• Cool Stuff: Moana, Trick 'R Treat, Jaws, Star Wars, Lost

    In today's edition of Cool Stuff, we premiere Tom Whalen's stunning Moana screenprint variant, a screenprint tribute to The Princess and the Frog from a Pixar artist, a look at some of Fantasy Flight Games' new figure expansions for Imperial Assault that bring some of our favorite characters from the Star Wars comics and Star Wars…

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  • Theory: 30 Of Disney's Animated Features Take Place In The Same World

    Even casual Disney fans have likely noticed that the studio's various animated features often contain subtle nods at each other. Rapunzel from Tangled has Disney fairy tale books in her collection, Nani from Lilo & Stitch has a Mulan poster, et cetera. But what if these aren't mere sight gags from playful animators. What if,…

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  • Walt Disney Company Currently Not Developing Any Hand-Drawn Animated Features

    The studio that helped pioneer 2D, hand drawn, theatrical animation is currently at a crossroads with the process. At Wednesday's Walt Disney Company shareholder's meeting, CEO Bob Iger revealed none of Disney's animation companies, which includes Disney Animation, Pixar and Disney Toons, are currently developing, or have plans to develop, any 2D, hand drawn animation…

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  • Infographic: Disney Princesses In Real Life

    The Disney Princess Tumblr has put together a collection of photos comparing the famous animated Disney princesses compared next to the actresses who provided their voices. Hit the jump to see the whole graphic. via: buzzfeed

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  • VOTD: 50 Disney Spoilers In 3 Minutes

    In honor of Walt Disney Animation releasing it's 50th full length film Tangled, our friends the Fine Brothers have filed the latest episode of their popular "Spoiler" series. You might remember that we've featured their videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes, Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History, 50 spoilers of 2009 in…

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  • VOTD: 50 Movie Spoilers Of 2009 In 4 Minutes

    The Fine Brothers love to spoil everything, In past years, we've featured their popular videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes and Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History. After seeing all of the big movies of 2009, the brothers are back once again.  Their latest video spoils 50 movies released last year (including…

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  • The Frogumentary Continued: /Film At Walt Disney Animation Studios - The Princess And The Frog And The Return To Hand Drawn Animation

    After the break you'll find the next two installments of my "Frogumentary", focusing on The Princess and the Frog animator Eric Goldberg and clean-up animator Marshall Toomey. You may wish to catch up on part one first. I want to extend my congratulations to Goldberg who last night won a richly deserved Annie Award for…

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  • Movie Review: A Town Called Panic (My Choice For Best Animated Film Of 2009)

    Here's to a school of dagger-propelled, orange barracuda siccing any listmeister who jumped the gun and failed to consider A Town Called Panic for his or her top ten films of 2009. Undeniably the most entertaining and energetic movie of that now-caput year, I found myself funstruck from film's start to its fireworks-laden finish; ATCP is also 2009's…

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  • Exclusive: Disney's Upcoming Hand-Drawn Movies Revealed, Including The Snow Queen

    On Friday December 4th, I was lucky enough to spend the whole day at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank. My mission was to film footage for a /Film Exclusive documentary about the return of hand-drawn animation, focusing on Disney's superlative new picture, The Princess and the Frog. During the day I carried out filmed…

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  • Early Buzz: Disney's The Princess And The Frog

    Disney's 2D animated film The Princess and The Frog won't hit theaters nationwide until December 11th, but right now the film is playing in limited release in New York and Los Angeles. So what is the early buzz? Lets take a look at some of the early reviews. The Hollywood Reporter: "So Princess and the…

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  • /Film Goes To Disneyland, Club 33 And The Disney Animation Research Library

    A couple weeks ago I traveled down to Los Angeles for a very unusual press day for Disney Animation Studio's new film The Princess and the Frog. Disney is really hoping to promote the return to hand drawn animation with an old school Disney look and feel, and took a group of online journalists on…

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  • Interview: The Princess And The Frog Directors Jon Musker And Ron Clements

    A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to participate in a round table interview with The Princess and the Frog directors Jon Musker and Ron Clements at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank. You can read the full interview after the jump, which includes a lot of information on the development of this new…

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  • The First Five Minutes Of The Princess And The Frog

    Walt Disney Pictures has released the first five minutes from the company's upcoming return to hand-drawn animation The Princess and The Frog. The video clip features a bit of uncompleted animation. The movie is a new take on E.D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess (which was actually the original title of the film). Thanks to…

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  • Exclusive: The Princess And The Frog Movie Poster

    Walt Disney Animation Studios has provided us with an EXCLUSIVE look at the movie poster for The Princess and the Frog. As you know, this is Disney's return to hand-drawn animation, a new take on E.D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess (which was actually the original title of the film). Check out the full poster…

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