News Archive for Dan Short

Behind-the-scenes look at visualizing the world of Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina

Critical Role Productions have released the latest behind-the-scenes video on the making of the forthcoming animated series Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina. This featurette takes a look at how the show’s setting, the continent of Tal’Dorei in the world of Exandria, is being visualized for animation by the production studio Titmouse. Spotlighted are […]

Beavis and Butt-Head get another revival, this time with Comedy Central
Watch Fun With Snow, an official Frozen short animated from home

Disney has launched a digital Frozen short called Fun With Snow starring Olaf that can be viewed above. The impressive part is that the short was animated solely by Hyrum Osmond from home and features Josh Gad voicing Olaf as recorded from home as well. Disney is promoting this as possibly the first in a […]

Full trailer of Pixar’s Soul comes alive

The full new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s upcoming Soul is now online, and can be checked out in the player above. The film will be the first Pixar feature released directed by Pete Docter since becoming the studio’s Chief Creative Officer last year. Attempting to explore metaphysics, the story revolves around middle school music teacher […]

Disney postpones release of Mulan amid coronavirus pandemic
Behind the scenes look at writing Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina for animation

Critical Role Productions have released the first behind-the-scenes video on the making of the forthcoming animated series Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina. The featurette takes a look at the unique challenge of adapting material presented in live broadcasts of Dungeons & Dragons gaming sessions played by animation voice actors into an episodic medium. […]

NBC Universal developing animated Dungeons & Dragons podcast The Adventure Zone
Frozen II becomes the highest grossing animated feature of all-time

Variety is reporting that Disney’s Frozen II has become recognized as the highest grossing animated feature of all-time as the film is projected to end the weekend with an estimated $1.325 billion world-wide. The previous mark was set by the original Frozen, which had $1.274 billion, followed by Pixar’s The Incredibles 2 with $1.242 billion. […]

Syd Mead, visionary conceptual artist behind Blade Runner and Tron, passes at 86
Ruh-roh! The first teaser trailer to Scoob! has arrived

Warner Bros. has launched the first teaser trailer to Scoob!, the theatrical animated reboot of the Scooby-Doo franchise. While the film’s primary plot has presently been kept under wraps, the teaser shows that the film will include how Shaggy and Scooby met as well as how the Mystery, Inc. team came together for the first […]

Bop to the teaser trailer to Pixar’s Soul

Disney and Pixar have launched the teaser trailer for the next Pete Docter feature, Soul. Middle school teacher Joe Gardner finally has the opportunity to fulfill a life-long dream to perform jazz at the famed Half Note Club. He suddenly gets into an accident that causes his soul to be separated from his body and […]

The saga concludes in the final Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer

Disney and LucasFilm have launched the final trailer to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which can be viewed above. Regarded as the finale to the Skywalker Saga, the ninth episode teases just how epic the climax is set to be. The film is directed by JJ Abrams and features an ensamble cast from the […]

Adventure awaits in latest Onward trailer

Disney and Pixar have launched the latest trailer to the upcoming animated fantasy feature Onward, which can be seen above. The trailer fleshes out the core story of teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot venturing to use the dying art of magic to spend one day with their late father. The film will be […]

“All Is Found” with the latest Frozen II trailer

Disney has released the latest trailer to the highly-anticipated Frozen II, which can be viewed in the video above. As first aired on Good Morning America, the trailer reveals just a little more about the film’s narrative. A mysterious force threatens the kingdom of Arendelle and it may be connected to the magic Elsa possesses. […]

Disney re-releasing classic Aladdin and The Lion King 16-bit video games