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Byron Howard to Direct New Disney Feature

May 6, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

A new Disney animated feature may be the next stop for Arrested Development star Jason Bateman. According to an item in The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is in talks to work on the next big Disney toon, set to be directed by Byron Howard of Tangled and Bolt fame. Before [...]

Animated People: Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco

March 22, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

In theaters today, DreamWorks Animation’s latest feature The Croods goes back to the basics with a strong family comedy set in a magical, prehistoric period. The world will be watching DreamWorks’ caveman family very closely this spring. Fortunately, The Croods, the studio’s first venture after the disappointing box-office performance of [...]

Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Set to Win B.O. Game

November 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Inspired by many of our favorite videogames, Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph delivers a funny, original and heartwarming tale about an 8-bit bad guy in search of a new life. Nobody could have predicted that one of Disney Animation’s best features of the past few years would unfold in the world of [...]

Disney’s ‘Secret of the Wings’ Flies to DVD/Blu-ray

October 22, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Just when you thought you knew everything about Peter Pan’s feisty little friend, the creative folks at Disney come up with new twists and turns and reveal fascinating new secrets about Tinker Bell’s history. In Secret of the Wings, the fourth CG-animated feature starring the evergreen character, Tink (voiced by [...]

An Interview with Disney/Pixar President Dr. Ed Catmull

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

There are a handful of people in this world who represent everything that the CG animation community has been able to achieve in the past few decades. Pixar co-founder and president Dr. Ed Catmull, who is also the president of Disney Studios, is one of the top visionaries in our [...]

Belle of the Stereo Ball

January 12, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

How Disney Feature Animation blended artistry and technology to bring Beauty and the Beast into 3-D. In the midst of the stereoscopic Renaissance, with technology evolving ever more rapidly as audience demand for bigger and better 3-D features grows, it is not surprising that top studios want to give their [...]

Disney Swims with Season 2 of ‘Fish Hooks’ in Nov.

October 14, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Disney Channel will premiere the second season of its hit animated show Fish Hooks on Friday, Nov. 4. At 9:30 p.m. Created by Noah Z. Jones, the series has been one of TV’s top-rated series among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14 since its debuted in September 2010. Season two will continue [...]

Disney Hires Writer for Long-Developing ‘King of the Elves’

June 30, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

King of the Elves, an animated adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story that has been in development for years at Disney, is apparently on again. According to a report in Variety, the studio has hired Michael Markowitz to work on the script for the film, which is being overseen [...]

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 [...]