Mimi Avins of The Los Angeles Times calls attention to Disney’s DVD inserts for "Eight Below" and "The Shaggy Dog." By including the inserts, Disney and the American Kennel Club hope to prevent viewers from getting a pet of a particular breed based on impulse after having viewed the films, and thus avoid having the… Read More »Take Home the DVD, But Reconsider the Dog
In today’s Los Angeles Times, there is a Richard Verrier piece on software used in creating animated crowds. He starts off writing about "The Any Bully" Sparked by the popularity of computer-animated movies, Hollywood is looking for new ways to stretch the art form’s boundaries. So producers are using something that Walt Disney himself could… Read More »Getting Realistic Crowds in Animation
I’m very pleased to announce the arrival of Ken Pellman to The Disney Blog. I first met Ken when he was a cast member at Disneyland. It became very apparent that he was a rare breed; as enthused about the place he worked as any Disneyland fan. His writings on the business of theme parks… Read More »Introducing Ken Pellman
ComingSoon.net has the announcement of a new picture deal between Disney and two writers on Fox’s The Family Guy animated television show. The film will be produced by the Wedding Crashers trio of Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams and Robert Levy at Tapestry. No plot was disclosed, but studio president Oren Aviv hinted that, like "Crashers,"… Read More »Disney label stretched in new film announcement
Growing up a Disney fan one of my biggest wishes was to visit the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. I remember the thrill when that wish finally came true a few years after moving down to SoCal. So I can imagine how Ken Bautista, from Luxo – the Pixar Animation Blog, felt upon his visit… Read More »A Pixar Campus Tour
Jim Henson Productions, having sold it’s valuable Muppet properties to Disney, is now free to pursue some of the projects they’ve been meaning to get to. This is good news for everybody. At Comic-con, Lisa Henson, and other key players, gave a state of the company presentation that had everyone buzzing. Some of the highlights… Read More »Henson Movie News – Dark Crystal II
Cory at the always excellent BoingBoing.net has posted a great video from one family’s visit to Disneyland in 1967. An amazing look at how much has changed and how much remains the same. And oh the fashion!
Upcoming Pixar links to three YouTube videos that either spoof Pixar or just make fun of it. Check them out now before they’re pulled.