Carrying the Banner: A Newsies Celebration
In 1991, cameras started to roll on a new Disney movie called Newsies. Little did any know that this simple project would eventually reach such new heights that Disney decided to take another step with...
Author: Daniel Alpine
Hip Hip Pooh-Ray: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at 45
In the spring of 1977, Walt Disney Productions would release a film that was made in an unorthodox way. But that’s only half of the story… Beginnings In 1924, author A.A. Milne would publish...
Turning Red: The Story Behind the Story
This spring, Disney will release Pixar’s 25th movie, Turning Red. The new story is about a tween girl named Mei who becomes a giant red panda when she feels a strong emotion because of her...
Something There: Beauty and the Beast at 30
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...
We Scare Because We Care: Monsters, Inc. 20 Years Later
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...
An Elephant Flies: Dumbo 80th Anniversary
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...
Down the Rabbit Hole: Disney’s Alice in Wonderland 70 Years Later
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...
Best of Friends: The Fox and the Hound 40th Anniversary
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...
On the Case: The Great Mouse Detective at 35
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...
Disney & Pixar’s Luca: The Story Behind The Story
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...
