Lasseter Reveals Exciting New Details About the Studios’ Upcoming Animated Film Slate During London and D23 Expo Presentations
John Lasseter, chief creative officer, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios, made several announcements regarding upcoming animated motion pictures while presenting at the Odeon Leicester Square in London (9/10/09) and at the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center (9/13/09). The news coming out of Lasseter's presentations at both events include: Timothy Dalton, Ned Beatty, Bonnie Hunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Garlin and →
Mandy Moore Unbraids Hair for Disney’s ‘Rapunzel’
Singer and actress Mandy Moore will voice the leading lady famous for her 70 feet of golden hair in Disney's Digital 3D-animated musical action-adventure "Rapunzel," according to Reuters. Byron Howard and Nathan Greno will direct. Oscar winner Alan Menken will compose the film's music so the score should be amazing! Disney is re-imagining the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, by showing the princess →
Disney Releases ‘The Princess and the Frog’ Theatrical Trailer
When the free-spirited, jazz-loving Prince Naveen of Maldonia (Bruno Campos) comes to town a deal with a shady voodoo doctor goes bad and the once suave royal is turned into a frog. In a desperate attempt to be human again, a favor in exchange for a fateful kiss on the lips from the beautiful girl, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), takes →
Five Concept Art Images from Disney’s Rapunzel
The Walt Disney Animation Studio has released five new concept art photos for their 2010 animated film Rapunzel. And they are truly gorgeous!! Like beautiful pieces of painted art work!! Five images on the Slash Film website. Rapunzel is an upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios CGI film, starring Kristin Chenoweth as Rapunzel and Dan Fogler as Prince Flynn. It will be the 50th →
Tron Legacy: Photos Inside Flynn’s Arcade at SDCC
Are you getting excited for Tron Legacy? Better yet, are you a fan of the original movie? Disney, as part of their viral marketing campaign at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, decided to open a real-life Flynn's Arcade! But participates didn't exactly know what was going on. They had to collect and decipher clues to learn where they should go...which →
The Disney Animation Panel at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con
Rope of Siilicon has the news from the Disney Animation pane at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con! Some exciting news from the Toy Story movie series (including Toy Story 3!!), Beauty and the Beast 3-D, the Princess and the Frog, and Ponyo.
Tim Burton Talks About ‘Alice’ and Depp
Alice in Wonderland, Disney and Tim Burton's new move, was a hot topic of the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. The teaser trailer revealed was helped by the surprise appearace of Johnny Depp, who plays the Mad Hatter in the film. Burton discusses his new movie with Reuters.
Disney’s Guinea Pigs Steal Boy Wizard’s Box Office Magic
Wow! Who would've thought that the Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer action guinea pig movie would knock of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the box office? Granted G-Force only beat the sixth Harry Potter movie by 3.1 million but I'm still a bit surprised. Because of the success of G-Force, soon we'll hear about the rise in guinea →
‘Tron Legacy’ Comic Con Trailer
Trailer Addict posted the teaser trailer for Tron Legacy that Disney presented at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con! Basically it's the same footage that was presented as concept at last year's Comic Con, but this time it's available in HD quality. And boy does it look sweet! Make sure you click on the HD button to watch it in stunning high →
Disney Announces ‘Pirates 4′ Shooting Date at Comic Con!
