Heritage Auction’s The Art of Disneyland event will allow fans of Disney Legends Marc and Alice Davis to bid on rare art and props from the company’s golden age! Items include original production art for Snow White, audio-animatronics, animation cels, and more!
The auction will start on April 5 and run through April 8. The collection includes over 1,800 items and can be bid on in person or via Heritage Auction’s site. If you’d like to see some of the pieces first-hand, a partial preview of the collection will happen from April 1-5 at 9478 West Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Those who collect cels will be excited to know that a few will be offered up in the Davis auction, including ones from Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, and the rare Figment educational shorts!
Considering we’re not sure what will become of the Country...
The auction will start on April 5 and run through April 8. The collection includes over 1,800 items and can be bid on in person or via Heritage Auction’s site. If you’d like to see some of the pieces first-hand, a partial preview of the collection will happen from April 1-5 at 9478 West Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Those who collect cels will be excited to know that a few will be offered up in the Davis auction, including ones from Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, and the rare Figment educational shorts!
Considering we’re not sure what will become of the Country...
- 3/24/2024
- by Mike Phalin
- Pirates & Princesses
When you think about "The Haunted Mansion" a few images jump immediately to mind. The hitchhiking ghosts, the iconic wallpaper, the creepy exterior, Madame Leota's floating head, and, of course, the spooky figure in a cloak and tophat known only as The Hatbox Ghost.
What you might not be aware of, especially if you're a relatively new fan of the attraction, is that The Hatbox Ghost was something of legend for decades, a piece of Disney Park iconography that was whispered about, but rarely seen.
The rumors surrounding this imposing figure grew and grew since the 1969 opening of "The Haunted Mansion," to the point where it's hard to distinguish between fact and fiction. Some people claim he was present on the ride when it opened (there's some potential home video evidence to support this), some say he was pulled before the official opening. Whatever the truth is, it's unquestionable that...
What you might not be aware of, especially if you're a relatively new fan of the attraction, is that The Hatbox Ghost was something of legend for decades, a piece of Disney Park iconography that was whispered about, but rarely seen.
The rumors surrounding this imposing figure grew and grew since the 1969 opening of "The Haunted Mansion," to the point where it's hard to distinguish between fact and fiction. Some people claim he was present on the ride when it opened (there's some potential home video evidence to support this), some say he was pulled before the official opening. Whatever the truth is, it's unquestionable that...
- 8/4/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
If there was ever a match made in heaven, it was Guillermo del Toro and Disney's "The Haunted Mansion." Del Toro is a monster kid through and through. His fascination with the macabre has deep literary and cinematic roots, to be sure. He can break down the gothic artistry of Mary Shelley's writing or grapple with the problematic side of H.P. Lovecraft with as much intelligence and passion as the most respected college professor.
But del Toro's passion for genre goes way beyond the intellectual. It's his whole heart, which you can see in everything he's ever produced. He has a childlike love of ghosts and monsters and anything spooky, so of course he was the right person for Disney to hire to try to make a real version of "The Haunted Mansion" back in 2010.
His particular adaptation had a long history of stops and starts before he eventually departed the project,...
But del Toro's passion for genre goes way beyond the intellectual. It's his whole heart, which you can see in everything he's ever produced. He has a childlike love of ghosts and monsters and anything spooky, so of course he was the right person for Disney to hire to try to make a real version of "The Haunted Mansion" back in 2010.
His particular adaptation had a long history of stops and starts before he eventually departed the project,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Disney's 2023 "Haunted Mansion" movie boasts 999 ghosts — and nearly that many Easter eggs paying tribute to its source material. Disney first opened the Haunted Mansion theme park attraction in 1969 at Disneyland in California. The ride, which isn't based on any existing Disney story, slowly transports guests through a stately home occupied by hundreds of "happy haunts," as the narrator calls the ghosts who reside there.
Disney artists combined cutting-edge Audio-Animatronics technology, ingenious special effects, and superb music to create what many regard as the greatest theme park attraction of all time. Other versions of Haunted Mansion, some nearly identical to the original and others completely different, opened later at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.
The intellectual property's storied legacy gave director Justin Simien and writer Katie Dippold a lot to work with when bringing their new adaptation to the silver screen. A clean slate from...
