Master animator Hayao Miyazaki has created 18 films, which he thinks of as his children
Disasters have a unique ability to capture our attention, and as a result, they often serve as useful turning points in human history.
Dark glasses are de rigueur on the sun-kissed French Riviera, but this year glamorous cineastes attending the opening night of Cannes were matching another kind of face wear with their tuxedoes and designer dresses.
"Bolt" is Disney's first animated feature since Pixar guru John Lasseter took over the company's animation division, so it's no surprise the voice cast is loaded with top talent. John Travolta makes his voice actor debut in the title role, "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus plays Bolt's owner and friend, and then there's 13-year Disney veteran Mark Walton.
A look at 'Bolt'
updated: Mon Nov 24 2008 08:24:00
CNN takes a look at the making of the new animated movie "Bolt".
Myleene Klass looks at the growing competition of the animated film industry
From bedroom creators to big studios, hand-drawn to CGI, animation has charmed and entertained children -- and, increasingly, adults -- for many years. The Screening Room went to Annecy in France to discover the secrets of success in animated films...
This month, the Screening Room celebrates the release of "The Simpsons Movie" with its top 10 animated feature films. From Disney to Ghibli, Buzz to Beauty, we've picked our favorites - the ones that have charmed us, touched us and made us laugh out loud.
Apple Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs, whose company's stock-options practices are already the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission probe, agreed to a large stock-options grant to a key filmmaker at his Pixar Animation Studios in 2001 as well, according to a published report.
When Disney bought Pixar, the upstart studio took over the creative direction of Disney's own once-renowned, now-flailing animation operations . For Iger, the deal is a bet-the-house gamble to save Disney animation from creative oblivion. For Pixar (and now Disney) animation head John Lasseter, who once got fired by Disney, it is sweet vindication.
A couple of weeks before the Pixar deal was finalized, Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke with Brent Schlender in Iger's Burbank, Calif., office.
Fortune: Pixar's magic manupdated: Mon May 15 2006 14:50:00
Here's the scene: It's 3 P.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Sound Stage 7 on the studio lot of Walt Disney Co. in Burbank. Five hundred cartoon people - artists, producers, voice artists, etc. - are jammed into the warehouse-like building, murmuring and fidgeting in anticipation.
Fortune: Pixar's Magic Manupdated: Mon May 15 2006 14:49:00
HERE'S THE SCENE: It's 3 P.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Sound Stage 7 on the studio lot of Walt Disney Co. in Burbank. Five hundred cartoon people--artists, producers, voice artists, etc.--are jammed into the warehouse-like building, murmuring and fidgeting in anticipation. Just yesterday, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Pixar chairman Steve Jobs announced a surprise $7.4 billion deal in which Pixar Animation Studios, which brought the world the Toy Story movies, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles, would become a wholly-owned part of Disney. The deal is surprising because Pixar's longtime distribution pact with Disney fell apart in acrimony and is due to expire after the release in June of Cars, a kaleidoscopic celebration of racing, Route 66, and life in the slow lane. But in an amazing plot twist, not only is Pixar becoming part of Disney, but the upstart studio is also taking over the creative direction of Disney's own flailing animation operations--the people in this very room! For Iger, the deal is a bet-the-ho...
Since Steve Jobs agreed to sell Pixar to Disney for $7.4 billion, speculation has abounded about his motives, in particular whether he is plotting someday to vie for the crown now worn by Disney CE...
Fortune: What Jobs wantsupdated: Tue Feb 07 2006 05:53:00
Since Steve Jobs agreed to sell Pixar to Disney for $7.4 billion, speculation has abounded about his motives, in particular whether he is plotting someday to vie for the crown now worn by Disney CEO Robert Iger.
The Mickey Mouse Club may soon have a prominent new member...and Walt Disney investors couldn't be more delighted.
It's a percolating Monday folks ...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The Mickey Mouse Club may soon have a prominent new member...and Walt Disney investors couldn't be more delighted.
EVERY PIXAR MOVIE has unsung heroes, from the whiny dinosaur in Toy Story to Violet, the sullen and insecure teenage superhero in Pixar's latest 3-D extravaganza, The Incredibles, which hits U.S. t...
Learning about new technologies and markets is what makes this fun for me. The truth is, we would get bored otherwise. Five or six years ago, we didn't know anything about video editing, so we boug...
ABOUT A DOZEN years ago, way back when Steve Jobs still ran Apple Computer, an irreverent underling first used the expression "reality distortion field'' to describe the beguilingly rosy scenarios ...
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