Going from rags to riches is a typical troupe among Disney’s iconic films. The “before” stories of Disney characters like Cinderella resonate with the masses because they either reflect the position they’re presently in or have once been in at some point in their lives. Disney fans’ favorite princesses usually don’t start as royalty. They possess quirky qualities and an ...

To stream or not to stream? That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to project a new motion picture on the silver screen or to take arms against a potential flop and by a means save face? Satiric poetry aside, Disney’s leadership continues to keep straight-to-streaming an equal distribution option for its feature films to the traditional theatrical release, and ...

Does anybody know what that last 2-D animated feature film to be released from Walt Disney Animation Studios was? It was Winnie the Pooh in 2011. What was the last hand-drawn Disney Princess movie? The Princess and the Frog in 2009. With the success of Pixar’s feature films and Disney’s own successful ventures with features like Tangled (2007), the moviemaking giant that championed ...

Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios Jennifer Lee took on this top role at the studio just six months after John Lasseter’s 2018 departure. Coming from a live-action film background, and with plenty on her plate with Disney Animation, including work on the then-upcoming film Frozen 2 (2019), Lee had quite the buildup of multitasking ahead of her ...

Disney+ vs. Theatrical Release. Since Spring 2020, the decision to release theatrical-quality features from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios on the still-young streaming service was argued to be the best option from both a health and safety and financial standpoint. But recently, as people’s confidence builds and movies like Spider-Man: No Way Home record pre-pandemic Box Office numbers and Pixar’s Turning ...