Search results matching tags 'Disney' and 'John Lasseter'

Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

Jim Hill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers...(read more)

Toon Tuesday: Klay Hall tinkers with Tinker Bell

Jim Hill — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This sitcom vet talks about how he tried to make the Disney Fairy who stars in "Lost Treasure" much more like the version of Tink that Marc Davis drew for "Peter Pan" back in 1953...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch: What to make of Mickey’s mixed signals

Jim Hill — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks about all of the recent changes at the Mouse House. More importantly, what Bob Iger will be looking for from Rich Ross, the new Chairman of Walt Disney Studios...(read more)

Pixar piles on the international intrigue with “Cars 2”

Jim Hill — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill walks you through the storyline of this Summer 2011 Walt Disney Pictures release. Which sends the Radiator Springs gang overseas and then has Mater being mistaken for a secret agent...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch: Marvel acquisition offers significant challenges, huge potential rewards for The Walt Disney Company

Jim Hill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill weighs in on this $4 billion deal. In particular the amount of time that will have to pass before Disney can then take full advantage of Marvel’s stable of superheroes...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch: The road ahead for Disney·Pixar ‘s “Cars”

Jim Hill — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares the title for this eagerly anticipated sequel as well as the Company’s plan for maintaining consumer interest in this new key franchise...(read more)

“Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes a candid look at the Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation

Jim Hill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which will hold its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival...(read more)

Lasseter, Burton, Zemeckis and Miyazaki to take part in Disney panels at this year’s Comic-Con

Jim Hill — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares a press release that Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures just passed along. Which offers details on the Mouse’s presentations at this year’s Comic-Con International...(read more)

Toon Thursday : Tickets for Lasseter / Miyazaki event go on sale today at 9:01 a.m.

Jim Hilll — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks up this once-in-a-lifetime event. Where John Lasseter will play host to Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch : “Rapunzel” revealed; a “G-Force” sequel?

Jim Hilll — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill wonders why more people aren’t talking about Carmen Esquer’s article for Disney twenty-three magazine. Which features an in-depth interview with Nathan Greno & Byron Howard, “Rapunzel” ‘s new directors. PLUS Does Jerry Bruckheimer has another franchise in the works?...(read more)