Tag: Tangled
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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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The Daily Stream: Tangled And Its Princess With A Frying Pan
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Tangled“Where You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: In the early 19th century, fairytale collectors the Brothers Grimm recorded and published a version of the German…
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TV, Interrupted: Galavant Was A (Glorious) Fairy Tale Cliché
(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)The theme calls it out from the jump: ABC’s “Galavant” is a fairy tale cliché. Created by Dan Fogelman, who reunited with “Tangled” collaborators Alan Menken…
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A Comprehensive Theory of Jonathan Glazer’s Oeuvre, and How New Short ‘Strasbourg 1518’ Connects
During a globally stressful moment like this one, it is tempting to read prophecy into even the most anodyne relics of the Before Times. But you don’t have to see an image of a giant coronavirus in a billboard behind Captain America, or freak out that a long-haired, quarantined Rapunzel lives in a kingdom called…
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‘Frozen 2’ Director of Story Marc Smith on Heading ‘Into the Unknown’ for Disney+ Documentary
Marc Smith has a storied history at Disney Animation. He began work as an intern at the Florida animation satellite studio, housed inside the Magic of Disney Animation attraction at what was then a young Disney-mgm Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios), working as a in-betweener on Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, before graduating…
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Composer/Songwriter Alan Menken Joins ‘Spellbound’ Feature for John Lasseter’s Skydance Animation
The John Lasseter-led Skydance Animation feature slate is coming together more than a year after he left Disney/Pixar amid workplace sexual harassment allegations, with director Vicky Jenson (“Shrek”) helming a musical fantasy titled “Spellbound” (working title), about a young girl breaking the spell that has split her kingdom in two. Disney musical legend Alan Menken…
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Skydance Media buys animation unit of Spain’s Ilion Studios
Creative talent roster includes Shrek director Vicky Jenson, Tangled’s Nathan Greno.Skydance Media has acquired the animation unit of Madrid-based Ilion Studios to form Skydance Animation Madrid led by John Lasseter.The strategic acquisition combines Skydance’s creative capital and Ilion’s talent and creates a combined workforce of close to 500 employees.Lasseter and Holly Edwards lead Skydance Animation,…
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Concept Art: Tokyo DisneySea’s “Fantasy Springs” Looks Like Pandora Without ‘Avatar’
Today, The Oriental Land Company, which owns the Tokyo Disney Resort and licenses its theme park imagery from The Walt Disney Company, announced that its expansion of Tokyo DisneySea will be called Fantasy Springs. The new land will feature Tangled, Frozen, and Peter Pan-related areas, and now they’ve released some concept art which reveals how…
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New ‘Kingdom Hearts III’ Trailer Calls in the Big (Hero 6) Guns
You’ll have to wait until the New Year for the arrival of Square Enix’s latest franchise hit, Kingdom Hearts III, but you can check out a new look at the upcoming game today. This new trailer, which happens to be in Japanese but promises English audio to come in the final game, introduces the heroes…
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Film News Roundup: Sam Rockwell to Voice Gorilla in Angelina Jolie’s ‘One and Only Ivan’
In today’s film news, Sam Rockwell will be the voice of a gorilla named Ivan, fan organization Legion M partners with Dean Devlin on “Bad Samaritan,” and the director of “Tangled” gets a new gig.CastingOscar nominee Sam Rockwell has signed on to voice a silverback gorilla named Ivan, the lead character in Disney’s drama “The…