Disney artists combined cutting-edge Audio-Animatronics technology, ingenious special effects, and superb music to create what many regard as the greatest theme park attraction of all time. Other versions of Haunted Mansion, some nearly identical to the original and others completely different, opened later at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.
The intellectual property's storied legacy gave director Justin Simien and writer Katie Dippold a lot to work with when bringing their new adaptation to the silver screen. A clean slate from...
- 7/28/2023
- by Blake Taylor
- Slash Film
Disney has adapted its theme park attractions into movies several times, and with varying degrees of success. Everyone remembers "Pirates of the Caribbean," but the "Country Bears" movie from 2002 left a significantly smaller cultural footprint. Same with "The Haunted Mansion," the Eddie Murphy comedy from 2003. Now Disney is coming back for a second bite at the apple with the slightly differently titled "Haunted Mansion," written by Katie Dippold ("Parks and Recreation") and directed by Justin Simien ("Dear White People"), in an attempt to capitalize on the familiarity of the brand while capturing what makes that attraction so special.
But what exactly does make that Disney staple so special? If you polled theme park fans, none of them would blink if you called it the greatest theme park ride of all time. And if you asked Disney Imagineers -- the folks who actually design and build Disney theme park attractions -- why it's so special,...
But what exactly does make that Disney staple so special? If you polled theme park fans, none of them would blink if you called it the greatest theme park ride of all time. And if you asked Disney Imagineers -- the folks who actually design and build Disney theme park attractions -- why it's so special,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Burny Mattinson, who worked as an animator, director, producer and story artist during a 70-year career as the longest-serving “castmember” in the history of The Walt Disney Co., has died. He was 87.
Mattinson died after a short illness on Monday at a Canoga Park assisted living facility in Los Angeles, the studio announced. He was due to receive his 70th anniversary service award — the studio’s first ever — on June 4.
Mattinson was working full time at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a story consultant and mentor at the time of his death.
“Burny’s artistry, generosity and love of Disney Animation and the generations of storytellers that have come through our doors, for seven decades, has made us better — better artists, better technologists and better collaborators,” Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee said in a statement. “All of us who have had the honor to know him...
Mattinson died after a short illness on Monday at a Canoga Park assisted living facility in Los Angeles, the studio announced. He was due to receive his 70th anniversary service award — the studio’s first ever — on June 4.
Mattinson was working full time at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a story consultant and mentor at the time of his death.
“Burny’s artistry, generosity and love of Disney Animation and the generations of storytellers that have come through our doors, for seven decades, has made us better — better artists, better technologists and better collaborators,” Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee said in a statement. “All of us who have had the honor to know him...
- 2/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Burny Mattinson, a Disney animator, director, producer and story artist, died on Monday, Feb. 27, in Canoga Park, Calif., following a short illness. He was 87.
Mattinson’s death was confirmed by The Walt Disney Company, his longtime employer. Mattinson was the longest-serving Disney employee and was set to receive the first ever 70th-anniversary service award this June.
Born in San Francisco on May 13, 1935, Mattinson was first inspired to pursue a career in animation after seeing “Pinocchio” at age 6. He began drawing in hopes to recreate the Disney animation style. By the time he finished high school, Mattinson joined The Walt Disney Company and in just six months moved from the mailroom to an animation in-betweener on “Lady and the Tramp.”
Academy Award-winning Disney director Don Hall said, “For almost 30 years, I’ve had the privilege to work alongside Burny Mattinson, from ‘Winnie the Pooh’ to ‘Big Hero 6’ to, most recently,...
Mattinson’s death was confirmed by The Walt Disney Company, his longtime employer. Mattinson was the longest-serving Disney employee and was set to receive the first ever 70th-anniversary service award this June.
Born in San Francisco on May 13, 1935, Mattinson was first inspired to pursue a career in animation after seeing “Pinocchio” at age 6. He began drawing in hopes to recreate the Disney animation style. By the time he finished high school, Mattinson joined The Walt Disney Company and in just six months moved from the mailroom to an animation in-betweener on “Lady and the Tramp.”
