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Posted on 09.12.09 by Widge @ 9:37 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  One of the panels at Disney's D23 this weekend was a preview/discussion of Beauty and the Beast 3D, due out next year (they kept saying "next year" although the IMDB lists a February date--and it sounded like they were still hard at work on it, so who knows). On hand and moderating was producer Don Hahn, along with co-director Kirk Wise, Beast animator Glen Keane, voice of Belle Paige O'Hara and Robert Newman, who's the guy in charge of converting the film to 3D. The panel before the footage was your basic retrospective, that offered up some treats. For one thing, they had footage of the recording sessions: showing O'Hara going through multiple takes to get started on "Belle" and Richard White recording the voice of Gaston. For another, O'Hara stated Angela Lansbury, though "terrified" of the song, blew through "Beauty and the Beast" in a single take. One bit is that there's finally going to be a making-of book released. Apparently at the time it wasn't thought that a making-of book for such a film would sell, but now Tale As Old As Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast is available for pre-order on Amazon with a February release date. You can snag yours here. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 07.27.09 by Widge @ 9:24 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. It was 69 years ago today that Bugs Bunny's first appearance, "A Wild Hare," was released. There were other "proto-Bugs" characters, but this is considered to be his first official short. It's directed by Tex Avery and the usual suspects of Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan are on board for the voices. And as you might expect, it's still good. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 07.26.09 by Widge @ 7:18 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Okay, so we mentioned that Ponyo (aka Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) is the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki rocks balls. He just does. And now here is the Disney trailer that is bringing this to cinemas on August 14th: Direct link for the feedreaders. And don't flinch because the notion of Disney releasing it gives you pause. Trust me, Miyazaki will get his film out the way he wants it out. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 07.05.09 by Widge @ 10:54 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. I've been wanting to see this ever since Rob threw us a review of the film a few years back. And it's not hard to figure out why. I've been a huge fan of Salvador Dali for as long as I can remember. And I've been a fan of good Disney films whenever they put them out. So it's two great tastes that taste great together. That's probably the best animated short I've seen in years. I mean, yes, the Pixar shorts are funny and cute but that...that was fantastic. On a whole different level. Sadly, the Wikipedia page relates that it's not available on DVD yet. Apparently the plan is for it to be out on DVD next year with a bunch of special features. Can't wait for that. Huge conceptual art gallery please. Found at Monsters and Rockets via William Gibson via Little Monsta. Update: Disney has asked us to remove the embed from the site. And since it is theirs, it's only fair to comply with their wishes. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 04.05.09 by Widge @ 6:30 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Night of the Living Dead has had just about as much stuff happen to it as can happen to a film. It's been colorized. It's been remade twice (once with mostly negative results by Tom Savini and another time in 3-D). It's been revised. It's been the flagship of a genre, it's been the flagship of a franchise. It's had not only movie sequels, but comic book sequels (the UK one written by Clive Barker, in fact--it's not bad). I personally think it would make a great opera. And I'm not kidding. But now somebody's remaking the film--with animation. Basically they're rotoscoping it (translation into layman-speak: Ralph Bakshi) into a shot-for-animated-shot reworking. While the idea of doing this film in color at all is anathema to me (I could go on and on about what a gorgeous example it is of black and white filmmaking), I am intrigued about the idea of doing this (I assume with new images and the existing dialogue) just because it's so goddamn weird. Just so long as Ben (pictured) doesn't get a trusty talking animal comic relief sidekick, I think I'm willing to give this a chance. Thoughts? Found via Cartoon Brew. For more info, check out the filmmakers' blog here. Categorized as: Animation
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