Rob Edwards

Rob Edwards to Pen AMULET for Warner Bros. and ANIMATED AMERICAN for Disney

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: May 17th, 2011 at 7:29 pm

Perhaps best known for his work on Disney’s recent animated flick, The Princess and the Frog, Rob Edwards has been slated to write two new films for Warner Bros. and Disney respectively. In Warner Bros.’ Amulet, based on the graphic novel series by Kazu Kibuishi, two teenaged siblings find that they are the last surviving guardians who must learn the secrets of a powerful amulet to save a magical realm. In Disney’s Animated American, a live-action/animation hybrid, a flesh-and-blood family raises an animated baby until he turns 18 and sets off to find his real family. Robert Zemeckis is set to produce Animated American alongside Bob Cooper and Dan Fogelman. Neither film has a start date as of yet.

For more on Edwards’ writing background and some casting news for Amulet, hit the jump.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 11th, 2009 at 1:20 am

Disney’s 2D animated musicals never wore out their welcome.  Some studio buffoon just figured that maybe kids didn’t want singing in their animated films any more.  And then that studio buffoon decided that because 3D animated films were succeeding and a recent string of 2D films had flopped that no one wanted hand-drawn animated movies any more.  This is why the last Disney 2D animated musical was Mulan in 1998.  11 years later and Disney, with the support of Pixar chief John Lasseter, has brought back hand-drawn musical movies with The Princess and the Frog.  But this isn’t a return of Disney animation; it’s a rebirth.

6 Movie Clips and a Featurette from Walt Disney’s THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 18th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

“‘The Princess and the Frog’ is a return to the timeless world of hand-drawn animation at Disney. It’s an ageless fairy tale, but with a fresh twist that combines everything we look for in great stories: comedy, adventure, music-and most of all, the kind of heart that always sets Disney animation apart.”

~ John Lasseter, Executive Producer and Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Opening on November 25^th, in limited release, is Walt Disney’s return to 2D animation, The Princess and the Frog.  After years of focusing on computer animation, The House That Walt Built is returning to its roots and I couldn’t be more excited.  While I don’t know if The Princess and the Frog is going to be a classic like Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast, I know there is a place for traditional animation alongside what Pixar does so brilliantly with computers.  So if you feel like I do and want Disney to make more 2D films, you’ve got to buy a ticket when Princess and the Frog goes nationwide on December 11^th.  So to help promote the film, we’ve been provided with six clips from the movie and a featurette.  Check them out after the jump:

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