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• Disney’s looking for Beatles sound-alikes to come climb aboard its “Yellow Submarine” remake

  Jim Hill shares some information about the fab four feature film open casting call that’s been held in Stamford, CT this coming Saturday & Sunday Read More... Posted Monday, November 23, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, cast members, cast member, ImageMoversDigital, D23, Connecticut, 2009, animated feature, character , CG feature, Disney Digital 3D, characters , performers, Beatles , walkaround characters, walkaround character, audition, auditions, audition process , Walt Disney Company, D23 EXPO, performance capture, performance, animated film, ImageMovers

• Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

  Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers Read More... Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CG, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, Burbank, Ed Catmull, ImageMoversDigital, box office, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Disney Feature Animation, animated features, soundstage , hand-drawn animation, animators , CG feature, Disney Digital 3D, 2011, Warner Bros. , The Polar Express, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , seasonal run , box office projections, box office estimates, The Princess and the Frog, hand-drawn, limited release, Charles Dickens, seasonal event, animated film, animated films, ImageMovers, hand-drawn feature, Winnie the Pooh

• Toon Tuesday: Will “Toy Story 3” will be that rare sequel that equals the original?

  WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead as Jim Hill reveals key plot points from this highly anticipated follow-up to the first two “Toy Story” films. Which hits theaters in Disney Digital 3D on June 18, 2010 Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Pixar, John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, movie, D23, animated feature, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Disney Digital 3D, Whoopi Goldberg, 2010, Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich, Woody , Toy Story characters, Buzz Lightyear, D23 EXPO

• Pixar piles on the international intrigue with “Cars 2”

  Jim Hill walks you through the storyline of this Summer 2011 Walt Disney Pictures release. Which sends the Radiator Springs gang overseas and then has Mater being mistaken for a secret agent Read More... Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis, Cars, Pixar Animation Studios, Italy, Japan, Germany, D23, animated feature, animated short, animated features, London, Disney Digital 3D, 2011, 2006, 1989, 1985, Summer, Back to the Future , 1990, D23 EXPO, Radiator Springs, Mater, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Universal Pictures

• Do eye-popping effects & an emotional thru-line really hold the key to audiences connecting with “Alice” ?

  Jim Hill shares what Tim Burton said at Comic-Con last month while this acclaimed filmmaker was talking up Disney’s new Digital 3D version of “Alice in Wonderland” Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, Johnny Depp, Walt Disney Pictures, Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton, Walt Disney Studios, film, movie, 2009, animated feature, London, 3D, Disney Digital 3D, 3D film , 2010, Pretty in Pink, 3D movie, San Diego, Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, live action, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland