Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) - Moving on from John Smith

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World - A New Land and a New LoveIn Walt Disney Feature Animation's "Pocahontas," Captain John Smith befriended the young native American Pocahontas, chief's daughter, and they fell in love. Loosely based on real-life events, Walt Disney Pictures' direct-to-video "Pocaontas...

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Home on the Range (2004) - Roseanne Plays a Cow

Home on the Range: Roseanne Barr versus Randy Quaid"Home on the Range" (2004), directed by Will Finn and John Sanford for Walt Disney Feature Animation, is a hand-drawn animation feature (using the CAPS computer process) which came out during string of Disney film disappointments at the box office....

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Brother Bear (2003) - Nice Lessons from this Disney Movie About Acting Responsibly

Brother Bear: Nature is CallingDuring the Disney Renaissance that stretched from "The Little Mermaid" to "Tarzan," Walt Disney Feature Animation maintained an upbeat, positive tone in almost all of its Disney movies. If characters weren't singing positive tunes, they were cracking jokes or getting even...

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Disney Infinity - Animated Video Game out Summer 2013

Disney Infinity - Exciting Game Pushes the Animation BoundariesWalt Disney is expanding its animation reach this summer with a new video game, "Disney Infinity."The starter pack consists of characters from "The Incredibles," "Monsters, Inc." and  "Pirates of the Carribean," with later "available-separately"...

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The Inside Out (2015) - Working Title of Pixar Project

Concept art for "Inside Out"Not much is known about this Pixar project with the working title "The Inside Out." Directed by Pete Docter of "Up" and "Monsters, Inc." fame, with co-director Ronnie del Carmen and produced by Jonas Rivera (all three of whom worked on "Up"). The film is set for release June...

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Treasure Planet (2002) - Science Fiction Take on Treasure Island

Treasure Planet: Stunning Visuals Can't Save This Classic TaleWalt Disney Feature Animation adapted the 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel "Treasure Island" in "Treasure Planet" (2002), another attempt by Walt Disney Pictures to broaden its viewing audience. The directors, John Musker and Ron...

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