commercial Disappointment After 'The Marvels' Flop Earlier This Month

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Children’s entertainment has been slowly becoming woke-ified over time, with the slippery slope turning into a perilous mudslide over the last few years especially. 
While the kids shows and movies from a decade ago might have subtly hinted about the “evils” of the Pilgrims “stealing” lands from American Indians, now the indoctrination has become a lot more brazen. Turn on any cartoon these days and you’re likely to find same-sex parents, trans flags, non-binary characters, conversations about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-cartoon-doubles-down-on-woke-push-with-crt-lgbtq-agenda-in-second-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">white fragility</a>, or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/childrens-show-blues-clues-features-pride-parade-cartoon-drag-queen-children-explaining-pride-flags" target="_blank" rel="noopener">animated drag queens</a> leading a Pride parade (no, seriously).
For example, last Thanksgiving, Disney released the full-length animated film “Strange World.” It was a total flop for the studio first and foremost because it was boring and forgettable. However, one major sticking point for parents was the gay teen romance at the center of it.
“Strange World” tells the story of a gay teen named Ethan who had the support of his parents, Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Meridian (Gabrielle Union). The family has to hunt for Searcher’s father, Jaeger (Dennis Quaid), who went missing when he was a child, which they did with the help of their disabled dog. All the while, Ethan struggled to approach his love interest, a boy named Diazo. Even beyond that, the whole storyline was a thinly veiled advertisement for climate change alarmism.
“Strange World” was a flop at the box office and among Disney fans. This was especially interesting following the previous year’s box office disappointment, “Lightyear,” which was convoluted, boring, and included a highly publicized same-sex kiss between two minor characters.
It’s no wonder that GLAAD lauded both Disney and Netflix for bringing about a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/full-woke-disney-and-netflix-created-the-most-lgbtq-inclusive-content-in-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record increase</a> in “LGBTQ-inclusive” content between January 1 and December 31, 2022. You’re not imagining it; they really are coming after children with a “not at all secret gay agenda,” as one Disney employee infamously bragged about during a company all-hands.
This targeting can be overt but it can also be subtle. In a spinoff of the massively popular cartoon “Paw Patrol,” which is marketed to toddlers and preschoolers, writers added a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/popular-paw-patrol-cartoon-spinoff-slammed-for-introducing-non-binary-character" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new “non-binary” character</a> created by a radical leftist activist who was just delighted at the opportunity to introduce small children to LGBTQ concepts. 
“They brought me on to consult on the first nonbinary character—meet River!!—for the PP universe and write their episode, talk about a bucket list item,” Lindsay Amer, who runs the YouTube channel “Queer Kids Stuff,” wrote on social media. The content creator also discussed the intentional messaging with River, including shoes featuring the trans flag colors.
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“I wanted to write a nonbinary character that was aspirational and incredibly cool, someone for the pups (and kids at home) to look up to. They found an awesome non-binary actor to voice River and I’m so so happy about how it turned out,” the post continued. Amer also shared photos of River’s shoes.
“Peep River’s [non-binary, transgender] kicks!” the activist added.
One of the most egregious upcoming follies for Disney is their live-action remake of the classic movie “Snow White.” After being plagued by bad press and mockery, the studio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-delay-reportedly-comes-from-fears-it-will-be-a-financial-disaster-insider-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed the project</a> to 2025 and appears to have gone back to the drawing board after the film’s lead actress, Rachel Zegler, bragged about deviating far from the original storyline.
“I just mean that it’s no longer 1937,” Zegler said of the new film. “We absolutely wrote a ‘Snow White’ [who’s] not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be, and the leader that her late father told her she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true.”
After photos of the “seven magical creatures” who didn’t resemble the original seven dwarfs even slightly went viral, Disney appears to have reimagined those characters as well.
The constant virtue-signaling and woke-ified children’s content coming from the entertainment industry has many parents looking for alternative options. Now, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. After asking for this type of content for years, The Daily Wire answered the call with Bentkey, a new adventure in kids entertainment.
Instead of getting into radical race and gender theories, Bentkey seeks to entertain and delight. There may be learning, and all the shows are inspired by traditional values and the pursuit of truth and beauty, but above all they are entertaining. Isn’t that what it’s supposed to be about? 
Coming up, Bentkey has all-new episodes just in time for the holidays, and none of the content will include pandering, virtue signaling, or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-mocked-for-selling-disabled-black-santa-ornament-pride-nutcrackers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans flag-waving nutcrackers</a>. It will be wholesome, joy-filled, and entertaining for the whole family. 
Several original kids shows are available for streaming on the new platform including fan favorites “Chip Chilla” and “A Wonderful Day With Mabel Maclay.” The Benkey exclusive “Gus Plus Us” will also be debuting a Christmas special in December.
Stop letting your kids fall captive to woke content meant to confuse them. Now there’s an alternative, giving parents the option for better entertainment for the next generation.

