Tag: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Judi Dench as a Cow Couldn’t Save Disney’s Animated Western Box Office Bomb
If Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was “the one that started it all,” Home on the Range was (briefly) “the one that ended it all” for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Released in April 2004, this title was briefly most famous for being the last-ever hand-drawn animated title from this studio. 2D animation had put…
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Cool Stuff: Disney Celebrates 100 Years With 100 Animated Films In One Blu-Ray Collection
Since the Writers Guild of American and Screen Actors Guild are both still on strike, this year’s Destination D23 convention down in Orlando, Florida didn’t really have much of anything to showcase. Sure, the studio showed some footage from Disney’s upcoming animated movie “Wish,” and they announced that “Haunted Mansion” would be hitting Disney+ in…
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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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‘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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10 Best Don Bluth Villains, Ranked By Evilness
After seeing a screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Donald Virgil Bluth taught himself how to be an animator. He eventually got his dream job working at Disney, but by the 1970s, the company had lost much of its magic and was more focused on cutting costs. This led to Bluth leading a…
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10 Best Final Battles and Climaxes in Disney Animated Movies, Ranked
For many people, the animated cataloge of the Walt Disney Corporation were some of the first movies they grew up with. Since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs first aired in 1937, they have inspired, entertained, and touched many generations with the power of their writing, character, animation, and music. Chances are, these movies will…
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Was Walt Disney’s Biggest Box Office Gamble
(Welcome to 100 Years of Disney Magic, a series examining the history, achievements, and legacy of The Walt Disney Company over the last century. Part 5, “Silly Symphonies: The Oscar-Winning Disney Animation Series That The Studio Forgot” looked at the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed shorts the studio produced in the ’30s. In Part 6, we finally…
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10 Most Overdone Tropes in Disney Movies
For nearly a century, The Walt Disney Company has released dozens of films, starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, with several films from Disney, Pixar and Marvel on the way. But for a company that began with a princess fairytale and its next notable release being a princess fairytale, odds are…
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10 Runners Up That Could Have Won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Since the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, animation has grown into a diverse medium of storytelling. There are now dozens of animated films coming out each year, ranging from adaptations of fairy-tales from Disney to raunchy adult-oriented stories like Sausage Party. In 1991, Beauty and the Beast would become the…
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Peter Dinklage Said the Seven Dwarfs Are an Insult, but the Reality Is More Complex
Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage has made a point of refusing to take stereotypical roles commonly reserved for little people (LP), but he’s never been one to address the challenges that he and other LP actors face in Hollywood. That changed during an interview on Marc Maron’s January 24 “Wtf” podcast. During a conversation regarding Disney’s…