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: THANK GOD! I love CGI, but Disney is at its
: most "Classic" with a Musical
: beautifully animated in 2-D, in my humble
: opinion! AND IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY DID A
: FEATURE FILM WITH A BLACK LEAD! Took them
: long enough! Hopefully they do it right...
: if they don't they risk shoving another bomb
: like "Home on the Range" in the
: theaters. I hope they stick with the
: formula that has worked for the Classic
: films... Excellently drawing and painted
: art, and NOT the current theatrical trend of
: silly, stupid, odd shaped animals that just
: make for a one-note, drag-on jokes complete
: with farting gags, etc.
:
: DO IT RIGHT DISNEY! The future of Excellent
: 2-D animation may be at stake!
:
: ARTICLE: Disney Animation Returns to Roots
: Industry News, Scoop, Friday, March 09, 2007
:
: CBS MarketWatch and other news outlets have
: reported that The Walt Disney Company will
: return to traditional two-dimensional
: animation, reversing a corporate policy
: pursued by former CEO Michael Eisner as too
: costly. The announcement came at the
: company's annual stockholders meeting, which
: was held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
:
: “It will be Walt Disney's first foray into
: traditional, two-dimensional animation --
: the medium that propelled the company to
: prominence under its founder and namesake --
: since the 2004 effort Home on the Range,
: which fizzled at the box office,” the site
: said.
:
: The Frog Princess will be the first new
: animated feature created under the
: administration of Robert Iger, Eisner's
: successor, who has undertaken substantial
: efforts to inject life into the company's
: core businesses and relationships. The film
: is set for a 2009 release.
:
: “This movie is going to be classic Disney,
: but you've never seen this before,” the site
: quoted John Lasseter, the creative chief of
: Pixar, who now oversees all of Disney's
: animation operations, as saying.
:
: Pixar films, of course, have dominated
: Disney's successful animated business for
: years with such features as Toy Story, A
: Bugs Life, The Incredibles, and mostly
: recently Cars.
:
: The Frog Princess will be a return to the
: animated musical genre and, in a Disney
: first, will feature an African-American lead
: character.
:
: According to the company's press release,
: The Frog Princess is based on an original
: story written by Disney's acclaimed
: filmmaking duo John Musker & Ron
: Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin,
: Hercules), who will also direct.
: Oscar-winning songwriter-composer and New
: Orleans native Randy Newman (Toy Story, A
: Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and
: Cars) will write songs and the score for
: this project. Peter Del Vecho, a 12-year
: Disney animation veteran, will produce.
: SOURCE:
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: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=14774&si=121
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