Tag: Disney
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel to Offer Disney Content
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) recently announced a new free TV agreement with Disney, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). JCC, a member of...
A Powerful ‘Oz’ Makes Lots of Green in Theaters
Disney’s much-anticipated prequel to The Wizard of Oz followed the yellow-brick road all the way to the top of the box office this past...
Summer Debuts on Disney XD for New ‘Hulk,’ ‘Avengers’
Two new Marvel animated series will premiere this summer on Disney XD, with Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. to debut Aug. 11 and...
Will ‘Oz’ Prove Great and Powerful at the Box Office?
Disney is looking to heat up a so-far tepid year at the box office with its VFX-heavy reimagining Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Directed by...
Iger: No 2D Features in Disney’s Immediate Future
An overall strong year for Disney did little to quell questions at the company's annual shareholders' meeting this week, including the future of 2D...
Disney Greenlights Daron Nefcy’s Teenage Princess Series
Disney has ordered a new animated series tentatively called Star and the Forces of Evil, created by Daron Nefcy and with Eden Sher of...
‘Sofia the First’ Gets Second Season
Disney Junior has picked up the top-rated animated series Sofia the First for a second season.
The pickup for the series about Disney's first little-girl...
‘Ralph’ Ready to Rock for Home Video Release
Wreck-It Ralph is ready to fix up your home video collection.
The hit Disney animated feature leads this week's homevid releases, arriving in multiple formats...
Liam Neeson Latest Voice Star for ‘Nut Job’
Oscar-nominated and three-time Golden Globe-winning actor Liam Neeson is joining the list of stars lending their voices to The Nut Job, a new animated...
Classic Disney Cels Make a Killing at Heritage Auctions
Original cels from Disney classics such as Fantasia, Snow White and Lady and the Tramp are continuing to draw huge sales at Heritage Auctions’...
Comic Dane Cook to Voice Planes’ Rusty
The final pieces are coming together for Disney’s upcoming summer feature Planes as the studio announced that comedian Dane Cook has signed to voice...
‘Brave,’ ‘Paperman,’ ‘Life of Pi’ Win Oscars
After months of award season campaigns, Disney claimed the top two animation prizes on Sunday night with a win for Pixar’s Brave in the...
Disney Releases Newly Discovered 1938 Mickey Sketch
Just in time for Oscar weekend, the Disney archives have released a newly discovered sketch from 1938 short Mickey’s Toothache, part of an unfinished...
VFX Pioneer Petro Vlahos Dies at 96
Special effects pioneer Petro Vlahos passed away at 96 on February 10. Vlahos, who improved the composite-image process known as the blue-screen effect for...
Tim Reckart and the Making of ‘Head Over Heels’
A couple of days ago, we had the chance to catch up with Timothy Reckart, the young animator who wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated...
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...
‘Underdog’ Co-creator William Biggers Dies at 85
William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the popular animated series Underdog died at 85 of undisclosed causes last Sunday. Biggers, who was also a...
Bullock, Brooks & Neeson Sign to Toon Projects
It's a busy week for voice star announcements as a few studios have revealed key names for their upcoming projects. From Universal/Illumination comes the...
Animation People: Enzo D’Alò
Italian director Enzo D’Alò serves up a faithful new animated feature based on the original Adventures of Pinocchio.
Although Italian author Carlo Collodi wrote his...
Putting Himself ‘Out There’
How South Park veteran Ryan Quincy tapped his awkward phase for IFC’s first original cartoon.
Cheer up, Generation X: There’s a new adult-targeted toon on...
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