Tag: Snow White
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‘Sleeping Beauty’s Protagonist Actually Isn’t Who You’d Expect
Disney’s classics have been well-loved for years, but as Disney princesses continue to change over time and become more active characters in their own films, discussion surrounding princesses in earlier films has become more critical. From Snow White naively taking a bite of a suspicious apple to Cinderella’s passivity in waiting to be rescued, the…
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How WWII Nearly Killed the Release of Disney’s ‘Peter Pan’
1953’s Peter Pan is one of the true classics of the studio — a beautifully animated adaptation of the 1904 play that canonized the story for generations. The movie is not without faults — the depiction of the story’s Native American characters, controversial in most iterations, is incredibly offensive in the film, and the segments…
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10 Animated Disney Classics That Deserve a 4K Restoration
In commemoration of the company’s 100th anniversary, Walt Disney Animation recently debuted a newly restored 4K presentation of 1950s Cinderella on Disney+, with a restoration of the studio’s debut feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs also coming later this Fall. Headlined by art director Michael Giaimo and legendary animator Eric Goldberg, both new editions…
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D23’s Disney Studios Showcase Didn’t Have Much To, Er, Showcase
If there’s one thing to be said for the Disney Studios Showcase at D23 this year, it’s that it gave those of us on the weekend news shift a nice quiet start to Sunday. First, to give some perspective, here’s a quick recap of the headlines from last year’s D23 showcase. The 2022 presentation included the…
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No, Disney Did Not Cancel Its Upcoming Live-Action Snow White Adaptation
When Disney finds a trend that makes money, the company will more or less run it into the ground. If the Marvel Cinematic Universe is doing well, it will continue to churn out feature films and TV miniseries until the market is oversaturated. If “Pirates of the Caribbean” is successful, it will try out all…
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Disney’s Last 2D Animated Movie Isn’t the One You’re Thinking Of
When referring to Walt Disney Animation Studio’s long filmography, most point to 2009’s The Princess and the Frog as the company’s final movie produced in its signature 2D animated style. The New Orleans-set princess musical certainly follows in the aesthetic and narrative footsteps of Snow White, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and other classic Disney movies,…
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‘Jackass’ Star Wee Man Calls Out Hugh Grant Playing an Oompa Loompa in ‘Wonka’
Jason Acuña aka Wee Man has a few thoughts on “Wonka.”The “Jackass Forever” star shared a TikTok video questioning Hugh Grant’s casting as an Oompa Loompa in the upcoming “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel. Timothée Chalamet portrays the titular chocolatier Willy Wonka.“Hugh Grant is now playing an Oompa Loompa? So I guess Hugh Grant,…
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What Happened to Disneytoon Studios?
Today, Disney may be cashing in its largest checks for Marvel and Star Wars projects, but the company’s primary claim to fame has long been animation. Disney continues this tradition today with its two major feature-film animation divisions: Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios— the former being acquired by Disney in 2006 and the latter…
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‘Bambi’: Everything We Know About the Live-Action Remake
Get those tissues ready because The Walt Disney Company is aiming to make audiences everywhere cry their eyes out with an all-new modern reimagining of 1942’s Bambi. Even those who haven’t seen the iconic film are all familiar with the titular naive deer who grows up in a world that is both beautiful and harsh.…
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Succeeds Where Multiverse Of Madness Failed
This post contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.””Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is a triumph, a true miracle of animation, and a monumental film. Watching it today might be the closest thing to what audiences experienced back in the 1930s when Disney’s animated classic “Snow White” first came out.Everything “Into the Spider-Verse” did (which was enough…