Academy Offers Panel on Disney Artist Mary Blair

October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

A new panel featuring Pixar helmer Pete Docter (Up), Eric and Susan Goldberg, Mark Giaimo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi will explore the lasting legacy of Disney artist Mary Blair on October 20 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. “Mary Blair’s World of Color: A Centennial Tribute” will [...]

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A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy: ‘A Monster in Paris’

September 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 4 Comments

DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910. French director Bibo Bergeron has directed two very different DreamWorks animated features (The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale) and worked as character designer on the studio’s [...]

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Watch Out, Captain Hook!

February 11, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Disney TV animation’s new preschool show Jake and the Never Land Pirates revisits Peter Pan’s old haunts. More than a century after the first stage performance of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, the property continues to inspire movies, plays, books and spin-offs. Taking their cue from Tinker Bell, who has [...]

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DQ, Method, ZDF Set 3D Peter Pan Series

October 5, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Peter Pan is coming back to TV in a new CG-animated and stereoscopic 3D series from DQ Entertainment, Method Animation and ZDF Group. Partners DQ and Method announced at MIP Junior at Cannes that the German company ZDF was coming on board as a co-producer for the 26 x 30 [...]

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