Academy Award-winning Disney director Don Hall said, “For almost 30 years, I’ve had the privilege to work alongside Burny Mattinson, from ‘Winnie the Pooh’ to ‘Big Hero 6’ to, most recently,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Animator, director, producer and story artist Burny Mattinson, who joined the Walt Disney Company at the end of its first great run of films, when Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942) were new and an in-his-prime Walt Disney was just 42 years old, died today. He was 87. He was the last full-time Walt Disney Studios employee who had worked at the company when Walt Disney still ran it.
Seeing the studio’s Pinocchio at the age of six convinced Mattinson he wanted to work in animation. “Ever since I saw that film, this was my dream—to work in this business,” he recalled years later. “So I worked every day, drawing.”
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Seeing the studio’s Pinocchio at the age of six convinced Mattinson he wanted to work in animation. “Ever since I saw that film, this was my dream—to work in this business,” he recalled years later. “So I worked every day, drawing.”
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- 2/27/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Pete Docter is no stranger to awards ceremonies.
He’s the only filmmaker to have won the Best Animated Feature Oscar three times (most recently for the 2020 film “Soul”) and Docter’s “Up” was only the second animated movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Add to that a half-dozen Annie Awards and a BAFTA trophy.
This year, Docter will be honored with the Winsor McKay Award at this year’s Annies, presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, Asifa-Hollywood. Previous Winsor McKay honorees, named for the legendary animator behind Gertie the Dinosaur, include Eyvind Earle, Hayao Miyazaki, Ray Harryahusen, Tim Burton and Don Bluth. Docter will be honored alongside Canadian animator Evelyn Lambart (posthumously) and Craig McCracken, creator (most recently) of Netflix’s “Kid Cosmic.”
“That’s totally exciting. I had no idea. And then you look at the list of past...
He’s the only filmmaker to have won the Best Animated Feature Oscar three times (most recently for the 2020 film “Soul”) and Docter’s “Up” was only the second animated movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Add to that a half-dozen Annie Awards and a BAFTA trophy.
This year, Docter will be honored with the Winsor McKay Award at this year’s Annies, presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, Asifa-Hollywood. Previous Winsor McKay honorees, named for the legendary animator behind Gertie the Dinosaur, include Eyvind Earle, Hayao Miyazaki, Ray Harryahusen, Tim Burton and Don Bluth. Docter will be honored alongside Canadian animator Evelyn Lambart (posthumously) and Craig McCracken, creator (most recently) of Netflix’s “Kid Cosmic.”
“That’s totally exciting. I had no idea. And then you look at the list of past...
- 2/21/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The Disney Imagineers are always tinkering with their classic rides, and while they’ve occasionally made a cataclysmic blunder (like removing Journey Into Imagination at Epcot), they typically enhance what’s already a great attraction.
The Haunted Mansion is one that’s received quite a few upgrades over the years, including the new finale with digital ghosts and the addition of the classic Hatbox Ghost, removed back in 1969 after issues with his effect.
After a recent refurbishment at the Disneyland location, fans were surprised by the insertion of a brand new gag, one that was conceived by Haunted Mansion designer Marc Davis back in the early 1960s!
Dl News Today shares photo and video of “Bat on a Birdcage”, which randomly appeared next to the hallway scene in the iconic dark ride.
“Located in the extended hallway next to the face armchair, we see a birdcage on a stand with...
The Haunted Mansion is one that’s received quite a few upgrades over the years, including the new finale with digital ghosts and the addition of the classic Hatbox Ghost, removed back in 1969 after issues with his effect.
After a recent refurbishment at the Disneyland location, fans were surprised by the insertion of a brand new gag, one that was conceived by Haunted Mansion designer Marc Davis back in the early 1960s!
Dl News Today shares photo and video of “Bat on a Birdcage”, which randomly appeared next to the hallway scene in the iconic dark ride.
“Located in the extended hallway next to the face armchair, we see a birdcage on a stand with...
- 2/21/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Alice Davis, whose costume designs for such classic Disneyland attractions as the “It’s a Small World” and “Pirates of Caribbean” rides died Nov. 3 at her Los Angeles home. She was 93.
A statement released by her family did not disclose a cause of death, but noted that she died peacefully surrounded by family and friends.
