Tag: Walt Disney
Academy Awakens ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in 70 MM
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty as part of its "The Last 70mm Film Festival"...
The Dwarfs are Back in Disney Jr.’s ‘7D’
Heigh ho, heigh ho, Disney Jr. has started production on a new animated series featuring radically new designed versions of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs....
Destination D Details Announced
Fans of Disney animation are invited to spend two magical days celebrating the art, storytelling, music, voices, imagination and innovation of the studios' benchmark...
Final Push Seeks to Restore Historic Disney Studio in Kansas City
A group looking to restore Walt Disney's first professional animation studio, in Kansas City, is launching the final push of its 15-year campaign with...
‘Fantasia’ in the Key of Ray
Anyone who knows Ray Bradbury knows that he has a lifelong love of animation. The legendary author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles...
Gene Deitch Sees Red!
Even some fans of UPA, who have rushed out to buy the new, long-awaited DVD collection of their classic theatrical cartoons, might not know...
TCM Plans 75th Anniversary Screening of ‘Snow White’
Turner Classic Movies (TCM), in collaboration with D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will present a 75th anniversary screening of Walt Disney's Snow White...
The Red Planet Revisited!
Pixar alum Andrew Stanton’s first live-action feature John Carter delivers a stunning blend of cutting-edge CG visual effects and gritty images that are grounded...
Faux Walt Disney Biopic Poster Causes Stir
French graphic artist Pascal Witaszek has caused a bit of a stir by creating a poster for a nonexistent biopic of Walt Disney that...
Remembering the Words of Robert B. Sherman
The passing this week of songwriter Robert B. Sherman at age 86 brings an end to one of the great creative teams of the...
‘Jungle Book’ Musical Set to Premiere in Chicago
A new musical based on the Rudyard Kipling book and 1967 Disney adaptation of The Jungle Book will premiere at Chicago’s Goodman Theater, reports...
Pocahontas and The Mouse’s Gong Show
Every aspect of creating an animated feature takes time, except, arguably, for one: the greenlighting of an idea. Back in the days when the...
Virginia Davis and the Road to Hollywood
Several years before Mickey Mouse, little Virginia Davis was the first star of the operation that would become the Walt Disney Studios. That’s not...
When Snow White Scared Young Roy Disney
The late Roy E. Disney ranks very high on the short-list of people who worked to make the animation industry what it is today....
‘Bambi’ Lands on National Film Registry
Disney’s landmark 1942 animated feature Bambi was one of the 25 new movies added to the National Film Registry this week. Every year, the...
Into the Woods with Keane & Pocahontas
One often hears animators described as actors with pencils. You also hear Walt Disney Feature Animation legend Glen Keane described as “the Laurence Olivier...
“Lost” Disney Film Hits Auction Block
The only known copy of Walt Disney’s film Hungry Hobos, thought lost until recently, has been rediscovered in a social history film archive in...
Ollie Johnston: Even ‘Old Men’ Need a Lift!
Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s became familiar with the smiling, warm fellow who chatted with us over the...
Google Celebrates Mary Blair’s 100th Birthday
Google is showcasing a colorful "birthday doodle" in honor of Disney Legend Mary Blair’s 100th birthday today (Friday, Oct. 21). The much-loved artist, whe...
D23 Expo Whets Appetites for Upcoming Toons
Taking a marketing page from Comic-Con, Disney’s D23 Expo offered bits and pieces of news, highlights of upcoming animated fare and meet-and-greets with talent...
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