Disney’s “Space Mountain” has been reignited.
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec, whose credits including “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and the two Michael Bay-produced live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” films, have been hired to write a new screenplay based on the beloved Disney Parks attraction, TheWrap has learned.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback is producing the feature, along with Joby Harold (who wrote an earlier iteration of the project) and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse. Ryan Halprin of Rideback is executive producing.
The original Space Mountain opened as the centerpiece of the Magic Kingdom’s version of Tomorrowland in 1975, part of the expansive Walt Disney World resort outside of Orlando, Fla. The ride is known for its strikingly graphic design — comprised of a cone and spires that jut heavenward (and can be seen as part of John Hench’s early concept art) — and its thrilling, coaster-in-the-dark aesthetic. A version of...
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec, whose credits including “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and the two Michael Bay-produced live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” films, have been hired to write a new screenplay based on the beloved Disney Parks attraction, TheWrap has learned.
Jonathan Eirich from Rideback is producing the feature, along with Joby Harold (who wrote an earlier iteration of the project) and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse. Ryan Halprin of Rideback is executive producing.
The original Space Mountain opened as the centerpiece of the Magic Kingdom’s version of Tomorrowland in 1975, part of the expansive Walt Disney World resort outside of Orlando, Fla. The ride is known for its strikingly graphic design — comprised of a cone and spires that jut heavenward (and can be seen as part of John Hench’s early concept art) — and its thrilling, coaster-in-the-dark aesthetic. A version of...
- 4/20/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec (Citadel) have been tapped to script a live-action Space Mountain movie for Disney, Deadline can confirm.
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, it’s based on the theme park attraction first introduced to Disneyland on January 15, 1975. Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse, with Rideback’s Ryan Halprin is exec producing. Harold also completed a previous draft of the script.
One of Disney’s most iconic and beloved attractions, Space Mountain marked a significant milestone as the world’s first indoor, fully enclosed roller coaster. Designed by Imagineer John Hench and built by Wed Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, its concept originated in the 1960s during the space race era, with Walt Disney himself expressing interest in creating a space-themed attraction. After its successful launch in Disneyland, Space Mountain quickly...
- 4/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Burny Mattinson, who worked as an animator, director, producer and story artist during a 70-year career as the longest-serving “castmember” in the history of The Walt Disney Co., has died. He was 87.
Mattinson died after a short illness on Monday at a Canoga Park assisted living facility in Los Angeles, the studio announced. He was due to receive his 70th anniversary service award — the studio’s first ever — on June 4.
Mattinson was working full time at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a story consultant and mentor at the time of his death.
“Burny’s artistry, generosity and love of Disney Animation and the generations of storytellers that have come through our doors, for seven decades, has made us better — better artists, better technologists and better collaborators,” Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee said in a statement. “All of us who have had the honor to know him...
Mattinson died after a short illness on Monday at a Canoga Park assisted living facility in Los Angeles, the studio announced. He was due to receive his 70th anniversary service award — the studio’s first ever — on June 4.
Mattinson was working full time at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a story consultant and mentor at the time of his death.
“Burny’s artistry, generosity and love of Disney Animation and the generations of storytellers that have come through our doors, for seven decades, has made us better — better artists, better technologists and better collaborators,” Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee said in a statement. “All of us who have had the honor to know him...
- 2/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been 45 years since Disney Parks first took intrepid thrill seekers into the darkest corners of outer space. We're talking, of course, about Space Mountain. And while it's true that the iconic indoor roller coaster opened first at Walt Disney World in Florida on January 15, 1975, did you know that it was first dreamed up, at the request of Walt Disney himself, by designer John Hench (whose fingerprints were all over the original Tomorrowland) in 1964? As it turned out, Disney's original belief that thrill rides wouldn't work in his family park was proven wrong by the massive success of the Matterhorn and he wanted to push things even further. The only problem? The technology to pull off what...
