For the Disney+ program “Sketchbook,” Gabby Capili was told she could choose any Disney character she wanted to draw and for her, it was Kuzco from “The Emperor’s New Groove.” She recalls, “That’s my main guy. I say in the episode that it was the first Disney movie that I saw in theaters. I was pulled out of school and it was a very special memory for me.” The artist joins Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: TV Animation panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). In addition to the experience, she also loved the performances of the voice actors and how the characters would constantly break the fourth wall. “It’s just a very funny movie and I relate to the character a lot because he starts out very self-obsessed, but he learns throughout the course of the story that the power of friendship…makes you a better person.
- 5/27/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
“Sketchbook,” Disney’s six-part documentary series devoted to the art of hand-drawn animation (streaming April 27 on Disney+), arrives as the studio embarks on the welcome return of traditional 2D — just ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2023. Produced by the team behind “Chef’s Table” and Walt Disney Animation Studios (via executive producer Amy Astley), the series provides an intimate look at six Disney artists and their distinctive talents and passions as they draw favorite iconic characters. It’s more than instructional — it’s a journey into their styles and personalities and overcoming personal obstacles. Story artist Gabby Capili (“Encanto”) draws Kuzco from “The Emperor’s New Groove,” 2D animator-director Eric Goldberg draws The Genie from “Aladdin,” 2D animator Mark Henn draws Simba from “The Lion King,” visual development artist Jin Kim draws Captain Hook from “Peter Pan,” supervising animator Hyun Min Lee draws Olaf from “Frozen,” and story artist Samantha Vilfort...
- 4/20/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Sketchbook Trailer — Disney+‘s Sketchbook (2022) TV mini-series trailer has been released. The Sketchbook trailer stars Eric Goldberg, Samantha Vilfort, Hyun Min Lee, Gabby Capili, Jin Kim, and Mark Henn. Crew Name Leanne Dare, Andrew McAllister, and Jason Sterman directed Sketchbook. Michael Dean Parsons and Scott Michael Smith created the music for the film. [...]
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- 3/22/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Starz has unveiled the trailer and key art for “Gaslit,” its limited series that tackles the Watergate scandal. The show focuses on the perspective of Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), the wife of Richard Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell (Sean Penn). “Gaslit” will debut on Starz’s digital platform at midnight on April 24, with a linear debut the same day at 8 p.m. Et.
Roberts is on fire in the trailer, Arkansas accent and all, as a political storm swirls around her, and Penn is nearly unrecognizable in his prosthetics and hair pieces. At one point, John slaps Martha across the face, to which she responds by slapping him back, adding, “My momma slapped me harder than that.”
Martha was the first person to publicly blow the whistle on Nixon’s involvement in the infamous scandal, which kicked off an avalanche of political and personal consequences. John was Nixon’s close advisor and friend,...
Roberts is on fire in the trailer, Arkansas accent and all, as a political storm swirls around her, and Penn is nearly unrecognizable in his prosthetics and hair pieces. At one point, John slaps Martha across the face, to which she responds by slapping him back, adding, “My momma slapped me harder than that.”
Martha was the first person to publicly blow the whistle on Nixon’s involvement in the infamous scandal, which kicked off an avalanche of political and personal consequences. John was Nixon’s close advisor and friend,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Sasha Urban, Wilson Chapman and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
Disney’s charming short film up for an Oscar this year, Paperman, is a nostalgic return to the tradition of 2-D, hand-drawn animation that also embraces what modern 3-D animation technology has to offer.
The short is a little urban fairy tale about a man who attempts to capture the attention of the woman of his dreams with paper airplanes he launches from his skyscraper office to hers. It was made with new in-house software called Meander that enables a hybrid approach to animation, where characters and backgrounds are drawn over an initial digital layer.
To see that innovative new animation method in action,...
The short is a little urban fairy tale about a man who attempts to capture the attention of the woman of his dreams with paper airplanes he launches from his skyscraper office to hers. It was made with new in-house software called Meander that enables a hybrid approach to animation, where characters and backgrounds are drawn over an initial digital layer.
To see that innovative new animation method in action,...
- 2/10/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside Movies
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