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Blog Post: How Disney conjured up a live-action version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

Jim Hill

The tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Walt Disney Company have been intertwined ever since Walt Disney invited famed conductor Leopold Stokowski to come join him for dinner at Chasen's . Which is where the old Mousetro supposedly asked the Maestro if he'd be interested in working with Disney...

on7 Jul 2010
Blog Post: “We Make Our Own Destiny” reveals how Disney’s “Prince of Persia” movie actually came together

Jim Hill

When discussing a new summer blockbuster like Disney’s “ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ,” it’s hard not to get caught up in all the details. Like those 1,200 visual effects shots that you’ll find in this Jerry Bruckheimer production. Or the action sequences that Mike Newell chose to stage 8,200...

on26 May 2010
Blog Post: “Alice in Wonderland: A Visual Companion” will make all other making-of books green (screen) with envy

Jim Hill

When he was in the press room at Comic Con last July, Tim Burton talked about how “ Alice in Wonderland ” wasn’t actually the first film that he’d used green screen on (2007’s “ Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ” was). But because so many scenes for this Walt Disney Pictures release were...

on31 Mar 2010
Blog Post: “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” serves up quality holiday schmaltz

Jim Hill

Those of you who were so quick to dismiss Robert Zemeckis ’ “ A Christmas Carol ” as a cinematic lump of coal in Disney’s corporate stocking may want to take another look at the grosses for this performance capture picture. As Bob Iger admitted during last week’s quarterly earnings conference call :...

on18 Nov 2009
Blog Post: Want the full picture when it comes to Disney's "Morning Light" ? Then see the movie AND pick up its companion book

Jim Hill

This past weekend, I found myself 90 miles from home in Hingham, MA. Photo by Jim Hill Why had I driven down to the South Shore ? Because I was trying to find a theater here in New England that was screening " Morning Light ." Which went into extremely limited release this past Friday. Photo by Jim Hill...

on22 Oct 2008
Blog Post: Suffering from "Pirates" withdrawal? Then treat yourself to a peek at "The Secret Files of the East India Trading Company"

Jim Hill

It's okay. You can admit it. As the camera pulled back at the end of " Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ," leaving Captain Jack Sparrow just as we'd found him at the start of " The Curse of the Black Pearl " (i.e alone in a small boat in the middle of this empty huge sea), you felt a little blue...

on11 Dec 2007

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Blog Post: How Disney conjured up a live-action version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

Blog Post: “We Make Our Own Destiny” reveals how Disney’s “Prince of Persia” movie actually came together

Blog Post: “Alice in Wonderland: A Visual Companion” will make all other making-of books green (screen) with envy

Blog Post: “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” serves up quality holiday schmaltz

Blog Post: Want the full picture when it comes to Disney's "Morning Light" ? Then see the movie AND pick up its companion book

Blog Post: Suffering from "Pirates" withdrawal? Then treat yourself to a peek at "The Secret Files of the East India Trading Company"