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Days after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/warner-bros">Warner Bros</a>. announced they’d be permanently shelving “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Coyote vs. Acme</a>” as a tax write-off, the studio did an about-face and is now looking for a buyer after facing backlash in the industry.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">film</a>, which is already complete, is based on a humor piece published in The New Yorker in 1990. It combines live-action and animation to follow the character Wile E. Coyote as he sues the Acme Corporation from the classic “Looney Tunes” cartoons. He blames the corporation for all his failed attempts trying to catch his nemesis, the Road Runner.
“Coyote vs. Acme” is produced and co-written by James Gunn and stars John Cena as Acme’s CEO and Will Forte as Wile E. Coyote’s lawyer.
Warner Bros. was criticized for pulling similar moves with “Batgirl” and “Scoob! Holiday Haunt” when it scrapped almost finished projects in favor of giant tax write-offs in 2022. The difference here was that “Coyote vs. Acme” is fully completed and tested well with audiences, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coyote-vs-acme-wb-warners-canceled-reversal-shop-film-1235645372/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. The studio changed course when a group of Hollywood directors and showrunners banded together to support the film. 
The film’s director Dave Green initially expressed his frustration with the studio’s decision. 
&#8220;For three years, I was lucky enough to make a movie about Wile E. Coyote, the most persistent, passionate, and resilient character of all time,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I was surrounded by a brilliant team, who poured their souls into this project for years. We were all determined to honor the legacies of these historic characters and actually get them right. Along the ride, we were embraced by test audiences who rewarded us with fantastic scores. I am beyond proud of the final product, and beyond devastated by WB&#8217;s decision. But in the spirit of Wile E. Coyote, resilience and persistence win the day.&#8221;
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Others came to the movie’s defense as well.
“COYOTE V ACME is a great movie,” writer-director BenDavid Grabinski <a href="https://twitter.com/bdgrabinski/status/1722722940335358118" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X. “The best of its kind since [Who Framed] ROGER RABBIT … The leads are super likable. It’s beautifully shot. The animation is great. The ending makes everyone f***ing cry. I thought the goal of this business was to make hit movies?”
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s absolute bullsh** that a studio can and does shelve the creative work of hundreds of people for a f**ing tax break,&#8221; “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson <a href="https://twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1723096345500901568">wrote</a> of the controversy.
&#8220;I have seen this movie and it is excellent. It also tested in the high 90s repeatedly. It also had interested buyers. The people working at Warner Bros are anti-art and I hope multiple anvils drop on their heads,&#8221; director Brian Duffield <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianDuffield/status/1722716603299885068">agreed</a>.
Duffield told THR, “I don’t know how you see the movie and then go, ‘That couldn’t happen to me.’” He didn’t work on the project himself, but said he is friends with Green and gave him notes. 
Duffield told the outlet that Green stayed on budget, spending $72 million making the film, and even moved to London for 18 months to save the studio money on post-production costs.
“I think Coyote is really similar to Barbie in a lot of ways,” Duffield told the outlet. “They are playing with iconography in a really fun, popcorn kind of way.”

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Warner Bros. Won’t Scrap ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ For Tax Write-Off After Extreme Backlash From Hollywood

Warner Bros. Won't Scrap 'Coyote Vs. Acme' For Tax Write-Off After Extreme Backlash From Hollywood

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Writers on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-simpsons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Simpsons</a>” seem to have hinted that one classic joke is officially done.
In the third <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> of Season 35, “McMansion &amp; Wife,” Homer meets his new neighbor and tells him he doesn’t plan on choking Bart anymore. 
When the neighbor says Homer has a firm handshake, the Simpson family patriarch responds, &#8220;See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off,” but follows up by saying, &#8220;Just kidding, I don’t do that anymore. Times have changed.&#8221;
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Fans understood this as creators of the long-running <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">animated show</a> laying this gag to rest. The strangling had previously been addressed in Season 22 when Homer goes to therapy and learns of the harm he’s been doing to Bart.
Homer has choked Bart on some new episodes since then, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/06/homer-wont-strangle-bart-simpsons-times-have-changed/">TMZ</a>, but last did it during Season 31, which aired from 2019-20. If the latest episode is factual, then Homer may be done with that form of discipline.
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Fans were divided on the update, with some saying it was a welcome change or didn’t matter and others arguing that the bit was always “<a href="https://twitter.com/LordExtinction1/status/1721345048829149554" target="_blank" rel="noopener">funny and harmless</a>.”
This isn’t the first change “The Simpsons” made to appeal to modern audiences. Actor Hank Azaria apologized for voicing the Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hank-azaria-apologizes-to-every-indian-for-voicing-apu-the-character-is-practically-a-slur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“I was speaking at my son’s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,” Azaria said. “A 17-year-old … he’s never even seen ‘The Simpsons’ but knows what Apu means. It’s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought of and represented to many people in this country.”
“I really do apologize,” the actor continued. “It’s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.”
In February 2021, it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-simpsons-recasts-voice-of-black-doctor-after-31-years-played-by-white-actor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the long-running character Dr. Hibbert, who is black, would be recast with Kevin Michael Richardson after decades of being voiced by the white voice actor Harry Shearer.

