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The Most Unlikely Actors in Disney Animated Features
28 May 2013 5:11 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the G-rated world of a Disney animated feature?
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
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- Moviefone Staff
The Most Unlikely Actors in Disney Animated Features
28 May 2013 5:11 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the G-rated world of a Disney animated feature?
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely »
- Moviefone Staff
Miley Cyrus Revealed In "V"
24 May 2013 6:52 AM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Sneak Peek revealing new images of actress/singer Miley Cyrus, posing for photographer Mario Testino in the latest issue of "V" Magazine :
Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).
In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.
Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the Us.
To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of »
- Michael Stevens
Douglas, Freeman, De Niro & Kline In Oap Hangover ‘Last Vegas’ First Trailer
16 May 2013 11:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
A quadruple threat of Academy Award winners are getting together to show The Wolfpack how it’s done in Last Vegas. Michael Douglas is about to get married, therefor his childhood friends are going to help him “party like it’s 1959″. WIth buddies Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline, this is surely worth a watch for the camaraderie of such seasoned professionals in a plot that seems to echo The Hangover.
It certainly looks fun, but how much will it rely on the old people doing young people tropes? Hopefully nobody is going to bust into a rap. Jon Turteltaub, the man behind 3 Ninjas, Cool Runnings, and the National Treasure films, directs from a script by Adam Brooks (Definitely Maybe, Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, Wimbledon) and Dan Fogelman (Cars, Bolt, Crazy Stupid Love).
Last Vegas will be released in the Us on 1st November and in the UK on 20th December. »
- Luke Ryan Baldock
Disney retreats from Princess Merida makeover after widespread criticism
16 May 2013 3:51 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
'Glam' version of character from Pixar animation Brave removed from Disney website after creator describes it as 'horrible'
Disney has been forced to remove a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave from its official website following a high-profile campaign.
Red-headed teenage tomboy Merida had been given a makeover in advance of her induction into the Disney Princess collection, rendering the character slimmer, older and somewhat sexualised in comparison with her appearance in 2012's Oscar-winning animation. More than 200,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling on the studio to return the character to her more realistic origins and the redesign was also criticised by Merida's Oscar-winning creator Brenda Chapman.
While Disney has not officially announced a U-turn, the creator of the Change.org petition says "glam" Merida has gone missing from the Disney Princesses website after being officially inducted at Disney World last weekend.
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- Ben Child
Jason Bateman To Lend His Voice To New Film From The Director Of Tangled
3 May 2013 6:33 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
As a director, Byron Howard is two for two in the film department, both with 2008's Bolt and 2010's Tangled. Both films were major successes both domestically and overseas, while Rotten Tomatoes has them listed with 88% and 90% approval ratings, respectively. We look forward to seeing what he does next, and apparently he's not only found his project, but also a star. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Howard has begun work on a new film with Walt Disney Animation and that Jason Bateman has signed on the voice the lead character. Unfortunately, everything else about the movie remains a mystery, much like most projects in early development at Disney and Pixar. The trade does say that it's an "untitled animal comedy" that has not yet found a release date. When you think about how many animated movies have animals for lead characters, that's not really much to go on. Bateman's »
Jason Bateman Joins Secret Disney Animation Project
3 May 2013 6:31 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Jason Bateman is joining forces with Walt Disney Animation on a secretive, untitled comedy. No story details were released, but the project is said to be an, "animal comedy."
Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) is directing, although it is not known who is working on the screenplay or who will produce. Before making his directorial debut in 2008 with Bolt, Byron Howard worked in the animation department on such Disney animated movies as Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear.
It isn't known when production will begin, or when Disney is targeting the comedy for release.
