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Rich Moore wrote:It’s a really exciting time to be at the studio because there’re great projects coming down the line that are also really different. Chris Buck is up next [...] Then Don Hall who directed Winnie the Pooh has a great kind of anime, action-adventure comic book story that’s coming up.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Itt-Xf4Qg

Q: Now that Disney owns Marvel, is the animation department looking at any of those properties?

John Kahrs: Maybe. You’ll see.

Source: http://collider.com/john-kahrs-paperman ... ew/206840/

I think they might be able to use Silver Samurai, since in the past, Marvel was able to use Wolverine and other X-Men-related characters in the "Hulk vs." feature, but weren't able to use the Silver Surfer in "Planet Hulk", so I think Fox's deal with the X-Men excludes animation, but their FF contract doesn't.

John Pannozzi wrote:I think they might be able to use Silver Samurai, since in the past, Marvel was able to use Wolverine and other X-Men-related characters in the "Hulk vs." feature, but weren't able to use the Silver Surfer in "Planet Hulk", so I think Fox's deal with the X-Men excludes animation, but their FF contract doesn't.

They can't use Silver Samurai because Fox holds the theatrical rights to the character through the X-Men universe. In fact, Fox is using Silver Samurai in the upcoming film The Wolverine. Disney's Big Hero 6 will be a theatrical release. It's irrelevant if the medium is animation or live-action. Disney/Marvel still holds the rights to these characters for TV, direct-to-video, and online projects.

Lorelay Bove is working on Big Hero 6.

Lorelay Bove: Big Hero 6!

Q: The first Marvel Animated movie done by Disney?

Lorelay Bove: Yes.

Q: Excited about doing this movie?

Lorelay Bove: Yeah, it's going to be cool! Very exciting film! Good things at Disney!

Source: http://twitter.com/lorelaybove/status/2 ... 7864481792

Damn Sotiris, just when In was trying to forget about Big Hero 6, this gets announced! We have yet to see anything for Frozen, now this! Very curious to see how this turns out! That guy is right, it is a exciting time at WDAS!

DisneyEra wrote: Damn Sotiris, just when In was trying to forget about Big Hero 6, this gets announced! We have yet to see anything for Frozen, now this! Very curious to see how this turns out! That guy is right, it is a exciting time at WDAS!

Ummm we haven't seen anything for this though?!?! Both Frozen and BH6 have had tweets?!?! But nothing else. Which isn't unexpected as Disney keeps their cards close to their chests! It would be different if we saw actual art for BH6 and not Frozen, but that's not the case.

Steve Hulett wrote:As for the rest of the Disney slate, Frozen has multiple sequences in production, and the feature slated after Frozen is chugging along.

Steve Hulett wrote:"Big Hero 6" appears to be the next project in line. Story is being worked/re-worked. One staffer said that there will be decisions made about release dates next month. Guess we'll see.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... ailer.html

Steve Hulett wrote:While I was running around, a veteran staffer told me a about projects in various stages of work.

"There's Big Hero Six and Frozen going into production, and then three projects after that".

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... o-hat.html

Steve Hulett wrote:Upstairs, a story artist told me the next picture to go into production after Frozen has been decided on but not yet announced, so I (of course) will keep my yap shut. (Hint: It's one of the films now in development.)

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... udios.html

Steve Hulett wrote:I visited the Hat Building this morning and Frozen is sledding right along. Beyond that, there are some shorts in work, and a second feature will go into production sometime around August. So for the first time in a while, the studio will have two overlapping animated features in production. Which is a good thing.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... oyant.html

Q: How about the rest of the films in development like Big Hero 6 or Ron & John's flick? Are they coming along?

Steve Hulett: Big Hero 6 is well in work. Don't know about R & J's feature.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... e-hat.html

Q: How's Big Hero 6 coming along?

Steve Hulett: BH 6 is in work.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... udios.html

Steve Hulett: I got tipped off awhile ago that BH6 would be going into full bore production later this year, but was told to keep my mouth buttoned.

Q: So, have you seen any artwork or footage? Is it any good?

Steve Hulett: Boards. I've seen boards. No comment on the boards. No profit in it.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... s-out.html

Steve Hulett: At Walt Disney Animation Studios, staff continues to be hired for Frozen, with a chosen few laboring on Big Hero Six, scheduled to swing into production later in the year. It will overlap with Frozen.

Q: How are things going on Big Hero 6? You said once you've seen boards. Have you seen the character designs?