Davis collaborated with her husband Marc Davis – one of the famous “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation – and Disney artist Mary Blair, to create the beloved “Small World” attraction for the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Alice Davis researched and designed more than 300 costumes for the ride’s audio animatronic dolls representing children from all over the world.
One of the creative pioneers at Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, Alice Davis was named a Disney Legend in 2004. In 2012 she was honored with a commemorative window on a storefront along Disneyland’s Main Street,...
A statement released by her family did not disclose a cause of death, but noted that she died peacefully surrounded by family and friends.
Davis collaborated with her husband Marc Davis – one of the famous “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation – and Disney artist Mary Blair, to create the beloved “Small World” attraction for the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Alice Davis researched and designed more than 300 costumes for the ride’s audio animatronic dolls representing children from all over the world.
One of the creative pioneers at Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, Alice Davis was named a Disney Legend in 2004. In 2012 she was honored with a commemorative window on a storefront along Disneyland’s Main Street,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
- 11/6/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I don’t know how many times I’ve met someone who bought the classic car of their dreams and once they drive it around, they found their whole experience disappointing,” says Marc Davis of Austin-based Moment Motor Co. “If you have a gas-powered car that’s 60 years old, getting it on the road and driving it is a real process. These cars are old and things get gummed up with a gas engine. What we do is remove 90 percent of the problems by making it an Ev.”
Moment, along with Ev West, Icon,...
Moment, along with Ev West, Icon,...
- 8/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“I don’t know how many times I’ve met someone who bought the classic car of their dreams and once they drive it around, they found their whole experience disappointing,” says Marc Davis of Austin-based Moment Motor Co. “If you have a gas-powered car that’s 60 years old, getting it on the road and driving it is a real process. These cars are old and things get gummed up with a gas engine. What we do is remove 90 percent of the problems by making it an Ev.”
Moment, along with Ev West, Icon,...
Moment, along with Ev West, Icon,...
- 8/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney hasn’t released a stop-motion feature since 2012’s Frankenweenie, but that doesn’t mean meticulously hand-crafted animation is without a home at the House of Mouse. The studio recently released fan-created stop-motion videos with Rogue One toys to promote the new Star Wars movie. And now it’s is unveiling a line-up of four stop-motion animated spots on network Disney Xd. Foolish mortals, this is your third day of Halloween treat (if you don’t celebrate Halloween all October long, then this might not be your cup of pumpkin chai tea) from Disney: Two 30-second spots featuring Disney Xd characters daring to enter the Haunted Mansion. The spots (along with two more that’ll be released later this month) are the work of Disney Xd teaming up with Walt Disney Imagineering and Stoopid Buddy Studios, the animation company that makes Robot Chicken. Haunted Mansion enthusiasts have plenty to geek...
- 10/3/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
When Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty first arrived in theaters in 1959, reviews were mixed, in part because the conceit of a wicked sorceress putting a beautiful princess to sleep seemed like such a blatant Snow White rip-off. But over time, Sleeping Beauty has carved out its own space, no doubt because of its mesmerizing villain, the elegantly evil Maleficent—a fact brought to cinematic fruition this year with Angelina Jolie's live-action blockbuster. Maleficent wasn't a hag, like the in-disguise apple-offering witch in Snow White, nor a prim harpy, like Cinderella's stepmother. She was undoubtedly grotesque, with devilish horns, yellow eyes,...
- 10/1/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Inside the Pitch Meeting for Maleficent” — Eric D. Snider nails another perfectly transcribed, incredibly funny meeting of the minds that gave us a live-action feature retelling the story of Disney’s 18th most popular movie villain. “Maleficent‘s Costume Designer on De-Sexualizing Elle Fanning’s Disney Princess” — Julie Miller at Vanity Fair looks at the work done to make a young girl seem like a young girl. “In retrospect, Disney was sending some sartorial mixed messages about Sleeping Beauty in its eponymous 1959 animated film. In theory, Princess Aurora was cared for—and by extension, dressed by—a trio of eccentric fairies in the forest until the age of 16. But in reality, she was being costumed by Disney’s animation director Marc Davis, who gave the fairy tale teen a chiseled hourglass figure, nary...
