La Tana del Sollazzo

Rebo ha scritto:Lucas, inoltre, ad un certo punto butta lì un «I think John Lasseter is doing an hand drawn film for Disney» che fa saltare sulla sedia. Ma potrebbe semplicemente riferirsi a The Princess and the Frog. Da approfondire.

Variety reports that Laika, the Portland, Oregon CG and stop-motion studio behind Henry Selick's upcoming Coraline, is eyeing three new pitches, any one of which could be its next project. Ultimately, it may produce all three:

"Here Be Monsters!" from the books by Alan Snow, is a steampunk-flavored story set in a fantasy version of 1850s London. The hero is a 12-year-old who's grown up in an underground world beneath the city that is full of monsters but must find his way in the world when he moves to the surface to live like a normal boy.

British writer Irena Brignell is writing the script; Antony Stacchi (Open Season) would direct.

"Jack and Ben," an original for CG animation, revolves around brother bluebirds who get into a dangerous road-rally-style race to Florida along the north-south migration route. Barry Cook ("Mulan") would direct, David Skelly is writing and Ric Sluiter ("Lilo & Stitch") is art director.

Cook said the project features quirky characters inspired by the real-life Gumball Rally road race.

"Paranorman," an original idea by "Coraline" story chief Chris Butler, concerns a small town under a secret curse. Only a 13-year-old boy can keep the town from being overrun by zombies, but no one will listen to him.

Butler is writer and co-director. The project is being developed under Selick's close supervision.

Laika also has three more projects in development that will get pitched in future months. For more on those, click here.

DeborohWalker ha scritto:E pensare che c'è chi pensa che il Sollazzo sia il forum dei Disneyomani

Ultimate Disney reports that the Mouse House has revised its press release for Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 8 by dropping from the track list the 2003 realization of the long-unfinished Walt Disney/Salvador Dali animated short, Destino. The site adds that The Chronological Donald, Volume 4 and Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow are still scheduled for release on November 11th.

Maltin ha scritto:Hi... In brief: Destino is no longer part of the Treasures series, and will be released as a single disc some time later this year. I have been told that the series will continue but I have no information or knowledge about WDHV's thoughts on adapting them for BluRay. I'm still hoping to do those educational shorts, but that depends on whether or not they like my "pitch."
As for the edited versions of those 1940s features, I share your frustration, but I have no input with the company on that front. I just feel lucky I can present the films uncut on our Treasures series!

Grrodon ha scritto:

Maltin ha scritto:As for the edited versions of those 1940s features, I share your frustration, but I have no input with the company on that front. I just feel lucky I can present the films uncut on our Treasures series!

1) Tutti i film di Miyazaki Hayao saranno distribuiti al cinema.
2) Il primo film a essere distributo, tra ottobre e novembre, sarà Tonari no Totoro.
3) Il progetto prevede un ritmo di circa due film all'anno.
4) I film già usciti nel catalogo home-video Buena Vista godranno di riedizione per il cinema, con NUOVO DOPPIAGGIO. Il che significa, come avrete ben intuito, che finalmente Kiki avrà la sua giusta colonna sonora giapponese originale, e non l'obbrobrio statunitense.
5) Anche i titoli già editi al cinema potrebbero godere di pari trattamento. Si profila la possibilità di avere un'edizione corretta di Mononoke Hime, e persino di Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, ma naturalmente credo che questo dipenderà anche dalla riposta del pubblico all'operazione distributiva nella sua interezza.
6) Altri titoli non previsti per l'uscita cinematografica avranno comunque distribuzione diretta in home-video.
7) Il progetto prevede infine che ad occuparsi delle edizioni italiane dei vari film sia il sottoscritto.