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• CTN X brings animation community together to network, help out their fellow artists

  Jim Hill talks up this weekend’s event at the Burbank Marriott. He also spotlights Tony Bancroft & Chad Frye’s efforts to help the Hodges family Read More... Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: WDI, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Princess and the Frog, Ron Clements, Pete Docter, animation, animation community, animation fan, animation historian, animation industry, 2009, John Musker, Up, Cinderella, Burbank, Disney, animation student, animators , Eric Goldberg, Walt Disney Imagineering

• Disney XD uses out-of-the-box thinking to promote out-of-this-world TV movie

  Jim Hill talks with Richard Loomis, senior vice president of Marketing and Creative at Disney Channel Worldwide about the innovative promotional campaign that this network put together to promote its first original TV movie, “Skyrunners” Read More... Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: television, website , UFO, UFO movie, promotion, paintings, November, marketing, January, 2009, 2010, TV movie, San Diego, San Diego Convention Center , Disney, Disney XD, Comic-Con , Comic-Con International

• “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” serves up quality holiday schmaltz

  It’s a two-fer today as Jim Hill reviews Robert Zemeckis’ latest movie as well as the new making-of book that Diana Landau wrote about this ImageMovers Digital production Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: A Christmas Carol, film, seasonal run , performance capture, ImageMovers, ImageMoversDigital, holiday, holiday classic, holiday season , holidays, Disney Digital 3D, Disney Editions, Charles Dickens, book, Jim Carrey, Christmas, Robert Zemeckis, London, Disney, movie, Walt Disney Pictures

• Toon Tuesday: How to have a rockin' good time on Mickey Mouse’s birthday

  Looking for different ways to spend November 18th? Jim Hill's suggestions takes you from a museum to Broadway, from rock 'n' roll memorabilia auctions to theme park attractions Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Paris, Walt Disney, theme parks, thrill ride, roller coaster, Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana , Disneyland Paris, Colony Theater, Chicago, Broadway musical, animated character, animated short, animation, 1996 , 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, TV, TV series, TV show, 1928, Steamboat Willie, Michael Jackson, rock legend, rock legends , rock 'n' roll , Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, rock star, Broadway Theatre, Disney, birthday, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Shrek the Musical, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Studios, theme park, Disney XD, national tour

• Monday Mouse Watch: Meet Alan Bergman, Disney’s leader of the brand

  Jim Hill talks about some of the management changes that Rich Ross made last week. In particular how Disney Studios' new chairman is looking to update the way the Mouse House markets its movies Read More... Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Gore Verbinski, Pirates 4, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pirates of the Caribbean films, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pixar, Universal Pictures, Roy E. Disney, marketing, Hannah Montana , franchise, Disney / Pixar, Disney brand, Disney CEO, Disney Channel, Disney Channels Worldwide, Disney Fairies, Disney Feature Animation, Disney franchise, brand loyalty, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, Save Disney, Disney, Bob Iger, High School Musical, Disney Parks & Resorts

• Suspended Animation provides online showcase for the non-Disney art of noted Disney artists

  Jim Hill chats with Tenny Chonin, the former head of Artist Development for Walt Disney Animation Studios, about the new web-based gallery that she launched last month Read More... Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: WDAS, Walt Disney Animation Studios, paintings, artistic development, artists , artwork, animated feature, animated features, animated film, animated films, animated short, animation, 2009, Burbank, Disney, animation student, animators , Disney Studios

• 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: A Christmas Carol, soundstage , Warner Bros. , WDAS, Walt Disney Animation Studios, ticket sales, Tim Burton, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , The Polar Express, The Princess and the Frog, seasonal event, seasonal run , ImageMovers, ImageMoversDigital, hand-drawn, hand-drawn animation, hand-drawn feature, Ed Catmull, Disney Digital 3D, Disney Feature Animation, CG, CG feature, Charles Dickens, box office, box office estimates, box office projections, animated feature, animated features, animated film, animated films, animation, 2009, 2011, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, limited release, Burbank, Disney, animators , opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, Winnie the Pooh

• London’s original musical “Mary” is now Broadway’s newest nanny

  Jim Hill talks with Laura Michelle Kelly, the Oliver Award-winning actress who has just begun appearing at the New Amsterdam Theatre in Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s long-running production Read More... Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: restaurant, Minskoff Theatre, Cameron Mackintosh , Broadway, Broadway musical, 2004, 2005, 2009, Tony, Tony Award, London, Broadway production, Disney, NYC, Disney Theatrical, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, New York City

