This Week's It Came From Disney!

This week on the Disney Dispatch, my inner child comes out while looking at two different Tangled Tower Play Sets! Just looking at these makes me want to sit down and play! See which one is your favorite and let me know if you have one of these towers on my article page!

Oscar Nods for Disney!

The Press Release, which came out today from Disney, excitedly announces the 12 Oscar Nominations that Disney and Pixar have received! Read to find out more:

THE Walt disney studios Celebrates
12 Oscar^® Nominations for TOY STORY 3,
ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND MORE     
Disney•Pixar animated film earns Best Picture nomination for second straight year

BURBANK, Calif. – January 25, 2011 – The Walt Disney Studios is proud to announce its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar^® nominations. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced five nominations for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3, including for the coveted title of Best Picture; three for Alice in Wonderland, and one each for Day & Night, Tangled, The Tempest and TRON: Legacy.

“2010 was a banner year for The Walt Disney Studios, and we are thrilled that the Academy has chosen to recognize both our animated blockbusters Toy Story 3 and Tangled and our live-action hits Alice in Wonderland and TRON: Legacy for their artistry, technical achievements and storytelling,” said Rich Ross, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.

Toy Story 3 marks only the third time in history that Academy members have honored an animated film in the Best Picture category. It also earned a nomination for Adapted Screenplay – making it the fourth consecutive screenplay nomination for a Disney•Pixar film. The Toy Story trilogy’s tally of Oscar nominations now stands at nine.

Commenting on the announcement, John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said, “To have Toy Story 3 represented in the Best Picture category is a great honor, and a fitting tribute to director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla Anderson, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and all of the talented people at Pixar, who worked so hard to live up to and exceed the standards and expectations of Toy Story fans and moviegoers all over the world.” 

A summary of nominations for The Walt Disney Studios is as follows:

Toy Story 3

Best Motion Picture of the Year - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Achievement in Sound Editing - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

Adapted Screenplay - Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

Alice in Wonderland
Art Direction - Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in Visual Effects - Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

Day & Night
Best Animated Short Film - Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton

Tangled
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater

The Tempest
Achievement in Costume Design - The Tempest (Touchstone) Sandy Powell

TRON: Legacy
Achievement in Sound Editing - TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

Get Ready for Tangled!

Tangled is out today! I thought I would post a few more images of the movie that Walt Disney Pictures has so kindly provided! These pictures seem to show more of the personality of the characters, especially the animals! Enjoy!

Maximus

Pascal

Pascal

Pascal a big bug-eyed

Pascal looking Flynn over

One really creepy guy!

Flynn and Max fighting

Flynn about to be catapulted

Close call for Flynn Rider

Smooth Criminal

Flynn admiring himself

Mother Gothel and some goons

Mother Gothel loves Rapunzel's hair

Max with Attitude

I think Maximus lost Flynn

Flynn and Rapunzel with the lanterns

Flynn and Rapunzel with the lanterns

Looking Down

Really unique image of Rapunzel sweeping

The bar is called the Snuggly Duckling.....Really?!

Max and Flynn seem to fight a lot

Tangled Movie Clips

I was looking around youtube and stumbled upon a few movie clips from Tangled and I just had to share them! Get pumped for Wednesday!!

Get Tangled up in the Tangled Trailer!

Tangled: New Villainess Image

A new image from "Tangled" has been released, so I thought I would share it with all of you. This is the first image released of Mother Gothel, the woman who has locked Rapunzel in her tower. She acts and looks nice, but I have a feeling we will find out otherwise as the movie progresses.

Also wanted to share a couple facts about Tangled.  The music for the movie is being done by Alan Menken, the same composer from "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", and "Pocahontas".  His latest work was from "Enchanted". 

Another awesome fact, "Tangled" is Walt Disney Picture's 50th Full-Length Animated Feature! Go Disney!

Tangled Movie Art

As I have said before, I am very excited for Tangled! I think this looks like a really cute movie and I cannot wait to see it! In anticipation of the movie, here is some images from the film:

Rapunzel

Pascal, Rapunzel's Chameleon Friend

Flynn Rider

Flynn Rider

Rapunzel letting her hair down...and herself!

A Couple of Thugs

Flynn Rider and Rapunzel

Get Tangled!

Ok, I know we are still over 2 months away from Disney's new movie Tangled coming out, but I am just so excited about it that I had to share some pictures and info about it with you from Walt Disney Pictures. These next few pictures are some concept art from the movie! Check back soon for some movie images, trailers and some upcoming images from Tron: Legacy! Enjoy!

Tangled Concept Art Drawings

The Tower

Publicity Art, you've probably seen this in advertisements for the film at some point.

Floating Lanterns?

Weekly DDL Post

This week on the Disney Driven Life, I talk about two changes that are coming to Magic Kingdom, including a new character meet and greet area! To find out more, check out the article here!