Tag "Beauty and the Beast"

Animation Magazine’s Oscar Watch [Part 1 of 4]

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Early award season watchers seem to be unable (or unwilling) to pick frontrunners in the animation race this year. But most of them have high hopes for a certain Belgian boy reporter and his dog Snowy. A wise man once said that the greatest friend of truth is time. So, [...]

New ‘Tangled’ Short Screens with ‘Beauty and the Beast’

November 14, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’ve missed Rapunzel, Flynn Rider and Maximus from Byron Howard and Nathan Greno’s Oscar-nominated 2010 feature Tangled, we have some great news for you. Disney will premiere a new short featuring the beloved characters titled Tangled Ever After in front of each screening of Beauty and the Beast in [...]

Disney Announces Four More 3-D Re-releases

October 4, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

You can call it the Lion King 3-D effect: Disney announced today that it will re-release stereoscopic 3-D versions of Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid in theaters in 2012 and 2013. This is a direct result of the phenomenal success of The Lion [...]

Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams to Direct ‘Tembo’

August 11, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios has enlisted Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams to direct its first CG-animated feature The Legend of Tembo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, DDMG was recruiting talent for project at SIGGRAPH this past week. The film’s poster features a small bird sitting on Tembo the [...]

Disney Announces Adds to 2011 Blu-ray 3-D Slate

August 8, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Walt Disney Studios has announced a slew of family favorites set to join their slate of 3-D Blu-ray releases this year. The films will be available in DVD/Blu-ray combo packs to provide a variety of viewing experiences, including superior in-home 3-D viewing capabilities. Four of the titles will be available [...]

Disney 3D Blu-ray Slate includes ‘Beauty,’ ‘Lion King’

January 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Walt Disney Co. will release at least 15 films in the Blu-ray 3D format in 2011, including such animated classics as The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast — both of which will be seen in stereoscopic 3D for the first time. The studio also will release in [...]