This project marks Jason Bateman's second time providing his voice for an animated feature, after his role in the English version of Luc Besson's 2006 adventure Arthur and the Invisibles. »
- MovieWeb
Jason Bateman in Talks to Voice a Character in New Animated Film for Disney Directed by Byron Howard
3 May 2013 5:15 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) may be lending his voice to character in an upcoming animated feature from Walt Disney Animation. Directed by Byron Howard (Tangled), the logline on the project is being kept under wraps, but appears to be an animal comedy of some sort. The picture has no release date at the moment. This would mark the first feature voice role for Bateman and could be the first solo directing job for Howard, who co-directed both Bolt and Tangled. Hit the jump for more. Heat Vision reports that Bateman is in talks to join this super-secret picture but few other details are available. It's possible that a recent report of voice actors on Disney's premiere Adr studio at Stage B has something to do with the new film. From Bleeding Cool, this tweet from voice-actor Bill Farmer (Toy Story) came to our attention: Bill Farmer @GoofyBill Had a great »
- Dave Trumbore
Disney, 'Tangled' Director Plot New Animated Feature With Jason Bateman (Exclusive)
3 May 2013 2:40 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Jason Bateman is in talks to voice-star in a new Walt Disney Animation feature project that will be directed by Tangled helmer Byron Howard. Walt Disney Animation and Pixar won't comment on animated projects in development, and it's rare when information on one leaks. But sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the new project is an untitled animal comedy that does not yet have a release date. Howard is well respected in the animation community and one of the directors behind Disney Animation’s recent resurgence. In fact, he directed (with Chris Williams) 2008’s Bolt, which was nominated for an
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- Borys Kit
Super Rhino Movie Review, Trailer, Pictures & News
15 March 2013 3:58 AM, PDT | Sky Movies | See recent Sky Movies news »
TV-obsessed hamster Rhino (Mark Walton) races to the rescue when he's asked to save Penny (Miley Cyrus) and Bolt from the clutches of the evil Dr Calico (Malcolm McDowell). They're suspended above a pool of lava inside a heavily guarded warehouse on an island in the middle of nowhere. Equipped with a full set of super-powers, Rhino flies across the sea and uses his heat-vision to save the pair. »
Disney turns away from hand-drawn animation
7 March 2013 4:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Studio says none of its animation companies are working in the traditional 2D format, and there are no current plans to do so again
Disney, the Hollywood titan which brought the world classics such as Fantasia, Bambi and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has admitted it has no current plans to make hand drawn animated films.
Speaking at an annual shareholder's meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday, chief executive Bob Iger revealed that none of the studio's animation companies was working on 2D, hand-drawn material for the big screen. While Iger did not rule out returning in the future to the style which made the company famous, the long gestation period for Hollywood animated productions means a gap of several years before any new film might emerge.
"To my knowledge we're not developing a 2D or hand-drawn feature animated film right now," said Iger. "There is a fair amount »
- Ben Child
Watch My Show: The Neighbors' Dan Fogelman Answers Our Showrunner Survey
27 February 2013 2:04 PM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
The Neighbors creator Dan Fogelman knows that viewers have a few pre-conceived notions regarding his ABC comedy about aliens living next door to a suburban family. But audiences — and critics — are starting to come around to the fact that, despite the show's outlandish premise, at its core The Neighbors is a family show that explores how we relate to and fit in with the world (As TV Guide Magazine recently reported, an ABC marketing campaign is touting those initial negative reviews to show how opinions are evolving.) Fogelman's resume is chock full of Pixar and Disney animated features (Cars, Tangled and Bolt) as well as more adult fare (he wrote the screenplays to Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Guilt Trip). Fogelman answered our showrunner survey to explain why adults and kids should make an effort to meet The Neighbors.
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- Michael Schneider
Watch Disney’s Oscar-Winning Captivating Short ‘Paperman’ Here!
25 February 2013 4:45 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Back in November of last year, I was lucky enough to watch Disney’s new short Paperman and I was blown away (no pun intended) by its charm, animation and invention. Today, we’re sharing this again for you after it won Best Animation at the 85th Academy Awards! If you’re watching Wreck-it Ralph soon as well, which is out now in the UK and highly recommend and read our review here.
