Mark Henn got the bad news about three-quarters of the way into the production of "Home on the Range," when the 2004 film was announced as the last hand-drawn animation feature for Disney. Henn, who ...

LOS ANGELES – Computer animation may have taken control of the big-screen cartoon world, yet two of the world’s animation masters remain committed to the hand-drawn form. Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki – ...

Disney’s beloved animated musical, The Princess and the Frog had it's theatrical release. Released in 2009, the film was a landmark achievement for the studio, celebrating both the rich culture of New ...

Showrunner Rob Hoegee told IndieWire about trusting in the strength of the story and the subtleties of the animation to engage young viewers in Arnold Lobel's beloved characters. If you grew up ...

Disney cartoons have given us a Native American princess (Pocahontas), a Chinese heroine (Mulan), several European-based fairy-tale princesses (Snow White, Cinderella) and a leading lady who’s half ...

Smith, 48, who joined Disney in 1988, was supervising animator for the evil voodoo conjurer Dr. Facilier (Keith David) in "The Princess and the Frog." Smith is the creator and producer of "The Proud ...

The Princess and the Frog made its debut in theaters across the United States. This film introduced Disney’s first (and still ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, an ...

Five years ago, the folks at Disney announced that they were getting out of the hand-drawn, "2D" animation business — and seeing that their current release was the utterly awful "Home on the Range," ...