From
Animation Magazine.net:
Monday, September 14, 2009By:
Thomas J. McleanPIXAR and
Disney animation chief
John Lasseter has built the studio’s sterling reputation on cutting-edge CG animation, but says
Disney fans can expect to see a lot more hand-drawn animation in the future.
Speaking at
Disney’s D23 fan expo in Anaheim,
Lasseter gave fans a peek at the upcoming hand-drawn film
The Princess and the Frog, and a new
Winnie the Pooh feature due out in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He said that studios had made a mistake in focusing solely on CG animation.
“I never quite understood why the studios thought people wouldn’t want to watch it,”
Lasseter said, according to a Reuters report. “What audiences didn’t want was bad movies.”
Speaking to press,
Lasseter denied there was any truth to the rumor that Pixar was planning an Ant-Man movie as part of
Disney’s recently announced plans to buy
Marvel Entertainment.
He also announced some casting news for the upcoming
Toy Story 3, confirming that John Morris will return as the voice of Andy. Jeff Garliln, Bonnie Hunt, Timothy Dalton and Whoopi Goldberg also will play voices in the film.
In other
D23 news,
Disney announced plans to revamp the
Star Tours attraction to be a 3-D experience, opening in 2011. The company also announced plans to vastly expand its
Fantasyland attraction at
Walt Disney World, opening in 2012.