Walt Disney heirs to create Disney museum
The New York Times reports that heirs of Walt Disney are set to open a new museum in San Francisco called The Walt Disney Family Museum. The museum’s goal is to focus attention on the Walt as a |
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Disney’s Secret of the Magic Gourd
If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the hybrid Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Well here’s a |
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Henry Selick returns to Disney
No joke - and good news!Variety is reporting that Henry Selick has signed an exclusive long term deal to produce and direct movies for “Disney/Pixar”. Interesting to note the article |
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Disney ends deal with Zemeckis and his Mo-Cap
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Disney has ended its deal with Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap factory, Image Movers. Disney is closing down the Marin County studio and laying off 450 people. |
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Disney Channel Takes Over Central/Eastern Europe
Disney has made the decision to shutter Jetix programming outlets in select Central and Eastern European territories, replacing the networks with fully localized Disney Channels. Disney has already |
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Dressing Up As Classic Disney Animators
Trevor Hutchison and Shane McCarthy were invited to a Disney-themed costume party recently, and instead of dressing up as a cartoon character, they went as “Disney Animators from the Golden Era |
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Disney cartoon WTF??
Didier Ghez posted this several months ago but I just caught up with it today. Apparently it was made by Italian Disney comics artist Romano Scarpa in 1982 to introduce a Disney TV special. Pardon my |
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An invitation from Disney
Animator Hans Perk (whose wonderful Disney-centric blog is an essential read) has just posted a very rare find: a 1932 Disney party invitation to celebrate the switch in studio distribution from |
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Disney Moments Flipbooks
Disney hasn’t figured out every way to merchandise their brand… but they’re coming very close! Check this out:Now you can create animation without drawing, without thinking… |
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Is Disney’s Bob Iger Worth $30 Million a Year?
Blogs were abuzz last week after it was revealed that Disney CEO Bob Iger took home $30.6 million in salary and bonuses in 2008. So what exactly has Iger done since taking over the company in 2005? |
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Report from Disney Feature studio: “Grim”
According to Local 839 business rep Steve Hulett, who visited Disney Feature Animation a few hours ago, “morale is lower than a dachshund’s belly, since most of the artists and technicians |
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