Wall-E " Pixar goes to space age " New Featurette

And one more Wall-E featurette, one! On this one, you'll see how Andrew Stanton and his Pixar team succeed to create the space age future of Wall-E !



And one more for the road - very short, but fun - with this "Wall-E meets a camera" vignette.



videos: copyright Disney-Pixar

Wall-E " A Space Journey In Sound " New Featurette

When you're doing a movie about robots in the future, you surely need a good sound designer. And for Wall-E, Andrew Stanton choose the best one: Ben Burtt.

Who is Ben Burtt you ask? Well, first, Ben is four times academy award winner - four! - and his most memorable work includes creating the "voice" of robot R2-D2 in the Star Wars films, as well as various sound effects like the lightsaber, the heavy breathing sound of Darth Vader (by recording his own breathing in an old Dacor scuba regulator), and the speederbike chase sounds from Return of the Jedi...

So, you see, Ben is really the right man at the right place for all the Wall-E sounds, and Ben will explain you more in this very interesting featurette below!




Video: copyright Disney-Pixar

New Disney's California Adventure Toy Story Mania pictures

Mice age's Mice Chat have great new pictures of Disney's California Adventure Toy Story Mania. The victorian themed queue decor always seems to me more interesting than the one at DHS, but everybody will judge by himself and have the one he prefer, i suppose.

Anyway, among the Mice Chat pictures, a very interesting one, the WDI operating map for the cast members working on the ride!



You can see all the pictures on Mice Chat HERE

Photos: copyright Mouseketeer on Mice Chat
Operating map: copyright Walt Disney Imagineering

What are you doing the next 700 years ?

The Wall-E poster above is the french version of the movie poster, and the "hook" phrase - if this is the right english word - is: "Tu fais quoi les 700 prochaines annees" that we can translate by: "What are you doing the next 700 years ?".

The movie will be released in France at the end of July, so the french will have to wait one more month!

You can find the image in high-res HERE

Photo: copyright Disney-Pixar

A full 3.20 minutes scene from Wall-E .... and more !

It's a special Wall-E today with two new videos, and one of them is a 3.20 minutes long clip from the movie! No need to say that watching a long sequence like this one can be full of spoilers...however, i took the risk to watch it, and what i can say is that it definitely spoil the sequence, of course - because you saw it, but it don't spoil at all the whole movie.

Let' begin first with an appetizer with this other new short clip - not from the movie so no spoilers here- Wall-E meeting a fire hydrant.




And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, here is the real thing, a full sequence of 3.20 minutes of Wall-E ! Watch it at your own risk!




Not enough? There is more about Wall-E on Disney Movie Surfers HERE and specially this other one HERE whith a talk with director Andrew Stanton and lot of images from the movie never seen before. And, warning, spoilers ahead, too!

Videos: copyright Disney-Pixar

All Walt Disney World now in 3D on Google Earth !

You all know the fantastic - and totally free - Google Earth, don't you? I did an article some months ago telling you how to use it at its best and how to virtually "soar" over all the Disney theme parks in the world - if you've missed the article, you can find it HERE.

Now, there is something new between Walt Disney World and Google Earth and it's great and stunning. Here is the press release that will tell you all about it, better than i can do!

Walt Disney World Resort in 3D takes vacation planning to new heights as the most detailed 3D rendering within Google Earth to date
Burbank, Calif. (June 5, 2008) – Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is harnessing the power of Google Earth™ to build an interactive, three-dimensional tour of Walt Disney World Resort that brings you one step closer to a true park experience. With direct links to Disney’s online travel-planning tools, Walt Disney World Resort in 3D will re-invent how people plan and book vacations.

Beginning today, Disney guests can use Google Earth, a program which offers a 3D digital model of the world, to virtually tour Walt Disney World’s four theme parks, as well as its 22 hotels and resorts. An overview of Walt Disney World Resort in 3D, along with instructions on how to get started, can be found at www.disneyworld.com/3dparks. Existing Google Earth 4.3 users can see Walt Disney World Resort in 3D by enabling the “Gallery” folder within Google Earth, or by selecting any of the 3D buildings within the resort.

“You know the phrase ‘next best thing to being there’? Walt Disney World Resort in 3D is going to deliver on that,” said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “Guests and travel planners can now explore our world with just a few clicks of a mouse, and they can book vacations while being immersed in what the destination has to offer.”



Disney’s digital mapping project, Walt Disney World Resort in 3D, will become the ultimate online travel guide for Walt Disney World Resort, integrating the Google Earth 3D experience with the planning features of Disney.com. Whether guests book through the Disney reservation center, a travel agent or online, nearly nine out of ten Walt Disney World guests use the internet to plan their vacations and Walt Disney World Resort in 3D provides the latest technology available to enhance that experience. From Google Earth, guests and travel planners can click on images of their favorite attractions and hotels to purchase tickets, make reservations, and map out the vacation that is right for their families – in 3D and with the click of a mouse. Disneyworld.com visitors can view videos and other information about viewing Walt Disney World in 3D at www.disneyworld.com/3dparks.

The depth and vivid detail of Walt Disney World Resort in 3D project makes this a unique, truly immersive experience within Google Earth. Visitors begin their virtual tour of Disney World with a stratospheric view of the globe, a starting point familiar to anyone who has ever used Google Earth. A skydive takes visitors past the flatlands of Florida to a view of the Seven Seas Lagoon in the Magic Kingdom. Guests can then fly through the streets and explore in and around the hotels and resorts, down Main Street to Cinderella Castle, from the heights of The Tower of Terror to base of the Tree of Life. To enter the virtual park:

Download Google Earth 4.3 by visiting www.disneyworld.com/3dparks.
Launch Google Earth and search for 'Disney World'
Click the Mickey Ears to open an info window.
In the info window, click “Show Disney World in 3D.” Now explore!
“This is the most detailed 3D rendering undertaken within Google Earth to date,” continued Rasulo. “The work done here will provide a professional counterpart to the wealth of Disney images and 3D models from around the world contributed by thousands of volunteers. The difference Walt Disney World Resort in 3D provides is one of scope and interaction.”



During the project’s first phase, eight photographers worked for 10 days to shoot all the visible surfaces of Walt Disney World, including every building façade. A total 100,000 photos were taken in all; these became the start for some 1,500 3D models that populate the virtual tour. Walt Disney World Resort in 3D creates a new level of usability for vacation planners and makes detailed information about one of the world’s foremost destinations available to Google Earth’s 350 million users, furthering the Google Earth team’s goal of recreating the world as it really is. (end of press release)

Now, i just tried it, an i must say that the result is really amazing: i went to the Magic Kingdom, and they've really recreated in 3D every building, and even the trees! Instead to have a flat view shoot from the sky, you can do your own "travelling" inside each land, nd even if nothing replace the real thing, it's fun to experience it. The pictures above are coming from Disney, but the one below is a screen capture from my computer showing the Mark Twain the Riverboat landing and the Haunted Mansion in 3D...

Go ahead, try this new WDW on Google Earth, and let me know what you think of it, it worth the look, really !



Photos: copyright Disney

High-Res wallpaper pictures of a memorable day at Cape Canaveral

Soooo, Last week Buzz Lightyear was finally in outer space for real, and here are high-res pictures of this memorable event!

Here is Buzz standing near "his" Space Shuttle at cape Canaveral.



Woody was there during the "lift-off" to salute the departure of his friend...



And as you can see, he was not alone, including some Space Rangers!



All photos; copyright Disney