- 6/3/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It is so cool to get a sneak peek into the inspirations that got the ball rolling on some of our favorite things. Disney is not regularly well-known for horror, but Disneyland, California is the home of perhaps the most oft visited haunted house on record, The Haunted Mansion.
In celebration of the D23 Disney Fanniversary Celebration roadshow and the 45th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion ride, Disney released four rarely seen concept drawings (probably done by Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s animators and Imagineers who also created rides such as It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean) that show early interior and exterior concepts for The Haunted Mansion.
Take a look at some of these classic sketches that would go on to become one of the most legendary amusement park rides ever!
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In celebration of the D23 Disney Fanniversary Celebration roadshow and the 45th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion ride, Disney released four rarely seen concept drawings (probably done by Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s animators and Imagineers who also created rides such as It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean) that show early interior and exterior concepts for The Haunted Mansion.
Take a look at some of these classic sketches that would go on to become one of the most legendary amusement park rides ever!
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- 5/22/2014
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
"Maleficent" week on Moviefone continues with this inside look, provided by Disney, at how the artists and designers behind the movie created the iconic villainess's style -- horns and all.
Bringing the evil Maleficent -- who first appeared in Disney's classic animated 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty" -- to life in this year's live-action "Maleficent" involved the acclaimed talents of Oscar(R)-winning actress Angelina Jolie and a team of artists and designers dedicated to create the villainess's uniquely wicked style.
Everyone familiar with Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty" knows what the animated Maleficent looked like, so getting the look right for the live-action film was important to both director Robert Stromberg and Angelina Jolie. "Angelina was really passionate about not only who the character was, but what the character looked like," says Stromberg. "We worked together to come up with a character that wasn't that stereotype image but was close enough that...
Bringing the evil Maleficent -- who first appeared in Disney's classic animated 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty" -- to life in this year's live-action "Maleficent" involved the acclaimed talents of Oscar(R)-winning actress Angelina Jolie and a team of artists and designers dedicated to create the villainess's uniquely wicked style.
Everyone familiar with Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty" knows what the animated Maleficent looked like, so getting the look right for the live-action film was important to both director Robert Stromberg and Angelina Jolie. "Angelina was really passionate about not only who the character was, but what the character looked like," says Stromberg. "We worked together to come up with a character that wasn't that stereotype image but was close enough that...
- 5/7/2014
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
Rarely has reaching 50 been so smooth a ride. The iconic Disney pleasure cruise, It's a Small World, is about to celebrate its golden anniversary - and not so quietly. "On Thursday, April 10, 2014, hundreds of voices from Disneyland Resort in California, Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, Disneyland Paris in France and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort will sing the unforgettable theme song of the 'happiest cruise that ever sailed the seven seas,' " Disney Parks and Resorts said Friday. To initiate the merrymaking, a virtual sing-along is being launched Friday at SmallWorld50.com, where fans "may...
- 3/21/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
The success of Disney’s animated behemoth Frozen is something that was hard to imagine last November. The studio had not put a lot behind the film’s marketing campaign (save a misleading trailer that focused on comic relief characters Sven and Olaf) and sandwiched the release between two major box office guarantees, the sequels to The Hunger Games and The Hobbit. But, audiences of young girls and their parents could not get enough of the touching story of two sisters, as well as the delightful musical numbers. (We really need to let it go with all of the “Let It Go” videos online.) Word-of-mouth quickly spread and at the time of the film’s Blu-Ray and DVD release, it still lingers in the lower part of the weekend box office Top 10 – 16 weeks after it opened. Also, the film is the biggest animated hit in Disney’s history, internationally (although...
- 3/20/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Beware the unloved.
If there is a lesson to be learned about the cruelest among us, it might be that one. Most villains, when you find them in real life, are born from pain, and pour it back on the world to keep from drowning in it. A few are heartless sociopaths who derive their power from persecution, and care about nothing else in the world but their own force of will.
And some are just mad they didn’t get a party invitation.
Consider Disney’s Maleficent in this latter category. Unhinged, and irrational. Or at least, she was.
