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In a move that could change the movie industry, Disney has confirmed the rumors that it has entered into a long-term exclusive contract with Dreamworks SKG (headed by Steven Spielberg). About 6 live-action films per year will be filmed under the Dreamworks label (which will now be a part of the Touchstone Pictures label) as a [...]

1886: Actor Charles Ruggles (Follow Me, Boys!, The Ugly Dachshund, Son of Flubber) is born in Los Angeles, California. 1903: Actor Stuart Erwin (The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, Moochie of the Little League) is born in Squaw County, California. 1914: Disney Legend Bill Justice (Mickey Mouse animator, worked on Audio-Animatronics) is born in Dayton, Ohio. [...]

1889: Actor Walter Catlett (J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio) is born in San Francisco, California. 1908: Comedian Gene Sheldon (Zorro, Toby Tyler, Ten Weeks with the Circus, Babes in Toyland) is born Eugene Hume in Columbus, Ohio. 1914: Actor Thurl Ravenscroft (Shere Kahn in The Jungle Book, the Knight in The Sword in the Stone, the Captain in One [...]

DreamWorks and The Walt Disney Company are in talks that would allow Disney to distribute DreamWorks’ films according to Animation World Network. Universal released a statement indicating that it’s discussions with DreamWorks has ended which opens the door for Disney. DreamWorks has not put out an official comment but plans to on Monday along with [...]

1832: Author Lewis Carroll (author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) is born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. 1905: Actor Charles Lane (The AristoCats, The Ugly Daschund, The Gnome-Mobile, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes) is born in San Francisco, California. 1918: Actor Vito Scotti (Herbie Goes Bananas, Herbie Rides Again, The World’s Greatest Athlete, The Aritocats) is born in San [...]

The New Orleans Museum of Art will present the Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from November 15, 2009 to March 14, 2010. This will be a major exhibit featuring 600 original artworks that shaped Disney animated features such as Snow White to The Princess and The Frog, Disney’s upcoming animated film. [...]

1882: Author Alan Alexander Milne (creator of Winnie-the-Pooh) is born in London, England. 1900: Animator David Dodd Hand is born in Plainfield, New Jersey. 1902: Actor Leon Ames (The Monkey’s Uncle, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, The Absent Minded Professor) is born in Portland, Indiana. 1906: Director, and Disney Legend, Wilfred Jackson (Cinderella, Lady and [...]

1890: Artist, and Disney Legend, Edna Francis (married to Roy O. Disney, mother of Roy E. Disney) is born in Reece, Kansas. 1913: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Claude Coats (Pinocchio, Snow White, Fantasia, Cinderella, the Lady and the Tramp; backgrounds for the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion rides). 1924: Actor Guy Williams (Zorro in Zorro the TV series) [...]

Here’s the first of nine parts where we’ll look at Disney’s “Nine Old Men.” First up: Les Clark was born on November 17, 1907, in Ogden, Utah. While attendince Venice High School (in Los Angeles), he held a summer job at a lunch counter near the Disney Brother’s Studio. While working there, Clark noticed that [...]

1904: Actor Ray Bolger (Barnaby in Babes in Toyland) is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 1905: Actor, and Disney Legend, Sterling Holloway (the voice of Winnie the Pooh) is born in Cedartown, GA. 1913: Animator, director, writer, and Disney Legend, Jack Hannah (clean-up artist on early Mickey, Donald, and Silly Symphony cartoons) is born in Arizona. 1913: Executive, and Disney [...]

1865: Actor Otis Harlan (Happy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is born in Zanesville, Ohio. 1890: Walt Disney’s older brother (the second born to Flora and Elias Disney), Raymond Arnold Disney, is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1898: Animator, and Disney Legend, Dick Huemer (The Wise Little Hen, The Reluctant Dragon, Peter and the Wolf, Dumbo, Fantasia, Alice [...]

Disney is pulling out of the Narnia Trilogy after two films. The first film made $740 million with a $180 million budget while Prince Caspian, the second film, only made $420 million with a $200 million budget. This sharp decline in profit prompted Disney to pull out, but Disney is officially saying they failed to [...]

1887: Actor Eric Blore (Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) is born in London, England. 1910: Art director, Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Marvin Davis (Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color)  is born in Clovis, New Mexico. 1913: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Fred Joerger (3D miniature models of attractions and movie sets as well as [...]

According to the LA Times,  Kingdom Films (the Walt Disney Company’s main film financing company) is suing the company for breaching a contract that guaranteed the financing company a share of profits from” High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and “Hannah Monatana: The Movie” (set to  release next year). Kingdom claims that Disney has sought [...]

1929: The Walt Disney Studios is incorporated and replaced by Walt Disney Productions, Ltd; Walt Disney Interprises; Liled Realty and Investment Company; and the Disney Film Recording Company. 1933: Actor Tim Conway (Apple Dumpling Gang, The World’s Greatest Athlete) is born Thomas Daniel Conway in Willoughby, Ohio. 1935: Actor George Lindsey (Herbie-the TV series, The Love Bug, The [...]