Are Princess movies coming to an end at Disney?

The LA Times had a front page story yesterday reporting Disney Animation is closing the book on fairy tales, saying:

"…the curtain is falling on “princess movies,” which have been a part of Disney Animation’s heritage since the 1937 debut of its first feature film, “Snow White.” The studio’s Wednesday release of “Tangled,” a contemporary retelling of the Rapunzel story, will be the last fairy tale produced by Disney’s animation group for the foreseeable future.

“Films and genres do run a course,” said Pixar Animation Studios chief Ed Catmull, who along with director John Lasseter oversees Disney Animation. “They may come back later because someone has a fresh take on it … but we don’t have any other musicals or fairy tales lined up.” Indeed, Catmull and Lasseter killed two other fairy tale movies that had been in development, “The Snow Queen” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” "

- Read the entire article and get the link to the LA Times article from Cartoon Brew.

Walking Dead 13 - this Tuesday!

Why wait for Wednesday - Walking Dead 13 will be in shop and on sale starting Tuesday this week.

Wolverine anime site launches

Go here to check out the newly unveiled Japanese site for the upcoming Wolverine anime which includes a short new teaser trailer!

Dan Santat on Compostion

Excellent lesson on composition from children's book illustrator Dan Santat. I recently picked up a copy of his awesome book 'OH NO!' and was turned on to his great art. Next I found his blog, which is full of cool stuff including this great lesson on composition. You can find it here.

There's also these great trailers for the book:



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and finally, this VIDEO PORTFOLIO OF Dan's work:

Hatsune Miku in concert!

Here's some footage of virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku doing a 'live' concert for fans! Miku's singing is generated from technology called VOCALOID by Yahama, where composers can insert lyrics and tune them high and low according to the notes and have the computer sing for you! The concerts use 3D animated characters for projected images onto mesh screens to give the appearance of the character dancing and singing on stage. I personally can't wait for a Sharon Apple concert someday in the future!

SUPER Clip

If you liked Kick Ass, this film is definately worth looking into.
Dramatic, funny and insane all at the same time. Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page..

Arrived this week.