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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…the spec script Asphalt 101, a comedic look at valet parking. “I guess, for a second there, I was labeled a ‘car guy’ because of that,” jokes Reece, since Warner… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…(check out title director Geefwee Boedoe’s chin hair!) and the reason for starting the movie in this way. Hard Parts (5:00, still labeling Tom Schumacher as president of Disney Feature… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Walt Disney Pictures (November 2 2012), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 5 2013), Blu-ray 3D plus Blu-ray Disc, DVD and Digital Copy, 101 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.40:1 widescreen,… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #41: Monsters University – We’re OK!
…clubs. • First day of class: Scaring 101, Hardscrabble’s entrance, MU is Mike’s story, stealing the pig similar to The Simpsons. • Final exam: poor Mike, sulking Sulley, canister engineering,… |
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Exclusive 2015 Comic-Con Recap
…variant book, which they limited to 200 copies. They ended up having a couple problems getting the signing to run smoothly, as it turned out that 200 people was much… |
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Elstree 1976
The Works/Verax/British Film Company/Canal Cat Films (May 6 2016), Filmrise (June 28 2016), single DVD, 101 mins, 16:9 standard definition, Dolby Digital, Not Rated, Retail: $19.95 Storyboard: Those behind the… |
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The BFG stomping home in December
…– A whoopsey-splunkers tutorial on the meaning of the gloriumptious gobblefunk in “The BFG.” · Giants 101 – Jemaine Clement (Fleshlumpeater) and Bill Hader (Bloodbottler) introduce us to the loathsome… |
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The BFG
…To Life, does a very fine job of providing an authoritative overview on the production and Dahl’s 1940’s Gremlins Disney connections. Told from Ruby Barnhill’s point of view, there’s plenty… |
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UPDATED: Rick and Morty gets huge 70-episode renewal from Adult Swim
…be as a result. That changed today, apparently, as the cartoon’s co-creator Justin Roiland announced via a sketch on Facebook that there are 70 episodes of the show left to… |
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Oscar Contest Record Book
…42nd: Dacey (50.0%), 44th: Randall, James (40.9%) 2020 WINNER: brobr6 (20 / 90.9%) PLAYERS: 73 (results) CONSENSUS: 86.4% STAFF RESULTS: 2nd: Ben (86.4%), 54th: James (59.1%), 57th: Randall (54.5%), 61st:… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…Man; Zima Blue and the Emmy-winning Ice from Tim Miller and David Fincher’s critically acclaimed anthology series Love, Death and Robots for Netflix; and 101 Dalmatian Street for Disney Channel…. |
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Long wait for Cats And Dogs 2?
{{link http://www.moviehole.net/news/3726.html Moviehole}} is reporting that the sequel to the surprise 2001 hit Cats And Dogs, originally to have been directed by Kevin Lima (A Goofy Movie, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians),… |
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Jim Rygiel to direct Bunyan And Babe; first look at Igor
…He was also the visual effects director on 102 Dalmatians, Anna and the King, Star Trek: Insurrection, and The Parent Trap. Rygiel is represented by Jon Levin at CAA. Bunyan… |
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Exodus and Melwood co-producing CGI/live action Pavlov’s Dog
…Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Fantasia 2000. In the mid-90’s he became President of Feature Animation at Warner Bros., overseeing the award-winning animated feature… |
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Kevin Lima gets Enchanted
Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, indicates that Kevin Lima (Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians) will helm the romantic fable Enchanted, a mixed live-action and computer animated feature from Walt Disney… |
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Exodus Film Group takes on Hero of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo
…to the industry buzz surrounding Exodus’ first CGI film Igor, which is still in production and scheduled for a 2007 theatrical release. All three films come from Exodus’ $50 million… |
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Snow White DVD re-release coming in 2008?
…As the site notes, Disney’s schedule for Platinum Edition releases remains the same worldwide. Concurrently, it appears One Hundred and One Dalmatians has been moved from winter 2007, as it… |
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Poll finds Bambi most beloved Disney animated film
…and the Seven Dwarfs (20%), Cinderella (12%), “Other” (9%), The Lion King (8%), Beauty and the Beast (7%), The Little Mermaid (5%) and Fantasia (4%). Pinocchio, Peter Pan and One… |
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Enchanted
…coupled with the decent track, is good value, running 3:30 in letterboxed 4:3 video. The only thing marring it is that the animated shots have been framed at the 2.40:1… |
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Enchanted's Kevin Lima and Chris Chase on their fairytale moviemaking experience – exclusive!
…such as 102 Dalmatians and a pair of Eloise movies for television. Chris then remarks about how they teamed up for Enchanted, finally bringing a long on the shelf project… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Sara Duran-Singer on Sleeping Beauty‘s Restoration
…and he goes, ‘We shouldn’t charge $30, we should charge $20,000,’! And we’re kind of, ‘Well, that might kind of ruin the whole business plan, Andreas.’ But that just tells… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
Please, welcome… The King of Cute! Well, animator Dave Pruiksma, of course! A title that seems particularly appropriate in that over the past 20 years Pruiksma has been cast on… |
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Giveaway winners, plus our Academy Award contest!
…contest here at Animated News & Views, and our biggest one yet: we have over $200 worth of classic Disney DVDs amounting to no less than ten movies, including Sleeping… |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition
…Dalmatians but here, rather than a shortcut or statement in style, it’s actual production design. It’s not always successful: some of the rougher lines sometimes look as if they’re over… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…to drag a little in the Uncle Albert section, and the animation may be of the rougher, 1960s Xerox-look that defined One Hundred And One Dalmatians and The Sword In… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
Walt Disney Productions (1971), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (September 8, 2009), 1 disc, 140 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: An amateur… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…They feel there would be no sales. It’s not worth $25,000 per cartoon to restore each cartoon and release a set of 60 or 90 cartoons. That’s cost prohibitive. They’re… |
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Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman
…animation veterans who had been doing this stuff for some 20 or 30 or 30 years. You can’t discount that experience and they helped me immensely. So I try in… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…commercials in that series were the best and demonstrated a beautiful sense of storytelling even in a short form like a 30-second television commercial. My Listerine commercial, called “Arrows”, won… |
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A Goofy Movie
…direction. Another “backroom boy” at Disney’s, Lima has risen from character designer on The Little Mermaid (1989) to director of Tarzan (1999), the live-action sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000) and supervising… |