• “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol” book is sure to be a hit with baby boomers

  Jim Hill reviews Darrell Van Citters’ making-of book. Which takes you behind-the-scenes on the production of TV’s first animated holiday special Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, CBS, television, television program, television show , performance capture, ImageMovers, ImageMoversDigital, holiday, holiday classic, holiday season , holiday special, holiday story , holiday treat, holidays, Charles Dickens, book, animated version, animation, 1962 , 1964, 2009, UPA, Christmas, Christmas special, Robert Zemeckis, Disney, NBC

• AquaDuck to bring theme park thrills out onto the high seas

  Jim Hill reports in from last Thursday’s Disney Cruise Line press event. Which talked up some of the more innovative features that will be found on the Disney Dream, the newest ship in the DCL fleet Read More... Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: D23, technology, water , Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dreams, creative process, creative team , 2009, 2011, tween, tweens, Typhoon Lagoon , Disney, Bob Iger, NYC, ocean, Walt Disney Imagineering, New York City

• Toon Tuesday: Klay Hall tinkers with Tinker Bell

  This sitcom vet talks about how he tried to make the Disney Fairy who stars in "Lost Treasure" much more like the version of Tink that Marc Davis drew for "Peter Pan" back in 1953 Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: The Simpsons, Ed Catmull, DisneyToon Studios , Disney Fairies, 2009, 2012, Tinker Bell, John Lasseter, Marc Davis, Disney, home premiere, Walt Disney Home Entertainment

• Disney treasures to come up for bid at S/R Labs’ Fall 2009 auction

  Jim Hill shares some of the 237 story sketches, animation drawings & concept paintings that will be go under the gavel today & tomorrow in Westlake Village, CA Read More... Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Walt & El Grupo, Walt Disney, Tim Burton, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Mary Blair, Disney animation rarities, animation, animation fan, 2009, Disney, The Fox and the Hound, Disney Studios

• Practice makes perfect with the stage version of Disney's "The Lion King"

  Jim Hill goes backstage at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, expecting to see all sorts of craziness. But what he finds instead is a smooth-running, relatively stress-free musical-making machine Read More... Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Paris, tours, The Lion King, stage, stage manager, stage show , stage version, stagecraft, stagehands, staging, Singapore, set, musical, Las Vegas, Julie Taymor, costume designer , costumes, Broadway, Broadway musical, 1997, 2009, 2010, Tokyo, London, Mandalay Bay, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Broadway production, Disney, backstage, sets, Disney Theatrical

• Monday Mouse Watch: Beyond the Blu-ray Horizon

  As DVD sales levels continue to fall and Hi-Def struggles to deliver on initial expectations, could an online subscription service that delivers top quality Disney content be waiting in the wings? Jim Hill shares what he’s heard Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Song of the South, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, content, 2008, 2009, Disney, DVD, DVD sales, Blu-ray, Bob Iger, online, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

• Toon Thursday: Disney hits the reset button on Winnie the Pooh

  Jim Hill talks about that new hand-drawn feature that Walt Disney Animation Studios currently has in development. Which will be done in the style of the "Pooh" featurettes of the 1960s & 1970s Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, cutsie-poo, cutsie-pooh, D23, D23 EXPO, Darby, David Benedictus, A. A. Milne, source material , Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, technique, television show , feature-length project, featurette, featurettes, watercolor, watercolor backgrounds, WDAS, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Princess and the Frog, The House at Pooh Corner, The Book of Pooh, stuffed animal, stuffed animals, style, silly old bear, relaunch, reset, reset button, Return to the Hundred Acre Woods, Playhouse Disney, Pooh featurette, Pooh featurettes, Pooh products, original source material, North Pole, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Las Vegas, Licensing International Expo, juvenile, Japanese, Japanese Bunraku puppeteering, Hundred Acre Woods, hand-drawn, hand-drawn animation, hand-drawn feature, hand-drawn film, expo, Expotition, Eeyore, Don Hall, Disney Consumer Products, DCP , Development , contemporary audiences, CG, CG animated, chapter, characters , animated film, animation fans, 1960s, 1966 , 1968, 1970s , 1977, 2009, 2011, tone, TV series, TV show, Steve Anderson, story supervisor, storybook, Christopher Robin, Meet the Robinsons, Bunraku, Burny Mattinson, Buster, Disney, Dutton, Dutton Juvenile, home premiere, October, old school, Walt Disney Productions, theater, theaters, theatrical release, Disney Legend, whimsical, Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Winnie the Pooh franchise, Winnie the Pooh movie, commercialized