On Monday, June 6, Disney dropped the trailer for its upcoming computer-animated feature film, and as it says in the title, it is strange. Disney teases Strange World as an adventure like no other, taking viewers along with the Clades family as they embark on big adventures through a bizarre world outside of space and time filled with fantastical creatures. ...

“Legendary Disney animator” Mark Henn has been creating amazing characters for Walt Disney Animation Studios since 1980, and the animator of many Disney princesses (including Ariel, Princess Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas Belle, and Tiana) just spoke to D23 about his experience! Henn revealed that he’s always had an “affinity” with women due to his close relationship with his sisters and the ...

Disney animator Mark Henn (who began his Disney animation career in 1980) is a “legendary animator” who recently spoke to the D23 Podcast and revealed volumes about not only his Walt Disney Animation Studios career path and his favorite characters, but also the many perks that come with a Disney role. Apparently, one of those Walt Disney Animation Studios perks ...

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 ...

D23, the official Disney fan club, has been celebrating Encanto (2021) for a couple of weeks with a sweepstakes offering a unique prize package for fans of the film. While the contest has been open since the end of March, tomorrow, April 7, 2022, is the last day to enter, so you will want to get your name in soon ...

The latest hit from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Encanto (2021) has taken Disney fans by storm leading to the film becoming one of the most rewatched titles on Disney+, spawning a number of social media trends based on the movie’s soundtrack, and even sparking conversations about a sequel or place within Walt Disney World theme parks. Recently, Encanto director Jared ...

Calling all artists (or animators in training)! Sketchbook, the newest series announced for Disney+ provides a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of favorite Disney animated characters, and it will give viewers at home the opportunity to draw their very own versions of them! Sketchbook will be released on April 27, 2022, on Disney’s streaming platform. Check out the official trailer ...

The Oscar-nominated animated feature Encanto has been breaking records left and right, particularly when it comes to the hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (which has actually surpassed the popularity of both “Let It Go” and “A Whole New World”), and Walt Disney Animation Studios animators have just shared some insight into how they designed the song’s namesake! Disney ...

Disney animators are known for taking inspiration from the actors who voice the characters being animated (with one notable example being the distinct mannerisms that were copied from actress Eartha Kitt and used for her Emperor’s New Groove character Yzma), and that pattern apparently continued behind the scenes on the animated Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon from 2021! Awkwafina, the ...

Pixar’s upcoming film Turning Red has just been named one of the most efficiently made animated films from the studio. “People who work well together wanted to work with other people that they like,” said Pixar CCO and longtime filmmaker Pete Docter. “They were not only all-female, but it was probably the most efficient film we’ve’ ever made. They were really ...