Steve Hulett: I've seen some environments, (nice looking) and a few other bits and pieces. I try and avoid peeking, but sometimes my eyeballs get exposed to proprietary work.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... oughs.html

Steve Hulett wrote:Walt Disney Animation Studios has been hiring of late, putting staffers on Frozen and Big Hero Six as they ramp up into full production. They also have a number of shorts and features in development.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... yoffs.html

Steve Hulett wrote:A number of DreamWorkers have found employment at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where work continues to ramp up on Frozen, and Big Hero Six waits in the wings.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... s-bit.html

Great news for Big Hero 6! Really looking foward to this film, a little more than Frozen even. As for it's release date, it's clear it will be in November 2014. Pixar has "The Good Dinosuar" coming out that may, while 2 live-action Marvel films will be released: Captain America The Winter Solider in April/Spring, Guardians of the Galaxy in August/Summer, so Big Hero 6 should be out that November/Winter! If it isn't out in 2014, that will be the 1st time since 2006 that Disney Animation will go a whole year without an animated feature! And I can't see that happening, not in the modern CGI era whlie their rivals like DreamWorks has 3 films coming in 2014: Me & my Shadow/March, How to train you Dragon 2/June & Happy Smek Day/November.

According to Box Office Mojo, Big Hero 6 will be released on November 7, 2014.

estefan wrote:According to Box Office Mojo, Big Hero 6 will be released on November 7, 2014.

Disney also confirmed the release date:

DISNEY ANIMATION UNTITLED is now dated for November 7, 2014

Source: http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-dis ... 014-58002/

A November 2014 release date for Big Hero 6! I've been saying that for quite sometime, no surprize there! I can't wait til next simmer's Comic Con & D23 to see the 1st images! This is a Marvel property, so they clearly won't take long to promote it, especially since this is an obscure Marvel franchise. That means Dreamworks Happy Smek Day will be out in late Nov 2014. So Disney & Dreamworks are ready for November battle for BO $$$ for the next 3yrs:

2012: Disney's Wreck-it Ralph vs. Dreamwork's Rise of the Guadians
2013: Disney's Frozen vs. Dreamwork's Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014: Disney's Big Hero 6 vs. Dreamwork's Happy Smek Day

Let the battle begin, Go Disney!

I don't think the guys at DreamWorks even consider WDAS formidable competition. To them, the guys at the hat building are still playing catch-up. Maybe with Wreck-It Ralph, WDAS will put an end to that, and finally get into the VIP circle currently populated by Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, and most recently, Sony.

Jules wrote:I don't think the guys at DreamWorks even consider WDAS formidable competition. To them, the guys at the hat building are still playing catch-up. Maybe with Wreck-It Ralph, WDAS will put an end to that, and finally get into the VIP circle currently populated by Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, and most recently, Sony.

We are talking box-office success only, right?

Mostly, yes.

I've long wondered how the average Joe percieves WDAS these days. Are people aware that the studio that made Tangled is the same studio that made Beauty and the Beast? Do they know that it's independent from Pixar? Do they know it still exists, and didn't sink with Home on the Range?

Jules wrote:Mostly, yes.

I've long wondered how the average Joe percieves WDAS these days. Are people aware that the studio that made Tangled is the same studio that made Beauty and the Beast? Do they know that it's independent from Pixar? Do they know it still exists, and didn't sink with Home on the Range?

I doubt it. Most people aren't really aware of WDAS, they just lump everything under Disney. So you get people complaining that Disney doesn't make animated movies anymore, just tween shows. Also not sure that Home on the Range is well-known enough be generally perceived to be a sinking point.

You hit the nail on its head.

For most people:

1. DreamWorks Animation films are made by DreamWorks Animation. (correct)
2. Pixar animated films are made by Pixar Animation Studios. (correct)
3. Blue Sky animated films are made by Blue Sky Studios. (correct)
4. Disney Animation films are made by "Disney", as in the Walt Disney Company. (incorrect - the artists and film-makers that make the WDAS films have little say what goes on in the rest of the company, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, they were hardly ever, or never involved in the production of the direct-to-video sequels, good or bad. Unfortunately, WDAS is the only studio that had to pay for the egregious errors the rest of the company was making as most people thought (and still think) that the theatrical (WDAS) films and the DTV movies are made by the same creative group.

You'd think the new Steamboat Willie logo, introduced with Meet the Robinsons, would help people differentiate between WDAS and the rest of the company.

And of course, a significant number still claim that Pixar is not Disney and that Disney only distributes their films.

Rumored November 2014 release date:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/23/ ... ease-date/

From: The Animation Guild Blog

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2 ... s-out.html

I forgot if it been mention or not, but what medium is this movie going to be made as? : CGI or hand drawn? Considering this is marvel movie, They usually do their animation productions in hand drawn style. I don't think they have ever done one in CGI.