Tag: The Walt Disney Company
D23 Fanniversary: A Toon Lover’s Impressions
As I sat in my seat at the Newark Museum auditorium, I realized that I was spending an afternoon ogling lost Ferdinand Horvath sketches...
D23 Premieres Japan Event This Fall
The Walt Disney Company Japan has announced it will put on the first-ever D23 Expo Japan; a special event for Disney fans created by...
Iron Man the First (and Cheapest)
Super Bowl fans who tuned in last Sunday solely for the commercials were treated to an "extended look" at the upcoming summer tentpole blockbuster...
Disney Infinity Opens Doors to New Game Platform
Disney Interactive has unveiled a new ambitious gaming initiative titled Disney Infinity. This platform, which will kick off in June, will allow players to...
Disney Renews Charter Distribution Deal
The Walt Disney Company has re-upped its distribution agreement with Charter Communications, delivering customers content across TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and other...
When You Wish Upon a ‘Star Wars’
The big news in showbiz over for the last week has, of course, been the Walt Disney Company’s purchase of Lucasfilm for some four-billion-dollars...
Nick Hires Jill Sanford as VP of Animation Development
Nickelodeon has named former Disney’s director of series animation Jill Sanford as its new VP of animation development. Sanford will be responsible for all...
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Plans 2015 ‘Star Wars 7'
Big business news today as The Walt Disney Company announces it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.—including the popular Star Wars franchise—in a stock...
Influential Animation Producer Buzz Potamkin Passes
We are sad to report that animation producer Buzz Potamkin (1945-2012) passed away from pancreatic cancer on Sunday, April 22nd. The much-liked and talented...
Disney China Part of Development Initiative
The Walt Disney Company in China, the Ministry of Culture's China Animation Group and the country's largest ISP Tencent have formed a partnership to...
SIGGRAPH Returns to Anaheim and Vancouver
International computer graphics and interactive techniques confab SIGGRAPH will return to Anaheim, Calif, July 21 to 25 in 2013 to celebrate the 40th International...
Acting 101 with Don Bluth
How many of these blogs have begun with the phrase, or even the thought: As hard as it may be to imagine today, back...
Academy’s Tech Council Adds Four New Members
Denny Clairmont, John Hora, Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion...
Disney Extends Igers’ Contract Through 2016
Disney’s Board of Directors has extended Robert A. Iger’s contract through June 2016 as part of the company’s ongoing succession planning. Under the new...
Annecy Announces Animation Panels
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (MIFA), taking place in France June 6-11, has completed its lineup of animation industry panels. Highlights...
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