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2011 Licensing Wish List

June 6, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Our annual run-down of what to expect from top toon and vfx blockbuster franchises at this year’s Licensing International Expo held in Las Vegas, June 14-16. Old Pals and New Faves Rave at DCP This year at the show, Disney Consumer Products, the world’s largest licensor, will be focused on [...]

L.A. Film Fest to Sneak ‘Winnie The Pooh’

May 23, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’re an animation fan and happen to be in Los Angeles June 16-26, you may want to check out the wide variety of animated features and shorts screening at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival. Produced by Film Independent, the event offers over 200 feature films, shorts, and music [...]

Mars Hurts Mouse’s Bottom Line

May 11, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As Disney prepares to make a big splash at the Cannes film festival with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the daily trades are reporting that the disappointing box-office performance of Mars Needs Moms has hurt the studio’s second quarter numbers. Variety and The Los Angeles Times noted that [...]

Overseas Reviews, Clip from Disney’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’

April 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Disney’s next 2D animated feature, Winnie the Pooh, doesn’t open in North America until July 15 — but it’s already playing overseas and doing fairly well with critics and audiences so far. Here’s a sampling of some of the reviews: The Guardian: The comeback of old-style hand-drawing at Disney under [...]

New Stills, Concept Art for Disney’s ‘Nessie’ Short

April 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Disney has released two new stills and a handful of concept art images for The Ballad of Nessie, a new animated short film that will play attached to Winnie the Pooh. The 2D-animated short tells a tale of the Loch Ness Monster and is narrated by Billy Connolly. The story [...]

Disney Attaches ‘Ballad of Nessie’ Short to ‘Pooh’ Feature

March 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ newest short film, The Ballad of Nessie, will premiere in front of the studio’s upcoming feature Winnie the Pooh. The 2D-animated short tells a tale of the Loch Ness Monster and is narrated by Billy Connolly. The story follows Nessie and her rubber-ducky friend MacQuack, as [...]