Once upon a time, in the year 1987, Disney was in production of their big animated project, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Then chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and vice president Peter Schneider asked the associate producer of...
In the fall of 2001, after already making their mark in both film and animation history, Pixar would premiere their fourth film, Monsters, Inc., to an eager public. But the story doesn’t stop there. Creation...
In 1939, Walt Disney bought the screen rights to a newly published children’s book by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. What Walt saw in this simple book was the chance to produce a very...
In the summer of 1951, Walt Disney would at last release his adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic story Alice in Wonderland. Let’s go down the rabbit hole of history and see how this film...
In 1967, Walt Disney Productions purchased the screen rights to an award winning book by Daniel P. Mannix called The Fox and the Hound. However, actual work on it as an animated film didn’t...
In the summer of 1986 and one year after the disastrous release of The Black Cauldron, Walt Disney Pictures would release a new animated film, The Great Mouse Detective. But it’s history is no mystery. Leap...
On June 18th, audience will be enchanted by the newest Pixar film, Luca. The new movie about two best friends who turn out to be sea monsters will no doubt become a favorite with fans...
In the summer of 2006, Disney would distribute Pixar’s seventh animated film, Cars. This movie would tell a simple story of a hot rod racecar that would get lost on his destination, but learn...
In 1996, Walt Disney Pictures would release one it’s most daring animated films, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A dark but simple adaptation of a classic elaborate novel. One Bottle of Ink The book, Notre Dame de...
Twenty years ago, Disney’s most ambitious animated film at that time, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), was released. But the story behind the story was another ambitious adventure. Call to Adventure In 1996, a...
