The Walt Disney Company announced today that it is launching a new film label called Disneynature. The label will release wildlife focused and environmental movies for theaters starting with the 2009 release “Earth.”
“Our goal at Disneynature is to bring big event films as only nature can tell,” said Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. Jean-Francois Camilleri, producer of the popular documentary “The March of the Penguins,” will head the label from France. Additional films already planned include “Chimpanzee” and “Big Cats,” both set in Africa.
This, of course, brings to mind one of Walt Disney’s favorite projects, the True Life Adventures films. True Life Adventures played an important role in turning what was a Feature Animation studio into a full-fledged movie studio capable of a wide range of film, television, and other entertainment.
Does anyone find the ‘Disneynature’ name weird? Disney Animation isn’t Disneyanimation, nor is feature film Disneypictures. It’s more like they’re trying to align the label with Disneyland.
More on “Earth” at Yahoo News.
Just hope the don’t follow in the footsteps of White Wilderness (pun intended)
If they are going to do this, why not just call it Disnature?
I thrilled to hear about this new banner. The only place I ever really enjoy nature docs is on the big screen.
It’s too bad they just didn’t dust off the True Life Adventure brand. It has a nice legacy to build on. Nice to see them returning to these types of film. I grew up watching a lot of the old TLA in school on old film reels.
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