|
Animators say "good-bye" to WDFA-Florida…
A final word from an animator leaving the recently closed Walt Disney Feature Animation-Florida ramps down the {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01142004.1.htm Jim Hill Media}} coverage of the events happening down Orlando way…. |
|
|
New Promo Art and DVD Screen Grabs from The Lion King 1½: Part I
…and Ma and Uncle Max fixin’ up a “hunk of fat and juicy meat.” Follow the link to view the images. More pictures coming soon. © 2004 The Walt Disney… |
|
|
New Promo Art and DVD Screen Grabs from The Lion King 1½: Part II
…screen shot of the “Hidden Mickey” feature. A final set of three pictures is coming tomorrow. Follow the “More” link to view the images. © 2004 The Walt Disney Company… |
|
|
Teacher's Pet Barks Into Theaters Today!
…the marketplace has room for the new film since a large number of school children have extra time off over the holiday weekend. The Disney brand name won’t hurt either.”… |
|
|
Haunted DVD Press Release
Ultimate Disney has posted the press release for the Haunted Mansion DVD, arriving in stores on April 20. Special features for the DVD include bloopers, a deleted scene, the Raven… |
|
|
New Lion King 1½ Review
The Video Premiere Awards reviews The Lion King 1½, saying, “Disney takes the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead route (for those who know the Tom Stoppard play that shows Hamlet… |
|
|
Original author to adapt his Day With Wilbur
‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=765#post765 Animated News Forums}} points to a site that announces William Joyce as the writer of Disney’s latest pick-up, A Day With Wilbur Robinson, which Joyce… |
|
|
Bruno Bozzetto's new feature: Mammuk
…West and Soda followed in 1968 by VIP: My Brother Superman and in 1976 by his masterpiece Allegro non Troppo, the Italian response to Disney’s Fantasia. Bozzetto has always asserted… |
|
|
Update #1½ on The Lion King 1½: The Two Trailers
Disney’s official site for The Lion King 1½ updates with two new trailers, one entitled “Timon’s Proposal” in which Timon makes a weird, semi-musical proposition to Shenzi (and in which… |
|
|
Looking for a Few Good Reasons Why A Few Good Ghosts Was Cancelled
Doing what it does best, Jim Hill Media digs to the bottom of the recent Few Good Ghosts cancellation and the shutting down of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and… |
|
|
More Haunted Mansion Posters
The Internet Movie Poster Awards has four new posters from Disney’s The Haunted Mansion…. |
|
|
More from Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston: website update!
…and about the legendary Disney animators, features their personal tips on animation, background histories and their work, and fun with “new” characters Revilo and Nilknarf (Franklin and Oliver backwards). New… |
|
|
Pirates Of The Caribbean sets sail for DVD voyage!
Okay, let the bad pirate/ship puns begin: this summer’s surprise Disney blockbuster {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM5E/qid=1069876840/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl}} hits the shiny movie disc format… |
|
|
The Moose Hole – Grim Grinning Ghosts
The Moose Hole gives a mixed review of the feature film adaptation of the classic Disney theme park attraction. “If you are looking for another Pirates Of The Caribbean, wait… |
|
|
Frank And Ollie DVD does exist! Full review online…
Frank And Ollie, the 1995 documentary film that peeks into the extraordinary Disney careers and personal lives of animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, was put in “wide release” on… |
|
|
Timon and Pumbaa's Interquel Page Update
Just a quick heads up that Disney’s official page for The Lion King 1½ has just updated with the sound working now, text clips from movie critics praising the movie… |
|
|
Haunted Mansion not so haunted?
…from the gates of Walt Disney Pictures will be forever more compared to that Johnny Depp-led behemoth. Perhaps not letting the film speak for itself, {{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&obj_id=40271 Cinescape reviews}} The… |
|
|
\\Mary Poppins\\ cast
…She also played Eliza Doolittle in the revival of \\My Fair Lady\\ (picture on the right) “which was produced by Cameron Mackintosh, who is working on \\Mary Poppins\\ with Disney… |
|
|
Toon Zone on a couple of interesting New York Times articles…
…independent films from participating in fair competition. Toon Zone also links to another NY Times story, {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=95781 Disney Readies Three More Broadway Adaptations}}, which looks at the three theatrical… |
|
|
Lion King 1½ "Hot Tub" Trailer on Pirates of the Caribbean DVD
It might seem a little jarring to go from the very serious news of Roy Disney’s resignation to news about the flatulence of a cartoon warthog, but a post by… |
|
|
\\Valient\\ cast announced
…comedy hit series \\The Office\\. \\Valient\\, which will be completed in December 2004, is currently in production. Disney is distributing the picture in North America, and Odyssey Entertainment in the… |
|
|
Belleville leads sparkling UK TV Christmas line up!
…Rocky And Bullwinkle – 12.55pm, BBC1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – 2.30pm, ITV1 The Wizard Of Oz – 2.45pm, BBC1 Mulan (Disney) – 5.05pm, BBC1 December 27… |
|
|
Another packed DVD Tuesday
…http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CABKY/002-1902555-2863210 Rugrats Go Wild}}, the old-style effects-packed and actually very good fun {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM5B/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen}}, and Disney’s remake of their own {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JMCW/002-1902555-2863210?v=glance&s=dvd Freaky Friday}}, all… |
|
|
AnimationHQ to host chat with Heidi Guedel
…Heidi Guedel, a 25 year veteran animator for Disney, Don Bluth, and Warner Brothers. Some of her credits include work on the films \\The Secret of NIMH\\, \\An American Tail\\,… |
|
|
Stalling for Time: The Musical Man Behind the Scenes at Warner Bros.
Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research page points us to a new article at MSN’s Slate all about Carl Stalling, the genius discovered by Walt Disney in the early 1920’s and the… |
|
|
Anchor Bay sold to…IDT Entertainment
…brings to home video, especially in the collectors DVD market. The company distributes a number of animation-related titles, including those of Rankin/Bass, as well as many live-action Disney Studios films…. |
|
|
Mr. Eisner's Wild Ride
{{link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101031215-557062,00.html Time Magazine}} made available online a story from its December 15th print issue, which looks at the current Mouse chief’s track record and how the the Roy Disney… |
|
|
\\Mulan 2\\ title track completed
{{link http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_845375.html Ananova}} reports that the group Atomic Kitten has finished recording “I Want To Be A Girl”, the title track for Disney’s \\Mulan 2\\…. |
|
|
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Treasures Of The Lost Abyss?
…remain firmly in the section marked “rumor” for now, has been leaked to {{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=40379 Cinescape}} after a Disney representative showed some early concept art. “The Lost ‘Abyss’ is in… |
|
|
More Mickey! 75th Birthday Celebration To Air On ABC…
{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=96925 Toon Zone}} is back with more news, this time on the upcoming TV special to air on Disney’s {{link http://www.abc.com/ ABC Network}} which will celebrate the company mascot’s… |
