Chicken Little Makers 'Quit' Disney

Isaac · 03-30-2006, 09:31 PM

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Randy Fullmer, who produced Disney's Chicken Little, and Mark Dindal, who directed it, have quietly quit the company, the animation website O-meon.com reported Wednesday. In an interview, both Fullmer and Dindal denied that the takeover of Disney's animation business by Pixar execs played any part in their decision to leave. Fullmer said that he just wanted to "do my own things for awhile," adding: "It was great to work with 400 people in that sort of collaborative thing but it would just be nice to go back and be an individual artist for awhile." Dindal said that he was interested in making a film combining live action with animation. "I started to save up some money so that I could strike out for about a year and see what I could do as far as trying to get a film along those lines." He did not indicate whether he had approached Disney about such a project.

Keep in mind, Cynthia Harris also 'quit' working for Disney.

Not Afraid · 03-30-2006, 09:49 PM

I buy his reasoning actually. It sounds like a good move.

wendybeth · 03-30-2006, 10:54 PM

Unfortunately I bought his movie. That was not a good move.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 11:27 PM

Transparent Trap.

Gn2Dlnd · 03-31-2006, 01:33 AM

Twanspawent Twap?

Moonliner · 03-31-2006, 05:16 AM

While Chicken Little was a bomb I do hope that the Pixar takeover does not sound the death knoll for all hand drawn animation. Stitch is still one of my favorite Disney flicks of all times and I'd hate to see the art form die off at Disney.

LSPoorEeyorick · 03-31-2006, 07:39 AM

Oh, I doubt that Pixar will be the death knoll for traditional animation. They, after all, bought all of Disney's traditional animation supplies after Disney itself tried to kill traditional animation off. Those two men are CGI animators.

Pixar-Disney's already trying to bring it back. "Enchanted," a film I'm very looking forward to, is a live-action/traditional-animation film about an animated princess who gets cursed by the evil queen-type to real-life New York City. Starring Amy Adams. Songs by Alan Menken. Hand-drawn animation. I'm there.

Snowflake · 03-31-2006, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Oh, I doubt that Pixar will be the death knoll for traditional animation. They, after all, bought all of Disney's traditional animation supplies after Disney itself tried to kill traditional animation off. Those two men are CGI animators.

Pixar-Disney's already trying to bring it back. "Enchanted," a film I'm very looking forward to, is a live-action/traditional-animation film about an animated princess who gets cursed by the evil queen-type to real-life New York City. Starring Amy Adams. Songs by Alan Menken. Hand-drawn animation. I'm there.

You and me both, sister! Thanks for posting this info.

Alex · 03-31-2006, 10:45 AM

I wouldn't get too excited about the hand-drawn animation in Enchanted being a sign of a revival at Disney. They aren't doing th animation in that movie, and neither is Pixar. James Baxter Animation is doing the sequence.

Sure, there is hope that it will be so successful that Disney has to return to hand-drawn animation full time but there are a lot of hurdles. One, it would be very expensive to recreate what used to exist and it would be a couple years before any product could be created. Two, there is no reason that CG animation can't be used to produce what looks like hand-drawn animation (see the short Lorenzo for an example of something you'd swear is hand-drawn being completely CG).

While I would regret it if the look of hand-drawn animation dies, despite any momentary resurgence, I think the process is for the history museum except for very localized specialty projects.

Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 08:09 AM

I did not get to see 'Chicken Little' (I really had no desire to see it) but I thought it did pretty well at the box office... ???

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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	While Chicken Little was a bomb I do hope that the Pixar takeover does not sound the death knoll for all hand drawn animation. Stitch is still one of my favorite Disney flicks of all times and I'd hate to see the art form die off at Disney. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Oh, I doubt that Pixar will be the death knoll for traditional animation. They, after all, bought all of Disney's traditional animation supplies after Disney itself tried to kill traditional animation off. Those two men are CGI animators. Pixar-Disney's already trying to bring it back. "Enchanted," a film I'm very looking forward to, is a live-action/traditional-animation film about an animated princess who gets cursed by the evil queen-type to real-life New York City. Starring Amy Adams. Songs by Alan Menken. Hand-drawn animation. I'm there.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I wouldn't get too excited about the hand-drawn animation in Enchanted being a sign of a revival at Disney. They aren't doing th animation in that movie, and neither is Pixar. James Baxter Animation is doing the sequence. Sure, there is hope that it will be so successful that Disney has to return to hand-drawn animation full time but there are a lot of hurdles. One, it would be very expensive to recreate what used to exist and it would be a couple years before any product could be created. Two, there is no reason that CG animation can't be used to produce what looks like hand-drawn animation (see the short Lorenzo for an example of something you'd swear is hand-drawn being completely CG). While I would regret it if the look of hand-drawn animation dies, despite any momentary resurgence, I think the process is for the history museum except for very localized specialty projects.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I did not get to see 'Chicken Little' (I really had no desire to see it) but I thought it did pretty well at the box office... ???
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