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Updated: Menken, Musker and Clements Return to Disney

…(WDFA). Musker and Clements whose work as writers, director and producer includes The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules and Treasure Planet, left WDFA last year after the studio refused to green…

Listen in on Glen Keane

…title character in Beauty and the Beast, the title characters in Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Tarzan, John Silver in Treasure Planet, and is currently directing Rapunzel as a Disney animated feature….

King Con! News from San Diego…

…introduced by a message from director Peter Jackson. -Warner Home Video Forbidden Planet 50th Anniversary Celebration: presentation and Q&A with the stars from the landmark science fiction classic. -The Jim…

DVD of the Apes

TV Shows on DVD notes the October 3rd release of Return to the Planet of the Apes. The 1975 animated series will come in a 2-disc DVD package containing every…

Posters: Open Season, Cars

…one poster is in French while the other one is in German. Likewise, one more one sheet for Cars has been found by Upcoming Pixar at the Pixar Planet Forums….

Pixar gets Lifted by next short

Courtesy of Upcoming Pixar and Pixar Planet, word has arrived of the next short film by Pixar Animation Studios. With approximately five minutes, Lifted humorously tells the following story: “A…

Don Hahn to take a "lengthy sabbatical" from Disney

Producer Don Hahn is “taking a lengthy sabbatical” from Walt Disney Feature Animation, reports the Animation Guild Blog. The word was spread to animation staffers on Friday via an e-mail,…

Elliott and Rossio talk animation

…Treasure Planet, the duo likewise chats about animation. “One of the things about animation that we really enjoyed is that it really is so story-driven in a way that live…

Serena Williams becomes queen of Loonatics

…17 on The CW, the episode features Williams as Queen Athena, the ruler of “an island colony of beautiful, powerful women with devious plans for the planet and its men.”…

Ratatouille trailer news

Presenting the most recent promotional image from the film, Coming Soon, as noticed by JV Pixar News, posts that the new U.S. Ratatouille trailer will hit Disney.com this Friday, March…

Dean Wellins to co-direct Rapunzel

…Keane on the character John Silver for Treasure Planet, Wellins was named Head of Story on American Dog, a post he then left to help helm Rapunzel. At this time,…

Frog Princess found – and renamed?

The Planet Gossip side of E! News Online suggests that Anika Noni Rose, star of last year’s Dreamgirls, has landed the coveted lead role in Disney’s The Frog Princess. It…

Ratatouille charity preview, podcast

…Center for Human Enhancement. Two-hundred and thirty-five guests will be treated to the Ratatouille screening, at $225 per ticket. In the meantime, Pixar Planet has discovered the podcast Ratatouille: The…

Superman: Doomsday trailer

The trailer for Superman: Doomsday has been discovered by Daily Planet. From Warner Bros. and DC Universe, the animated adaptation of the Death and Return of Superman comic adventure will…

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Two

…as it gives way more depth to the story at hand, finally making the world of the characters feel “lived in.” Kobra Khan escapes custody from the Masters, and travels…

Ratatouille game demo; Disney/Pixar, Intel debut website

Pixar Planet via Upcoming Pixar notices that the official website of THQ features a demo for the Ratatouille video game. Concurrently, Disney/Pixar and Intel have teamed to launch a promotional…

Ratatouille easter eggs

…website. The article includes information on where to look if one is interested in spotting hidden details from the film, such as the Pizza Planet truck or Bomb Voyage’s cameo….

Article names 'worst cartoons ever'

…and Goof Troop, MSN names seven animated television series that it feels are the “worst cartoons ever.” Other shows to make the cut are Silverhawks, Pokemon, Jem, and Captain Planet….

South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season

…episodes from the 2007 run. The Sweatbox Review: After the first few highly inflammatory seasons, South Park seems to have settled down and could even arguably be called – in…

The Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007

…With world premiere screenings (FANTASTIC LALOUX), gala tributes (FANTASTIC PLANET) and guest speakers including Sean Lennon and director Michele Civetta, LAAF promises to be a fabulous weekend. Every screening is…

Stanton talks storytelling

“Mitch” at Pixar Planet describes her recent attendance to a seminar hosted by Pixar Animation Studios’ Andrew Stanton. The report includes numerous notes from Stanton’s lecture, as well as photos…

Ratatouille DVD/Blu-ray site revised

At the Pixar Planet forum, word arrives that the official website for Ratatouille has been updated with further information on the film’s DVD and Blu-ray releases. Stores nationwide will serve…

Report from Seattle's 2D Or Not 2D Animation Festival

…Ratatouille, The Chestnut Tree (which won a Golden Pencil Award), Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Lorenzo, and more, as well as presenting an outlook for the future of 2D, handdrawn animation….

The Flintstones: The Complete Series

…Ventriloquist Barney, The Big Move (which, coming from what looks like videotape from Hanna-Barbera’s Taft-owned years, is missing the opening teaser scenes and seems to be trimmed from the usual…

Futurama DVD press release

…films, The Beast centers around a planet-sized, tentacle-sporting monster with romantic intentions. The press release also mentions several bonus features to be included with the film, including creator commentaries and…

Hello, Dolly! composer moved by Wall•E

…on this planet.” Wall•E writer/director Andrew Stanton said he knew he wanted to juxtapose retro music with this futuristic setting, but discovered “a perfect fit” to his narrative when he…

Wall-E concept art

…release of the film on DVD and Blu-Ray. The article includes sketches of Wall-E and Eve, storyboards, and concept art for Trash Planet. Thanks to PixarPlanet for sharing the story….

NASA robots give Wall-E a touch of realism

…Phoenix Mars Lander and red planet rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which survived long past their life expectancies. This real-world NASA connection is also featured in the extensive collection of special…

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

…family and even sometimes risqué adult humor of The Muppet Show, but Kermit’s occasional reports from Planet Koosbane, for instance, or the various distorted fairytale pastiches always spun the show…

Interview with Pixar animator Guiherme Jacinto

…his journey from Brazil to Pixar, and also talks about landing a job at Pixar, his inspirations, and working on Up and Wall-E. Thanks to Pixar Planet for the story….