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• "Kung Fu Panda" 's opening weekend grosses really kicked butt ... but here comes "WALL-E"

  Jim Hill shares what he's heard about this new Andrew Stanton film. Which looks ready to reverse the domestic box office trends that tripped up Pixar's last three pictures Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: "10, "Cars", "Cloverfield", "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who", "Finding Nemo", "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert" , "Ice Age" , "Ice Age: The Meltdown" , "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Iron Man", "Kung Fu Panda", "Kung Fu Panda" animated series, "Kung Fu Panda" TV series, "Madagascar", "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", "Ratatouille", "Sex and the City", "Shrek 2", "Shrek the Third", "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", "The Incredibles", "Toy Story 2", "Toy Story", "WALL-E" , "You Don't Mess with the Zohan", 2004, 2008, Andrew Stanton, animated feature, animated features, animated series , box office, box office estimates, box office projections, CG, CG feature, Disney, Disney / Pixar, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, franchise, John Stevenson , Labor Day, Mark Osborne , opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, research, Summer, TV show, Walt Disney Pictures

• Toon Thursday: "Kung Fu Panda" is one fun summer flick

  Jim Hill reviews this new DreamWorks Animation release, which opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments Filed under: "Kung Fu Panda", "Speed Racer" , "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", "There are no accidents", "WALL-E" , action film , action sequence, animated feature, animation, balance , Brad Bird, breakfast soup, CG, character-driven , cherry blossoms, chopsocky , Chorh-Gom Prison, Crane, Dragon scroll, Dragon Warrior, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Dustin Hoffman , feature animation fix, fight scenes, flurry , fortune cookie , Furious Five, genre, Glenn Berger, Ian McShane , Jack Black , Jade Palace , James Baxter, James Baxter Animation, John Stevenson , Jonathan Aibel , Kung Fu, Kung Fu master, Kung Fu student, Kung Fu students, lush visuals, lust for power, Mantis, Mark Osborne , martial arts, master , message, mis-step , Monkey, mystical, noodle shop, Oogway, Pacific Data Image, panda, PDI, Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom , plane of existence , plot description , Po , Pool of Sacred Tears, rope bridge, run-for-the-curtain, screenplay, secret ingredient, serious, Shifu, snow leopard , student, stylized opening , summer flick, Tai Lung, third act , throwing stars , Tigress, townspeople, traditionally animated , transcends, turtle, Valley of Peace, Viper, visually stunning , warrior

• "The Pixar Touch" shares seldom-told tales about the early days of this animation studio

  Jim Hill talks with author David A. Price about how he went about writing this unauthorized history of Pixar Animation Studios Read More... Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: "Monkey", "The Pixar Story", "The Pixar Touch : The Making of a Company", "Tin Toy", "To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios", 1980s, 1985, 1986, Alvy Ray Smith, animated feature, authorized history, book, Chinese legend, Chronicle Books, coffee table book, David A Price, Emeryville, Hallmark, Hollywood gossip, Japanese legend, John Lasseter, Karen Paik, Knopf, Leslie Iwerks, Lucasfilm, Microsoft, movie, movies, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar archives, Pixar saga, revisionist history, SEC, Shogakukan, short, shorts, Steve Jobs

• Disney rarities to be screened tonight at Newport Beach Film Festival

  Jim Hill gives animation fans a "heads up" about an extra-special event that's being held this evening at the Lido Theater. Where some seldom-seen shorts will be hauled out of the Disney vault for a one-time-only screening Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: "A Spoonful of Sugar and Song with Richard Sherman" , "Destino" , "Fantasia 2000", "How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater", "Lorenzo" , "Oilspot & Lipstick" , "Redux Riding Hood", "The Little Match Girl" , "The Pixar Story", animated feature, animated short, animation, animation fan, animation industry, animators , Disney, Disney animation rarities, Disney Feature Animation, Don Hahn , film festival, Leslie Iwerks, Lido Theater, Newport Beach, Newport Beach Film Festival, Oscar nominee, Richard M Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Roy E. Disney

• Toon Tuesday : Was John Lasseter stung by that mean caricature of him that appears in "Bee Movie" ?

