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Walt Disney Family Museum updates
The best online source for finding out about the workings of Walt himself and those he worked with and inspired at the Disney Studio is the one curated by those… |
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Mickey Mouse Leaves Disney!!
…Mouse’s resignation}} from the Disney Studio. Although primarily for amusement, the piece does have serious undertones and makes for fascinating “between the lines” reading – thanks to Jerry Beck’s {{link… |
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Remembering Walt Disney
Though it is not a “special anniversary”, today is the date that Walt Disney passed away at St. Jospeh’s Hospital, in Burbank (right across the street from the Studio he… |
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Los Reyes Magos trailer
…to Bethlehem. Produced by Madrid based Animagic Studio, the movie is another example of the prolific Spanish animation production and has been nominated for the Goya prize, together with the… |
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Warner Bros. to buy MGM?
CBS MarketWatch reports, via Cartoon Research, that the Time-Warner juggernaut may expand its properties with an attempt at MGM Studios. Quotage – “Daily Variety first reported that Time Warner, the… |
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Harry Potter, Polar Express and Willy Wonka headed for Imax?
…Stallion film is unlikely to change the company’s current attitude to large format releases) comes news that another family studio, Warner Brothers, is taking up the slack. After successful issues… |
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Jim's festive farewell feature…
…series of Christmas-related tales that feature the old Mousetro himself and the Studio’s resident genius, Ward Kimball, while Matt Springer’s {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/guest/mspringer.12242003.1.htm The Essential Geek}} looks back at the infamous… |
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Don't Forget! Belleville screens tonight!
…Triplets Of Belleville) on the BBC 2 channel. Sylvain Chomet’s astonishing film (the best I have seen produced outside of the main studio system) is sure to be in the… |
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Seinfeld's DreamWorks movie title confirmed?
…confirmation that the studio is going with Bee Movie as the actual title of their next CG animated comedy, described as “Antz with bees” (Beez, perhaps?), and set to feature… |
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Box office returns
The {{link http://www.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#1 IMDB}} today reports an upswing in the recent box office slump of the summer, with Peter Jackson’s Return Of The King perhaps unsurprisingly leading the way (for… |
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Jim Hill shines spotlight on Disney Feature Animation – Florida situation
…the studio. Today’s installment pulls no punches! “And you know the real beauty part of this plan? Under this scenario, it’s just the artists that get fired. Whereas all of… |
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Disney's Florida situation – updates from Jim Hill
…a privileged view within the walls of the company. One of the main points is the possible long term benefits of the potential closure of Disney’s animation studio in Florida…. |
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What do you do after you are fired from Disney Animation in Florida?
Start your own studio like these ex-Disney animators did. Legacy Animation will open it’s doors this month to continue the tradition of 2d Disney style animation. These people have a… |
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Disney Florida: three days to go…
…managers lost their enthusiasm for Feature Animation-Florida; he seems to think that it had something to do with Lion King II“. Plus Hill’s thoughts on the new Legacy Animation Studio…. |
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Disney To Spend "A Day With Wilbur Robinson"
According to Yahoo! Finance, Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and David Stainton, president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, revealed today that an animated film based on William… |
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WB and MGM end merger talks
…in the 1990s. The breakdown in talks also means that Warners (who own the New Line Studio), would not aquire United Artists (an MGM-owned entity), which could have seen an… |
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More Rings for your buck…
…{{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#1219 reported}} by The Digital Bits had New Line, the studio responsible for funding and distributing the Rings films, balking at the cost Weta Digital was asking for to… |
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Jim Hill briefs Harry Knowles on the latest at Disney
…Animation}}, created by former Disney animators in Orlando, will be giving “Internet-based animation fans a front row seat for the creation of the studio’s first project: a new traditionally animated… |
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Roy Disney responds to Disney Animation closure
{{link http://www.savedisney.com Save Disney.com}} this morning has a slightly new look (a full upgraded site is on the way), with Legacy Animation Studios’ Eddie Pittman offering up a visual take… |
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WB getting serious about animation on DVD
…Studio also sounds like it’s pleased with the ongoing popularity of the single-disc super-hero and Hanna-Barbera animated releases, and will finally take fans’ comments on board with a series of… |
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Boy's Night Out a shining example of traditional animation
…Pixar’s The Incredibles) and, according to Amidi, it is a “cartoonist’s cartoon.” It was recently nominated for an Annie Award and will have a special screening at the DreamWorks studio… |
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Jim Hill Media on Florida Animation, The Da Vinci Code, and Auto Trinkets
…relates some of his {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01152004.1.htm memories}} and personal experiences with Disney’s Florida animation studio. Second is a {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/bookreviews/breview.01152004.1.htm book review}} of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, which… |
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DVD dates set for Fred 'n' Scooby!
Not a day after we reported The Digital Bits’ rumor of new Hanna-Barbera season sets from Warners, the Studio has released cover art, specs and dates for The Flintstones: The… |
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Polar Express vidgame, Warner to delve into interactive development
…to take projects in-house when it can’t find an appropriate partner”, as well as simply selling the licenses to other companies in cases “where the studio wants less involvement”. WB… |
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Roy Disney speaks to Disney fans
…about the current management of the Walt Disney Company, and mentioned “a sense of frustration” about the time his efforts were taking to bring about fresh leadership at the Studio…. |
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Last day at Disney for John Musker and Ron Clements
…two have apparently already landed on their feet with another source saying they are “already in the running to direct a major animated release for an independent studio… based on… |
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Eisner's Potential Legacy
Kristin alerts us to an article at The Orlando Sentinel website about some of the effects of Disney shutting down their Florida animation studio. “Disney’s current leadership can sputter all… |
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Disney and Gold ask stockholders to vote "NO" on election of Eisner and three other directors
…to spark the imagination and excitement our guests and customers have a right to expect from Disney. The dismal financial results at Disney’s California Adventure and Disney’s Studio Paris are… |
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UPDATED: Pixar ends talks with Disney; Eisner responds
…Incredibles\\ and 2005’s \\Cars\\. Pixar will begin negotiations with other interested studios to distribute its films released in 2006 and beyond. Finding an interested studio won’t be difficult. Pixar’s films… |


