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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Disney's Next 10 Animated Flicks: 8 Will Be in Digital 3-D

Reuters says that with the exception of this summer's 'Wall*E' and next Christmas' hand-drawn 'The Princess and the Frog,' everything on Disney's animated slate will have a digital 3-D release. From the report:

    The first Disney digital 3-D movie for release is "Bolt," the story of a dog of the same name who thinks he has superhero powers. John Travolta gives voice to Bolt while hit teen singer/actress Miley Cyrus is voicing Bolt's owner Penny in the movie, due to open on November 26.

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Monday, November 26, 2007

John Lasseter Red Carpet Interview: Disney/Pixar Animation Update

IESB has a video interview with John Lasseter, the head creative honcho at Pixar and Walt Disney Feature Animation. He talks about 'Enchanted' and 'The Frog Princess' ("It's so exciting to have hand-drawn animation coming back")...says Disney will soon return to releasing new cartoon shorts (the first will feature Goofy explaining how to hook up a home theater system)...and plugs 'Wall*E,' the next Pixar release, describing it as Pixar's first science fiction film.

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