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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…be handled “sensitively”. Of course this is a ridiculous argument, but the political correctness of modern day Disney coupled with a not-so-happy ending meant the Studio didn’t think they could… |
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Pete’s Dragon
…a live-action/animation combination about a young kid on the run from his abusive family, aided by cartoon dragon Elliott and a bunch of happy, peppy showtunes. The film wasn’t the… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…the ride. I thought Walt was going to get the Sherman brothers to do it. But to my surprise, he said: “Will you do it?” That was a very happy… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez reveals the hidden art of Disney’s late golden age
…late Golden Age, and which gave rise to many of the classic characters we know and love. We are more than happy to have Didier as our guest again to… |
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Of Rabbits and Ducks: a chat with composer Dominic Lewis
…more than happy to meet the incredibly gifted composer to chat about his latest animated productions. Animated Views: How did you approach Peter Rabbit musically? Dominic Lewis: Well, Will, the… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…Mickey in style. Happy birthday, Mr Mouse! Dacey’s Picks If there was one thing we saw in 2018, it was that if “superhero fatigue” is something that audiences are going… |
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Spider-Man, Bao win animation Oscars, First Man wins VFX award
…Tin Toy (1988), Geri’s Game (1997), For the Birds (2000), and Piper (2016). Director Domee Shi said, “We are just so happy that Bao was just so embraced by the… |
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Toy Story 4
…self-worth, and whether or not you need to be in a relationship to be happy. We’ve known since the first film that toys feel no bliss like that they experience… |
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
…randomly says, “I want to be an engineer when I grow up”. Not too smoothly handled but an admirable try. You go girls! This happy ending scene happens at the… |
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Hazbin Hotel
…solution Heaven has concocted is to annually send angels to exterminate demons. Desiring a more peaceful resolution, Charlie the Princess of Hell has opened the Happy Hotel. Her goal is… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…whatever reason, was not happy about the subtitles being there, I don’t know why. Multiple times on the commentary he laments The Drej having subtitles. So that’s just something that,… |
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Animation legend Dale Baer passes away at 70
…was a story director on The Smurfs television series as well as the Happy Days animated spin-off The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang. In recent years, Baer had taught… |
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Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon
…main character, who is very bouncy and happy, a lot of his music is based on plucked instruments that we used as rhythmic texture things, whereas for the more romantic… |
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Showrunner Rob David and Co-Executive Producer Jeff Matsuda on He-Man
…so happy with the dailies, it was like Christmas every day! We also wanted to make 3D with 2D. Sometimes, I’m not happy with 3D effects, so we went with… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…themes. With teenage lovebirds Luz and Amity, audiences both young and old have been able to see themselves in two characters as deserving of a happy ending as any other… |
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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…super early in the morning only to not get in were tremendously unhappy that they essentially had no chance any way. I felt rather fortunate with how the reservation system… |
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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…risk for them, too, because it could have been a disaster, and six weeks wasted. But they were super happy with what we came up with. And now, we’re with… |
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Composer Henry Jackman takes us on a musical journey to Strange World
…happy we were all on the same page with what this world should feel like. AV: How did you make your score “strange”? HJ: I was working on The Gray… |
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2025 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the piece and was just as happy with how it came out as I was. One of my favorite moments to date. For Autographs, there were some familiar faces I… |
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"Be vewwy vewwy quiet . . . I'm meeting rabbits . . . and the people who draw them."
…a “Prize wheel with great prizes for kids up to age 12!” I’m planning on being there so if you wanna meet me I’m about six feet tall with blonde… |
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Disney Sells Town Center of Celebration
…visible connection to an experiment with urban planning”. The town center, which encompasses “18 acres containing 16 retail shops, six full-service restaurants, more than 94,000 square feet of commercial office… |
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Last day at Disney for John Musker and Ron Clements
…two have apparently already landed on their feet with another source saying they are “already in the running to direct a major animated release for an independent studio… based on… |
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Comcast officially drops Disney bid
…feet of Disney’s management, including embattled CEO Michael Eisner, who received the backing of Disney’s board of directors Tuesday”. Roberts said, “It has become clear that there is no interest… |
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Legacy studio closes their doors?
…is a fantastic project that would have been well worth the effort. We had a lot of amazing people who were ready to jump into the production with both feet… |
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Bambi fun facts
…(1940), Fantasia (1940), The Reluctant Dragon (1941) and Dumbo (1941) were all released earlier than Bambi. Footage: 6259 feet Frames of Film: 100,144 The studio counts a rough average of… |
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Howl's Moving Castle Los Angeles premiere press release
…she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl (voiced by Christian Bale), and is subsequently turned into a 90-year old woman (voiced by screen legend… |
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DreamWorks previews upcoming slate at 2005's Comic-Con International
…than alive. Michael Bay directed The Island from a screenplay by Caspian Tredwell-Owen and Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, from a story by Tredwell-Owen. A suspense thriller at 30,000 feet,… |
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Lucasfilm's Singapore animation studio opens
Thursday marked the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, the 40,000 square feet animation facility located in the Changi area of Singapore. Employing over 35 people from 19 countries, the studio… |
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Ice Age park opening in Alaska
…The World Ice Art Championship is considered “a world-class competition,” in which teams “create intricate carvings than can be as tall as 30 feet and weigh more than 22 tons.”… |
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Peter Pan Grab Bag VI
…Pan: 2 Disc Platinum Edition DVD, a team of daredevil championship skydivers got together to create a spectacular formation 14,000 feet above the earth in the skies over Perris, California…landing… |
