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• “Waking Sleeping Beauty” pays tribute to Roy E. Disney’s creative legacy

  Jim Hill shares his thoughts on the passing of this Disney Legend as well as talking up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which does an excellent job of illuminating the role that Walt's nephew played in reviving feature animation Read More... Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Save Disney, Pixar, Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Howard Ashman, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Frank Wells, Walt Disney Productions, Ron Miller, New York City, Hollywood, NYC, Walt Disney Studios, Connecticut, screening, 2009, 1970s , animated feature, 1980s, Joe Ranft, Peter Schneider, 2003, animated features, studio , Roy O Disney , Waking Sleeping Beauty, animation industry, 2006, Don Hahn , New York, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Company, 1990s, documentary, The Great Mouse Detective, animated film, animated films

• 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: Disney, Save Disney, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Bob Iger, Gore Verbinski, Disney Fairies, Roy E. Disney, marketing, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Parks & Resorts, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, Disney Feature Animation, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pirates 4, Hannah Montana , 2011, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Disney franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean films, 2010, Disney brand, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , 2004, brand loyalty, Disney CEO, Universal Pictures, Disney Channels Worldwide

• What to know what’s “Up” at Pixar? Then buy a ticket to next month’s Cartoon Art Museum benefit

  Jim Hill talks up this annual fundraiser. Which allows a lucky few the chance to wander the halls at this Emeryville-based animation studio Read More... Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Pixar, Cartoon Art Museum, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, San Francisco, Tokyo, animation student, Pixar campus, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, Lifted, animated features, fundraiser, animators , animation community, animation industry, animation fan, Up, Mater, fundraising event, Emeryville campus, animated film, animated films, animation fans

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

• Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

  Jim Hill talks about all of the recent changes at the Mouse House. More importantly, what Bob Iger will be looking for from Rich Ross, the new Chairman of Walt Disney Studios Read More... Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: Disney, music, Pixar, High School Musical, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Jerry Bruckheimer, Dick Cook, Magic Kingdom, Disney Theatrical, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Staggs, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Walt Disney Company, cell phone, High School Musical 3, Tim Burton, WDI, John Carter of Mars, WDW, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, Steven Spielberg, Blu-ray, DVD, D23, 5th Avenue, flagship store, World of Disney, Pixar campus, 2009, Mouse House, animated feature, TV show, TV shows, Andrew Stanton, taking it in the shorts, animated features, Miramax Films , Hannah Montana , Camp Rock , 2011, Chairman, 2010, virtual world , Rich Ross , Enchanted Adventures Parade, Utah, Shanghai, HSM3, Shanghai Disneyland, Fall, strategy, Disney Music Group, D23 EXPO, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, fiscal year, live action, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, mobile, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel, acquisition, superhero, superheroes, soundtrack, Disney Double Dare You, Lasseter Family Winery, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, The Queen, Emeryville campus, corporate headquarters, Nancy Lasseter, Pixar expansion plans, live-action, DVD sales, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Verizon, Vancouver, production slate, heritage, plan, long term strategy, tradition, long term, cell phone user, stable of characters, quality content, cell phone users, storefront, mobile storefront, Disney Mobile, instant-messaging, widgets, business initiatives, division, widget, business initiative, divisions, content, animated film, animated films, Disney Channels Worldwide, prestige picture, prestige pictures, Miramax

• Monday Mouse Watch: Marvel acquisition offers significant challenges, huge potential rewards for The Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill weighs in on this $4 billion deal. In particular the amount of time that will have to pass before Disney can then take full advantage of Marvel’s stable of superheroes Read More... Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 10:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, Universal Studios, Muppets, Jim Henson, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Magic Kingdom, Pixar Animation Studios, The Magic Kingdom, television, Fozzie Bear, Universal Orlando, film, Mouse, promotional campaign, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, 2009, Halloween, Disney / Pixar, film franchise, film franchises, Mickey, Paramount Pictures, Disneyana community , Paramount , Universal Studios Florida , MMOG, Iron Man, television show , Donald Duck, films, MMO, video game, Muppet, Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures classic, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel, acquisition, The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Thor, corporate culture, The Jim Henson Company, licensing agreement, film development, film distribution, television production, The Incredible Hulk Coaster, Sony, Universal Studios Japan, Sony Studios, stock, cash transaction, Spidey, pop culture, Howard the Duck, corporate family, shareholders, global reach, X-Men, Bear in the Big Blue House, TV distribution, video gaming, MMORPGs, retail giants, film rights, Marvel Super Hero Island, emerging technology, emerging technologies, retail, superhero, superheroes

