Hey guys! Morgan here from The Rotoscopers!
Here’s my two cents about everything:
Yeah, basically what everyone said was true about the Frozen screening. We've never been technically invited to the screenings, we just happen to always stumble upon the person handing out screening invitations at the right time (or have friends who grab one and tell us).
The funny thing is, there is a little general blurb on the paper that says "don't talk about this", but they NEVER reconfirm that at the actual screening. Many people have friends invite them to the screening, so these people haven't even seen that paper to know that those are the rules. I find it odd that they don't make a bigger deal about it at the actual screening, (Ex. Having a rep come up before and say, "Hey, you know, this is a special test screening. By attending, you've agreed not to post anything about the movie, etc. etc."). But I’ve never seen them do that. Not saying that means anything for our situation because we read the paper and knew the rules.
Disney never contacted us once about removing any of our Ralph or Planes screening info. We would have happily complied (which we have for a few Frozen things we’ve done). So we didn’t think they cared enough. Disney animators and employees said they loved it/listened/read and said it really helped to pump up the Ralph team about it. But Disney corporate and marketing, not so much. Ha. They want to have control of their marketing and publicity, which I completely undestand
It’s funny because the day before the screening, I read the paper and in big bold letters it said “You are not to speak of the PLOT, CHARACTERS, SONGS, etc. to anyone.” I don’t remember that blurb being on the Planes or Ralph papers, but I may be wrong. It was more of a general statement, not so specific like the Frozen paper. I even texted Chelsea that day and said, “Hey, you know. Did you read that? Maybe we should just go but not talk about this one.” We agreed that it would be in our best interest not to do a written review/podcast for this one. (I know no one is going to believe me on this though. I can find the text to prove it haha).
The “Disney’s not marketing the film, so we’ll do it for them” was more a joke because we were getting antsy, but I’m sure Disney didn’t appreciate that. We still do have a good relationship with our studio reps for press screenings, DVDs, etc. So it’s not like we’ve been banned from the company entirely. Basically just uninvited to those screenings. Maybe they removed us from their list entirely, not sure. This may be a one-time thing just for the DISNEY releases.
We still had a few other friends who went to the screening. So if we really want, we can get anonymous statements from them and post them, but…meh. Who knows if we want to do that. It seems the media storm will come soon.
Also, the call I got was from the company that runs the screenings and he basically said, “Disney has requested that all people who attended a screening before and posted reviews about it not be allowed into this screening.” I tried say, “Well, if we don’t write a review and shut our mouths, can we still come?” Haha, I knew what the answer would be before I asked, and obviously he said no. Haha. I just laugh about it. It was fun while it lasted and a great experience.
Sorry for rambling. Haha. That’s all I have for now.
Anyone have any questions? I’d be happy to clear things up.
(They replaced it with the typo fixed, but I grabbed it before they did 
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