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• Why For did Disney struggle to come up with a marketing campaign for Pixar's latest picture ? Because the Mouse wasn't originally supposed to release "Ratatouille"

  Jim Hill takes you behind-the-scenes on the creation of this new Brad Bird film. Which actually wasn't ever intended to be a Walt Disney Pictures release. But -- rather -- Pixar's first film for another studio after their co-production deal with the Mouse expired in 2005 Read More... Posted Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 68 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, Jim Hill Media, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

• Why For does JHM keep posting articles that annoy so many of this site's longtime readers?

  It's a glimpse into this website's future as well as a trip into the distant past, as Jim Hill explains the recent change in JHM's editorial focus as well as sharing a detailed description of Disneyland's never-built "Voyage Through Time" ride Read More... Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 12:00 AM | 35 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Jim Hill Media, movies, theme park, Why For

• Monday Mouse Watch: There'd better be some treasure in that "Dead Man's Chest." Otherwise some Disney studio execs may soon find themselves "At World's End"

  Jim Hill explains why it's going to be a rather nervous Fourth of July for Dick Cook and Nina Jacobson. As these two Mouse House honchos hope & pray that their $450 million (and counting) investment in back-to-back "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels eventually pays off. PLUS Jim announces a brand-new JHM readers contest! Read More... Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 12:00 AM | 179 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, Jim Hill Media, movies