You may find this hard to believe, I do, but 250 pieces of artwork from a 1960 touring exhibit of Disney Animation Art to promote the Sleeping Beauty movie were ‘found’ in a Janitor’s Closet in Japan. If “Janitor’s Closet” is a euphemism for Private… Read More »Millions of Dollars of Disney Animation Art found in Janitor’s Closet
John Horn of the Los Angeles Times has an extensive piece, in part about how “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” director Jimmy Hayward used to be at Pixar, and how other people have left Pixar to pursue other opportunities. This is not unique to… Read More »Pixar Heard a Who
I have been sent five (5) images of Cruella DeVil art as drawn by animator Marc Davis to share with you. These images are early color model cels created by Marc Davis in his development of Cruella DeVil for 101 Dalmatians. They were utilized to determine the final color styling for Cruella throughout her scenes in the film.
Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s legendary ‘nine old men’ of animation, was the only artist to work exclusively on Cruella throughout the entire film. This was a first for animation at the Walt Disney Studios. These images are graciously revealed by Marc’s widow, Alice Estes Davis, a Disney Legend in her own right.
Thanks Alice! Those were wonderful. Btw, when is Alice going to get her Window on Main Street at Disneyland?
See my recent review of the 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition two-disc DVD set. Also, dear readers, don’t forget to enter The Disney Blog’s 101 Dalmatians Giveaway contest before midnight on March 12th. Also check out two more wonderful images from the master Marc Davis below the cut.
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Chisaki Watanabe of the Associated Press writes that the Walt Disney Company will partner to produce animation for Japanese television. Disney will work with Toei Animation Co., Madhouse Co. and Jinni’s Animation Studios, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to comply with company… Read More »Disney to Make Animation for Japanese TV
Blu-ray’s victory in getting Warner Brothers to drop the HD-DVD may not be enough to fend off obsolescence. As Dawn C. Chmielewski reports in the Los Angeles Times, downloads, cable, and satellite delivery of HD movies might make the whole HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray battle moot anyway. But sales of these next-generation discs fell short of… Read More »Is Blu-ray Victory Too Late?
Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the premier of the film that started it all Walt Disney’s classic animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Animation Guild blog has a great look back and Blue Sky Disney has a tribute and links to this amazing youtube of an RKO pictures promotional reel for… Read More »Snow White’s 70th Anniversary
Disney’s merger with Pixar continues to pay off, this time with 13 nominations for Ratatouille at the Annie Awards. The categories Ratatouille received nominations for are:Best Animated FeatureAnimated Effects (twice! Gary Bruins & Jon Reisch)Character Animation in a Feature ProductionCharacter Animation in a Television ProductionDirecting in an Animated Feature ProductionMusic in an Animated Feature ProductionProduction… Read More »Ratatouille leads nominations for major animation awards
Enchanted was amazing. I was not quite sure what to make of it from the trailers. Going into the theater I expected a deconstructive satire much along the same lines as Shrek or, to a certain extent, the Scary Movie series. However, Enchanted provided not only greater commentary than any seemingly disconnected gag from previous… Read More »Short Enchanted Review