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Disney targeted by new intellectual-property theft lawsuit
…points for Disney’s live action hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were stolen from a 1995 short film of his. Many of the plot points… |
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Two Jack Sparrows?
…tale long before there was a character named Jack Sparrow in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Perhaps the Pirates of the Caribbean writers were inspired by the earlier story…. |
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Massive Comic-Con update
…Pirates Of The Caribbean 2}} – The full title of Pirates Of The Caribbean 3, now known to be “{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20734 World’s End}}” – A run down of {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20743… |
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Disney finds treasure in Dead Man's Chest, poster of World's End
With a $55 million earning on Friday, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest broke the record for largest one-day take at the box office, previously held by Star Wars:… |
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Interview: John Knoll of ILM
…for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. At this time, he is working on the third Pirates adventure, At World’s End. During the interview, Knoll also confirms that the… |
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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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101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)
…while Dalmatians 101 is a responsible primer on the pros and cons of owning one of the spotty canines, probably a result of the thousands of kids who wanted such… |
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Aardman, Sony begin production on two new films
According to Animation World Network, Aardman has begun the production process on their next two animated feature films, Pirates! and Aurthur Christmas. Though Pirates! will be animated in Aardman’s traditional… |
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Bedtime Stories
…kind of guy that we should be feeling for by the film’s denouement. Of the rest of the cast, Griffiths and Pryce seem to be appearing to pay off their… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…think? Disc 1 Nevertheless, there is a nice mix of adventures on this set of 27 episodes (out of a 65-episode run), which starts out strongly with the Indiana Jones-like… |
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Dalmatians 101: Marc’s wife Alice Davis talks about her Legendary husband
…as It’s a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean, while Marc is probably best known as the father of some of Disney’s most memorable animated women, including Cruella de… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…30 per cent futuristic style to the overall film, from the look of the ships, the design of Silver and the audiences’ perception of the use of CG in the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
…a fair chunk of them! Topics explored include the sources of the studio’s stories, celebrations of the theme park, and hopping behind the scenes on one of his most enjoyable… |
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Winnie The Pooh‘s Henry Jackman, a “First Class” composer
…years: The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, The Holiday, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and The Simpsons Movie. Working on film productions at this level has brought… |
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John Carter (Of Mars)
…of course, of Tarzan fame) couldn’t be accused of ripping off the past 35 years’ worth of science-fiction movies since he’d come up with the story and many of those… |
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Treasure Planet: 10th Anniversary Edition
…revealing the more than capable Disney team of Jeff Kurtti and Michael Pellerin are behind most of the material on offer; the DVD is also officially labelled a Special Edition… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…feeling that a lot of the story was being revealed for a lot of the films during some of the presentations, reaching dangerously close to spoiling all of the key… |
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Muppet Babies Composers Andy Bean & Keith Horn Make Your Dreams Come True
…a different state. Luckily, I do passable imitations of most of the Muppet characters, so I’ll just like be thinking of myself as Kermit on a banjo, and all of… |
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More on Universal's cancelled Herobear feature
Following the Dark Horizons {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001356.html story}} that Universal’s adaptation of Mike Kunkel’s Herobear And The Kid comic books had been cancelled, we have had word from someone who was… |
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Ollie the Otter and Sprung! The Magic Roundabout updates
…by Kelly Alan Williamson. The story focuses on a courageous sea otter who leads a group of domesticated sea park friends to open water to save his family from perishing… |
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Screen Media Ventures finds Mee-Shee
Screen Media Ventures has obtained all domestic rights to the computer animated family adventure Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, points out Variety through Dark Horizons. From a screenplay by Barry Authors,… |
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Disney unveils first line of Blu-ray titles
…as Touchstone’s Gone in 60 Seconds and Dark Water and Dimension Films’ The Brothers Grimm. Interestingly, the discs for Dinosaur, Eight Below, Glory Road, The Haunted Mansion and Gone in… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete Series
…but a menagerie of dinosaur yelps, roars and character vocals from a well established cast of players, all of which meld with Hoyt Curtin’s huge collection of stock library music… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…the seasons. Changing the colors of the leaves, moving a sunbeam to melt snow, waking animals from their winter slumber, or giving a patch of sproutlings a sprinkle of water… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh finally came out in 1976. But who was this bear? The history of Winnie The Pooh can be traced back to the time of… |
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Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl
…her box of matches lying on the ground. In one scene, it’s basically done as our digital equivalent of cell vinyl, but another scene has one of the water color-painted… |
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WALL•E: Animator Victor Navone gives soul to a bot, and Cars a Toon-up!
…at night because of the baby, so I had plenty of experience walking around my house in the dark, half-asleep,and bumping into things. I don’t think of WALL•E as “baby-like”,… |
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The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection
…shortcoming. Followed by a lack-lustre direct-to-video spin-off, Joseph, King Of Dreams, it’s The Prince Of Egypt that will stand the test of time from DreamWorks biblical animation outings. People have… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…soundbites – all of which predictably applaud Brad – and plenty of video camera footage of the day to day running of Pixar: we see Brad’s first day at the… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 2
…be the hit of the village. The back of the DVD case reads as follows: “…appeal to a whole new generation of tech-savvy kids”. I was thinking there would be… |
