Jenny at BlackWing Diaries has two wonderful posts that pay tribute to the man who brought storytelling magic to Disney and Pixar films since the late 80s, Joe Ranft. Ranft died tragically in an auto accident just over a year ago now. The gaping hole where he once stood in the process that is animation… Read More »Joe Ranft, still incredibly missed
The Animation Guild Blog, a blog from the union reps for most animators, gives us the details on recent happenings with Meet the Robinsons. One interesting tidbit is that Robinsons will feature the return of Disney shorts with each movie (muck like Pixar does now with their movies). This first movie will feature a classic… Read More »Update on Meet The Robinsons, Disney’s next animated flik
Cindy Stephens can always be relied on for a great review whenever she visits a Disney restaurant. Her recent visit to Disneyland’s Blue Bayou is no exception. The review comes complete with photos of the meals and all the mouth watering details I can handle without jumping on a plane for an impromtu visit of… Read More »Blue Bayou, a review of the lunch menu
LaughingPlace.com interviews Phil Collins, singer, songwriter, and creator of the soundtrack for both Tarzan the Movie and Tarzan the Musical. After receiving the tape Chris Montan flew back to Europe with the first treatment of the script to brain-storm ideas with Phil. “The treatment was only three or four pages but Chris pointed out where… Read More »Phil Collins, interview with the man
There is a rumor going around that the US State Department will soon do away with the US Visa Waiver program. The Across the Pondblog notes that if the Visa Waiver Program goes bye-bye we can count pretty much all British Tourism Business to go away with it. That will make for shorter lines at… Read More »Visa Waiver Program to go bye-bye? English Tourism Busin
Roger Rabbit was supposed to usher in a new era in animation for the Walt Disney Company, but the partnership between Amblin and Disney never matured. Jim Hill looks at some of the deleted scenes from Who Framed Roger Rabbit that might have lent the film the adult feeling Speilberg and company were looking for… Read More »Roger Rabbit, the missing scenes
The Orlando Sentinel has published the results of their research of and interview Meg Crofton, Walt Disney World’s new president. It’s a generally positive review that fails to answer the number one question, will her new position have teeth or will it be a rubber stamp on the way to implementing Jay Rasulo’s vision. (Link)
This issue of biometric scanning at the Walt Disney World parks has been frothing, as Greenspan would say, in the news for months now. The current change from scanning two fingers to one has increased interest in the subject again. So I think it’s important to clarify what Disney is actually doing. At least as… Read More »More on the Biometric Finger Print Scanning Controversy