Those who saw Disney’s National Treasure: Book Of Secrets this weekend and help bring in the estimated $65 million total for the holiday weekend were also treated to the start of a new trend at Disney — the return of the animated short film. The Goofy short "’How To Hook Up Your Home Theatre" also heralds a commitment from Walt Disney Animation Studios to return to hand-drawn animation.
Leave it to John Lasseter to tell it like it really is:
"The whole notion that the audience didn’t want to watch hand-drawn animation any more was ridiculous," Lasseter says. "It would be like saying the audience didn’t want to watch something made with a particular camera. Give me a break!"
Lasseter has also approved production of a new hand-drawn film at WDAS. "The Princess and the Frog" will be a ‘modern’ fairy tale about a young girl, Princess Tiana, from the French Quarter of New Orleans set during the jazz age. It will also feature Disney’s first African-American Princess. Ron Clements and John Musker have returned to Disney to direct the film.
(Frog Princess concept art copyright Disney)
We saw it this week and my family loved the hand-drawn short. Even the kids loved it!
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