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Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray details

July 10, 2008 / / 0 Comments

When Walt Disney’s beloved animated classic, Sleeping Beauty was presented 50 years ago for the first time in an all new Super Technirama 70 format, it mesmerized audiences and critics alike. Now in 2008, this classic fairytale is poised to do the same for a whole new generation to enjoy when it is reawakened in a special BD Live enabled 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray Disc, releasing October 7, 2008. Additionally, the film has been packaged to include a bonus DVD of the movie.

Sleeping Beauty will support Disney’s BD Live Network which combines chat, video streaming, online messaging, communal gaming and more.

Disney’s BD Live Network will allow viewers to: Chat on-screen in real-time with friends while watching a movie screen-by-screen; Record personalized video greetings that appears on-screen over a pre-selected scene in a movie; Play real-time interactive or strategy games against single and/or multiple groups of people; And much more.

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Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Vol. 6 details

July 10, 2008 / / 0 Comments

The concluding release from the Golden Collection Series is a 4-disc set with 60 more Looney Tunes. Plus, 15 bonus shorts to make this the biggest collection of Looney Tunes so far. Some have never before been on home video. The DVD set will be released on October 21, 2008.

Episodes:
DISC ONE: Looney Tunes All Stars
HARE TRIGGER
TO DUCK….. OR NOT TO DUCK
BIRTH OF A NOTION
MY LITTLE DUCKAROO
CROWING PAINS
RAW! RAW! ROOSTER
HEAVEN SCENT
MY FAVORITE DUCK
JUMPIN’ JUPITER
SATAN’S WAITIN’
HOOK, LINE AND STINKER
BEAR FEAT
DOG GONE SOUTH
A HAM IN A ROLE
OFTEN AN ORPHAN

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Interview with Batman: Gotham Knight’s Ana Ortiz

July 8, 2008 / / 0 Comments

As one of the stars of the ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” Ana Ortiz plays Hilda Suarez, big sister to the title character. Today, Ortiz does a 180 from her current role by voicing gritty detective Anna Ramirez in the DC Universe original animated film “Batman Gotham Knight.” The film is available today, July 8, on DVD, Blu-Ray and OnDemand.

Ortiz took a few moments to discuss her role as detective Anna Ramirez.

Question: What were your impressions of your “Batman Gotham Knight” segments?

Ana Ortiz: I loved them – and I wanted more! This was one of my first real voiceovers and, to do it for Batman, that was quite an honor. My husband and all of his cartoony friends were really into it – they all watched my copy of the movie and dug it. I have to admit that it’s fun being in something that my guy friends could get into. So now I’ve got my macho cred, too.

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Toy Story Midway Mania Interview

July 7, 2008 / / 0 Comments

The fine folks over at Upcoming Pixar had a chance to interview John Lasseter at Disney’s California Adventure in regards to the new Toy Story Midway Mania attraction.

UpcomingPixar: I’ve heard Pete Docter and others say that while making “Toy Story” many people at Pixar were thinking about the day the characters might end up in the Disney parks. How staggering is it to see the journey of what you’ve done with the “Toy Story” characters, how far they’ve come and the growth of all the Pixar attractions?

John Lasseter: The fact that I worked at Disneyland, that I grew up a half-hour away and came here all the time, to see the characters I’ve created come alive in the parks, it’s been so unbelievable. But then what’s even more exciting to me is to turn around and look at the faces of the kids and families looking at your characters. To see how these characters have touched these families.

Think about it, ‘Toy Story’ came out in ’95, it’s 2008 — that’s 13 years ago. So a 13-year-old right now doesn’t know a world that didn’t have ‘Toy Story’ in it. That’s two generations of kids — because Walt Disney believed that every seven years there was another generation of children — that means we’re almost on that second generation of children.

Read the entire interview at Upcoming Pixar.

Family Guy creator working on web series

June 30, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Google has teamed up with the creator of Family Guy to create two minute episodes of a new cartoon called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy”, an animation series which will appear exclusively on the Internet.

Using AdSense advertising system, Google plans to syndicate the program to thousands of Web sites in September.

Advertising will be integrated in various ways including preroll ads, brought to you by links and bottom third ads. According to the New York Times, this deal between Google and MacFarlane is one of the largest ever for AdSense.

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New Batman: Gotham Knight video

June 30, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Batman: Gotham Knight is a new entry into the Batman mythos, spinning out of a 40-year history in animation including the Emmy-winning Batman: The Animated Series, widely considered a pivotal moment in American animation.

A cross section of distinguished creators, award winning producers, and acclaimed writers weave six interlocking stories that reveal Bruce Wayne’s journey to Dark Knight, each with stylish art from some of the world’s most revered animation visionaries

Batman: Gotham Knight will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8th, 2008.

WALL-E debuts at No. 1

June 29, 2008 / / 0 Comments

WALL-E, Pixar’s ninth movie, debuted at No. 1 with $63,087,526 in ticket sales! Congrats to everyone at Pixar on a job well done! Below are the opening weekend numbers for all of Pixar’s movies.

In order of release:
Toy Story – $29,140,617
A Bug’s Life – $33,258,052
Toy Story 2 – $57,388,839
Monsters Inc. – $62,577,067
Finding Nemo – $70,251,710
The Incredibles – $70,467,623
Cars – $60,119,509
Ratatouille – $47,027,395
WALL-E – $63,087,526

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Ratatouille composer signs on to score Pixar’s “Up”

June 27, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Disney has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that Michael Giacchino, who scored The Incredibles and Ratatouille, has signed on compose the score for Up, their tenth animated film scheduled for theatrical release on May 29, 2008.

Up, directed by Pete Docter (director of Monsters Inc.) and Bob Peterson (Pixar writer), tells the story of a man in his seventies who travels the world fighting off villains and still makes it home for dinner.

Let the hype begin!

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‘The Tale of Despereaux’ Debut Trailer

June 26, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Release date: December 19, 2008.

The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of four unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father’s grief; and Mig, a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer.

Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books — reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens.

Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro’s friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig.

After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can rescue her, and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor.

In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: what you look like doesn’t equal what you are.

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