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Weekend Studio Estimates: December 24 – 26
Box Office Report estimates indicate that the live action version of \\Fat Albert\\ debuted in the #2 spot gathering about $12.7 million for its two-day weekend (as the film opened… |
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Weekend Studio Estimates: December 31 – January 2
Box Office Guru reports that over the weekend, the live-action/animated film Fat Albert found itself in fourth place, taking in an estimated $10.7 million, rising 7% from its two-day bow… |
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Bambi fun facts
…were donated to the studio The two fawns donated to the studio were from the Maine Development Commission, named Bambi and Faline. The fawns were kept by the studio while… |
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Weekend Studio Estimates: March 18 – 20, 2005
Box Office Guru records that Robots dropped 40% to the #2 position in its second weekend, with an estimated gross of $21.8 million. After ten days, the CGI toon has… |
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Aladdin Reunion rundown and photos
…title Arabian Nights. The studio got away from that idea, Aladdin originally had three friends (Babkak, Omar, and Kassim), Jasmine (Jewish-American princess type), but the studio didn’t really like this… |
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Domain names registered by Disney reveal studio plans
Jim Hill Media writes of some website names registered by Disney, including quite a number taken just for the Tarzan and Mary Poppins Broadway shows alone. In addition, plenty of… |
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MG Studio invests in Raven Moon's Golden venture
Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. has issued a press release, through Yahoo! Finance, regarding the news of MG Studios’ investing in approximately half of the $3.2 million budget for Raven Moon’s… |
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Essay examines similarities between studio projects
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette looks at the similarities certain features have shared, trying to explain why the connections occur. Some of the counterparts in the piece include Flushed Away versus Ratatouille,… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spotting” fun facts with Andreas Deja
…raised in Germany, he remembers writing to the studio immediately after seeing The Jungle Book. The studio wrote back to him, explaining that they were fully staffed but they were… |
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Enchanted
…for good, this was anticipated by fans as Disney’s much-heralded semi-return to the artform. I was reminded by a remark that Michael Eisner made when the Studio was making a… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
…more than a week, than we’re being presented with images from the studio’s next movie – sometimes two! Throw in the product from any number of competing animation companies, and… |
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Ariel’s Song: Jodi Benson, a fortunate soul under the sea!
…his relationship with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Peter Schneider at the Walt Disney Studios, they had come to see the show, and because of me singing Disneyland, they invited Mickey Mouse… |
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Ariel’s Song: Tony Pulham, a fortunate art director under the sea!
…our co-studio, there were still story and staging changes happening in the LA studio. This isn’t unusual. This meant that a lot of the material we were receiving from overseas… |
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Last remaining of the Nine Old Men, legendary animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95
…as he moved into other areas of entertainment – has passed away in Sequim, Washington. Ollie Johnston began his career at the Disney Studios in 1935, on a Mickey Mouse… |
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Witch Mountain, Super Friends, and Disney history!
We’ve a couple more new reviews for you this morning, starting the week off with a Race To Witch Mountain on Blu-ray, the Disney Studio’s modern update of their 1975… |
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The Best Of Bravestarr
…genre-blending concept behind Bravestarr, but rather the story of the demise of a major animation studio. It is a shame to have to discuss it here, as Bravestarr is considered… |
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Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…one of several Popeye compilations brought out in 2004 to celebrate the character’s 75th anniversary. At this time, cartoon collectors had become accustomed to asking for the 1930s Fleischer studio… |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
…episode. A text screen helps to introduce the episode’s history, explaining how Mushi outsourced this one episode to a studio called Studio Zero. Then, as the episode plays, the surviving… |
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The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
Filmation Studios (September 5, 1983 – November 10, 1984), BCI (July 12, 2005), 2 disc set, 215 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original fullscreen ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated,… |
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Aladdin: Crew Reunion
…The studio got away from that idea, Aladdin originally had three friends (Babkak, Omar, and Kassim), Jasmine (Jewish-American princess type), but the studio didn’t really like this arrangement. Linda Woolverton… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
Once you have a story, you have to find a studio to produce it. In other words, you have to find your champion to support your project. And that’s when,… |
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Peter & The Wolf: A Bird’s-Eye View (With A Balloon!)
…but that didn’t work either. And then I came across the showreel of the Semafor studio. I saw their work and I knew they would be the right studio. I… |
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The One That Started It All… The Making Of Snow White
…the ambition that drove him and his company, the Walt Disney Studios. Created with his brother Roy O. Disney in the early 1920s after a string of other animated endeavours… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition
…most interesting segments in this Platinum Edition. Using the re-issue of the film throughout each successive decade, this Studio timeline highlights the films and achievements made at the Studio during… |
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The Jungle Book 2
DisneyToon Studios (February 14 2003), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (June 10 2003), single disc, 72 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, Rated G, Retail:… |
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Bambi II
DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Home Entertainment (February 7 2006), single disc, 73 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Return to… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…this unique studio. If the company had managed to secure the Columbia series, no doubt Filmation would still be in business today. The studio is finally receiving due credit for… |
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DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures
…rescue? Join them all in an assortment of 18 slices of superheroic action from the vaults of the Filmation Studio. The Sweatbox Review: If there was one thing guaranteed by… |
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Appreciation for Filmation!
…certain age! Here the Filmation studio certainly fills a gap, and by sheer coinkidink – nothing was planned I promise you – we’ve got a Filmation review rush on our… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…For all those crying out about the supposed lapse between the Walt Disney Studios’ last hand-drawn animated feature Home On The Range and the wait for the big comeback with… |
