The Making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

As spotted by the folks over at Boing Boing, Modern Mechanix has a very nice look at an article from the January 1938 issue of Popular Science. The article is a look at the pioneering film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The article has scanned pages of the original article as well as a typed transcript. Also available are some very high resolution scans, suitable for those who want to print it out (I'm sure there's someone out there who'll print it and make it into a poster for their wall...)

Links:
- The Making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Modern Mechanix (via Boing Boing)

Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee) trailer released

Disney and Pixar yesterday released a new trailer for the upcoming film Ratatouille. The trailer is currently on the official Ratatouille website.

The new trailer gives us some more hints as to what the story may be (although I'm not going to write it down here, since some of you might want to wait and see!) It also introduces a couple of the characters, and tells us a little more about the main character - a rat.

Currently I've not been able to locate a HD version of the trailer (or indeed anything larger than the one on the Disney website). This'll probably change soon (or maybe already has and I've just not spotted it!)

Anyway. Enjoy!

Links:
- Ratatouille website and trailer - Disney.com

Prepare to be lifted

It's been a kind of tradition with Pixar to release a new short film with each feature film. With The Incredibiles, it was Boundin'; with Cars, it was One Man Band. Ratatouille will be no exception from this, and its short film will be Lifted.

Lifted is a short film about a teenage alien who is taking an exam in abducting humans under the watchful eye of his instructor, Mr. B.

The film has already been previewed at The 42nd Chicago International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Film at the 79th Academy Awards a few weeks ago.

Pixar's website contains a short introduction to the film, and has a quick peek at the artwork and storyline. The film is directed by Gary Rydstrom and is around five minutes long.

Links:
- Short Films: Lifted - Pixar Animation Studios

Official Pirates 3 website live, new production photos

The official website for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has now gone live, with some new artwork, pictures and of course the new trailer.

On a similar note, ComingSoon.net has several new pictures from Walt Disney Pictures, showing various scenes and characters from the film.

If you haven't seen it already, the official HD trailer is on the Yahoo! Movies! Website! Still!

Roll on May 25th!

Links:
- Official PotC3 website
- New photos - ComingSoon.net
- HD Trailer - Yahoo! Movies!

Quickies: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End artwork

ComingSoon.net have some more new artwork. This time, it's the one-sheet posters for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The artwork includes pictures of the main cast and is likely to be what we'll see more and more of as the film draws nearer to its release date.

Click here to see the pictures over at ComingSoon.net.

First pictures from the set of Narnia: Prince Caspian

NarniaWeb has put together a gallery of photos from New Zealand, where filming has begun on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Currently, you can see an overview of the set, one of the actors riding a horse and a road sign warning of film crews in the area.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Trailer - March 18

As spotted by comingsoon.net, the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End will début at a special fan event, in which lucky fans will not only see the new trailer, but also get a special screening of the original Pirates of the Caribbean film.

To win a chance of attending one of the events, you'll need to register on the Disney website. Fan events are taking place in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis and Washington D.C. The events take place on March 18th, and if you can't get to one of them, the trailer will be released on March 19th during the première episode of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC. Following that, it'll be put on Yahoo.com in HD at around 10pm PST.

So you've got no excuse to not see it. Really.

John Lasseter profiled by The New York Times

Laura M. Holson of The New York Times has written a very interesting profile of John Lasseter, the Chief Creative Officer of Animation for the Walt Disney Company, which is available to read on the New York Times website.

From the article:

Enter Mr. Lasseter who, along with a close team of handpicked animators had made Pixar this generation’s premier storyteller with an unbroken string of hits including “Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles.” The first filmmaker to run Disney’s animation operations since Walt Disney died in 1966, he said he wants to reclaim the studio’s golden era.

Links:
- He Runs That Mickey Mouse Outfit - The New York Times
- Official Pixar Executive biographies

Walt Disney Pictures release (more) new artwork

ComingSoon.net again have an article showing some new artwork from Walt Disney Pictures, this time for several of their upcoming films.

The artwork is said to come from a new Investors Report released by the company, and includes images and logos from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Wall-E, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille and American Dog.

See the ComingSoon.net article for the pictures.

Meet the Robinsons artwork

Over on comingsoon.net they have some exclusive pictures of the artwork for Walt Disney Pictures' upcoming film Meet the Robinsons. The artwork is in the form of a bus shelter poster and two window posters, which we'll be seeing more of as the film nears its release on 30 March.

Links:
- Comingsoon.net article with exclusive artwork
- Meet the Robinsons official site
- Meet the Robinsons Trailers