Comparison...

Concept vs. Finished

 1 from http://i49.tinypic.com/2n9hk50.jpg, accessed 3/27/17
 2 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxY35VkI0NI, accessed 3/28/17

-Amy

Still more to come...

I'm still working on the big Tangled research project, but I found another graphic that I made years ago.  This one shows the various versions of Rapunzel that had been shown at that point (2009).

-Amy

Still coming up..

I'm still working on the Tangled post, but I found this on my external hard drive from years ago.  When Rapunzel's picture was shown at D23 2009, I made a comparison chart to other characters I thought she kind of resembled.

Just a fun throw-back!

-Amy

What's coming up...

An in-depth look into...

© The Walt Disney Company

Tangled poster, accessed 24 March 2017 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangled#/media/File:Tangled_poster.jpg>

-Amy

The Prince and the Pig

The director of the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, had written an "epic poem" about a prince and his pet pig while he was a student at USC.  Reported on July 17, 2003, Disney paid 6-figures for the pitch, and were going to make The Prince and the Pig into an animated film.  The plot of the poem was the prince and pig go on an adventure to either steal the moon or steal a piece of the moon.  Jane Goldenring was slated to be the film’s producer.  Disney’s VP of Creative Affairs, Leo Chu, and Director of Creative Affairs, Karen Rupert, were slated to be supervisors on the film.

In 2011, students in the Commercial Arts program at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College had an assignment to design posters for this movie!  And a DeviantArt user made a poster for a "Disney movies that could have been" contest! 

(EiteToast, DeviantArt)

(Lyle Douglass, BRCTC)

(Autumn Thompson, BRCTC)

(Catt Wright, BRCTC)

(Kevin Smith, BRCTC)

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Douglass, L. (2011). The Prince and the Pig, Regional School Unit. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/rsu1.org/lyledouglass/the-prince-and-the-pig on 5/20/12.
(Photo 2)

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EiteToast. (2012). The Prince and the Pig, DeviantArt. Retrieved from http://eitetoast.deviantart.com/art/The-Prince-and-the-Pig-291518129 on 5/20/12.
(Photo 1)

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Gardner, Chris. "'Pig' pitch added to Disney's pen. (News)." Hollywood Reporter 17 July 2003: 3+. General OneFile. Web. 20 May 2012.

Document URL

http://0-go.galegroup.com.library.winthrop.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA105989152&v=2.1&u=winthropudl&it=r&p=ITOF&sw=w

Harris, D. (2003). Mouse House grabs 'Prince' of a pitch, Variety.  Retrieved from http://beta.variety.com/article/VR1117889442?refcatid=1236 on 5/20/12.

HollywoodLitSales.com. (1997-2006). The Prince and the Pig, HollywoodLitSales.com. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodlitsales.com/cf/specscript/daily.cfm?StartRow=235 on 5/20/12.

Killer Movies. (2003). Animated 'Prince And The Pig' for Walt Disney, Killer Movies. Retrieved from http://www.killermovies.com/p/princeandthepig/articles/3279.html on 5/20/12.

Kram Nebuer. (2006). Cancelled Disney Animated Film Projects, DVDizzy.com.  Retrieved from http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=484177&sid=d44aac7c2aba692dcde5c339f4d90cda on 5/20/12.

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Montgomery, T. (2003). Prince and the Pig, AnimationArchive.net. Retrieved from http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Prince%20and%20the%20Pig/ on 5/20/12.

Mouroux, O. (2003). Disney adapting Johnson's Prince and the Pig, Animated Movies.  Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20031002130229/http://animated-movies.squareworld.com/News030712.html on 5/20/12.

Mouroux, O. (2003). Read Rian Johnson's Prince and the Pig, Animated Movies. Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20031001124116/http://www.animated-movies.squareworld.com/News030719.html on 5/20/12.

Nemo88. (2003). Disneys Prince and the Pig??, MouseInfo. Retrieved from http://www.mouseinfo.com/forums/entertainment/9304-disneys-prince-pig.html on 5/20/12.

Smith, K. (2011). The Prince and the Pig, Regional School Unit. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/rsu1.org/kevinsmith/the-prince-and-the-pig-poster on 5/20/12.
(Photo 5)

Thompson, A. (2011). The Prince and the Pig, Regional School Unit. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/rsu1.org/autumnthompson/home/the-prince-and-the-pig on 5/20/12.
(Photo 3)

Wright, C. (2011). The Prince and the Pig, Regional School Unit. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/rsu1.org/cattwright/the-prince-and-the-pig on 5/20/12.
(Photo 4)

-Amy

Lafiya

On June 16, 2003, it was announced that Elizabeth Hunter, who wrote THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, was hired by Disney to write LAFIYA.  It was going to be an animated story of a girl in Africa.  Honor Hunter (of Blue Sky Disney) said that the movie would take place in the African plains.  Brian Linder (of IGN) said that the word "lafiya" means "health," "security," or "well-being" in the Hausa language (a language spoken in West Africa).  Poster Toonimator (of DrawingBoard) thought that the story was about freed zoo animals, which probably was actually THE WILD.

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-Amy

Welcome!

Hi everyone!  Welcome to the Animation Research Avenue!  I have been working on and off on this project for many years.  A few years ago, I posted one single post on animationresearchcorner.blogspot.com, and never revisited it.  That one post will be posted here, as will many others!

My passion has always been Disney and Pixar animation.  My favorite topic is the production of Disney and Pixar films, including ones that never ended up being produced.

The goal of this blog is to gather information on these films in one spot.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns at Animation.Research.Avenue@gmail.com!

-Amy