If there is a lesson to be learned about the cruelest among us, it might be that one. Most villains, when you find them in real life, are born from pain, and pour it back on the world to keep from drowning in it. A few are heartless sociopaths who derive their power from persecution, and care about nothing else in the world but their own force of will.
And some are just mad they didn’t get a party invitation.
Consider Disney’s Maleficent in this latter category. Unhinged, and irrational. Or at least, she was.
- 3/14/2014
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Feature Mark Harrison 5 Mar 2014 - 06:39
For every animated movie that gets made, there are dozens more that never make it. Mark looks at some failed Disney projects...
In the age of the internet, Hollywood studios are much quicker to announce the projects they have in development than they used to be. Now that the demand is there, there's a huge turnover of movie-related news every day, and if you follow it in any significant way, there are probably a whole bunch of projects that you've heard about, maybe even gotten excited about, that never came to fruition.
Still, it's not only via the easier availability of such information that we know about projects that never came to be. At a studio like Disney, projects will get as far as being fully developed in animatic form before falling apart, and the artefacts left behind from such abridged projects have made for some fascinating reading.
For every animated movie that gets made, there are dozens more that never make it. Mark looks at some failed Disney projects...
In the age of the internet, Hollywood studios are much quicker to announce the projects they have in development than they used to be. Now that the demand is there, there's a huge turnover of movie-related news every day, and if you follow it in any significant way, there are probably a whole bunch of projects that you've heard about, maybe even gotten excited about, that never came to fruition.
Still, it's not only via the easier availability of such information that we know about projects that never came to be. At a studio like Disney, projects will get as far as being fully developed in animatic form before falling apart, and the artefacts left behind from such abridged projects have made for some fascinating reading.
- 3/3/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
These two featurettes for Frozen are both more lovely than the deleted scene we showed you yesterday. I adore the deleted scene in the dressing room, though I understand why it was cut, and the art in the second featurette is beautiful. Both featurettes include interviews with directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and the second one also includes wife of legendary Disney animator Marc Davis, Alice Davis.
Featurette: Frozen – Dressing Room Deleted Scene
Featurette: Frozen – Theme and Artwork
Frozen featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff is available on Blu-ray and DVD March 18th.
Frozen is available for pre-order from Amazon! Here’s a link!
See larger image Frozen (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey,...
Featurette: Frozen – Dressing Room Deleted Scene
Featurette: Frozen – Theme and Artwork
Frozen featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff is available on Blu-ray and DVD March 18th.
Frozen is available for pre-order from Amazon! Here’s a link!
See larger image Frozen (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey,...
- 2/21/2014
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Here’s your first look at Angelina Jolie in the new teaser poster for Disney’s Maleficent - the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.”
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone.
Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
In the animated 1959 version, animator Marc Davis’ was looking for...
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone.
Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
In the animated 1959 version, animator Marc Davis’ was looking for...
- 11/12/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Marc Davis is a legend of Disney Feature Animation—one of Walt's Nine Old Men (his highly influential cabal of animators), Marc animated Thumper from "Bambi" and Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians" and had just as profound an impact in Imagineering, where he helped design iconic attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and America Sings. The Academy holds a series of Marc Davis Lectures, where they discuss some aspect of animation, and this year held the first "away" lecture, this time at Siggraph, the annual conference on computer graphics. At the lecture they assembled nine relatively young men: Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman and Kirk Wise. The theme of the lecture was "Giants' First Steps," and focused on the early student short films by the animators. If you have even a cursory interest in animation, it's something of a must-watch.
- 8/6/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
If you've been to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, you've probably seen the famous “stretching portraits,” a series of paintings which expand to reveal hidden images. That display inspired artist Abraham Lopez to create similar portraits of iconic Batman characters – including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and of course Batman's own team – for his work “Haunted Arkham Asylum.” Recently Laughing Squid showcased Lopez's four panels alongside the Disney Originals (shown above, designed by Marc Davis and painted by Clem Hill) for comparison, and the scenarios are a dead-on homage: Harley balanced over Killer Croc, The Joker holding Scarface, Ivy perched on Ra’s Al Ghul's tombstone, and the Batman family sinking into a pool of Clayface. More of Lopez's excellent work can be found at his DeviantArt and Tumblr pages.
