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Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

Jim Hill shares the latest news on the third installment of "The Chronicles of Narnia" film series, which has yet to officially be greenlit by Walt Disney Studios Read More...

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 11 Comments

Filed under: Disney, movies, Save Disney, Pixar, Bob Iger, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Pixar Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Walden Media, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, movie, 2008, 2007, film franchise, film franchises, Roy O Disney , National Treasure 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, 2010, Toy Story 3, 2004, TR2N, Tron 2, 2013

Tune Tuesday : "Hello, WALL-E! Well, Hello, WALL-E ..."

Forget about Pixar's latest production. Jim Hill talks about the many other ways that Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning musical has popped up at the Mouse House Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments

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"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: book, movies, Pixar, John Lasseter, Leslie Iwerks, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Pixar Story, To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios, Karen Paik, Steve Jobs, movie, animated feature, 1980s, Chronicle Books, coffee table book, Lucasfilm, short, Tin Toy, shorts, David A Price, SEC, The Pixar Touch : The Making of a Company, Microsoft, Hallmark, Knopf, authorized history, Alvy Ray Smith, revisionist history, 1985, 1986, Shogakukan, Pixar archives, Pixar saga, Japanese legend, browser, Hollywood gossip

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

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Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

Jim Hill points out the parallels between what WDAS's next release is now going through and "Beauty & the Beast" & "The Lion King" 's troubled productions Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:00 AM | 18 Comments

Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, Pixar, DreamWorks, computer animation, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Beauty and the Beast, John Musker, Ratatouille, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Toy Story, WDAS, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, WDI, Ed Catmull, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, Bolt, Academy Award, film, movie, 2008, animated feature, Richard Purdum , Cranium Command, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, award, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, The Emperor's New Groove, Kingdom of the Sun, Kiskaloo, blind men and the elephant, Indian fable, pre-release image, teaser poster, November 2008, gadget tray, Mittens the cat, Rhino the hamster, Chris Williams, American Dog, Chris Sanders, quirkiness, Jan Pinkava, George Scribner, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, S Gross, lemons into lemonade, November 28

"To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

Jim Hill reviews Karen Paik's inspired (more importantly, inspiring) new history of Pixar Animation Studios. Which offers a lot of insight about how John Lasseter became the Big Kahuna of the CG world Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

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Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More...

Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments

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Toon Tuesday: Why "Ratatouille" 's good-but-not-great box office numbers are now causing problems for Disney's marketing department

Jim Hill talks about all of the finger-pointing that's going on in Burbank & Emeryville, as execs try to find someone to blame for this Pixar picture's perceived under-performance Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:00 AM | 105 Comments

Filed under: Disney, movies, Pixar, computer animation, Walt Disney Pictures, promotion, Cars, Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie, Brad Bird, WALL E, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios, A Bug's Life, marketing, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, The Bourne Ultimatum

Wanna peek behind-the-scenes at Pixar? Then check out the two events that the Cartoon Art Museum will be holding next month on the Emeryville campus

Thanks to Roger Colton, JHM readers get a "heads up" about two fun fund-raising events that are being held in the Bay Area on September 15th. Be sure and order your tickets quickly, though. They're sure to go fast Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments