A little under a year ago, the Pixar Up House was sold to a couple with a huge passion for Disney. The Hamblin’s toured the house while in Utah visiting a relative. They loved it so much, they convinced the builder to sell them the… Read More »Take a Tour of The Pixar UP House Courtesy of its Owners
John Frost wrote up a nice article a little while ago about the failed WDAS project “My Peoples” and how it was set to be animated in the Orlando animation department…until they closed the Orlando animation department. It never transferred over to CA, many Orlando animators left Disney all together, and after a ton of other set backs…the project was canned.
For those of you unfamiliar, the story was very short, it was about how three small kids and a ghost brought together a couple in the Appalachia area of the USA in the 1940’s. The thought process was taken from Walt’s head, for every big and grandiose film, you include a low-budget and simply sweet film to even things out (Bambi is to Tarzan and Dumbo is to My Peoples). After much deliberation and “fighting” between Barry Cook (the creator of the story and idea), Michael Eisner (the then CEO), and Thomas Schumacher (the then president of WDAS) over budget issues and such, the plan would be this: the couple would be done in hand-drawn animation while the rest of the characters were done, in the style of folk art, in CGI. It saved money and gave the film a distinct look. Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Charles Durning, and more had already signed on to voice for the film and they had also already begun to write the bluegrass music for the film (which was supposed to evoke that sense of classic Appalachia).
On September 14th “Finding Nemo” returns to the big screen for the first time ever in Disney Digital 3D. A whole new generation will now be introduced to this classic underwater adventure from Pixar and those who consider themselves old friends of the movie, like myself, will get the chance to submerge ourselves in the movie like never before.
Director Andrew Stanton, a two-time Oscar winner for “Finding Nemo” and 2008’s “WALL•E,” says that the 3D version of the film is breathtaking—literally. “Watching the first few scenes from ‘Finding Nemo’ in 3D was like I’d never seen a 3D movie before,” says Stanton. “It took my breath away. It felt like I was more underwater. It makes the scary moments scarier. It makes the beautiful moments more beautiful. It really drops you deeper into the story. It just amplifies everything.”
Pixar has released a new featurette with a quick peak behind the scenes of the conversion process of Finding Nemo to 3D.
Below the cut are even more details from Pixar on how the conversion was made:
Tim Burton returns to his animation roots with Frankenweenie. The story revolves around young Victor who conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. Here’s the latest trailer for the movie. Are you… Read More »Frankenweenie – Tim Burton’s Roots
A terrific interview with Alex Hirsch, the creator of Disney Channel’s new cartoon – Gravity Falls, over on BoingBoing. The show features stories built around the sort of eclectic mix of the odd and weird that make up the central mystery of each show. I… Read More »Meet Creator of Gravity Falls, Disney Channel’s new Cartoon
In my last visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios we saw a bunch of new Halloween Merchandise, today we continue our tour and look at a few other small changes around the park. The biggest change is the new exhibit for “Wreck-it Ralph” in the Magic of Disney Animation exhibit. So let’s get to it. (btw, all the images are available in larger size if you click on them)
The shade structure for American Idol Fast Pass Plus queue is complete. No word yet on when rollout or testing will begin.
The building that will house “The Legend of Jack Sparrow” Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit is getting a new treatment.
Disney just announced that the Blu-ray DVD for Pixar’s Brave will be in stores on November 13th, just in time for the holiday shopping rush. But if you want to avoid all that rush, you can pre-order it today via Amazon. Brave just recently passed… Read More »Pixar’s Brave Blu-Ray DVD now Available for Pre-Order
Pixar has released a short, but fun, sneak peak at the next short from the Toy Story Toons series. This one features Rex the plastic green dinosaur. Buzz, Woody and the rest of the “Toy Story” gang think he is a just a wet blanket.… Read More »Pixar previews Partysaurus Rex, Short will Accompany Finding Nemo 3D