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Waking Sleeping Beauty Debuts In Theaters On March 26, 2010
After a successful festival debut, Waking Sleeping Beauty will begin its theatrical run with limited releases in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco on March 26, 2010. Directed by Don Hahn and produced by Peter Schneider and Don Hahn, Waking Sleeping Beauty was an Official Selection at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival, Toronto [...]
Continue reading...IBM Works with Walt Disney Imagineering to Create a New Smarter Planet Exhibit
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Exhibit powered by new energy-efficient IBM Smarter Data Center IBM ( IBM) today unveiled a new experiential exhibit at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the animation mogul Walt Disney World® Resort, which invites guests to discover the possibilities of building a smarter planet. The exhibit is powered by a new Smarter Data Center, providing a real-life [...]
Continue reading...Roy E. Disney, Key Figure in Revitalizing the Walt Disney Company and Disney’s Animation Legacy, Dies at Age 79
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away today (12/16/09) at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, following a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old. Disney was a successful businessman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and award-winning sailor, who played a key role [...]
Continue reading...To Infinity and Back! Buzz Lightyear Returns From Space
Monday, October 5, 2009
Disney Parks and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today celebrated 3D animation character Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story fame with his cosmic achievement as the longest tenured crew member in space with a ticker-tape parade down Main Street, U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. Some of Buzz’s new friends, including [...]
Continue reading...Del Toro Double Dares Disney On Toons
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Walt Disney Studios, in collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Hobbit”), is launching a new production label called Disney Double Dare You, to create new 3D animation films full of chills and thrills for audiences of all ages, it was announced today at the D23 Expo by Dick Cook, chairman [...]
Continue reading...Disney Acquires Marvel!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Fairy tales meet comic books. Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire the comic book/3D animation powerhouse Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction. Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction [...]
Continue reading...Beatles’ Yellow Submarine in 3D!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
“We all live in a yellow submarine…” Forty years since the groundbreaking band-centric animation feature film Yellow Submarine of The Beatles will be remade in full 3D animation glory. Will it be able to relive the glory of the 1960s or will it be a substandard imitation? More or less, the entire world will fall for [...]
Continue reading...The Princess and the Frog: Disney’s Kiss and Make-up with 2D Animation
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Walt Disney studios built its brand on timeless cartoon movies from as early as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Alice in Wonderland to Lion King and Aladdin. However, with stiff competition and improving technology, Disney embraced 3D animation. The risk was well worth it as Toy Story became an iconic box office hit [...]
Continue reading...Hayao Miyazaki: Walt Disney of Japan
Saturday, August 8, 2009
3D animation is the future of the animation industry and this is apparent with the number of 3D films being released yearly. But this does not mean that we should forget the virtues of 2D. One of the firm keepers of the legacy of 2D animation is none other than the celebrated Japanese animator Hayao [...]
Continue reading...Box Office Main Event: The Fantastic Mr. Fox vs. A Christmas Carol
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
For the past few months, we have been conditioned to always look for big fantasy flicks with life-like graphics and special effects. This November, Twentieth Century Fox will prove Hollywood that they don’t have to make a film look realistic to make it look fantastic. The film, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, based from Roald Dahl’s children’s [...]
Continue reading...Watch Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland 2010 Trailer Here
Monday, July 27, 2009
Walt Disney has released the teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit, Stephen Fry as the Cheshire [...]
Continue reading...Stan Lee’s POW!, Disney Release New Motion Comic Series
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, together with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, today announced the release of an all new original digital motion comic series, Time Jumper, available exclusively on the iTunes store (www.iTunes.com), beginning July 24, 2009. From the same visionary co-creator of Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, The Hulk and Fantastic Four, [...]
Continue reading...Three Ponyo Books Coming August
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Ponyo, the new animated film from Studio Ghibli and Academy Award-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, will offer the official 4-volume full-color PONYO Film Comic, a PONYO Picture Book, and THE ART OF PONYO, which presents a comprehensive collection of original art, sketches, character designs and storyboards from the film. Walt Disney [...]
Continue reading...Disney to Show Princess & Frog at Black Journalists Convention
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are combining forces at this year’s National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention and Career Fair to present an exciting lineup of entertainment, including a sneak preview of special footage from Walt Disney Pictures’ comedy cartoon animation adventure, “The Princess and the Frog,” [...]
Continue reading...Disney Doc to Open in September With Limited Engagement
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Acclaimed documentary animation movie WALT & EL GRUPO, a festival favorite in Rome, Rio, San Francisco, Palm Springs and Seattle, is set to begin its theatrical run with limited releases in Los Angeles and New York on September 11, 2009. The film, from writer/director Theodore Thomas (”Frank and Ollie”) and producer Kuniko Okubo, is also [...]
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