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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the 2009 recipients of the Winsor McCay Award, “one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to… |
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Pooh in court again
…they may revoke Disney’s license since the Mouse House is, once again they claim, cooking the books on how much they are owed. A Disney spokesman called the move “baffling”…. |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2
…the packaging. The “adult collectors only” warning on the back of the box is more meaningful this time around, as there could be real concern with some depictions in these… |
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New trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
…live-action movie starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel is a modern version of the story that Mickey Mouse made famous in 1940’s Fantasia. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice hits theaters next summer…. |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
…back to celebrate the festive season with The Man With The Yellow Hat. The Sweatbox Review: Although Disney’s well-promoted release of The Princess And The Frog has done well to… |
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The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray in March
…Needed. The Blu-ray Disc adds a number of exclusive features, including art galleries and the featurettes The Disney Legacy, The Making of a Princess, Disney’s Newest Princess, Conjuring the Villain,… |
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Turning up for Tooning In!
…but the big news is that the recent changes to the site are still coming along: James and I have been beavering away behind the scenes on the latest update,… |
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Oscar goes Blu!
…Winnie the Pooh. • Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 4 – Animation’s most famous cat and mouse duo return with the fourth volume of their Greatest Chases. After two… |
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The story behind Tron Legacy
…when it first came to theaters, the revolutionary Tron gradually gained a large fanbase over time, causing the Mouse House to eventually take notice. A trailer for the sequel, currently… |
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Giacchino to host AMPAS animation music event
…by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the program when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Samuel… |
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Kingdom Hearts Prequel Arrives September 7
…Bret Iwan as the fourth voice of “King” Mickey Mouse-his predecessor, the late Wayne Allwine, passed away last year after the completion of his work on the previous Kingdom Hearts… |
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Disney making live-action Tinker Bell movie
…Fred Claus) as the most beloved of all of the Mouse House’s pixies. Nothing is known about the plot at this point, other than that it “will play with the… |
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Tom And Jerry Greatest Chases Volume 5 – Gulity (clip)
Tom And Jerry Greatest Chases Volume 5 is available to order from Amazon.com [AMZ]B003O97W6O[/AMZ] The chase continues with Tom and Jerry in 14 animated adventures full of more nonstop fun… |
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Is Disney making a Magic Kingdom movie?
…theme park itself: The Magic Kingdom. The project, which would be similar in tone to movies such as Night at the Museum, would involve various beloved Disney characters, including Mickey… |
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Technicolor’s Atomic Puppet
…as well as the creator/executive producer on the UPN series, The Mouse and the Monster. Technicolor is a company listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and NYSE stock exchanges, and this… |
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Disney’s 2011 animated classic cover art
…– Watch the movie in this expanded viewing experience with new Disney art in the wings of the screen • Painting the Roses Red game – Help paint the roses… |
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Firebreather
…control their actions. The CGI was better than the mass-produced, computer animated cartoons such as The Penguins of Madagascar and Jane and the Dragon, but it can hardly be compared… |
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DreamWorks bringing characters to vacations
…apart from the Mouse: “Disney isn’t in Nashville. Disney isn’t in Dallas. Disney isn’t in Maryland. What we want to do is give you the opportunity to make the choice.”… |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 still lacking box office kick
…not as big as the other movies in its franchise, but the Mouse House hardly has anything to worry about when foreign tickets are brought into play. The Johnny Depp… |
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Opinions on The Lion King 3-D
…run The Lion King 3-D‘s responses are split down the middle. The moviegoers love it because of the nostalgia factor, but critics are asking Disney what’s the next ‘cash grab?’… |
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Lion King roars again
In another surprise victory at the box office, Simba and his friends were able to take down four newcomers this weekend to claim the top spot, THR is reporting. The… |
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Mad: Season One, Part One
…Al Feldstein became its new editor and ran the show until the mid-1980s, and although Gaines sold off the magazine in the 1960s to the Kinney Company, he remained Mad… |
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Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical World
…line-up, but the direct-to-video sequels weren’t. First there was Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, then came Belle’s Magical World. The Enchanted Christmas entertained the younger crowds and explored… |
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John Carter sequel already in the works
…production budget of over $200 million, the sci-fi adventure is a gamble for the studio to say the least, but the Mouse House is apparently at least somewhat confident that… |
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Disney songwriting legend Robert Sherman passes away
…to be known, had a long lasting relationship with Disney, starting with The Sword in the Stone in 1963 and ending with 2000’s The Tigger Movie. Within that time, they… |
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Disney and Oswald preview Epic Mickey 2 at E3
Time’s Technologizer column has jokingly named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit the “King of E3 2012”, due to the attention he is being given by Disney at the popular electronics conference…. |
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Margaret Kerry – The Original Tinker Bell
…but the story was lackluster compared to the original. The soundtrack, however, had several decent songs. The movie begins with this number, “The second star to right/ shines in the… |
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Disney to buy Lucasfilm; New Star Wars trilogy of movies on the way
The Force is strong with the Walt Disney Company. Following years of hosting Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World, the Mouse House has proven that they can now buy… |
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Michael Eisner Is Back in the Game with Universal Pictures
According to Animation Magazine, Michael Eisner–former head of the Walt Disney Company–has been using his time since leaving the Mouse to establish Tornante Company. For over fifty years, Tornante Company… |
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Indie filmmaker shoots horror movie inside Disney parks
The latest indie project coming out of the Sundance Film Festival shows the dark side of the Happiest Place on Earth. According to the New York Times, Randy Moore and… |
