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"Let go of the past and embrace the future." That's not just the mantra of Disney Feature Animation now that John Lasseter and Ed Catmull are calling the shots. No, it's also the underlying theme of WDFA's next big release, "Meet the Robinsons." But how do you get a message like that across to modern...

There's a transition in " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " that has always bothered film buffs. You know the scene that I'm talking about, right? It's that moment about midway through the movie where Eddie Valiant -- after he saws his way out of those handcuffs -- entrusts Roger to his longtime girlfriend,...

Things are very different these days at Disney. How different? Well, let's talk about that lunch that Bob Iger recently had with three Imagineering vets at the Team Disney building (And -- no -- I can't tell you their names. All I can safely say is that all three of these individuals worked directly...

First up, Greg O. writes to say: Jim, I'm a long time reader and quite honestly I don't understand the brouhaha regarding your site. I don't particularly have an interest in the business side of the WDC, but I agree with you, news is news. I think the biggest gripe is that it appears you have been spending...

Now I know that this may sound like a very left-handed compliment. But -- as I was reading Tim Hollis & Greg Ehrbar's excellent " Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records " (University Press of Mississippi, May 2006) -- I kept putting their book down so that I could then go downstairs &...

Okay. Now that we've established that " Cars " didn't exactly do as well as investment analysts and/or entertainment industry insiders had hoped it would, let's expand our horizons a bit. So please join me now on JHM's observation deck. Which is the Internet's equivalent of 20,000 feet up. Advertisement...

Something rather telling happened to me earlier this month while I was attending SIGGRAPH 2006 . Advertisement I was standing in the main hall at Boston's Convention & Exhibition Center , admiring all of the cool " Meet the Robinsons " concept art that was on display at the Disney Feature Animation...

What a surprise. It's Monday morning and JHM is running yet another " Cars " -related story. Okay. I know. A lot of you have already had your fill of this subject. Particularly those of you who have had a hard time accepting the premise that I've been trying to float for the past few months. Mainly that...

Cheryl O. writes in to say: Jim -- I feel that I'm speaking for a lot of JHM readers out there when I say: Enough with the " Cars " and the " Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest " stories already! Don't get me wrong. I understand what you've been trying to say with all these Advertisement articles...

To answer your first question: Yes, the "Walt" that's referred to in the headline for today's story is Walt Disney. To answer your second question: The conversation in question actually happened back in the 1960s. A young reporter from the New York Times heard the old Mousetro say this. In the Disney...

This isn't how Bob Iger thought he'd be spending his August. Advertisement Back in January, after agreeing to spend $7.4 billion to acquire Pixar Animation Studios , Disney's new CEO anticipated that the Summer of 2006 would be a time for great celebration. With " Cars " and the highly anticipated sequel...

As you can see by the photograph below ... Photo by Nancy Stadler ... It's pretty obvious which film is in the spotlight at Disney Feature Animation's booth at SIGGRAPH 2006 . Though it's still eight months before audiences will officially get a chance to " Meet the Robinsons ," the folks at WDFA aren...

The good news is ... Bob Iger has reportedly signed off on a rescue plan for Disney's California Adventure . According to those who are familiar with this theme park revival project, Disney's new CEO has agreed (in principle) to spend hundreds of million of dollars over the next decade in order to turn...

In theory, "Pirates" is a can't-miss proposition for the Mouse. After all, all of the research that the Walt Disney Company has done to date on the latest installment of its " Pirates of the Caribbean " film franchise suggests that " Dead Man's Chest " is going to be huge. A truly monstrous hit motion...

Well, the good news is that the original cast recording of " Tarzan " went on sale yesterday. And this CD is a highly polished, very professional produced representation of Disney's newest Broadway musical. The bad news is ... Though "Tarzan" 's talented cast labors mightily to make this show's score...

That little gold sticker that's affixed to the front of " Beauty & the Beast " 's playbill pretty much says it all: "5000th performance." Only five other shows in the entire history of Broadway have ever run longer than that (And those shows are the still-running " Phantom of the Opera " [Which just...

I'll say this much for the Mouse: He ain't exactly subtle. As you can see by all the enormous " Disney Fairies " banners that were hanging in the lobby of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center yesterday morning ... Photo by Jeff Lange ... Disney Consumer Products was anxious to make a really big splash...

To hear Chuck Viane, the president of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, tell the story … Well, Walt Disney Studios was absolutely thrilled with the way that " Cars " performed this past weekend. With this Pixar Animation film pulling in $33.7 at the box office during its second weekend in domestic release...

When it comes to surprises, I'm not the most patient person. I mean, back when I was a kid ... As early as October, I was already tearing my family's house apart. Trying to find out where exactly my parents had hidden the presents. Just so I could know in advance whether or not I was getting something...

So I'm sitting at the computer late yesterday afternoon, inserting links in Chris Barry's " Disney Insider Yearbook " article, when Nancy says: "You do remember that you're supposed to pick your parents up tonight, right?" "Of course, I do," I replied. "And I've still got plenty of time. Their flight...