The Pixar Animation buyout, as cool as it is, won’t be complete for another few months. But David Stainton, former head of Disney Feature Animation has already move out. So Don Hahn, who is know for his storytelling and creative abilities, has been appointed temporary head of WDFA. Don’t know what the practical affect of… Read More »Don Hahn Temporary Head of Walt Disney Feature Animation
I’ve always enjoyed Barbara’s blog about Celebration Florida. I missed her post on her 1-year anniversary of actually moving there and fulfilling a dream of hers. As usual, it’s a great read. The last 365 days have been a whirlwind of activity and revelry in our adopted hometown. From the very first night, when the… Read More »One Year in Celebration, FL
Cartoon Brew has two great posts (part one and part two) that discuss the return of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit to the company his creator founded. It’s hard to even wrap my head around how cool this deal is; Disney is using their ESPN division as leverage to further their cartoon holdings. For a company… Read More »The Prodigal Rabbit
Disney has another hit musical on their hands. No, it’s not Tarzan on Broadway, that still hasn’t opened yet. Instead it’s High School Musical a made for TV musical that’s really scored with the ‘tweens. Not only is the show popular, but the High School Musical soundtrack is currently ranked #2 at Amazon and has… Read More »Disney’s Hit Musical… not what you think
Everyone has heard the story of how Walt Disney invented his famous mouse pal Mickey while returning to Los Angeles on a train from New York. What most people forget is that Walt had just had his first creation ripped from his hands and he vowed never to lose the rights to another character he… Read More »Oswald the Rabbit returns home
Newsweek has an interview with The former head of Walt Disney, Michael Eisner. It starts off normal, but by the end you can see that Eisner clearly still has issues with the way his career ended; not to mention Roy Disney (who orchestrated his ouster) and even ‘Sparky’ Katzenberg. If this is any indication of… Read More »Eisner on Ego, Roy Disney, Sparky
Millions of people enjoy SeaWorld and the Wet-n-Wild water parks every year. Almost all don’t realize that their fun was made possible by the ideas and efforts of one man. That man, George Millay, just passed away at the age of 76. I consider myself lucky to have seen Millay speak at 2004’s IAAPA expo.… Read More »George Millay: SeaWorld and WaterPark Pioneer Dead at 76
Famous Internet Geek Wil Wheaton scored some free tickets to The Disneyland Resort and wrote up a funny and touching report: You know what would be so cool? If Disney redesigned Tomorrowland to look and feel very similar to the way it did in 1955. Bring back the people movers, and move the rockets back… Read More »Wil Wheaton’s Disneyland Day