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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…a joy because of that woman! AV: You began your career as a puppeteer and then as an animator and then as a live-action filmmaker. The making of Enchanted looks… |
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D23 Expo 2024 Exclusive
…(Agatha Harkness), Joe Locke (Billy Kaplan), Patti LuPone (Lilia Calderu), Ali Ahn (Alice Wu-Gulliver), Sasheer Zamata (Jennifer Kale), Debra Jo Rupp (Sharon Davis), and Aubrey Plaza (Rio Vidal). It was… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…know where she’s coming from and all of that. But I was looking at it, and obviously Drew Barrymore is as adorable as she ever is in anything anyway, so… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…With all this experience in mind, what are the greatest lessons you’ve learned? BH & RM: This is an incredibly difficult business. But if you enjoy what you’re doing and… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…many projects, Stephen collaborated with Tim Burton and Rich Heinrichs as a Technical Director and Animator for the acclaimed animated short Vincent, and Edward produced and co-wrote the cult classic… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…latter was absent this year. Serving as moderator this time around was actor and Critical Role fan (or “Critter”) Christian Navarro. As soon as all of the present cast members… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…career. AnimatedViews: You began at Disney as an assistant animator in 1938. X. Atencio: That’s right, I was trained to be an animator but I never was an animator. Everybody… |
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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…of the cast. Appearing were Wilmer Valderrama (Agustín), Mauro Castillo (Félix), Carolina Gaitán (Pepa), Diane Guerrero (Isabela), and Adassa (Dolores). It was apparent as they spoke that the entire cast… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…themes. With teenage lovebirds Luz and Amity, audiences both young and old have been able to see themselves in two characters as deserving of a happy ending as any other… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the manga about a sheriff and a couple demons searching for water within the endless desert riding a tank. Chief among these projects was an animated feature and it was… |
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2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the exhibit floor as well as a couple appearing at the pop-up store. The pop-up store would also see appearances from Morla Gorrondona (Lilandra), David Errigo Jr (Mojo), and Christine… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…this is where you’re gonna look and this is an area where we can put all our richness and detail and focus on it, and as we move away from… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…in that magnificent Entr’Acte. MK:Thank you! At some point when we were working at La Jolla, I was given the assignment of writing an entr’actebased on all of Alan’s themes,… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…that unique project. AnimatedViews: Coming just after Duet, Nephtali is another step in your new and most promising career as an independent animator. How do you feel about it? Glen… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…animation at the studio, and how this eventually led to Disneyland. The Puppetoons were animatronic, essentially. It’s A Small World is basically a Puppetoon, as many of them are. And… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…on distribution and ordering an additional season. The year also saw them become their own media company, launching new content, more live shows, and an art exhibition at Gallery Nucleus…. |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…by which the attraction is inspired is actually Disney•Pixar’s most Français movie of all time. It is also the studio’s fourth film to inspire an attraction experience in the Walt… |
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A Duet with Glen Keane
…as a character or as a director. I see them as an audience, but in a much more intimate way. Much more like sitting around a campfire telling a story… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…as the original OVA series had often been regarded as an elite title within the genre. Mixing the look of medieval culture with their tried-and-true approach in animating stylish action… |
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DC FanDome Online Event Recap
…Ezra Miller providing trivia and jokes about the character alongside interviews with filmmakers Andy and Barbara Muschietti and screenwriter Christina Hodson. Days before FanDome went live, it had been revealed… |
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Welcome…to Moana orchestrator and song arranger Dave Metzger!
…Dave Metzger is a musician with a long track record of success. Among his strengths are his versatility, his exquisite attention to detail, and his ultimate dedication to being a… |
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Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!
…is a very talented story artist and animator and was able to judge the shots from both those perspectives. AV: What was your assignment as an animator on Bolt? CA:… |
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Showrunner Rob David and Co-Executive Producer Jeff Matsuda on He-Man
…do magic and is terrible at it! It’s a robot, and that robot will have an arc, too, to learn what or who he is. Is he just a robot?… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is… |
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Pixar’s Paul Abadilla, Sets Art Director on Soul
…The Art Of Soul is available to order from Amazon.com! All artwork and Paul’s headshot courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios. With all our thanks to Paul Abadilla and Chris Wiggum!… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…hands down always want to be in an actual cinema. 14. What are some of your favorite animated TV shows? DAN: Tiny Toon Adventures is always at or near the… |
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An interview with author Emily Zemler on Disney Princess: Beyond The Tiara
…Beyond The Tiara, that looks at the phenomenon from an original angle. Emily is known for being the author of The Art And Making of Aladdin (2019). She’s a freelance… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…Angeles. For 30 years, he has worked as an Art Director and Production Designer on a number of European and American animated features like Disney’s Zootopia and Ralph Breaks The… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…went direct-to-streaming, including adequate sequels like Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, and the underwhelming and appropriately named Disenchanted (blending live-action and animation). Rescue Rangers,… |
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League
…are more confusing, such as a cameo by Willem Dafoe which serves as a teaser to 2018’s Aquaman and would’ve worked as a nice set up to that in the… |