• Tourists mob Muppets & Mouse shops, snatch up last “Mermaid” tickets

  Jim Hill reports in from NYC. Where – based on what’s been going on at FAO Schwartz, World of Disney and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre – the economy appears to be on the mend Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, Broadway, musical, Muppets, Disney Theatrical, Beauty and the Beast, New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, NYC, Denver, animated character, 5th Avenue, Broadway musical, 2009, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, ticket sales, shops, store shelves, 2010, Up, Tampa, New York, The Little Mermaid, musical theater, Muppet, Muppet Whatnot Workshop

• Is Disney / Pixar finally getting serious about “Monsters, Inc. 2.” And … “The Tiger King” ?!

  Jim Hill’s back with even more domain names that The Walt Disney Company has registered over the past few weeks Read More... Posted Friday, July 31, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, Broadway, Jerry Bruckheimer, The Lion King, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Monsters Inc., Blu-ray, DVD, California, Broadway musical, 2009, Broadway production, Mary Poppins, domain name , domain names, Snow White, Beverly

• Monday Mouse Watch: Unconventional promotion really paid off for “Up”

  Jim Hill explains why Wall Street analysts didn’t quite get the marketing campaign that the Mouse put together for Pixar’s latest Read More... Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios, marketing, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2008, 2009, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Disney Digital 3D, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Up

• The parade passes WALL-E by : Pixar star's appearance cut from Sunday's Tonys telecast

  Jim Hill reveals how the Living Character Initiative version of WALL-E ALMOST got to take part in a televised tribute to composer Jerry Herman Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Pixar, Broadway, WALL E, Disney Legend, Pixar Animation Studios, Tony Award winner, Living Character Initiative, Broadway musical, 2009, animated feature, tribute, Tony Award, Tony Award-winner , WALL-E, Jerry Herman, Put on Your Sunday Clothes, It Only Takes a Moment, Hello, Tony, composer, songwriter, Disney Pix

• "Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?"

  Jim Hill talks about the neat invitation that he and Nancy got last Thursday while covering an “Up” press event in Boston Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:05 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, marketing, Boston, movie, 2009, Disney Publicity , Up, balloons, marketing staff

• Say "Yup" to "Up" : Pixar's latest is a charming mix of heartbreak, hope and hilarity

  Jim Hill reviews this new Pete Docter film. Which uses colorful characters, faraway places & over-the-top action sequences as a way to illustrate what’s really important in life. WARNING ! This review contains SPOILERS. So read at your own peril ! Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film, movie, 2009, animated feature, Pete Docter, Up

• Pixar's first "Cars Toon" debuts tonight on Toon Disney

  Jim Hill shares what he knows about these new interstitials, which are designed to help keep this Pixar franchise fresh 'til "Cars 2" rolls into theaters during the Summer of 2011 Read More... Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, Disney Channel, CG, John Lasseter, Cars, ABC Family, Toon Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, Mattel, Spain , 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, animated short, short, shorts, 2011, Summer, Tia , world premiere, Lightning McQueen, Mater, Cars Toon, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Cars franchise, World of Cars, The World of Cars, Disney Interactive Media Group, Rescue Squad Mater, interstitial, interstitials, Mater the Greater, daredevil, El Materdor, bulldozer, bulldozer fighter, B-Team, B Team, Kari Rae, Mia, Tia & Mia, Miata, Miatas, DIMG, Darth Mater, Dan Berendsen, Walt Stanchfield lectures, 25 Days of Christmas, Victor Navone, Rob Gibbs

• In just one week, the Con is on !

  Jim Hill reviews the programming for Comic-Con 2008 and then points out some panels & signings that Disneyana fans should probably seek out while they're down in San Diego Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, ABC, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, television, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Bolt, film, movie, Eric Goldberg, 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, TV show, feature film , Chris Sanders, The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning, comic book, comic books , ABC reality series, Up, Prince of Persia

• Still can't find Nemo? Then try looking inside of your room the next time you stay at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort

  Jim Hill shares some shots of these newly rethemed rooms, which now feature characters from that 2003 Pixar Animation Studios release Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, resorts, Walt Disney World, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios, Toy Story, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDW, hotel, resort, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, Disney / Pixar, 2003, Disney World vacation, WDW guests, WDW vacations, Disney Pixar , Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Shanghai, hotel rooms, WALL-E, Shanghai Disneyland, Disney's All-Star Movies Resort, retheming, Nemo, Dory, Buzz Lightyear