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Ollie Johnston: In Remembrance
Animation World Network now sports a collection of remembrances by many in the animation industry (including Don Hahn, Glen Keane, Gene Deitch, Chuck Williams, Chris Wedge, John Lasseter, and Jeffrey… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
…created in their native countries can still out gross imported product (see how popularly Miyazaki’s home-grown Studio Ghibli films stand against even the biggest US blockbusters in Japan), the new… |
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Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride!
…all in it together, if you will. It’s a really great dynamic, in terms of making a film. In California, it’s a much larger studio. It’s about 1,000 people, working… |
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Kimball to receive Oscar's Bonner Medal
Mark Kimball has been named this year’s recipient of the Academy’s John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, which is awarded in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the… |
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Director George Scribner: Happy as a King with Prince and the Pauper!
…is twins. Once it was decided to do it with Mickey, Goofy and Donald, it was just easy to double Mickey up. It is funny because, originally, I argued for… |
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Nick All Nite: What Happens When Nickelodeon and Holiday Inn Collide
…partnering with Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts to “develop the first Nick-themed hotel,” which is projected to open in the first quarter of 2005. $20 million will be spent to… |
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Shrek the Third
…sake less time is spent moving the technology forward. Shrek the Third is a fun film and fans of the other two will enjoy it. But it is so disappointing… |
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Delgo
…but it isn’t wrong. Thankfully though, once I got used to their non-Hollywood-standard look, I found a pretty good movie. I have to admit I was expecting a by the… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
…How cool is that? There are very few contemporary children’s films that I am interested in viewing today, but I know that I will be revisiting Bedknobs And Broomsticks again… |
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Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force: The Complete Series
…about a dozen others, including familiar writers Paul Dini and Joe Straczynski, and Scheimer’s own daughter and wife. There is not much information on individual shows, but for its running… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…It is often an older man, the stereotype being that he is likely widowed and bitter. He doesn’t like kids coming onto his property, and is quick to discourage it…. |
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The Invincible Iron Man
…the end I probably got what I expected. It is an interesting take on Iron Man’s origin tale that is no less valid than the various stories— in and out… |
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The Amazing Screw-On Head
…intent to simply pile on all his ideas (though I still feel it was detrimental to the cartoon, though that is also an editing and directing problem). Several creators from… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume Two
…When I first viewed the show years ago, I was not all that impressed that the producers had saddled it with not one, but four teenage sidekicks. I wasn’t interested… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…of this animation in this show blew my mind away, not only because of how good it was, but because it is so un-like most Disney animation. It is modern,… |
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Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration
…Long story, but that’s how it came about. AV: Overall, how much creative involvement did you have in this Raketu promotion? GP: I’m the CEO, founder and inventor of Raketu,… |
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Kellyann Lamb, Scott Gagner on A World of Barriers
…‘Is it appropriate to have an animation? Is it appropriate to have a collateral piece? Does their website need an upgrade?’ So for us, it’s understanding the market or audience… |
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A Conversation with Andreas Deja
…like that for this Bambi. AD: Yeah, I’m sure. It has a really theatrical quality to it; I don’t know if the word for it is “epic,” but it looks… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…you when you father came to Disney? WL: I think I was at Junior High. I was maybe twelve years old, if I remember correctly. AV: So, what was it… |
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Dalmatians 101: Lisa Davis’ “puppy love” for a dog-gone Disney classic
…had originally brought me from England. I was born in London and I grew up in showbusiness in London surrounded incidentally by one very, very famous Frenchman who I spent… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…very involved in the physical production of the movie. Both are incredibly talented in unique ways. In fact, Enchanted was one of the most complicated development projects I think I’ve… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…were a crossroad in my youth. Without those films, I would not be working in the film industry today. So, I came down and didn’t like my experience in California… |
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Tony Bancroft balances the yin and the yang in directing Mulan
…the beginning, I enjoyed it, I thought it had a lot of promise, a lot of great potential. And it has a beautiful score to it! AV: How did you… |
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Ariel’s Song: Glenn Slater, a sparkling lyricist for The Little Mermaid on Broadway!
…know, I’ve now watched the Little Mermaid film about fifty times, I would say, and every time I watch it, I’m struck by the fact that it is virtually perfect…. |
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Lorraine Feather & George Griffin on You’re Outa Here
…heard in my life. I loved it so much. I eventually wrote lyrics to it and it became my favorite tune on the album. So, I used it to open… |
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The One That Started It All… The Making Of Snow White
…I’d spent eight months animating that thing!” he would later lament. Although glimpsed at during documentaries over the years, and included in the LD set, this is the first time… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…book. Is This Thing Loaded? Finally The Sword In The Stone has been given the attention it deserves, and it’s in the extras department where this Gold Collection DVD impresses… |
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The Jungle Book 2
…although when “The End” appears on screen, I just hope it really is! The movie also wants to have its cake and eat it too, for even when Mowgli finally… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…redundantly. The big addition to this release is that new Merlin’s Magical Academy game, but it’s not worth it for the material that’s been dropped in its place. A multi-level… |
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Hand-drawn back at Disney, and live-action Tintin is coming!
…first optioned Georges Remi’s journalist/adventurer character just before the creator died in 1983, but negotiations broke down when Remi, whose initials run backwards gave him his pen name, found out… |