So much for Johnny Depp having some down time. Reuters had reported that, while having his name attached to high-profile films, none of Depp's upcoming movies were green lit yet. Thankfully that's all about to change! ComingSoon.net sat down with Disney's Head of Production Oren Aviv at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. And Aviv gave all us Pirates of the Caribbean →
Disney Pictures Posts Photos of the Alice in Wonderland exhibit in San Diego
Walt Disney Disney Pictures shared some amazing costume displays from the new movie Alice in Wonderland on their official Twitter page. Click on the thumbnails for bigger pictures. Here's a look at Alice's costume from Alice in Wonderland Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter costume: The Red Queen's costume: And finally, the beloved White Queen's gown worn by Anne Hathaway Very neat that Disney Pictures posted these →
‘Tron Legacy’ Revealed by Disney at SDCC and on Facebook
Today, simultaneously at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con and on Facebook, Walt Disney Pictures reveals the official name and logo for the Tron sequel: Tron Legacy. Announced at the Comic Con panel is that the new movie is still about a year away from completion. Concept art of the new lightcycles and car versions of the lightcycles were revealed. I'm glad →
Updated ‘Alice’ Photos on Walt Disney Pictures Facebook Page
Simply stunning display of colors and maddness! Walt Disney Pictures released new photos from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. And they are both beautiful and distrubing (in a good way!). I'm so far loving all the images coming from Disney on this film. Tim Burton seems to have really captured the essence of Wonderland! I'm digging all the vivid colors. Check out the →
First Look: Teaser Trailer for Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’
IGN.com has released a teaser trailer for Tim Burton's re-imagining of the classic story of Alice in Wonderland! I'm pretty stoked about this teaser trailer! It looks wild and wacky...totally Tim Burton! The cinematography looks amazing. This movie will be quite the 3-D movie going experience! EDIT: Seems someone had leaked the teaser trailer to IGN.com, which resulted in the video finding →
Disney Asks Facebook Users: Choose Your Fandom To See Exclusive Look at Tim Burton’s ‘Alice’
In a unique marketing promotion for the much anticipated trailer for Tim Burton's re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, Disney is asking Facebook users to choose theirr allegiance. Or in Facebook terms, you need to choose which fan page to join. Choose wisely as the biggest fan page will get the exclusive preview of Alice at 4pm PDT on Thursday, July →
Disney Reveals ‘Prince of Persia’ Movie Photos
Uber-producer Jerrry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures will bring the popular Ubisoft fantasy adventure video game to the big screen. What is sure to be an epic movie for the 2010 summer movie season, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan, a street urchin in 6th century Persia. After showing valor in battle, he is adopted →
‘Wall-E’ Director to Helm Disney Film Based on Burroughs Martian Fantasy Novel
Could John Carter of Mars be an epic franchise hit for Disney in the same caliber as the Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Willem Dafoe will play the fierce Martian warrior Tar Tarkas, who differs from his race because he possesses the ability to love, reports Variety. The film is an adaptation on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "A Princess of Mars," →
Disney To Build Young Adult Fairy Saga Around Miley Cyrus
The Hannah Montana star will play a pretty fairy in the Wings Saga According to Variety, Disney acquired the rights to Wings, a young adult fairy novel written by Aprilynne Pike. Miley Cyrus will play Laurel, a 15-year-old girl who discovers she is a fairy sent among humans to guard the gateway to Avalon. While attending a large high school, Laurel →
New The White Queen Pic From ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Anne Hathaway is the White Queen in this new photo released by Empire Online. Anne Hathaway is eye-catching as the White Queen in this brand-new picture available from Empire Online. Her appearance is elegant yet bizarre. Which is not surprising since the White Queen seems to live her life backwards (screaming before she's injured etc). Mostly an ally to Alice, she will →
Disney Reveals Synopsis for new ‘Tron’ movie
Walt Disney Pictures reveals new Tron movie to be simply called Tron, not Tron 2, Tron 2.0 or Tr2n as previously reported. The studio will screen footage from the new film the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday July 23 at 11am. This is the official synopsis for the Tron reboot: “TRON is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s →
‘Ponyo’ Director Hayao Miyazaki to Be Honored in U.S. Visit
John Lasseter, a friend of the Hayao Miyazaki for more than 20 years, convinced Japan's Master Animator to make a rare United States visit. His first stop will be the San Diego Comic Con on July 24. The NY Times has a very interesting article about a brilliant man that in part influence Pixar movies like Toy Story, Toy Story 2, →
Miley Cyrus & Sister Show Off ‘Ponyo’ trailer
Entertainment Tonight posted a video with sisters Miley and Noah Cyrus. Noah will voice the title character in the English Adaption of the Hayao Miyazaki animated movie, Ponyo. The plot centers on a juvenile fish named Ponyo who wants to become a human girl. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, S?suke (voiced by the "bonus Jonas" Frankie →
Beyonce urging Disney bosses to remake ‘Sister Act’
The Daily Mail newspaper reports: "Beyonce has asked her representatives to persuade Disney to develop the show into a film vehicle for her. Taking a break from her UK I Am Sasha Fierce Tour, the singer recently watched the stage show version of the 1982 movieat the London Palladium theatre. The film starred Whoopie Goldberg as singer Deloris Van Cartier, who on →
Miley Cyrus Rocks Glamour’s May Cover
Miley Cyrus, America's Most Famous Girl is growing up in the May issue of Glamour magazine. The 16-year Disney pop star talks with Glamour Magazine about her future, her figure, her Hollywood role models and more! Read a quick excerpt below, then go pick up the Mag issue of Glamour magazine and learn more about Miley Cyrus. You can decide →
