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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

• “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: book, Disney, A Christmas Carol, Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Disney Editions, ImageMoversDigital, Christmas, film, movie, holiday season , holiday classic, London, Disney Digital 3D, seasonal run , performance capture, Charles Dickens, holiday, holidays, 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

• “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: animation, book, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CBS, NBC, Robert Zemeckis, television, ImageMoversDigital, Christmas, UPA, 2009, television program, holiday season , holiday story , A Charlie Brown Christmas, holiday special, Christmas special, holiday classic, 1962 , animated version, holiday treat, 1964, television show , performance capture, Charles Dickens, holiday, holidays, ImageMovers

• Toon Tuesday: Is "Disney's A Christmas Carol" a little too scary for its own good?

  Jim Hill shares what he's been hearing about this new Robert Zemeckis film. Which suggests that people who've seen the Digital 3D footage that was screened as part of "Christmas Carol" 's nationwide promotional train tour were somewhat put off by the more grisly moments Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, ImageMoversDigital, 2008, 2009, 3D, Disney Digital 3D, The Polar Express, Back to the Future , performance capture, Charles Dickens, ImageMovers

• Wine & dine & run for your lives! Mickey may be getting into the blood-sucking business

  Jim Hill reviews some of the domain names that The Walt Disney Company recently registered. Several of which suggest that the Mouse House now has a vampire project in the works Read More... Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Disney Channel, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Robert Zemeckis, Columbus Day, ImageMoversDigital, film, Mouse, Disney World, Mouse House, October, TV show, theme park attraction, Mickey, books, 2011, domain name , domain names, trio, Disney XD, Walt Disney World Resort, Hyperion, Disney's Fishhooks, Fish Hooks, Fishhooks, Disney's Fish Hooks, new worlds, Disneyland Marathon, WDW Marathon, Yellow Submarine, marathon, marathons, Adrian Phoenix, Rush of Wings, In the Blood, Disney World Marathon, vampire, wine dine and run, vampire rock star, Dante Baptiste, rock star, Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival, International Food and Wine Festival, Heather Wallace, special agent, FBI, Food and Wine Festival, Charlie Fletcher, Disney Fishhooks, Disney Fish Hooks, Stoneheart, Stoneheart trilogy, Cheetah Chug, Ironhand, Summit Entertainment, Twilight, Silvertongue, ImageMovers, Race for the Taste, blood-sucking, 10K, 3K, The Maker's Song, endurance event, endurance events, book series, young adult fantasy, fish, pet store, Twilight saga, The Twilight Saga