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First Look: Disney’s ‘Ballad of Nessie’ Hi-Res Stills

Posted on March 14, 2011 by bradmin Leave a comment

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Walt Disney Animation Studios has provided us with hi-res stills from its upcoming short titled, The Ballad of Nessie, which will appear alongside Winnie the Pooh when it debuts this summer, on July 15, 2011.

Narrated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly and directed by the Emmy® Award-winning team of Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters (‘Prep & Landing,’ ‘Operation Secret Santa’ and the 2007 Goofy short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater), The Ballad of Nessie is animated in classic Disney hand-drawn style. Written by Wermers-Skelton, Deters, and Regina Conroy, the film is produced by Dorothy McKim and Tamara Boutcher, and features a musical score by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille, Up). Animation on ‘Nessie’ was supervised by five of Disney’s top talents: Andreas Deja, Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, Dale Baer and Ruben A. Aquino.

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CONFIRMED: ‘Ballad of Nessie’ Attached to ‘Winnie the Pooh’

Posted on March 4, 2011 by bradmin Leave a comment

Walt Disney Studios has confirmed what we first speculated back in October 2010, that the Walt Disney Animation Studios short, The Ballad of Nessie will be the lead-in to Winnie the Pooh when it opens in theaters on July 15, 2011.

Narrated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly and directed by the Emmy® Award-winning team of Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters (‘Prep & Landing,’ ‘Operation Secret Santa’ and the 2007 Goofy short, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater), The Ballad of Nessie is animated in classic Disney hand-drawn style. Written by Wermers-Skelton, Deters, and Regina Conroy, the film is produced by Dorothy McKim and Tamara Boutcher, and features a musical score by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille, Up). Animation on ‘Nessie’ was supervised by five of Disney’s top talents: Andreas Deja, Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, Dale Baer and Ruben A. Aquino.

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‘Winnie the Pooh’ Domestic Teaser Poster (Hi-Res)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by bradmin Leave a comment

Yesterday, Yahoo! Movies debuted the domestic teaser poster for Winnie the Pooh which opens in theaters nationwide on July 15, 2011. Today, we are fortunate to have received a hi-res version of the poster provided to us by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Based on original tales by creator A.A. Milne (‘In Which Eeyore Loses His Tale, ‘In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day’ and ‘In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole’), Winnie the Pooh stars the voice talents of Jim Cummings (Pooh/Tigger), Craig Ferguson (Owl), Tom Kenny, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey (Eeyore), is directed by Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall and features all new music composed by Henry Jackman with lyrics by Robert and Kristen Lopez along with a whole new take on the classic theme by Zooey Deschanel.

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‘Winnie the Pooh’ Fun Facts, Character Model Sheets, Concept Art and More!

Posted on February 7, 2011 by bradmin Leave a comment

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Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios have provided us with an extraordinary number of character model sheets, concept art and even new stills in honor of its return to the Hundred Acre Wood in Winnie the Pooh which will be in theaters nationwide on July 15, 2011.

They’ve also provided us with some ‘fun facts’ regarding the movie and some of the magic that went into producing it, beginning with some of the original Pooh stories by A.A. Milne that inspired the new film.

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First Look: ‘Winnie the Pooh’ International Teaser Poster

Posted on January 6, 2011 by bradmin Leave a comment

From movieposters.com via IMPAwards comes this first look at an international teaser poster for Winnie the Pooh from Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Marking the studio’s first return to the Hundred Acre Wood in nearly four decades, Winnie the Pooh finds its inspiration in five of the original tales by creator A.A. Milne woven together into one new classic.

Winnie the Pooh stars the voice talents of Jim Cummings (Pooh/Tigger), Craig Ferguson (Owl), Tom Kenny, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey (Eeyore), is directed by Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall and features all new music composed by Henry Jackman with lyrics by Robert and Kristen Lopez along with a whole new take on the classic theme by Zooey Deschanel. It will be released in theaters nationwide on July 15, 2011.

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Video: Walt Disney Animation Studios Celebrates Fifty Animated Classics

Posted on November 24, 2010 by bradmin Leave a comment

In honor of today’s release of its fiftieth animated film, Tangled, Walt Disney Animation Studios takes a couple of minutes to look back at the fifty animated films its produced over the past seven (and nearly a half) decades, starring with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The video is set to Dreams by Brandi Carlile.

Disney’s Tangled stars the vocal talents of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy and is now playing in theaters nationwide. For additional information on Disney’s Tangled including personal appearance photos, clips, featurettes, stills, Grace Potter’s performance of the end-title song ‘Something That I Want’ and more, follow this live bookmark.

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Multiple Emmy Award Winning ‘Prep & Landing’ Returns with All New Short and Half Hour Special

Posted on October 11, 2010 by bradmin Leave a comment

“Prep &Landing” returns this season with an all new 7-Minute animated short, “Operation: Secret Santa,” airing on ABC in December, while the half-hour animated special, “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice,” debuts in 2011. “Prep & Landing” became an instant favorite with viewers and emerged as TV’s number 1 holiday special in the 2009 season. It was also the highest kids rating (kids 2-11/ 7.5/23), for any primetime telecast on broadcast TV in 2009. The special went on to win four Emmy Awards.

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Speculation: Disney’s ‘The Ballad of Nessie’ May Be In Theaters Alongside ‘Winnie the Pooh,’ Summer 2011

Posted on October 7, 2010 by bradmin 1 Comment

In 2008, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced an initiative to re-introduce the practice of animated shorts, particularly leading into full-length theatrical features due, in part, to the success of Disney/Pixar’s famed shorts lead-ins.

One of the announced projects was one that immediately caught the attention and affections of many a Disney fan, that being of The Ballad of Nessie. Directed by Stevie Wermers and Kevin Deters, the 2D short is described by the studio as having ‘art direction evocative of the Disney shorts from the 1940s and 50s’ and being ‘the honest to goodness true tale of Loch Ness and its most famous resident.’

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Disney and Pixar Innovations Considered for Scientific Achievement Academy Awards

Posted on August 20, 2010 by bradmin Leave a comment

The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 15 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration, three of which have been created between Disney and Pixar. Although the list has been published, it’s completely preliminary and further innovations are being invited to be considered. The committee will meet in December to make recommendations to Academy’s Board of Governors, which will make the final awards decisions.

Among those devices and processes being considered are Pixar Animation Studios’ Misterd and Alfred (a job queuing and distributing rendering system) and XGen, an arbitrary primitive generator from Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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Rapunzel Paints the Tower Red in New Concept Art from Disney’s ‘Tangled’

Posted on August 6, 2010 by bradmin Leave a comment

On the official Facebook page for Tangled, Walt Disney Animation Studios has shared this new piece of concept art which shows how Rapunzel has opted to bide her time as an avid painted for 18 years locked in the tower.

As a plus, it would also seem to double as fine target practice for her chameleon pal, Pascal.

For all of our coverage on Disney’s Tangled, which includes more concept art, video and first looks at many of the upcoming toys inspired by the film, please follow this bookmark.

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