Pixar has released a teaser poster for LAVA, the animated short that will open with “Inside Out” next June 19. Disney describes the movie as a musical love story inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes that takes place over millions of…
Sports fans worldwide are gearing up for the start of the World Cup this month, and in honor of the competition, Disney has released a video short starring Mickey Mouse called “O Futebol Classico.” In the video, Mickey’s dream of watching the futebol/football championship in Brazil is put in jeopardy…
The Walt Disney Studios had a rough time during World War 2, not just because Walt Disney felt it was his patriotic duty to help the war effort (usually at the expense of his bottom line) but also because so many of the artists he employed had joined the war…
“Feast”, a new short from Walt Disney Animation Studios, will make its world premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival June 10, 2014. “Feast” is from first-time director Patrick Osborne (head of animation, “Paperman”). It tells the story of one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of…
A new Monsters University Short “Party Central” will open with Muppets Most Wanted when it hits theatres March 21! Disney has released two clips of the short to whet your appetite. Mike and Sulley return to Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang…
Disney animator Eric Goldberg was animation supervisor for the Oscar nominated animated short “Get A Horse” starring Mickey Mouse and a cast of characters. In the following video demonstration, Goldberg draws Mickey and Minnie in full-on smooch mode. Cute: You can get “Get A Horse” on the Frozen DVD, which…
Time for Academy Award Nominations. Members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted and The Walt Disney Company racked up nominations in 6 categories with 7 overall nods (or 8 depending on how you count them). Best Original Song – Let it Go from Frozen Best Animated…
There are now 11 of the new Paul Rudish directed Mickey Mouse animated shorts available on YouTube. There will be 19 in the new series. So we have eight more to go. I really loved “Ghoul Friend” (Goofy Ghoul concept art above). Really a lot of classic Disney-gag style moments…