- 4/24/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Cinelinx has a wonderful thought after watching the Peter Pan: Diamond Edition Blu-ray!
The Set-up
Three British children are transported to Neverland, where a young boy named Peter and his band of Lost Boys do battle with the nefarious pirate Captain Hook. Based on the classic children's novel by Sir James Barrie.
The Delivery
Sir James M. Barrie's classic children's novel about the boy who never grew up has seen a number of incarnations, from the original story to a number of silent film and stage adaptations. Walt Disney's animated version, released in 1953, keeps some of the elements of the original story, with a good amount of Disneyfication (for lack of a better term) thrown in.
The fact that Disney softened some of the darker elements, added musical numbers, and changed a few things is hardly a drawback. In fact, it gives this version just the right personality and distinction.
The Set-up
Three British children are transported to Neverland, where a young boy named Peter and his band of Lost Boys do battle with the nefarious pirate Captain Hook. Based on the classic children's novel by Sir James Barrie.
The Delivery
Sir James M. Barrie's classic children's novel about the boy who never grew up has seen a number of incarnations, from the original story to a number of silent film and stage adaptations. Walt Disney's animated version, released in 1953, keeps some of the elements of the original story, with a good amount of Disneyfication (for lack of a better term) thrown in.
The fact that Disney softened some of the darker elements, added musical numbers, and changed a few things is hardly a drawback. In fact, it gives this version just the right personality and distinction.
- 2/5/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
District 9 acting genius Sharlto Copley may be about to take a regal lead role in Disney's forthcoming Maleficent...
Sleeping Beauty is one of Disney's most loved animated features, and Maleficent will be the studio's return to one of its proudest artistic moments - this time, as the title suggests, told from the perspective of that film's 'mistress of all evil', the sorceress Maleficent.
Designed by Marc Davis and voiced by Eleanor Audley, Maleficent's one of Disney's finest antagonists, with her purple-and-black ensemble and ever-present familiar, Diablo.
In the live-action Maleficent movie, Angelina Jolie's confirmed to play the title role, while the latest reports have revealed that District 9's Sharlto Copley will play King Stefan, the father of Princess Aurora - the unfortunate girl who falls victim to Maleficent's wicked curse.
Directing duties will be handled by former production designer Robert Stomberg, whose previous credits include Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
Sleeping Beauty is one of Disney's most loved animated features, and Maleficent will be the studio's return to one of its proudest artistic moments - this time, as the title suggests, told from the perspective of that film's 'mistress of all evil', the sorceress Maleficent.
Designed by Marc Davis and voiced by Eleanor Audley, Maleficent's one of Disney's finest antagonists, with her purple-and-black ensemble and ever-present familiar, Diablo.
In the live-action Maleficent movie, Angelina Jolie's confirmed to play the title role, while the latest reports have revealed that District 9's Sharlto Copley will play King Stefan, the father of Princess Aurora - the unfortunate girl who falls victim to Maleficent's wicked curse.
Directing duties will be handled by former production designer Robert Stomberg, whose previous credits include Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
- 5/4/2012
- Den of Geek
Beverly Hills, CA . The lasting influence of Disney artist Mary Blair will be celebrated through an examination of her concept artwork for “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Pan” in the 1950s during “Mary Blair.s World of Color: A Centennial Tribute,” the latest installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marc Davis Celebration of Animation, on Thursday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Several of today.s top animation talents will discuss Blair.s work as an artist and stylist and will also demonstrate how her work has influenced their own. The panel will be moderated by animation critic and film historian Charles Solomon.
Blair.s unmistakably bold and colorful designs continue to inspire artists in all areas of animation today. Her unique and lasting impact on animation continues to this day, though Blair is best known for her...
Several of today.s top animation talents will discuss Blair.s work as an artist and stylist and will also demonstrate how her work has influenced their own. The panel will be moderated by animation critic and film historian Charles Solomon.
Blair.s unmistakably bold and colorful designs continue to inspire artists in all areas of animation today. Her unique and lasting impact on animation continues to this day, though Blair is best known for her...
- 9/29/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andreas Deja is one of the stars of Disney animation. Having worked for the company for nearly thirty years, he has worked on a huge number of their most incredible works, and is responsible for animating many of their iconic characters, including Roger in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Scar in The Lion King and Tigger in Winnie The Pooh, which is released this week.
