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Don Hahn on Disney Orlando and the Roy/Michael split, plus "no layoffs for WDW staff"…
…Christmas “bonus” – they get to keep their jobs. Concessions have been agreed, so there’ll be no layoffs to spoil the festive season. Read the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-bizservers10121003dec10,0,2883724.story?coll=orl-home-headlines full story here}}…. |
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Variety on next year's short film candidates…
…whom we might see in the running. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20031210/va_sp_ev/animated_shorts_discover_fest_route_is_1 The interesting article}} also touches more on Pixar’s mysterious short Boundin’, as well as Sony’s Early Bloomer (which played with Daddy… |
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Definitely not the "happiest place on Earth": WDFA-Florida shuts its doors…
Walt Disney Feature Animation-Florida will today officially close its doors, putting over 250 talented artists, technicians and animators out of work, as well as depriving the public of a chance… |
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Comcast's battle for Disney heats up: Pixar's Jobs and Roy Disney now in the frame…
…Finally, Roy’s own site, {{link http://www.savedisney.com/news/se/comcast.asp Save Disney}}, has a heap of up-to-the-second online reports on the on-going Disney-Comcast story, including rumors of Microsoft’s role in all of this, and… |
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The battle for Disney heats up: Philadelphia 2004…
…be here next week, next month, next year”. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20040303/bs_dowjones/200403022041001236 Yahoo News}} has more on the story, with a report from the “alternate” shareholders meeting Disney and Gold set up… |
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Universal announces animation project to follow Curious George
{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=598&ncid=790&e=7&u=/nm/20040308/film_nm/film_ross_dc The Hollywood Reporter}}, via Yahoo News, has revealed that Gary Ross, the writer of such films as Big, Dave and the director of Pleasantville and this year’s hopeful… |
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Simpsons cast back at work
‘MusicFan’ lets us know that the cast dispute for The Simpsons has been finally settled, with the actors getting, to borrow the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&e=1&u=/ap/tv_simpsons_dispute Associated Press}} story’s words, more “D’oh!… |
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News from The Front Lines
…of interest to all animation and Disney fans, including discussion on the contents of Wave 4 of the series, the Song of the South, the future of 2D animation, Roy… |
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The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion
…if they had nothing to do with the topic of the event. Katzenberg even at one point while discussing the genesis of the story of The Lion King respectfully mentioned… |
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TV Guide Reviews A&E's Pride
…review of another show. Pride (not to be confused with NBC’s Father of the Pride) is a “live-action drama [with a] seamless pairing of vivid documentary footage capturing real lions… |
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Chicken Little: expectations big
“I thought it looked like a commercial for Pixar stock” says one particularly disgruntled money manager about the teaser for Chicken Little. He’s quoted in a story at {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040815/va_ne_al/inside_move__beak_preview&e=5… |
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The Incredibles: "plenty of superhero action"; "human characters based on 1960s Disney"
Pixar’s story supervisor Mark Andrews speaks to the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-mag-sp-comicmovies_082204,0,4863759.story?coll=orl-calmoviestop Orlando Sentinel}} about the upcoming Brad Bird superhero spoof The Incredibles. “According to Andrews, there will be plenty of superhero… |
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The box office summer
‘Monkeyboy12’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5004#post5004 Animated News Forum}} points to an intresting story at Yahoo that rounds up the {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=762&e=1&u=/ap/20040906/ap_en_mo/film_summer_box_office box office numbers}} for this summer’s big – and… |
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Jim Rygiel to direct Bunyan And Babe; first look at Igor
…CGI-animated Babe the Blue Ox. Bunyan and Babe tells the story of Bunyan’s attempts, with the help of a couple of kids, to rescue his ox from the evil clutches… |
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What makes The Incredibles tick?
Apparently, it’s a well-executed story! Who’da thunk?! Skwigly Magazine has an intelligent, detailed article about the story dynamics behind the new Pixar film, guaranteed to give any reader a virtual… |
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2004 CG Retrospective
{{link http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2671&page=1 CGNetworks}} has posted their CG Retrospective, a look back at the top 20 “CG-related things that happened in 2004. The criteria for selection were that the event or… |
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Animated News takes a look at Dreamer…
…events that follow, occasionally offering amusing interstitials of original animation. Though there is a smidgen of narrative, the majority of the film consists of interviews with Disney’s true heart and… |
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DreamWorks buys a farm, a Punk Farm
…Hecht, the latter of whom most recently co-wrote the animated hit “Ice Age: The Meltdown.” “Punk Farm” tells the story of a group of farm animals—a sheep, a chicken, a… |
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Hollywood Reporter goes Wild with review
…the sort of box office numbers garnered by its predecessor, though its holiday weekend release should help. Yet another tale of animals transported from the cushy environs of a New… |
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Tarzan's Broadway debut review
…While no one was expecting great profundity in his retelling of the story of the boy raised by apes and his subsequent identity crisis upon meeting the very beautiful and… |
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Before Jack Sparrow there was Captain Hook . . . and Smee
…treasure for everyone. Peter Pan is a timeless classic from Disney’s Golden Age of animation. The film is one of three to boast all nine of Walt’s famous “Nine Old… |
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition
…Storyboard: In imaginary Kidsville, Sunny the Bunny’s job is to make the annual drop off of Easter treats to a dreary old village, Town, where live a population of old… |
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Hey Seuss! Horton hears our Views! Plus the new League…
…short version of the story again on DVD. Of course, Jones and Dr Suess Ted Geisel previously teamed up for the classic TV version of The Grinch (and way before… |
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Horton Hears a Who!
…on Seuss stories were made – one of which won an Oscar. One of the most loved holiday television specials of all time came from the good doctor. There are… |
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The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series
…full of himself, but stops just short of being a jerk. Then there’s the Bronto Bunch, a motorcycle gang that often antagonizes the main group of kids, though in a… |
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Roy Disney Presents At The Newport Film Festival 2008
…Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, showed up with longtime Disney producer Don Hahn to present an evening of rare Disney shorts. Also on hand was Disney jack-of-all-trades Dave Bossert to… |
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Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Complete Animated Series
…deal of new material, much of it featuring Sabrina’s cousins, the aforementioned Groovie Goolies. The segments devoted entirely to the Goolies, comic knock-offs of classic horror characters, were spun off… |
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The Richie Rich Scooby-Doo Show: Volume One
…set. The Story Of Richie Rich (9:45) covers the history of the character relatively briefly, though this will likely suffice for most fans. Naturally, the featurette quickly turns its focus… |
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Bonhams & Butterfields celebrate Carl Barks at auction
Carl Barks, master of comic book storytelling and creator of Uncle Scrooge, is being spotlighted in a June 4 auction in Los Angeles. Diverse works are being offered, including a… |
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Ratatouille opens
…story process for their films, there would be no need for critics”; Associated Press: “Ratatouille is free of the kind of gratuitous pop-culture references that plague so many movies of… |
