Showing posts with label Disney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disney. Show all posts
Princess Merida
First Look of the Day: Courtesy of Disney Pixar France comes the first non-concept-art look at Princess Merida, the female protagonist of Pixar’s 13th feature-length film Brave — the first Pixar film to feature a female lead (Kelly Macdonald), and the first to be co-directed by a woman (Brenda Chapman). Brave, which is set “in the mystical Scottish Highlands,” also features the vocal talents of Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd, and Robbie Coltrane.
A release date has been set for June 22, 2012.
via the daily what
Lost in Scaradise
Courtesy of screenwriters Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, a rough concept art trailer for Disney’s Pixar backup Circle 7‘s abandoned sequel to Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., Monsters, Inc. 2: Lost in Scaradise.
Tytla’s Dwarf Fight - Sporn Blog
When I teach, all of my mentoring is based on forces and forms.
This is a great example of these concepts.
Stitch in the Rain
This is how I have felt most of the holidays...
will be so glad when it stops raining.
God Bless America Stitch is cute.
Gnomeo & Juliet
I first heard about Gnomeo and Juliet in 2002. I was asked to look over the pipeline the team at Disney had created after dumping the Secret Lab. I loved the blood vs. crips angle to the story. Gary Trousdale and about 20 other people sat at the end of a triangular table... with Me at the point. It felt like facing a firing squad. Later they told me they wanted to lower my chair to make it even more funny. I am glad to see the show finally will make it to the silver screen. It's the first CG Disney movie that actually looks like the old... soft, round Disney characters. No idea if it will do well, but the trailer did make giggle a few times.
Dali and Disney
Old Skool
I think Dali would have liked Æon Flux
Destino is a short animated cartoon released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez.
Henry Selick Signs a New Deal to Return to Disney/Pixar
Henry Selick, the director of last year’s critical hit "Coraline," has agreed to a new long-standing deal with Disney/Pixar to both write and direct stop-motion films.
The father of stop-motion films is finally making his long-awaited return to Disney. Review St. Louis reports that Henry Selick, the director of last year’s critical hit Coraline, has agreed to a new long-standing deal with Disney/Pixar to both write and direct stop-motion films for the Mouse House.
Furthermore, the new agreement gives the acclaimed animator the opportunity to work from his own home located in the Bay Area. Whether original or literary, Selick is entitled to work from his home studio.
Selick’s new deal with Disney/Pixar should come as no surprise as the writer/director went to school with John Lasseter, the current head of Disney animation.
Selick set a new precedent for stop-motion films and made them mainstream fare with his directorial debut in the cult classic A Nightmare Before Christmas. Although many believe Tim Burton helmed the project, Burton served as a producer to Selick’s direction.
Selick’s latest film, Coraline, was both a critical and box office hit that garnered the director an Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature. In addition, the film lent itself nicely to the ever-so-popular 3-D format.
Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies
LOS ANGELES – Roy E. Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Co. founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died Wednesday. He was 79.
The Walt Disney Co. announced that Disney died in Newport Beach, California, after a bout with stomach cancer.
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