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Prep & Landing landing again
…making the first ‘Prep & Landing’ special, and the response from the audience and our colleagues in the industry was so terrific, that we wanted to bring these great characters… |
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Have A Laugh! Volumes 1 and 2
…the original Goofy shorts, from Michael Giacchino’s use of the second theatrical Goofy theme, to the artists depiction of the vintage character design. The intention was to make a “lost”… |
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Don Hahn discusses Fantasia 2000 and Waking Sleeping Beauty
…his most intriguing and exciting productions: Fantasia 2000, the magical, animated musical event debuting in highly anticipated Blu-ray, and the documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty that tells the true story of… |
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Africa enters the 3D animated market
…Bear), Phil LaMarr (Family Guy, Futurama), Jim Cummings (The Princess and the Frog, The Lion King, Winnie the Pooh), and Jennifer Lewis (The Princess and the Frog, Cars). Zambezia tells… |
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A Christmas Carol
…there were any clues, but while it’s interesting to see Carrey, Hoskins and company in their mo-cap outfits running through their performances, there’s a distinct separation from the process. The… |
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Tangled opens
…Tomatoes (and an even better 95% from the top critics). It’s being compared favorably to The Lion King and Aladdin, and a few have even called it the best from… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…the swapping of the Nine Old Men to the new generation; Popeye, Robert Altman’s 1980 live-action take on the spinach-guzzling sailor (Robin Williams); and Treasure Planet, last year’s box office… |
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Tangled comes to Blu-Ray & DVD today
…more. A hit with critics and audiences, Tangled was a blockbuster for the studio, grossing $198 million in the US, making it Disney’s biggest animated movie since The Lion King…. |
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The Incredibles
…of the point, and this helps the animation tremendously – the fact that these are animated characters only strives to help the reality of their lives and situations sink in… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. How has the industry changed over the past 20 years? Kelly Asbury: I began in the animation business in 1983 and have been… |
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Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles: The Complete Series
…single segment of the first-named show, book-ended by two segments for the latter. The Impossibles also gained the lion’s share of moments in the opening and closing credits. That’s a… |
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Have A Laugh! Volumes 3 and 4
…Sweatbox Review: With the sheer surprise of the release of Disney’s first two volumes in their Have A Laugh providing the shocking bombshell that the Studio seemed to be serious… |
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Mars Needs Moms
…of Mars trash, although they’re not reason alone for the format, which only plays up how lacking the character interaction is: for all the tumbling through the Martian trash the… |
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Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition
…lacking from Walt’s then-recent feature animation output. The Reluctant Dragon, the 1942 live action tour around the Disney Studio lot, which included several featurettes woven throughout the film as well… |
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Winnie the Pooh and Burny, too: a chat with animation legend Burny Mattinson
…years. The veteran Disney filmmaker had previously worked on such classics as Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book and The Rescuers. He… |
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Winnie The Pooh
…but then also came the “mid-quels”, films that took place between scenes in the original movies. Well, fine, if they wanted to screw with the likes of Tarzan then that… |
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Finding Nemo 3-D Trailer and Beauty and the Beast 3-D
Disney is pulling fan favorites from the vault to cash in on 3-D craze before it dies. The Lion King and Cars 2 were treated with the third dimension treatment… |
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Happy Feet Two
…to hopefully explain some of the nuts thinking behind some of the more ambiguous choices, the closest we get to a look at the production is a peek behind the… |
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Treasure Planet: 10th Anniversary Edition
…and the reasons behind the choices the production went for. The one and a half minute 70/30 Rule highlights the unique decision by the directors to bring a 70 percent… |
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Q&A with Disney director George Scribner
…great advice and several never-before-heard behind-the-scenes stories, including anecdotes on the original director of The Lion King, Oliver And Company and the theme park rides he has been a part… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…The animation renaissance of the mid-1990s is naturally still a part of most of our memories, inarguably the high-point of the Eisner/Wells/Katzenberg regime where The Lion King became the biggest… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…trip to the theatre. What Did YOU Think? The Animated Views Readers’ Pick Of The Year! For the first time ever, we put the big question over to you, asking… |
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Deja blog educates and inspires
…Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, Deja’s last entry includes an historic photo of some of the Nine Old Men working on The Jungle Book, character designs,… |
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Despicable Me 2 crosses $300 million mark; sequel banned from China
…2 has crossed the $300 million mark, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The sequel is now the sixth highest grossing animated movies of all time, behind only Shrek The Third,… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…brought down. Not that the quality suffered: the 60s brought us Mary Poppins, of course, and the classic The Jungle Book. After the renaissance of the 80s, and the dawn… |
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Final Frozen trailer now online
…to be the studio’s “greatest animated event since The Lion King.” Whether or not it will live up to that claim remains to be seen, but audiences can decide for… |
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The Best Of 2013: Unlucky, Or Lucky For Some?
…Blu-ray didn’t quite make it out by the end of the year, so for classic animation fans, The Puppetoon Movie is the clear winner for 2013! Read the full The… |
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Frozen retakes box office crown in 7th week
…The film has made almost $300 million domestically and over $600 million worldwide, which is closing in on the The Lion King — the current highest grossing film from Disney… |
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Animated movie music back in style
The animated movie musical is back in vogue, according to the Los Angeles Times. The biggest sign of the change has been on the music charts. “For the first time… |
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Frozen crosses $400 million mark at domestic box office
There’s yet another Frozen success story to be discussed today, as the Disney movie finally crossed the $400 million mark in the US, The Wrap is reporting. That makes the… |
