Disney Animation Update: Princess and the Frog, Rapunzel, and......"Prep and Landing"

Today, a special Disney Animation update, and we will begin with some pictures of the Disney Animation Panel at San Diego's Comicon on July 24.



Legendary director Hayao Miyazaki was there too - his last movie "Ponyo" will be released soon in the U.S - and here he is with John Lasseter who consider Miyazaki as his "master".





On the next picture: Director Ron Clements, Director John Musker, Director Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Director Kirk Wise and Director Lee Unkrich at the Disney Animation Panel.



On this last one John Musker, John Lasseter and Ron Clements at the San Diego Convention Center.



And talking about John Musker and Ron Clements, the two directors of Princess and the Frog, here is a great "pencil test" video that was shown during the Comicon.




Also, a series of - for some of them new - pictures from this awaited movie.























Let's talk now about another 2D animated feature, Rapunzel, as new pictures were released recently, and all this looks pretty interesting as you will see. Here they are.









A good surprise may also come from another new Walt Disney Animation project called "Prep and Landing" directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. Here is the pitch: "After working tirelessly on Prep and Landing for 227 years, an Elf named Wayne is upset when he doesn't receive an expected promotion to be the "director of naughty list intelligence".
Instead Magee the North Pole Christmas Eve command center coordinator partners Wayne with Lanny, an idealistic rookie who has an undying unthusiasm for Christmas. during their Christmas Eve mission, Wayne and Larry encounter unexpected challenges that push them to their limits.
Will the elves be able to guide Dasher, Dancer and the rest of the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh through a raging snowstorm to ensure a Merry Christmas for all?"

Don't need to be a genius to guess that this new movie will be released more than probably on Christmas!

Here are some pictures of "Prep and Landing" and apparently this one seems to be done in 3D animation.







Okay, that's all for today, have all a great week-end!


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The Princess and the Frog Top Secret Tour

Last Sunday night the Disney Channel aired this series of Princess and the Frog featurettes. Called "The Princess and the Frog Top Secret Tour" it's a great behind the scenes tour with the directors John Musker and Ron Clements and artists involved in this awaited animated movie. A good soul - daytimesky2000 - had the good idea to upload them on Youtube, so here are the five featurettes. And yes, they include new clips from the movie never seen before!





















Pictures and Videos: copyright Disney - Many thanks to daytimesky2000

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The Princess and the Frog Trailer now on line !!

The highly awaited Princess and the Frog trailer is now on line and all I can say is...Oh my God!! It looks GORGEOUS!!! We are going to have a closer look at it but before, as there IS below a lot of spoilers about different scenes i strongly suggest you to watch the trailer below or in high-def on Apple Trailers, and come back on D&M after you've seen it as there is lot of stunning images below!



As we know, the Princess and the Frog is a fairy tale - based upon the book by E.D. Baker - centered on a young girl named Tiana who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter during the Jazz Age. As we saw before on the first teaser she happened to meet a frog...



The frog explain to her that "he" desperately needs a kiss from her to break the spell ...



As "he" was before a Prince - Prince Naveen - from the land of Maldonia...



We can see the prince arriving and acclaimed by the crowd...



Before being transformed into a frog by the evil scheming voodoo witch doctor Dr. Facilier.





For different reasons that i won't explained now if you haven't seen the trailer yet, Tiana and the frog must find the good voodoo priestess of the Bayou, Mama Odie...




While befriending with a trumpet-playing alligator...




...and a hopelessly romantic firefly along the way.




It looks like the help of Mama Odie will be a precious one...



And, although some of the trailer images shows a happy ending (what a surprise!)...




...there is ONE thing that i won't tell you - specially if you haven't watch the trailer yet, it's what is happening when Tiana finally agrees to kiss the frog...



You have to see the trailer first to discover it!

The trailer also introduce new characters like these musicians of a street Jazz band...



And the early life of Tiana while she was a waitress.




Some other scenes shows gorgeous backdrop like this night scene with the river boat...



...or sophisticated decors like this "fairy tale" bedroom



Graphically speaking Disney animators did outstanding stylisation and colours on the voodoo scenes...





After watching this trailer i can tell you that i have absolutely no doubts that The Princess and the Frog - directed by the highly talented John Musker and Ron Clements - will be a major Disney animated film! I just can't wait for November!

All screen capture pictures: copyright Disney