It’s the end of an era at Pixar Animation Studios. After 25 years of working on some of the most beloved animated features ever created, animator and director Lee Unkrich is leaving Pixar. Unkrich announced his departure with a tweet and an interview with The… Read More »Lee Unkrich announces retirement from Pixar Animation
Racers get ready. The green flag will soon fly at Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy, a new attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The opening date is set for March 31, 2019. The attraction is set inside the Sunset Showcase, which is locate near the Rock-n-Roller Coaster… Read More »Opening date set for Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy
On select nights of the year Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park will flip on the lights and bring the DJ out on to the stage for a night of fun with access to the park’s top attractions for you and a very limited amount of… Read More »H2O Glow Nights Return to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
It has been a massive year at the box office for Disney bringing in north of $7 billion globally yet again while owning a full quarter of the domestic market. Naturally, we at The Disney Blog have too many favorite movie moments to count, but… Read More »The Best Disney Movie Moments of 2018
This video from Wired magazine looks at the foundational role Pixar Animation Studios (and by extension Industrial Light & Magic, where Pixar got its start) played in the use of computer-generated visual effects in film. As the video title points out, Pixar’s RenderMan software and… Read More »Pixar: 30 years of computer-generated animation in film
Like most Disney and Pixar animated features these days, “Incredibles 2” was paired with a animated short that ran before the main feature. In this case Bao, a short film by Domee Shi, has been winning over audiences all year long and might be a… Read More »Director of Pixar short Bao working on feature length film
We’ve known for sometime now that Pixar is working on a new original feature, now we know the name and the release date. “Onward” will feature the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer. Although the director was not named it… Read More »Pixar announces name and voice cast for next original feature – Onward!
February 2nd, 2019 is the biggest night in animation as it marks the 46th Annie Award ceremony. The nominations for the big animation industry awards, hosted by The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, were just announced and on the list are the year’s very best… Read More »Disney’s animation teams rack up top nominations for Annie Awards