Chris Sanders has landed at Dreamworks Animation according to Variety. After a nearly 20-year stint, Sanders left Disney early this year over creative differences with studio leadership, including John Lasseter, over his movie "American Dog." Mouse is continuing the pic with a new director. Best of luck to Sanders, he’ll be taking helm on ‘Crood… Read More »Chris Sanders lands at Dreamworks Animation
Born in Shreveport Louisiana, Meet the Robinsons author William Joyce has returned home to open an exhibit featuring characters from his story, "A Day With Wilbur Robinson", and the Disney film. "I can’t tell you anything that happens in this movie, because it will ruin it," Joyce laughed while touring his new exhibition at artspace,… Read More »Interview with Meet The Robinsons Author William Joyce
Lewis, Wilbur Robinson, and Bowler Hat Guy, are the new walk around characters from the new Walt Disney Pictures computer animated film "Meet the Robinsons." Here they pose in the Animation Courtyard at the Disney-MGM Studios. The trio will be on-hand at the Disney-MGM Studios to meet and greet Walt Disney World Resort guests starting… Read More »New Meet The Robinsons Walk Arounds
The LA Times reports on the passing of futurist Tim Onosko at age 60. In 1987 Onosko was hired as a consultant at Walt Disney World and played an important role in the shaping of EPCOT including moving it in more of a gadget direction. He was a filmmaker, author, theme park fan and exactly… Read More »Tim Onosko, Disney Futurist, 1947-2007
The Carnegie Mellon University Student Newspaper writes that the students of the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) will be teaming with Walt Disney Imagineers and Spaceship Earth sponsor Siemens to design a collection of arcade games for the attractions post show area. The post show area… will take the form of several exhibits that relate to… Read More »Siemens’ Spaceship Earth postshow to feature Student Games
One of my favorite Disneyland urban legends is that of the young child who is kidnapped. The evil-doer changes the clothes of the child to that of the opposite sex, drugs the child, and dyes the hair, but is caught at the exit gates by the worried parents who recognize the toddler’s unchanged shoes. According… Read More »Disney Hack: Find Your Lost Child With A USB Drive
Jerry over at CartoonBrew saw a screening of Disney’s Meet The Robinsons last week. While he didn’t offer a full review, he did say that the film was beautiful and surpassed his expectations. It’s a little bit of a spoiler, but click through if you want to read why the movie left him feeling good about the future of the Walt Disney Company.
Jerry saw the film in Disney Digital 3D, which really is the only way to see a Disney Film like this. If you live in New York City, that’s the only way you’ll be able to see the film as every theater will have the format. I’ve included other fun facts about Meet The Robinsons below the cut.
If you’re curious about how Disney Digital 3D works, check out this featurette:
QUICKTIME 7 (H.264) High (640 x 480) – Med (480 x 360) – Low (320 x 240)
FLASH 8 (PD) Med (480 x 360)
WINDOWS MEDIA 9 High (320 x 240) – Low (176 x 132)
Since Bob Iger’s interesting announcement at the Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting, "The question of ‘Song of the South’ comes up periodically, in fact it was raised at last year’s annual meeting …" Iger said. "And since that time, we’ve decided to take a look at it again because we’ve had numerous requests about bringing… Read More »Song of the South release speculation