Deja recently spoke with HeyUGuys to discuss his career to date, his work on Winnie The Pooh and the unique techniques Disney use in developing and animating a story.
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On his early career at Disney, and their technique of assigning one animator per character
Your career at Disney started with The Black Cauldron, didn’t it?
It was my first assignment. They had just finished Fox and the Hound, so I was not involved with that, and I jumped right on to Black Cauldron.
You were doing you own character there,...
Deja recently spoke with HeyUGuys to discuss his career to date, his work on Winnie The Pooh and the unique techniques Disney use in developing and animating a story.
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On his early career at Disney, and their technique of assigning one animator per character
Your career at Disney started with The Black Cauldron, didn’t it?
It was my first assignment. They had just finished Fox and the Hound, so I was not involved with that, and I jumped right on to Black Cauldron.
You were doing you own character there,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hey gang! Yesterday it was announced that director Guillermo del Toro was going to develop a new horror film for Disney based on the classic Hunted Mansion ride. The movie will obviously be called, The Haunted Mansion. This time around it looks like we are actually going to get a nice old finished horror film, and who better to that then Del Toro? I think it's okay for everyone to get excited about this movie because it's going to be nothing like that crappy Eddie Murphy version. I think it's very cool that Disney is letting Del Toro make this! The kid in me can't help but be incredibly excited.
Here's a full transcript of what Del Toro said at the Comic-Con panel:
I went to Disneyland the first time when I was three years old, and I was a lump of fat about this big. And I fortunately was...
Here's a full transcript of what Del Toro said at the Comic-Con panel:
I went to Disneyland the first time when I was three years old, and I was a lump of fat about this big. And I fortunately was...
- 7/23/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
While Melissa holds down Hall H and the Lr crew takes the stage for the Masters of the Web panel at Comic Con, I'm over in New York is super psyched about Guillermo Del Toro re-booting the marred Haunted Mansion film franchise. Mainly, because the Haunted Mansion is one of my geek obsessions and the Eddie Murphy movie laughed at the very intriguing and Existing plot threads embedded in the Disneyland ride. I’m a big fan of Disneyland, even if the company that runs it occasionally makes NewsCorp look like the lesser of two evils. Despite Walt Disney’s numerous faults (naming names during McCarthyism to bring up the obvious), I like the idea of a man who had enough balls to devise a theme park that went far beyond a carnival, a traveling fair or cheap amusements.Disneyland as an idea, stripped of what it means to be sold childhood memories,...
- 7/22/2010
- LRMonline.com
Child radio star and the voice of Disney's heroine Cinderella
For the American singer Ilene Woods, it was a job of no particular consequence: to record, as a favour to friends, a few demo tapes of songs they were writing for a Walt Disney cartoon film. But the session would lead to her voice being forever associated with one of Disney's enduring heroines, Cinderella.
In 1948, Mack David and Jerry Livingstone asked Woods to record the songs they were writing for a planned animated feature based on the fairytale Cinderella. Woods recorded the Fairy Godmother's magic song, Bibbidi-bobbiddi-boo and Cinderella's songs, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and So This Is Love.
Disney had been auditioning actors to voice his new screen heroine and had rejected between 300 and 400 applicants. When he heard Woods's tapes, he declared Cinderella to have been found and offered her the role. Woods, who...
For the American singer Ilene Woods, it was a job of no particular consequence: to record, as a favour to friends, a few demo tapes of songs they were writing for a Walt Disney cartoon film. But the session would lead to her voice being forever associated with one of Disney's enduring heroines, Cinderella.
In 1948, Mack David and Jerry Livingstone asked Woods to record the songs they were writing for a planned animated feature based on the fairytale Cinderella. Woods recorded the Fairy Godmother's magic song, Bibbidi-bobbiddi-boo and Cinderella's songs, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and So This Is Love.
Disney had been auditioning actors to voice his new screen heroine and had rejected between 300 and 400 applicants. When he heard Woods's tapes, he declared Cinderella to have been found and offered her the role. Woods, who...
- 7/19/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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