  Did an awkward conversation between Jerry Seinfeld & John Lasseter at Vanity Fair's 2006 Oscar party actually lead to an unflattering joke being inserted into this DreamWorks Animation release ? Jim Hill shares the story that's making the rounds in Hollywood Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:00 AM | 32 Comments Filed under: "A Bug's Life", "Bee Movie", "Tin Toy", "Toy Story", 2006, 2007, animated feature, animated short, Disney, Disney / Pixar, Disney Feature Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Jerry Seinfeld, John Lasseter, Renee Zellweger

• Remembering Ollie Johnston (1912 - 2008)

  Jim Hill asks you to remember this remarkable individual. Who passed away in Washington State earlier today Read More... Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 8:00 PM | 14 Comments Filed under: animated feature, animation, animation fan, Disney, Ollie Johnston, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Studios

• Disney Consumer Products isn't getting its hopes up for "Up"

  Jim Hill takes a close look at the retail side of the Mouse House. In particular why Disney Consumer Products is now taking a much more pragmatic approach toward the licensing of Pixar's next few pictures Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: "Cars", "Ratatouille", "Up", "WALL * E", 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, animated feature, Brad Bird, Carsland, DCA, Disney, Disney / Pixar, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Store, Disney's California Adventure, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, retail chain , The Walt Disney Company, toys, WDI

• "The Art of Cars" rolls into LA's Petersen Automotive Museum this Saturday

  Pixar & car culture fans rejoice ! That Emeryville-based animation studio & LA's preeminent auto museum are teaming up to mount an exhibition that celebrates the artistry of this 2006 John Lasseter film Read More... Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: "Cars", 2006, animated feature, CG, CG feature, Disney Pixar , John Lasseter, LA, Los Angeles, movie, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios

• "WALL * E" trailer soft-pedals the more controversial aspects of this new Pixar film

  Jim Hill points out the stuff in this trailer that the Mouse's marketing department was hoping you'd overlook. WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead ! Read More... Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:00 AM | 45 Comments Filed under: "WALL * E", Andrew Stanton, animated feature, Disney, Disney Pixar , Disney Publicity , Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios

• Toon Tuesday: Disney's "The Aristocats" ... The Animated Series ?!

  Jim Hill takes a look at a show that was proposed for the Disney Channel back in 2003. One that would have ditched Duchess & O'Malley and made Marie, Berlioz & Toulouse teenagers Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 24 Comments Filed under: "Aristocats: The Animated Series" , "Chicken Little 2", "Disney’s Aristocats: The Animated Series" , "Meet the Robinsons 2" , "The Aristocats 2" , "The Aristocats II" , "The Aristocats", "The Aristocats: Special Edition", 1970 , 2003, alley cat , animated feature, animated series , Berlioz, bonus material , classic Disney characters , Delancey, Dick Sherman , Disney Channel, Disney Feature Animation Florida, DisneyToon Studios , Duchess, DVD, Flash, franchise, Frank Wells building, Glen Hanson, home premiere, John Lasseter, Justin Timberlake , Marie, Maurice Chevalier, merch, merchandise , Michael Eisner, Mouse, movie, O'Malley , Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Richard M Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Sherman Brothers , single disc edition, Street Cats , teen, teenager, teenagers, The Walt Disney Company, theme park, Thomas O'Malley , Toon Disney, Toulouse, unnecessary sequel, unnecessary sequel business, unnecessary sequels, Usher, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, WDSHE, Zzzz

• Jerry Beck to be honored at this year's Annie Awards

  Jim Hill pays tribute to this noted author & historian, who will receive the June Foray Award next week for the positive impact that he's had on the animation industry Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: "Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!", "Rugrats", "SpongeBob SquarePants" , "The Art of Bee Movie" , "The Hanna-Barbera Treasury", 12, 2007, 20th, 25th , 35th , Amid Amidi , animated character, animated feature, animated features, animated series , animated short, animation, animation community, animation fan, animation industry, animators , Annie Awards, article, articles, ASIFA-Hollywood, book, books, Cartoon Brew , cartoons, CG, CG feature, character , Chronicle Books, coffee table book, comedian , comic book, comic books , detail , DK, DK Adult, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, feature film , feature films, gaming, Hanna-Barbera, hardcover, hardest working man in show business , HB, high profile project, historian , Hollywood history, household name, Insight Editions, ironic , jaded, James Brown, Jerry Beck, Jerry Seinfeld, Joseph Barbera, June Foray, June Foray award, library, magazine article, magazine articles , model sheet, model sheets, movers , Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Studios, November, October, process , production history , production phases, Royce Hall , Saturday morning cartoon, Saturday morning cartoons , shakers , short, shorts, show business , spotlight , store shelves, tchotchke , television, the hardest working man in show business, UCLA, Viacom, Viacom International, William Hanna, writer

