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Nemo found at Disneyland
…surrounded the official launch of the submarines, with dozens of celebrities from the world of film, television and sports experiencing the attraction and the new Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer… |
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Aladdin: Crew Reunion
…amusing anecdotes. This celebration of the 1992 Disney spectacle involved the following people: Hostess: Margaret Kerry Moderator: Tom Sito Guests of Honor: Jon Musker, Director Ron Clements, Director Eric Goldberg,… |
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Ariel’s Song: Glenn Slater, a sparkling lyricist for The Little Mermaid on Broadway!
…Tom Schumacher, who is one of the smartest and most knowledgeable people working in theater right now. So, what we were able to do was have somebody at the very… |
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The Best Of Bravestarr
…(mistakenly called Tom Sito on the packaging and in the press material), animator Tom Sito, voice actor Pat Fraley, and voice director Erika Scheimer. This is a very enjoyable and… |
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Bravestarr: The Movie
…the movie with producer Lou Scheimer, director Tom Tataranowicz (mistakenly called Tom Sito on the packaging and in the press material), animator Tom Sito, voice actor Pat Fraley, and voice… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…of five specially rendered Location Flyarounds (7:25), which have an added air of authenticity thanks to the addition of Gary Rydstrom and Tom Myer’s atmospheric audio tracks. It’s a shame… |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
…to Tom Tanaka, with whom he had worked on video games since 1995. “Tom was the first guy that I told I was doing TMNT, and was the only one… |
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The Beatrix Potter Collection
…help their younger bunny friends escape the clutches of Tommy Brock, a very hungry badger. The Tale Of Two Bad Mice And Johnny Town-Mouse ends the disc with Tom Thumb… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…Tom Sito and Tom Tataranowicz. Filmation co-founder and long-time executive Scheimer is a mainstay on these BCI collections and always gets over a ton of information, even in a brief… |
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2010 Annie Award nominations announced
…Scared Shrekless – DreamWorks Animation Fred Gonzales T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon Tom Owens Kung Fu Panda Holiday – DreamWorks Animation Dave Thomas Fairly OddParents – Nickelodeon Storyboarding in a Feature… |
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2012 Annie Award nominations announced
…Best Student Film Can We Be Happy Now — Tahnee Gehm Defective Detective — Avner Geller & Steve Lewis Head Over Heels — Timothy Reckart I Am Tom Moody —… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!
…on Disc One, with a lone Audio Commentary track popping up for episode 37, Outlaw In-Laws. Directors Tom Sito, Tom Tataranowicz and storyboard artist Michael Swanigan join Mangels for a… |
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Monsters, Inc.
Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios (November 2 2001), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 10 2009), 2 Blu-ray Discs plus DVD and Digital Copy, 92 minutes plus supplements, 1080p high definition… |
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Former Florida Disney animators form Funnypages Productions
Animators Tom Bancroft (Mushu in Mulan, among others) and Rob Corley are following in the footsteps of other Disney Florida animators by setting up their own company, Funnypages Productions, which… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…such characters and movies as the Genie in Aladdin, and co-helming Pocahontas. The full conversation, held appropriately enough at Walt’s old Tom O’Shanter haunt, can be read here: Animated News:… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…played the Cratchit family. He and his little brother, Richard, also portrayed ghosts in the mini-movie. “We even put a little phony tombstone in our front yard, where Scrooge broke… |
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School of Visual Arts presents “Which Way Did They Go?” exhibit
…work from five alumni of SVA’s Film, Video & Animation Department: John R. Dilworth, Yvette Kaplan, Alex Kupershmidt, Chris Prynoski and Tom Sito. Drawings, sketches, cels, and film and television… |
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Composer Toby Chu gives us an appetite for Pixar’s Bao
…have been working independently ever since. AV: How and when did you come to work on Bao? TC: Through Tom MacDougall, who is the executive vice president of music for… |
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Aladdin Reunion rundown and photos
…Hostess: Margaret Kerry Moderator: Tom Sito Guests of Honor: Jon Musker, Director Ron Clements, Director Eric Goldberg, Supervising Animator for Genie Andreas Deja, Supervising Animator for Jafar Tina Price, CGI… |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…different. AV: How was the Ratatouille attraction created? RG: Six years ago, Tom Fitzgerald, the Imagineer who is the creative lead for all the Disneyland Paris resort, had this idea,… |
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Exclusive 2015 Comic-Con Recap
…to anime for the type of cinematography he wanted. Audience members who got to participate in the Q&A received an exclusive lithograph poster of the short. Most of the questions… |
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2016 CTN Animation Expo Exclusive
…personally talk to him. A fantastic opportunity if there ever was one. Tom and Tony Bancroft The Bancroft brothers have apparently been regulars at the CTN Animation Expo since… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
…suspects. Leonard Maltin jumps into the sound booth for a couple, and his co-participants Mark Kausler and Jerry Beck (doing double duty away from the Golden Looney Tunes) get to… |
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Armageddon
Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Touchstone Home Video (1998 / 2010), single disc, 150 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.35:1, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, Rated PG-13 (for Sci-Fi Disaster Action,… |
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The Nutty Professor (2008)
Weinstein Company/Rainmaker Studios/Genius Products (November 25 2008), single disc, 76 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Some 45 years after Jerry Lewis… |
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Technicolor’s Atomic Puppet
…The series will be produced by Technicolor Digital Productions, in association with the team of Mark Drop and Jerry Leibowitz who created the characters and developed the series bible. Atomic… |
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Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films (May 28 2010), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (September 14 2010), 3 disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy set, 116 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 2.40:1 widescreen, 5.1… |
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Not even a B- for Bee Movie!?
As promised our theatrical Toon Reviewer James R Whitson has posted his thoughts on Bee Movie, the meeting of computer animation giants DreamWorks with giant comedian Jerry Seinfeld. But wait…that… |
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Comic-Con@Home Coverage
…Pott, creator of and voice on Summer Camp Island; Alabaster Pizzo, storyboard artist, Summer Camp Island. His Dark Materials Virtual Panel and Q&A Session Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of… |
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Cartoon Research reviews \\Teacher's Pet\\
Jerry Beck at {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com Cartoon Research}} reviews \\Teacher’s Pet\\, the feature film based on the Disney animated series. Beck says “it’s a frantic, fast paced adventure” that is “certainly… |