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Fantasia 2000
…many different musical themes. Disney then agreed to the idea and Fantasia was set into motion. The movie opened to mixed reviews as many thought that setting music to animation… |
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Ho-ho-ho with our Best Of The Year!
…is Avatar is doing as predicted and blowing everything else out of the way. Despite the advances in motion-capture (dubbed, quite fittingly, “e-motion-capture” by director James Cameron) of that action… |
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Disney/Marvel brings Stan Lee into the fold
…three year creative and business relationship, POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment Inc., the advanced media and entertainment company led by comic book and motion picture icon Stan Lee, announced today… |
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman writes (and talks) about his Animated Life
…Maestro It was as if the world had suddenly stopped. It was the end of an era at the Walt Disney Studio, and maybe even for the world. A person… |
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Giacchino to host AMPAS animation music event
Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino will be hosting “What’s Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music” on May 14 in Beverly Hills. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences event will… |
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Fantasia will amaze ya: full details
…outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures, being the first commercial film released in multi-channel sound using a process called Fantasound, and the second… |
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Toy Story‘s full specs and final artwork
…Story Supervisor Jason Katz, Supervising Technical Director Guido Quaroni, Production Designer Bob Pauley and Supervising Animators Bobby Podesta and Michael Venturini. • Beginnings: Setting A Story In Motion – Screenwriter… |
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Tangled
…50th animated motion picture) to be rolled off the Disney conveyor belt. They may be a little weight to that argument, but it has to be said there’s a freshness… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
Leon Schlesinger Studio, MGM, and UPA, for the First Motion Picture Unit (1943-1945), Thunderbean (December, 2010), 1 disc, Approx. 120 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, Not Rated, Retail:… |
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Captain America (1990)
…other costume and background. The 2011 motion picture got a whole lot right and overall easily wins as the best adaptation, but even it was wishy-washy about presenting the costume… |
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Lasseter talks to the Academy about the digital animator
Disney/Pixar leader John Lasseter was on hand for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Development Of The Digital Animator” panel this week, according to Deadline. He discussed traditional… |
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Artist Bob Camp recalls the ill-fated Space Jam 2
…in motion, blending the Looney Tunes’ traditionally animated world with Jordan’s live-action one. Joe Pytka boarded the project as director, having helmed the Directors Guild Award-nominated Hare Jordan spot as… |
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From Paris to home video: A Monster finally arrives!
…Adam Goldberg, Jay Harrington, Danny Huston INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MOTION PICTURE FINALLY ARRIVES IN AMERICA! AVAILABLE ON DVD and TWO-DISC BLU-RAY 3D COMBO PACK WITH BLU-RAY 2D + DVD + DIGITAL… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…the few actors that understands the motion-capture process and can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Andy Serkis any day of the week, gets a chance to not have to don the ping… |
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More Cartoons For Victory!
…on this DVD is The First Motion Picture Unit – Army Air Forces from 1943. This is an essential, live action twenty-minute short that introduces us to the Unit, explaining… |
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Academy event to honor 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast
…director Gary Trousdale onstage for a 25th anniversary celebration of Beauty and the Beast on Monday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’… |
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The BFG stomping home in December
…giants in “The BFG,” along with movement choreographer/motion capture performer Terry Notary, who collaborated with the actors and Director Steven Spielberg prior to filming to develop their movements and character… |
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Up’s Pete Docter and Michael Giacchino to intro the Academy’s Oscar Concert celebration of film music
PRESS RELEASE THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION PRESENT THE OSCAR® CONCERT One-Night-Only Celebration of the History of Film Music in Honor… |
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Ed Catmull, President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, announces retirement
…hand. It would go on to be featured in the 1976 film Futureworld and is recognized as the first use of 3D computer graphics in a motion picture. This would… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…remained safely within the reins of its teenager-friendly PG-13 rating. And despite all of the negativity DC Comics gets from the press, Aquaman ended up being their sixth consecutive motion… |
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Disney’s Encanto digital soundtrack release now available!
Walt Disney Records has digitally released the Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The album features eight original songs by Tony and Grammy-winning songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and an original score by… |
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DVD news
…for Good Eating – FROM THE VAULT: Der Fuehrer’s Face, Education for Death, Reason and Emotion, Chicken Little Disc Two: – FULL LENGTH FEATURE: Victory Through Air Power – TRAINING… |
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Range-rated Humor
…the lead cow (played by Roseanne), we see her udder, and she informs us, ‘Yeah, they’re real. Stop staring.’ If the reactions in the room were any indication, this one… |
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First look at \\The Incredibles\\
…Every Pixar film I see, I have to stop and consider afterwards whether or not it’s the best I’ve seen yet. The jury’s still out on this one, but I… |
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Belleville spreads…
…is in French even in the English edition anyway – so don’t let that stop you seeing this amazing film. In related news, Belleville has been racking up accolades, including… |
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You've Got Questions? Jim's Got Answers
…reading his answers you may wonder if there’s anything Jim Hill doesn’t know. I think what he doesn’t know is when to stop the great and informative articles from coming…. |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action DVD specs
…Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and includes the original theatrical trailer. A nice bunch, but not too much to stop Warners milking more from this title come next year’s gift-giving… |
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Update on the Family
…However, MacFarlane adds that if the show does return, then production for the planned Family Guy movie will likely stop. “To do an original movie directly for DVD and the… |
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French judge rules against injunction for Nemo
\\{{link http://www.forbes.com/business/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html Forbes}}\\ reports that a French judge has ruled against Franck Le Calvez, who asked the court to stop the merchandising of \\Finding Nemo\\ in France. “Even though a… |
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Comcast's bid over, Eisner to meet dissident fund managers, protests of Nick's gay family special
…parents”. The show is being aired without commercial interruption, which the groups claim is “an attempt to stop the hemorrhage of negative press and to preempt losing sponsors”. TVC Executive… |
