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Blog Post: How Disney's two-dimensional "Beast" became a 3D "Beauty"

Jim Hill

New and a bit alarming Who 'd have ever thought that this could be? Well, " Beauty and the Beast " co-director Kirk Wise doesn't seem all that surprised that this Academy Award-winning film (which was the first animated feature to ever be nominated for Best Picture) got selected for...

on5 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

Jim Hill

Do you recall that shindig that Walt Disney Studios held at the Kodak Theatre back in September. Where the 26 movies that the Mouse House now has in the works -- among them highly anticipated sequels like " Pirates of the Caribbean 4 ," " Toy Story 3 ," " National Treasure 3 " and " Tron 2 " -- were...

on17 Nov 2008
Blog Post: As Disney begins to get nervous about "Narnia," Pixar now sets its sights on "Mars"

Jim Hill

Last week, the trades were full of stories about how Brad Bird was getting ready to make his live action debut. How the director of " The Incredibles " and " Ratatouille " would soon be helming the big screen adaptation of James Dalessandro 's " 1906 ." Now some animation fans had initially assumed that...

on16 Mar 2008
Blog Post: Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

Jim Hill

How many of you know the story of the blind men and the elephant ? I bring up this ancient Indian fable because ... Well ... I have to admit that I was highly amused by what happened last Wednesday. When the on-line animation community went completely bananas over those "Bolt" pre-release images . Copyright...

on1 Jan 2008

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Blog Post: How Disney's two-dimensional "Beast" became a 3D "Beauty"

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Waiting for the "Dawn"

Blog Post: As Disney begins to get nervous about "Narnia," Pixar now sets its sights on "Mars"

Blog Post: Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"