Coming Soon: Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell is a 3D animation that is coming directly to video in 2008.

Interestingly, when Lasseter came on board, he kicked out the people in charge (at least one person got fired over this movie), and they restarted making it in 3D with a much stronger story element (they also linked it more to the Peter Pan movie).. Lasseter is still willing to do these direct-to-video projects (what he calls cheapquels), but he wants to do less of them and increase the quality. This has been one troubled movie...

From:
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/12/10/monday-mouse-watch-ariel-meets-her-maker-and-has-tinker-bell-lost-her-voice.aspx

"First of all, this film (Which has gone by a number of titles over the past two years. Including "Tinker Bell and the Ring of Belief") has undergone yet another name change. Now it's simply known as "Tinker Bell."


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"And among the extra features found on the new "Return to Neverland" DVD were a trio of "Fairy Moments." Translation: Three quick clips from this forthcoming home premiere. Which will hopefully whet the appetite of all those Disney Fairies fans out there... Where everyone's favorite fairy first finds a bell hidden in a bird's nest ....


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"Tink now turns around and tries to check out her silhouette in the reflection ...


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"... only to get hopping mad because the bell's curved surface makes her butt look a whole lot bigger than it actually is.


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"So this furious fairy now tries to take out her frustrations on that bell. Only to then have that bell eventually get the better of Ms. Bell.


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"All in all, this was a really wonderful little bit of character animation. Suggesting that -- now that Walt Disney Home Entertainment is following John Lasseter's story suggestions for "Tinker Bell" and making sure that this home premiere hues a whole lot closer to the style & tone established in Disney's 1953 version of "Peter Pan" -- this Fall 2008 release may actually be worth watching."

Read more here:
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/12/10/monday-mouse-watch-ariel-meets-her-maker-and-has-tinker-bell-lost-her-voice.aspx

Enjoy!


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Update: We updated the latest "Racism in Animation" post with more information on Disney's Censorship of "Pluto's Dream House"...

http://theanimationempire.blogspot.com/2008/01/racism-in-animation-3-mickey-mouse-in.html