Disney is no longer making hand drawn animated feature films. For now...
At the moment, no hand drawn animated feature film is in the works at any of the Disney Animation Studios. But they are still working on a few television shows.
If you happen to be a fan of the classic Disney Animated Feature Films, like myself, then prepare yourself for some very sad news. At an annual shareholders meeting in Phoenix, Arizona this past Wednesday, the Chief Executive of the Walt Disney Company Bob Iger said that none of the Walt Disney Animation Studios are currently working on any 2D feature length films. Accroding to Bob
Mr. Iger's statement does hit home for fans of classic cartoon movies, but there is a silver lining in his words. He says that they aren't making any 2D movies "right now," implying that they may go back to the format somewhere in the future. So in about 10 years, after the next few CG Movies are released, Disney might hit us with a 2D Fully Animated Feature Nostalgia Trip. I'm hoping for a 2 hour road trip movie with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.
A contributing factor to Disney's decision to stop 2D animated movies may be the poor box office draw of their two previous animated films The Princess and the Frog and Whinnie the Pooh, both earning $267 million and $33 million respectively. Yes, those are big numbers, but those figures pale in comparison to previous 3D animated films Bolt ($310 million) and Tangled ($590 million). So believe it or not, it was all about the money.
So, if you were waiting for a new 2D animated film after 2011's Winnie the Pooh, then prepare to keep waiting. For the time being, it seems that any animated film coming out of Disney will be 3D animated instead of the classic, traditional hand drawn 2D animation that most of us grew up with. If this news hasn't shattered your soul too much, perhaps you can find the time to watch Disney's new 3D film Frozen, which based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen. The film is set to release November 27, 2013.
So, g1's, what do you think about all this "news" from Walt Disney? Do you agree with this decision? Do you prefer classic 2D animated films of the past, or are you a fan of the full blown 3D Computer Generated films? If the 2D animated movies were to make a comeback, what would be the best way to approach Traditional Animation's Comeback?
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
MustLoveZelda
Bah humbug!
No one likes classic things anymore. For example, The Legend of Zelda, Classic series. No one plays it anymore. Call of Duty. The exact opposite of a classic series. EVERYBODY plays it.
That is just one of many, many, many terrifying, horrid, repulsive examples. Feel free to post your own. Humanity needs to know these examples.
PineyCreek
I'm sure Disney will still come out with the occasional gem, but it won't be the same. Personally I think Disney started their downhill slide when they started releasing "sequels" to their classics like "Lady and The Tramp II" or "Cinderella II". It's kind of similar to the Star Wars "prequels" which were just FANTASTIC (:: sarcasm ::)...and now Disney owns Star Wars....yeah....let's just see what happens.
Sol-Raith
It's sad that everything boils down to the dollar bill... but that's our world, it's best to get used to it.
LegendStormcrow
A new Disney movie. That is news, as for the hand drawn 2d, thats what they said about Home on the Range or whatever it was called.
TheSwedishGamer
Very sad indeed.
Flapperdoodle
That "Frozen" animation looks beautiful. I cannot WAIT for it.
DanGuy
The sooner Iger is out and Lasseter gets his head out of his ass and stops being a control freak with his precious talking hot wheels, the sooner we can get good, original, 2D animated films and Brad Bird can come back to make The Incredibles 2. A film which deserves to be made instead of Finding Nemo 2 or an in name only version of The Snow Queen.
MustLoveZelda
A sequel out of Finding Nemo. Hmm... not really anything new you can do with that. And we weren't left hanging or anything. The Incredibles, on the other hand, DOES leave you hanging. Everyone wants to see them fight The Underminer. In fact, there was a VIDEO GAME he was in for The Incredibles. Yet, we do not have a movie with him in it. Besides his brief appearance at the end.
DanGuy
It's kind of ironic isn't it? John Lasseter said that he would stop the pointless Disney sequels, prequels, and interquels. . . only to do the exact same with Cars 2, Planes, and, possibly, Monsters University. Not to mention he claimed to support the rebirth of 2D films at Disney, and then proceeded to turn all of the upcoming 2D projects into CGI films and claimed that 2D animation was ,"an excuse for poor storytelling", when he was approached on this matter.
MustLoveZelda
Poor storytelling, my @$5! As a child, I loved all those 2D movies, and I still enjoy them today. Aladinn, Aristocats, Beauty & the Beast, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves, and A LOT more. I could give more examples, but we'ed be here for quite awhile.
Nothing is wrong with 2D. I liked The Princess & The Frog, and THAT was 2D.