Disney’s next big fan convention isn’t an Expo anymore, it’s the ultimate fan EVENT
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by Jordan Poblete
16h ago
Last week when Disney shared details of this year’s D23 Expo, the word “expo” was conspicuously absent in the press releases and branding. It was clear that Disney didn’t want to call the official fan convention the D23 Expo anymore, but why? We specifically were told by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, who has put on the massive fan gatherings for close to two decades, that for the eighth edition of their signature fan convention that they had entirely reimagined the event. It appears that over the years, D23 has taken into account fan feedback and have done their own research on the guest ..read more
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A Nigerian animation studio publically challenged Disney Animation. They then made something together.
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by Jordan Poblete
1w ago
Disney’s studios are known for not soliciting outside help or talent for their projects or supporting other studios. It wasn’t something that the team at a Nigerian animation studio knew at the time, or even cared out. In fact, it was during a BBC interview that the studio did a few years back saying that it wanted to “kick Disney’s arse” when it came to storytelling that got Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative Jennifer Lee “intrigued.” The rest is history as both Kugali Media and the Walt Disney Animation Studios have teamed up to create and distribute Iwaju, a show is set in Lagos a ..read more
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A Wish of Generations: a chat with the multi-generational directors of Disney Animation’s “Wish”
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by Jordan Poblete
2M ago
Underneath the building with the Sorcerer Mickey hat on the Disney lot in Burbank, California are some of the most talented people in the animation world, each one vastly different in life and professional experience. “Yet we all often have the same dream,” said Chris Buck to DisneyExaminer during the press conference for the newest film from the studio, Wish. “And that was to work here,” said Fawn Veerasunthorn in exuberance to Buck. The two of them are the directors of “Wish,” which is due out in theaters this Thanksgiving. Both Veerasunthorn and Buck come from two very different cultural, g ..read more
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A Wish of Generations: the directors of Disney Animation’s “Wish” are
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by Jordan Poblete
4M ago
Underneath the building with the Sorcerer Mickey hat on the Disney lot in Burbank, California are some of the most talented people in the animation world, each one vastly different in life and professional experience. “Yet we all often have the same dream,” said Chris Buck to DisneyExaminer during the press conference for the newest film from the studio, Wish. “And that was to work here,” said Fawn Veerasunthorn in exuberance to Buck. The two of them are the directors of “Wish,” which is due out in theaters this Thanksgiving. Both Veerasunthorn and Buck come from two very different cultural, g ..read more
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Behind The Attraction S2 adds Disney Parks food, nighttime spectaculars, and more irreverent humor
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by Jordan Poblete
5M ago
When the Disney+ show “Behind the Attraction” debuted, it offered a different angle and attitude on the Imagineering story and its people. “These Imagineers are fun and funny. They are really like us!” says the show’s executive producer Brian Volk-Weiss. He returns, along with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s production company, for another season of “Behind The Attraction,” telling the stories of the people and the attractions at Disney Parks around the globe in an appropriately entertaining way and tone that Volk-Weiss says is a signature to their show. As for what attractions the episodes will t ..read more
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How Disney Animation’s “Once Upon A Studio” short became a ‘dream come true’
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by Jordan Poblete
5M ago
When Disney Animation colleagues Trent Corey and Dan Abraham stepped into work one morning, they knew it wasn’t going to be just another morning at the studio. Back in early 2021, the both of them had been hard at work quietly putting together a pitch for their boss and Disney Animation’s chief creative officer, Jennifer Lee, on what was a ‘passion project.’ “We really didn’t think it would be turned into anything, but we knew it was special,” said Abraham during the early press preview of that project. Added Corey, “It was our dream project and hoped it would be Jen’s dream, too.” Both Abraha ..read more
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How “Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards created ‘The Creator’ using indie filmmaking techniques
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by Jordan Poblete
6M ago
Gareth Edwards (director of Star Wars’ “Rogue One“) says that the process of making his newest film “The Creator” was everything but conventional, including his inspiration. “I was on a road trip a few years back and was driving through the midwest (United States). I had my headphones on and looked out the window to see a giant warehouse in the middle of this vast cornfield. It had Japanese lettering on it, and my creative spark went off,” he said during the film’s virtual press conference.  He added that he couldn’t get that image out of his mind, and decided to write to that as a refere ..read more
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Lang Lang chats Disney music, performing in Hollywood for his upcoming Disney+ special
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by Jordan Poblete
6M ago
Lang Lang, the world-renowned classical pianist has found notoriety among classical music circles, playing with proficiency pieces by Bach and Beethoven. Now, he can add Disney to his list of genres he can perform. “Lang Lang Plays Disney” is a new special coming to Disney+ that features a one-night-only concert filmed at London’s Royal Albert Hall with Lang Lang at the piano performing iconic Disney songs from film and TV. Spliced all together with documentary segments, it also explains how and why Lang Lang connected with Disney and how it inspired his musical journey. “Disney music has alwa ..read more
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How Citizen works with Disney to make its premium and beautiful Disney watches
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by Jordan Poblete
8M ago
Just look at the Citizen Watch Company website and you’ll find many timepieces with Disney designs on them. That’s because Disney and Citizen have shared a collaboration for many years. Among the most recent collaborations was a watch that shows Mickey Mouse as an astronaut that is now out as part of Citizen’s Disney100 Collection. We recently connected with Disney artist Jeff Shelly who designed the Mickey Mouse Astronaut watch for Citizen to chat about his graphic design, working with both companies, and what it’s like to design for watches. See our interview below, which was edited slightly ..read more
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The art and science of the elements in Pixar’s “Elemental”
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by Jordan Poblete
8M ago
When director Pete Sohn was first dreaming up his original tale for Pixar’s next feature film with “Elemental“, he found that using the elements like fire and water would be the basics for his characters. That in itself presented a great yet exciting challenge for the teams who needed to take Sohn’s rough sketches and turn them into three-dimensional quality Pixar characters. This rather technical challenge isn’t new to the Pixar tech teams who have made rather glorious things like creating individual digital hairs for Sully in “Monsters Inc.” and creating a physics for the metaphysical world ..read more
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