Tag: Walt Disney Studios
The True Tale of Br’er Oscar
Every year around Academy Award time, I think about a particular film, one that despite its polarizing controversy broke new ground for both Hollywood...
Disney’s ‘Rescue Rangers’ Due for Live Action Feature
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney Studios has picked up a pitch for a live-action movie based on the '80s-'90s animated TV series...
A Century of Dinos
What is it about dinosaurs and animation?
One could argue that animation is the perfect method of bringing them to life onscreen, which is why...
‘Frozen’ Ices Competition, Passes $300 Million
Disney's CG animated musical Frozen is proving a huge hit for the studio, gliding past the $300 million mark in U.S. box offices this...
Disney Burbank Offers Special ‘Mr. Banks’ Screenings
Disney has announced that for one week only it will be presenting a special limited engagement of its upcoming live-action flick Saving Mr. Banks...
Marvel, Netflix Team Up for Four New Series
An unprecedented deal with Disney-owned Marvel TV will see four all-new live-action series and a mini-series based on the comic brands' popular characters coming...
Five New Members Added to Academy’s Tech Council
Wendy Aylsworth, Rob Bredow, Douglas Greenfield, Rob Hummel and Bev Pasterczyk have joined the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture...
Disney Plans Interactive ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Event
Beginning October 18 in select theaters, The Walt Disney Studios will offer a special engagement of Second Screen Live: The Nightmare Before Christmas, an...
Disney to Bring Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises’ to N.A.
Walt Disney Studios has announced that it will be handling North American theatrical distribution of Studio Ghibli's latest animated film, The Wind Rises, directed...
Intl. 3D Society Picks a New Name
The International 3D Society has changed its name to the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society.
"New advances in display technologies to enable features such...
Marvel Kicks off ‘Guardians’ Production
Marvel Studios has begun principal photography in the U.K. for its next epic film adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy, at Shepperton Studios. The film...
Disney Release Plans Include ‘Planes’ sequel, Marvel slots
Updates to the Walt Disney Studios' release schedule have revealed plans for a 2014 sequel to Planes and two mystery Marvel movies.
Planes: Fire &...
Remembering Annette
I’m going to take a little detour this week out of the Toon Trenches to remember a person who was enormously important to the...
Around 150 Staffers to Lose Jobs at Disney
Disney is in the process of laying off around 150 employees at Walt Disney Studios today (March 10). Variety reports that employees began receiving...
Stadermann to Direct ‘Maya the Bee’ Movie
Flying Bark Productions’ managing director Jim Ballantine has announced the director, producer and line producer for the CG-animated feature, Maya the Bee.
Alexs Stadermann has...
DSC, El Capitan to Host ‘Frankenweenie’ Science Fair
Grab your lab coats, boys and girls! Discovery Science Center (DSC) is partnering with the famous El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood to host a...
Disney to Open ‘Art of Frankenweenie’ Exhibit
Walt Disney Studios will launch a touring exhibition featuring the art of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, the director’s upcoming stop-motion, animated feature film which comes...
Former WB Head Alan Horn to Lead Walt Disney Studios
Former Warner Bros. president Alan Horn will take over as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios on June 11.
Horn was tapped by Disney chief...
‘Avengers’ Beats ‘Avatar’s’ Two-Week Record
Audiences kept the love strong for Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, during the film’s second weekend at the U.S. box office. The film brought in an...
Disney Chairman Rich Ross Steps Down
Disney Studios’ Chairman Rich Ross has resigned as what many believe is the direct result of the disappointing performance of John Carter at the...
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