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• Toon Tuesday: Wanna see what the first few minutes of "Enchanted" looks like?

  Jim Hill shares some images from the animated portion of this new Kevin Lima film. Which the Mouse hopes will get today's audiences excited about the idea of seeing Walt Disney Studios do traditional animation again Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 24 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, traditional animation, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook, Andreas Deja, Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Game Plan, Kevin Lima, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, The Pacifier, Three Men and a Baby, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Oren Aviv, James Baxter, James Baxter Animation, Andy Fickman, Vin Diesel, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Rotten Tomatoes, Chris Chase, Jason Reed, Nina Jacobson, Bill Kelly, Barry Josephson, Stephen Schwartz

• Monday Mouse Watch : Could underwhelming box office receipts for "Ratatouille" really spell trouble for Disney & Pixar officials?

  Here's an article that's almost sure to upset all you animation fans out there. Jim Hill shares what he's heard about the projected domestic box office for Brad Bird's newest movie. Which suggests that "Ratatouille" is going to earn significantly less than "Cars" did last year Read More... Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 100 Comments Filed under: animation, movies, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook

• Depp Perception : Why For did Johnny really want to work for Walt Disney Studios ?

  Jim Hill finally wraps up that story that he started last Friday. Where Mouse House execs struggle to get a handle on the movie version of "Pirates of the Caribbean." As in: Who they should cast as Capt. Jack Sparrow, whether this project should be a theatrical release or just a video premiere, etc. Read More... Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Walt Disney Pictures, Dick Cook

• Why For did Michael Eisner try and shut down production of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" back in 2002 ?

  Jim Hill shares some stories about the first film in the "Pirates" trilogy. In particular how Disney's former CEO -- because he genuinely believed that teenagers would think that a movie that was based on a theme park attraction was totally lame -- repeatedly tried to pull the plug on this project (WARNING : This article does contain some mild "At World's End" spoilers) Read More... Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Why For, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook