The story of Pixar is a long one, but it revolves around one man whose talents, efforts, and careful management are largely responsible for the studio’s success. That man is Ed Catmull. Disney hopes that with the purchase of Pixar Catmull will bring along some of that magic to reshape Walt Disney Feature Animation into… Read More »The new face of Animation at Disney
Disney/Pixar just released the Ratatouille (Rat-A-To-Ee) teaser trailer in a variety of formats. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”), Ratatouille is based on an original concept by co-director Jan Pinkava and scheduled for release in 2007.
Trailer options availabe below the cut.
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The parents of the 4-year old who died shortly after riding Epcot’s Mission:Space attraction has filed suit against Disney.
From the best of The Kid’s Blog: I grew up in Portland, Oregon. I was lucky to have understanding parents who satisfied my craving to visit Disneyland at least once every year. Still, the wait to visit the park each year as sometimes unbearable. To compensate for the 1800 miles between me and the happiest… Read More »Disneyland Maps
A short clip from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest has made it’s way to youtube. Check it out before it vanishes into copyright hell. No major spoilers, however, you will get to see Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.
Apparently having a box office smash isn’t enough to keep stock prices afloat anymore. At least not when Wall Street has set expectation so high. But don’t panic says Businessweek columnist Ronald Grover, the box office is good. If it, in fact, wobbles it’s way to $230 million this year that would have ranked as… Read More »Disney Stock Dropping, Don’t Panic says Businessweek
In 1956 Walt Disney was asked to submit a letter predicting the future of entertainment to a 50 year time capsule. Now, 50 years later, the capsule has been unearthed and the contents of Walt’s letter to the future revealed (in PDF). Walt admitted that it would be difficult to predict the changes to come… Read More »Walt Disney’s Letter to the World of 2006
Tropical Storm Alberto is hitting the shores of Florida tonight with near hurricane force winds. For those in the Orlando area, we are fortunate that Alberto’s course was about 200 miles northward. But that is still plenty inside the ring of rain and tornado warnings. So vacations have been wet the last few days, but… Read More »Alberto, no effect on WDW operations