!! OMG, WATCH: Stolen Kingdom doc shines a light on the Disney black market for animatronics !!
Animatronics are pretty cool — but how far would you go to get your hands on one? What about from Disneyland? Would you break in? Trespass? Try and sell them for big cash online?
Stolen Kingdom touches on all of this and more.
Directed by Joshua Bailey in his feature debut, this documentary dives headfirst into the weird, wonderful, and genuinely criminal underbelly of Walt Disney World fandom. At the center of it all is one question that’s haunted the Disney community for years: who stole Buzzy?
The film premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in early 2025 and went on to play Slamdance, open the Florida Film Festival, and sell out screenings throughout the year. The score comes from Brendan Canty of Fugazi.
The film is out in theaters May 21st and hits VOD on June 16th. Check out the trailer above!

