Up meets Gran Torino
USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. So he recut Up’s trailer …
USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. So he recut Up’s trailer …
(Thanks, Iain Robbins)
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has announced its next animated film, an adaptation of Mary Norton’s 1952 classic kid’s book, The …
The Walt Disney Company announced today that Roy Disney has passed away. Click here for LA Times obit. Roy did his father and uncle …
Within the last few days, many of the Hollywood award associations and motion picture critics have selected their best-of picks for 2009. …
To put us in the holiday mood, how about this fan-made music video for Tom Kenny & Andy Paley’s Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas), from …
No one knows where hand drawn animation is headed – but one outlet seems to be thriving: mobile video games. Here’s another for the list …
The graduating Experimental Animation MFA class at Cal Arts has informed us about their thesis show, going on all this week on the …
When Disney’s acquisition of Marvel first became news we did a post inviting artists to show off their best visions of the merger. Now, …
I’ve been watching Weston Woods productions all my life and I never really realized it – and you probably haven’t either. I don’t know …
As previously noted here, good U.S. distribution for an independent animated feature is very tricky thing to acquire. Nina Paley went the …
Our weekly survey of comic strips and editorial cartoons that reference animation characters. Glen and Gary McCoy’s The Flying …
This is animator Peter Western’s desk during the production of Who Framed Roger Rabbit at Richard Williams studio in London. Note the …
We usually don’t plug this sort of thing, but the array of talent assembled here is worthy of note. Thomas Brillante (The Art Institute …
After several weeks in special limited engagements, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog opens today all across the United States, Canada …
Talk about your “D-23” – here’s the real thing! The house Walt Disney lived in when he first arrived in LA is up for sale. It’s Uncle …
(Thanks, Mark Mayerson)
I’ll be plugging these again as we get closer to each, but here’s an early heads-up on three events coming up that I’ll be producing …
Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California will be hosting a The Princess and The Frog event on Saturday December 19th. There will be a panel …
These Disney Zombies (click picture above for full size image) made their debut at the recent London MCM Expo in October. Take that, …