We'd heard the rumblings before, but now they've made it official and told the world: Disney is
getting back into the hand-drawn feature animation game, with John Musker and Ron Clements (
The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Treasure Planet) returning to direct
The Frog Princess. On the 3D side of things, the retooled
American Dog (Chris Williams has replaced Chris Sanders as director) is
slated for next year, while Pixar's Lee Unkrich makes his directorial debut with
Toy Story 3 in 2009.
It looks like Disney is getting its production groove back, but we won't know for sure until we see how these three first films of the Disney/Pixar era play out on the big screen. We'll see in'08.
Labels: Disney, Pixar
