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Aladdin Reunion rundown and photos

…arrangement. Linda Woolverton wrote more of a Baghdad type. Jeffrey Katzenberg met about what to do after Little Mermaid. The projects Ron and John had to pick from were Swan…

Animated News takes a look at Dreamer…

…early 90s, Dreamer shows how, when more-or-less ignored by the Disney company “suits,” these talented artists were able to craft the “Fab Four” masterpieces – The Little Mermaid, Beauty and…

Hunting for treasure "under the sea" of rumor

A recent Animated News article on the rumored cancellation of The Little Mermaid III has sparked debate amongst readers and a handful of e-mails supporting a counter-claim. One e-mail in…

More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect

…wanted it to feel a little bit more cinematic. So, when the music does come on in certain situations, they really wanted to feel it in a way. So, we…

Elemental

…fine little film, but that’s it. It’s not really bad. It gets the job done. But I don’t have much desire to go see it again. Four times in a…

Henry Selick speaks about Moongirl and more

little suitcase that contained one of the original stop-motion puppet bodies and heads. The body was made of an incredibly toxic material so we made a whole new kit of…

2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…most daring stories to date made for quality television that viewers savored. There was little doubt that there would be some presence celebrating X-Men ’97. Making sure of that would…

The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!

…due to being overworked at my day job through the latter half of the year, to the point that I really had very little energy to do more than just…

The Willoughbys on Netflix: A Chat with Director Kris Pearn

…hair. KP: Very early on, I was discussing with Production Designer Kyle McQueen about our visual point of view. Imagine you’re a little lower to the ground, a little closer…

The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over

…when it opened in 2010, a string of critical and financial hits followed, including a little film called Frozen which became the studio’s biggest pop culture phenomenon since The Lion…

And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!

…going to be a banner year, and the results largely did little to change that: predictable early craft wins for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, including an absolutely undeserved…

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

…necessary. This is apparent when the majority of the supporting cast has pretty much been pushed to the background with very little screen time for each. And while Grimmel actually…

Coco

…some studios are putting out? Yes. But up to Pixar’s usual standard? Not quite. The plot is just a little too facile and the emotional edge a little too forced….

Incredibles 2

little bit more into those two storylines. Elastigirl differs from her husband not just in powers but in the way she goes about crimefighting. Where he is all about brute…

Smallfoot

…over you seem pleasant enough. But the lyrics are so simplistic and hackneyed to the point of being a little embarrassing. The plot moves at a fairly rapid pace. Soon…

Disney announces ten animated films through 2012

…fairy tale The Princess and the Frog from acclaimed veteran Disney directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules,) and the Disney DVD and Blu-ray release of…

The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)

…intended to be, with it instead — fairly or not — ending up essentially being a straight-to-TV premiere, albeit one with a little more prestige and fanfare behind it. If…

Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette

…the teenage girl, largely while being given prompts by their busybody maid Katie. Archie is the most flustered of the pair, and has little interest in becoming a father figure…

Popeye The Sailor: Volume 3 1941-1943

…sitting on a flagpole— until a thunderstorm comes by. Next, as Pappy tries to sleep off a little partying, Popeye goes out of his way to make the neighborhood quiet,…

Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training

…department, though, its mediocrity “shines”. The stories are certainly coherent and enjoyable on a rudimentary level, but there is little to separate Sabrina from all the other shows about pre-teens…

Avengers: Endgame

…create their own expectations for what they think the movie will be, and if you go in wanting another non-stop roller coaster like Infinity War, you might be a little

Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2

…a little bit, because they take a percentage. AV: I have a question about Jasper. Despite him having appeared in around half of the Puppetoons, there wasn’t much of him…

Bee Movie Fun Facts

…wings between 180 and 225 times per second…which is a little tough to animate. So, the bees in Bee Movie flap their wings only six to seven times per second…

Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004

…from around the world, unless one can wait for the inevitable “double-dip” when the mooted sequel is about to hit screens. Best yet, is this little beauty coming out in…

“Behind The Tatamis” with Kung Fu Panda‘s Directors!

…to be your own hero. And that you will learn through the story of Po, aka Kung Fu Panda. Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po was the biggest fan…

Who's plugging Roger Rabbit? A neato coinkidink, me thinks, to mention this year's Elstree Film Festival!

…Trust And Pixie Dust, a collection of Disney standards and surprises. It’s a great little chat with Slater, that touches on what a fun-filled movie Who Discovered Roger Rabbit might…

The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season

…everyone hated The Batman when it debuted in 2004. Little kids, for example, who had never seen an episode of 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series, remained blissfully ignorant of just…

The Grinch

…available. But if you’re looking for something that perhaps means a little bit more, your best bet might be Illumination’s The Grinch. First off, if you had any reservations about…

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Remastered Deluxe Edition

…sound is adequate if not inspiring, though it’s always a pleasure to hear the music of Vince Guaraldi. Guaraldi provided another vocal performance for this special, the song Little Birdie….

Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration

…Raketeena and create these little shorts for us – sort of animations that would be advertisements for us! That would make it fun and engaging and get the message across.’…