Search results matching tags 'Disney' and 'traditional animation'

Toon Tuesday: Looking Back on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" -- Part Deux

Floyd Norman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his series on the development & production of this 1996 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature...(read more)

Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

Floyd Norman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Disney Legend Floyd Norman pays tribute to all those animation veterans who have hung in there through the tough times...(read more)

Toon Tuesday : Disney's Night School

Floyd Norman — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Disney Legend Floyd Norman reminisces about the after-hours animation classes that used to be offered on the Disney lot back in the 1950s...(read more)

"Raggedy Ann" reunion features look at rarely seen Richard Williams film

Jim Hill — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks up this Saturday's benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Which will feature a screening of this 1977 release, followed by a panel discussion with various members of the "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure" production team...(read more)

A special "Toon Much of a Good Thing" edition of Why For

Jim Hill — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about why Walt Disney Home Entertainment stopped producing 2-disc versions of those new Disney / Pixar DVDs as well as revealing that Walt Disney Animation Studios may already have a second traditionally animated feature in the works...(read more)

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

Jim Hill — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:00:00 GMT

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)

How Mickey Mouse almost got to play Christopher Columbus

Jim Hill — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill talks about the featurette that Walt Disney Animation Studios almost made back in the late 1980s. Which would have celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the New World...(read more)

"Walt Disney's Cinderella" is a picture-perfect picture book

Jim Hill — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill reviews this new hardcover from Disney Press. Which features a spectacular selection of Mary Blair's concept art for Walt Disney Productions' 1950 release...(read more)

Toon Tuesday: A tribute to Hurricane Eva

Floyd Norman — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Precious little is known about the early women animators at Walt Disney Studios. Floyd Norman returns with a profile of one female artist you should really know about...(read more)

Was "Brother Bear" really put into production because Michael Eisner thought that the Disney Store would then be able to sell more plush ?

Jim Hill — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares an excerpt from Jeffery Stepakoff's "Billion-Dollar Kiss," in which this industry veteran talks about the two years that he spent at Disney Feature Animation working on "Brother Bear" and "Tarzan"...(read more)