After watching this 3.5 minute video about the making of Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, I have just one question. How does Oswald the Lucky Rabbit get his ears to spin like helicopter blades? ‘Cause that’s a handy skill to have. Read more »
UPDATED with screenshot gallery. Viewable at the bottom of this page. Even Warren Spector admits that Epic Mickey was a flawed game. He’s determined to fix its issues and improve upon the concept with a just-announced sequel — Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. Read more »
Books, TV series, and movies have traditionally portrayed princesses as dainty little things that need some protection and rescuing. Even those stories which show the stronger streak in women still somehow manage to depict princesses in the “sugar and spice and all things nice” manner. Of course, we have seen more recent illustrations of princesses – and women in general – that kick butt, and I didn’t really hear anyone complain. Here’s another set of illustrations which show a whole different side to princesses. For sure, many will appreciate the edge that the illustrations give these gals, but somehow, I am not sure that their respective fathers (or father figures) Read more »
Pixar has posted the first full-length trailer online for Brave, which you can also watch on the big screen if you go see The Muppets. Given that everything Pixar creates is something special… What is Brave, and what’s it about? Read more »
Disney has always been a source of inspiration for various artists. Whether they draw, paint, write, or make movies, artists can find a lot of angles to work on. And of course, doing something to bring the fictional characters into real life is something that has been done over and over again. So why write about it? Because Jirka Väätäinen has done such a jaw-dropping job of drawing some Disney characters. Jirka’s work is no ordinary depiction. Quite far from it. The idea was to draw them as they would appear if they were for real. The title of the gallery says it all: “Envisioning Disney Characters in Real Life”. Read more »
It looks like the success of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter hasn’t gone unnoticed by others in Hollywood, because now James Cameron is teaming up with Disney to bring Pandora, the alien world from Avatar, to life at Walt Disney World in Florida. Read more »
Disney showed off its entire upcoming slate of films — and unveiled some new titles for the first time — at the D23 Expo over the weekend. Here’s a full roundup of everything Disney’s sending to the multiplex over the next few years, including animated and live-action movies by Disney, Pixar, and Marvel. Inside: video from D23 and more than 40 high-res images! Read more »
And I don’t mean the movie franchise of questionable quality that crossbred Gremlins with Tribbles to bring yet another dimension to pest control. I don’t tend to enthuse about the titles from Big Dog Ink. Despite some very good covers which raise my expectations, tingling my ‘new universe sense’, I have always found the contents disappointing. Not always even the stories, there was some good, if fairly standard, ideas, but the scripting has always let them down, making the characters appear incredibly two-dimensional. Finally, the company has bucked the trend with Critters #1, which recently came into my possession. There’s no deep dark origin story, heck, there’s no origin story Read more »
Today Disney announced a new platformer called Disney Universe, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Mac. The premise is that for the first time, a Disney game is mixing together elements — locations, characters, etc. — from all of their properties. That includes the works of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the live-action Walt Disney Pictures. Cutesy avatars (is it just me, or do they look kind of… Sackboyish?) “suit up” as iconic characters from more than 40 Disney properties. Disney Universe is playable as up to 4-player co-op, so you could conceivably play “dressed” as such disparate characters as Buzz Lightyear, Sam Flynn (Tron: Legacy), Read more »
Cars is arguably the best animated motion picture from Disney-Pixar. Who can’t help but love Mater, Luigi, and Guido? Of course, many a kid would go for Lightning McQueen in an instant, but the film is rife with other lovable characters. So, recently, the official announcement for Cars 2 was made, getting every fan out there excited – with June 24 being marked in countless calendars all over the world. The poster was released late last year is cool enough, but the recently released retro posters of the Cars 2 World Grand Prix just blows it away. I saw the four posters at FilmoFilia, and boy, do they look awesome! Read more »