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‘The Simpsons’ Implies Homer Is Done Strangling Bart: ‘Times Have Changed’

'The Simpsons' Implies Homer Is Done Strangling Bart: 'Times Have Changed'

Voice actress Tara Strong was fired from her role on the independent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">animated</a> series “Boxtown” after publicizing her support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> and condemning the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> terrorist attacks.
The 50-year-old star has worked on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon projects like “The Powerpuff Girls,” “Rugrats,” “Teen Titans,” and others. Strong confirmed she was fired from “Boxtown” with a post on X.
&#8220;Just found out on Twitter!&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/1712897688377901138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Friday. &#8220;This is what happens when you help fans get shows made I guess. Fired for being Jewish. Glad I helped you get your kickstarter money. Please lose my email address &amp; pray for my family in Israel and in Gaza. &amp; #prayforpeace.&#8221;
The official “Boxtown” account shared the news in a social media post on Thursday.
“Hello all! Just wanted to offer a quick update on Boxtown. We will be recasting the role of Bill (previously played by Tara Strong). We’ll have more info soon on open auditions,” they wrote. “Thanks for y’all’s understanding as we re-orient and figure out the next steps.”
“Boxtown” also shared a longer statement on both Instagram and X.
&#8220;This decision was due to a trend among Tara&#8217;s recent online activity, including posts that promote controversial messages regarding the peoples of Palestine currently being affected by the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis.”
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&#8220;We believe that our public platform gives us a duty to be careful when it comes to hateful messages and misinformation online. This extends to our cast and crew. This was not a difficult decision,&#8221; the statement said.
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&#8220;Our hearts are with the Palestinian and Israeli children and families being affected by the ongoing conflict. People should be able to live freely without being threatened by constant abuse and terror. We are hoping for the best,&#8221; the post added.
Strong had previously condemned the terror attacks on Israel with several tweets.
“For those who support the actions of #Hamas; when they infiltrate your hometown, on your soil, break into Jewish homes, raping, beheading innocent babies, will you applaud them? Will you wave their flag while they slaughter Christians &amp; Muslims who don’t believe their ideologies?&#8221; one of Strong&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/1711811836935635042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posts</a> read.
Another said, &#8220;World’s gone crazy. People ARGUING online about whether or not the mass raping, shooting &amp; kidnapping of innocent young women from around the world at a music festival is justified! Could happen at ANY music festival! Supporting terrorists empowers them &amp; that’s globally terrifying.&#8221;

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Voice Actress Tara Strong Fired From Animated Series After Sharing Pro-Israel Posts

Voice Actor Tara Strong Fired From Animated Series After Sharing Pro-Israel Posts

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rick and Morty</a>” fans are not thrilled with the new iteration of the show now that series co-creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Roiland</a> has been fired.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adult Swim</a> severed ties with Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic violence in January. The charges were later dropped in March due to lack of evidence, but he was never invited to rejoin the cast. After the initial charges were filed, others came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and toxic workplace behavior, per <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/dan-harmon-justin-roiland-rick-and-morty-controversy-1234909799/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IndieWire</a>. “Rick and Morty” co-creator Dan Harmon said the “easiest thing” was to say “nothing” about the drama.
“Trust has now been violated between countless people and a show designed to please them. I’m frustrated, ashamed and heartbroken that a lot of hard work, joy and passion can be leveraged to exploit and harm strangers,” Harmon told the outlet in September.
This forced “Rick and Morty” showrunners to go on an extensive hunt for two new voice actors to replace Roiland, who had initially given life to both the main characters.
Season 7 – the first one without Roiland behind the scenes – premiered on Sunday and so far has gotten mostly terrible reviews. Some fans hate the new voices, while others aren’t happy with the storyline, which they’re saying is not as good as previous seasons. 
Season 7, which only had one episode released so far, currently has a 43% audience rating and 50% critic rating on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/rick_and_morty/s07" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. This stands in contrast to the 86% critic and 82% audience rating that the overall series has on the review platform.
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Fans had a lot of negative comments about the first episode, which is called “How Poopy Got His Poop Back.”
“Couldn&#8217;t even get past the first 10 minutes of episode 1 without dying of cringe. The show has seriously lost its touch and the ratings speak for itself. Such as disappointment,” one reviewer shared.
“Wow… episode 1 was horrible. Someone sucked the life right out of that show,” another agreed. 
“From the very start of the episode you feel like something is off, then becomes worse as it goes on, the new voice actors sound lifeless and bring no energy to the characters, it doesn&#8217;t sound like the voice actors are clicking, which is made worse as there are the original voice actors for the other characters which sound normal but when mixed in with the stale delivery of the new actors makes for awkward viewing. The story on the first episode was horrible and I could barely get through it,” a third person echoed.
“Rick and Morty” airs new episodes on Sundays on Adult Swim.

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Fans Slam New ‘Rick And Morty’ Voices, Storylines After Justin Roiland Axed From Show

Fans Slam New 'Rick And Morty' Voices, Storylines After Justin Roiland Axed From Show

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