Underground filmmaker and historian ("Hollywood Babylon") Kenneth Anger has made a new experimental short, MOUSE HEAVEN, "reflecting on the iconic power of Mickey Mouse and commenting on the cultural and sentimental value placed on commercial merchandise." CartoonBrew.com has a quote from the creator of a new short focusing on the early days of Mickey Mouse.… Read More »Mickey Mouse is history?
Maybe it’s the power of Garrison Keiller that is attracting the Disney Company to hold their next shareholder meeting on February 11th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But I suspect it is really a message to all those shareholders who voted no-confidence last year — "We want to freeze you out." "Your Honor, I request permission to… Read More »Lake Disneygon
SaveDisney.com has issued a statement regarding the Disney board’s decision to award CEO Michael Eisner a 7.4 million dollar bonus. "Clifford A. Miller, a spokesman for Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, stated that: "Improving corporate governance at the Disney Company is evidently a case of two steps forward, one step back. While the company’s… Read More »Eisner’s Bonus for 2004 questioned
As my first proposal at disney, I would ask for the resignation of theentire board of directors. The board currently is not made up of peoplethat it ideally should be. We don’t have any castmembers. No outsidevendors. No members representing our divisions. and especially noshareholder representaion. Bob left an interesting essay in the comments section… Read More »Future CEO comments
Screenwriter offers insight into Toy Story 3, Disney’s first attempt at a Pixar sequal without Pixar’s involvement. IESB.net has the video interview. (via)
What a promotion. With Disneyland’s 50th anniversary coming up, the Walt Disney Co. gave away an estimated 72,000 theme park tickets on national television Tuesday night. Disney gave away the tickets, which are valid at any of Disney’s worldwide theme parks, to attendees of the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami at the end of the… Read More »Attend a Bowl Game, get free Disney tickets
Will Eisner, cartoonist and comic book artist, died last night at the age of 87. Eisner served as inspiration for countless animators, cartoonists, and artists. Best known for his comic "The Spirit", Eisner also created a lot of other work. Jaap van Deijk’s fan page is a good place to start for examples of Eisner’s… Read More »Will Eisner, Cartoonist, dead at 87
Looks like the talent pool at Miramax just got siphoned down a few notches. Dreamworks SKG, the parent company of Dreamworks Animation, has just hired away Miramax’s CEO, Rick Sands. Not sure what Disney plans to do with the rotting husk of a company that will be left once the Weinstein brothers leave in September.