Disney has stopped releasing animated movies into theaters. Now they only go straight to DVD. The only Disney movies that come out to theaters now are either computer generated (Pixar) or live action. Nothing against them, but I miss animated movies in the theaters. Will Disney ever release any animated movies into the theater again?
2006-07-19 19:58:02 · 8 answers · asked by cookinghamusa 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Because Walt Disney died. When others took over the running of Buena Vista, Disney the first thing to happen were lay offs and cut backs to save money. the running of the entire place changed. They even shipped Roy off to Florida and off the Burbank lot. All the decent animators left. Some went to Don Bluth productions for a while...others went independant and to other smaller places and others well they are just gone. Now everything is done by computer because it is so much cheaper and so much faster. That's the bottom line. Money Money Money, not nostalgia and not quality.
2006-07-19 20:04:10 · answer #1 · answered by Island Queen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to tell ya'...but handdrawn cartoons have been out of style in the tech biz for sometime. Everything Disney is automated to some degree.
every so often Disney will release a new masterpiece collection item, like Little Mermaid and Lion King. The whole of the released items depend solely on marketability. Sorry to say this but money really makes the world go round and Disney is no fool when it comes to marketability.
The whole process revolves around a pitch. If the pitch is made well on a solid foundation it will get produced. If the pitch asks for entrance into the Master Piece category there is a process that the FULL script must go through in order to be filmed or created as the topic.
Is it a compelling story?
Do the characters have dynamics?
Will the storyline live up to Disney standards?
Will the story put kids to sleep on keep 5 year olds on the edge of their seat as well as 50 year olds?
Is there a demand for this particular story?
Will the story make money?
Will the stories merchandise be irresistable?
I am sure there are even more questions that have to be answered before the studio even considers to spend millions of dollars in a production...unsure if the money will be made back.
2006-07-20 03:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they do, it'll probably be a Studio Glihbi production directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Disney has distribution rights to these Japanese animated films. They released "Howl's Moving Castle" in limited release last summer. That's about as close to hand-drawn films as Disney is going to get these days.
I heard that Disney is laying off some more people this week and is cutting down on the number of films they release in a year. So it looks like we'll be seeing more Pixar releases rather than hand-drawn Disney-produced films.
2006-07-20 03:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have found it is more cost effective to contract out the animation work to groups like Pixar or buy the distribution rights like they did with Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away). I doubt very much that they will ever put out full length classically animated movies in theaters again. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing. They hit their peak with Lion King.
2006-07-20 03:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As someone with many friends within the Disney organization, the answer is no. Those types of movies are very expensive to produce (even more so than the CG ones), and historically have not done well at the box office in comparison to the CG movies.
2006-07-20 03:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Buster Van Buren 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The computer generated films make a LOT more money.
Disney has 'retired' all of their 2d animators, so you won't be seeing anymore of the old style animated movies. At least from Disney.
2006-07-20 03:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Jolly1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely not. It's too costly and time consuming. What company wants that. Also. MGM went out of productions. However, I do miss the older animated movies too.
2006-07-20 03:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by defleppard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