Paperman is the first directorial outing for John Kahrs, a man who’s previously worked on the likes of Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Toy Story 2 and Bolt. It’s a quite wonderful mix of hand-drawn and digital animation, with a straight forward but cleverly-worked narrative and – best of all – it’s in black and white with all the right hints of colour, you’ll see. Check it out now:
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- Dan Bullock
Ralph and Brave in frame for Oscar
15 February 2013 9:53 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
This year's bumper showing proves we're living in a golden age for animation – though three of five nominees hark backwards with stop-motion techniques
Few would argue that we are currently living in a new golden age of animation, one fostered by the arrival of CGI more than a decade ago and now settling confidently into early-middle age. While Pixar, the San Francisco Bay Area-based trend-setter that landed in the mid-90s like a cluster bomb of energy and innovation, has dipped a little quality-wise since that remarkable four-year run in which Ratatouille, Wall-e, Up and Toy Story 3 all arrived in cinemas, its rivals have upped their games dramatically.
Competition for the 2013 Academy Award for best animated film must be the closest in the history of the prize, which was created in 2001 following the radical arrival of Pixar, Dreamworks Animation and others on the scene. Three out of the five »
- Ben Child
Clark Spencer interview: Wreck-It Ralph, Disney & more
5 February 2013 5:14 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Interview Simon Brew Feb 6, 2013
Wreck-It Ralph producer Clark Spencer chats to us about the film, Meet The Robinsons, Lilo & Stitch, and more...
It's been a long time coming to the UK, but this weekend finally sees Disney deploying Wreck-It Ralph onto our shores. In advance of its release, we chatted to the film's producer, Clark Spencer, about the movie, its gestation, and some of his earlier Disney projects...
Wreck-It Ralph is a film that's been in development in different guises at Disney for some time. Were you tempted, as producer, to go back and look at what had been done before ahead of embarking on this version?
Interestingly, I did not. I've been at Disney for 22 years, and I was there while these ideas were being pitched, and even being developed to be honest with you. But I'd never seen the storyboards for them. I knew a little about the »
- ryanlambie
The Week in Spandex - Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, Superman Lives, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Justice League and more
4 February 2013 4:20 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Kick-Ass 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, S.H.I.E.L.D., Doctor Strange, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Elektra, Justice League, Superman Lives, Superman: Flyby, Arrow, Amazon, Ultimate Spider-Man, Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, Inhumans, Beware the Batman, Teen Titans Go!, Young Justice, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, Batman: The Killing Joke, Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite, Superman: Unbound and more...
We'll start things off this week with a round-up of all the superhero goodness packed into the the latest issue of Empire; if you're yet to pick it up you can check out some of the comic book movie content online, including new images of Superman (Henry Cavill), General Zod »
- flickeringmyth
'Paperman': Check out Disney's beautiful, Oscar-nominated short film -- Video
30 January 2013 3:46 PM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Disney just posted its Oscar-nominated animated short Paperman online. The film, which played ahead of Wreck-It Ralph in theaters, is a unique blend of hand-drawn and digital animation. It’s also just a plain old eyepopping delight, with surprises I wouldn’t dare spoil for you, except to say you really need to take 6 and a half minutes to watch it now. It’s the first directorial outing for John Kahrs, who previously worked as an animator on Bolt, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, and Toy Story 2. Convinced? Now just watch it already:
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- Darren Franich
Warners Recruits Animation 'Brain Trust'
7 January 2013 3:30 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
For years, the Pixar team has talked about their central creative powerhouse – the “Brain Trust” of writers, directors, story artists and more – who help to guide each of their movies through difficult gestation periods. Given the remarkable level of success generated by the process, you’d think every studio in town would have tried it at least once. Well, Warner Bros. is getting into the game with a new attempt to crack the blockbuster animation film and has recruited the likes of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller to head up their team.The think tank will at first be comprised of Lord and Miller with Crazy, Stupid, Love co-directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, The Muppets’ co-writer Nicholas Stoller and Bolt/Mr Popper’s Penguins writer Jared Stern.Interestingly, none of the team – except for Requa and Ficarra – have had really strong attachments »
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