Whit Honea is the author of The Parents' Phrase Book. He lives in the L.A. area with his wife and two boys. You can find his writings and other works all over the Internets. Now available on Twitter.
The NY Times recently printed a great op-ed piece explaining some of the factors behind the recent buyout of Pixar by Disney. Pixar’s chiefs would probably be the first to admit, it isn’t C.G.I. itself that has made their films so wildly successful. Rather, it is the narrative craft with which those films were made.… Read More »Good NY Times Op-Ed on Pixar/Disney Deal
The Disney Family Foundation plans to open a museum at the Presidio in San Francisco. But there is some question as to whether such a museum belongs there. Now the foundation wants to expand their original idea and renovate even more of the original Presidio buildings. That’s making even more people unhappy. Let me editorialize… Read More »Disney Family Museum faces roadblocks
Update: More from The Standard. Disney making changes? It might just be posturing by the Hong Kong Government, but someone wants to get Disney in trouble for the mess created when Hong Kong Disneyland had to close its gates due to capacity concerns. "Since there were no entry limitations printed on the presold tickets, Disney’s… Read More »Suit against Hong Kong Disneyland
Time for another fan video of the week. This one isn’t so much a fan video, as a really neat clip with a Disney tie-in. Learn how the Hollow-face-illusion works. This is the same effect used on Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction to build a bust with eyes that follow you around the room. Sounds like… Read More »Disney Video of The Week
Disney made it official today. The Disneyland and Disney World Pirates of the Caribbean attractions will be undergoing a 3-4 month makeover to work in character and plot elements from the movie series that took its inspiration from the original attraction. "Successfully adding the popular characters from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ films with the… Read More »Disney to Close Pirates of the Caribbean for Movie Makeover
I had heard that Hong Kong Disneyland had to close its gates for the Chinese New Year. But I hadn’t heard it got this bad. Scores of visitors, many of them mainland Chinese visiting the resort during the Lunar New Year holiday week, scaled the sharp railings of the locked gates to get to rides… Read More »Riot at Hong Kong Disneyland?
What comes after Cars? That was one of the questions investors wanted to know when Disney bought Pixar. This story in Time Magazine claims to have the answer. Pixar may follow its summer vehicle Cars with Ratatouille, a tale about a rat who lives in a fancy French restaurant. Little is known of future projects,… Read More »Future Pixar Projects
It’s not a secret that Disney is working on another live action/animation combined film (think Roger Rabbit) called ‘Enchanted’. It was just announced that Wicked Tony Award winner and recent "Rent" film star Idina Menzel will star in the film, a role that had been occupied by Reese Witherspoon. Nothing against Reese, I love her,… Read More »Enchanted gets its star