• Toon Tuesday : How Pixar fixed "Finding Nemo"

  Been hearing disappointing things about those "WALL*E" test screenings? Jim Hill reminds us what happened when Michael Eisner predicted that Andrew Stanton's last film would flop Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:00 AM | 29 Comments Filed under: "Finding Nemo", "Shrek 2", "WALL * E", 2003, 2008, Academy Award winner, Andrew Stanton, animated feature, Emeryville, Michael Eisner, movie, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Roy E. Disney, Steve Jobs, The Walt Disney Company

• "Dream Worlds" offers look at abandoned Disney animated features

  Jim Hill reviews Hans Bacher's new "Production Design for Animation" book. Which features visual development art from "My Peoples," "Fraidy Cat" and "Wild Life" Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: "101 Dalmatians", "A Few Good Ghosts", "Aladdin", "Angel and Her No Good Sister", "Beauty & the Beast", "China Doll", "Dinosaur", "Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation" , "Elgin's Peoples" , "Fraidy Cat" , "Mulan", "My Peoples" , "Once in a Blue Moon" , "Pygmalion", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "The Lion King", "Wild Life", 2007, Alfred Hitchcock , Andreas Deja, animated feature, animation, animators , artists , book, Broadway, Broadway musical, BS-free , canvases , crime story , December , development art , Disney, Disney Publicity , Disney Theatrical, Disneyana fans, drawings , edited, emperor, European version, film, Focal Press, France, generic-looking , George Bernard Shaw, Germany, Hans Bacher , hipster, inspirational material , LA, logo, Loire , London, massaged , Mulan, paintings, production designer, production notes, Shang, stage version, story points, the New World, The Secret Lab, urban, visual development, visual development artist , Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, WDAS

• Oscar Watch '08: Miramax maxes out while the Mouse gets skunked

  Was today a good day or a bad day at Walt Disney Studios? Well, as Jim Hill points out, it all depends on whether you work at Miramax Films or on the Walt Disney Pictures side of the house Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:00 PM | 37 Comments Filed under: "Enchanted", "Gone Baby Gone" , "good news day" , "Happy Working Song" , "How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater", "No Country for Old Men" , "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", "So Close" , "That's How You Know" , "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" , "The Man I Love" , "There Will Be Blood", 2007, 2008, 80th annual Academy Awards , ABC, ABC Inc, Academy Award, Academy Award nominations , Academy Award nominee, Academy Award nominees, Academy Award winner, Academy Award winners, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy voters , Achievement in Art Direction , Achievement in Cinematography , Achievement in Directing , Achievement in Film Editing , Achievement in Makeup , Achievement in Music – Original Score, Achievement in Music – Original Song, Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing , Achievement in Visual Effects , actors , actress, Adapted Screenplay, Amy Adams, Amy Ryan, animated feature, animated features, animated short, animation, Best Actress , Best Actress in a supporting role , Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, Best Animated Short Film, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture nominee, Brad Bird, co-production, Disney, Disney / Pixar, Disney Feature Animation, feature film , February 24th , film, George Gershwin, Golden Globes, hand-drawn animation, Ira Gershwin, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Michael Giacchino , Miramax Films , movie, movies, NBC, nomination , nominations , nominee, Norman Jewison , Original Score, Original Song , Oscar, Oscar broadcast, Oscars, Oscar-winning , Paramount Vantage, Pathé Renn , Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role , Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role , Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, picket line, picket lines, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios

• What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

  Jim Hill pays tribute to this Disney Legend, who passed away this past Tuesday following a long bout with cancer Read More... Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: "America Sings", "Cinderella", "it's a small world", "Peter Pan", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Haunted Mansion", "Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress", 1964 New York World Fair, 2003, Altamonte Springs, Anaheim, animated feature, attraction, coloring, compliment, concept phase, condolences, design phase, detailed model, dimensional figure, Disney, Disney Feature Animation, Disney Legend, Disney Parks & Resorts, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, doll, Fantasyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, Hospice of the Comforter, humble, Imagineer, Imagineering, Jim Korkis, John Hench, Joyce Carlson, LaughingPlace, legacy, Marc Davis, Mary Blair, New York World's Fair, obituary, project development, retired, ride, The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney World Resort, theme park, theme park attraction, Tokyo Disney Resort, Tokyo Disneyland, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney World, WDI, WDW, WED