- 1/15/2020
- E! Online
Hidden behind the membership-only barrier of The Disney Movie Club is a long-delayed, long-missed key feature from The Mouse, Walt’s masterful super-production of the timeless Jules Verne classic. Despite the funny songs and an annoyingly ‘ork-ork’-ing sea lion, the lavishly filmed show embraces the dark side of Verne’s vision — Captain Nemo is nothing less than an anti-Colonial terrorist, waging a one-submarine war against international warmongers. With the commanding James Mason in the role, the film’s furious politics are as impressive as the to-die-for art direction: this Disney family attraction has us rooting for the terrorist and against the Imperialist European powers.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Blu-ray
The Disney Movie Club
1954 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 127 min. / Anniversary Edition / Street Date June 18, 2019 / Disney Movie Club exclusive.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Film Editor: Elmo Williams...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Blu-ray
The Disney Movie Club
1954 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 127 min. / Anniversary Edition / Street Date June 18, 2019 / Disney Movie Club exclusive.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Film Editor: Elmo Williams...
- 7/2/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
'Destino' is an animated short film released in 2003 by Disney, the short is a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí. Its production originally began in 1945 and took 58 years before its eventual completion.
'Destino' was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney's interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.
In 1999, Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the company's small Parisian production department, was brought...
'Destino' was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney's interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.
In 1999, Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the company's small Parisian production department, was brought...
- 12/20/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Hard to believe, but it’s been 70 years since Walt Disney first released his Technicolor triumph, Fantasia. Still one of his, and the studio’s, most ambitious projects, Fantasia remains a remarkable achievement of animation, sound and art. And now, for this first time on Blu-ray, this Disney classic is with us once more.
With dialogue used sparingly throughout, Fantasia is a collection of eight animated segments, all set to pieces of classical music. Conducted by Brit conductor Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, each segment is introduced by composer and critic Deems Taylor, who explains the narrative, or lack thereof, the music involved, and the images we’re about to explore.
What follows in each segment is nothing short of genius on Disney’s part. Each one is a work of dedication, beauty, and what Disney himself would call ‘pure animation’. Making use of classic pieces Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,...
With dialogue used sparingly throughout, Fantasia is a collection of eight animated segments, all set to pieces of classical music. Conducted by Brit conductor Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, each segment is introduced by composer and critic Deems Taylor, who explains the narrative, or lack thereof, the music involved, and the images we’re about to explore.
What follows in each segment is nothing short of genius on Disney’s part. Each one is a work of dedication, beauty, and what Disney himself would call ‘pure animation’. Making use of classic pieces Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,...
- 11/25/2010
- Shadowlocked
Fantasia/ Fantasia 2000
DVD & Blu-Ray, Walt Disney
Though held in fairly high regard, one can't help but feel that had Fantasia come from any studio other than Disney it would be held up as one of the all-time great achievements of cinema. Now 70 years old, this mix of stunning animation and ingenious special effects providing the visuals to some classy classical music still feels fresh, timeless and unique. Other than its impossibly high standards, the other thing that makes Disney stand out from their peers is that it never throws anything away. Perhaps as it was founded by artists and not businessmen, Disney Studios could always see the importance of preserving every last scribble or doodle. In 1945 Walt Disney brought Salvador Dalí to his studios to collaborate on Destino, a short film that would bring the surrealist's melting clocks, swarms of ants and negative-space drawings to life. Dalí spent eight...
DVD & Blu-Ray, Walt Disney
Though held in fairly high regard, one can't help but feel that had Fantasia come from any studio other than Disney it would be held up as one of the all-time great achievements of cinema. Now 70 years old, this mix of stunning animation and ingenious special effects providing the visuals to some classy classical music still feels fresh, timeless and unique. Other than its impossibly high standards, the other thing that makes Disney stand out from their peers is that it never throws anything away. Perhaps as it was founded by artists and not businessmen, Disney Studios could always see the importance of preserving every last scribble or doodle. In 1945 Walt Disney brought Salvador Dalí to his studios to collaborate on Destino, a short film that would bring the surrealist's melting clocks, swarms of ants and negative-space drawings to life. Dalí spent eight...
- 11/13/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Conceived and storyboarded together in 1945 by artist Salvador Dali and Disney legend John Hench (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland), this project was abandoned due to Disney's financial problems during World War II. In 1999, Roy Disney restarted the project with a new team of animators working off of the original storyboards, aided by Hench himself and the journals of Dali's wife. It was finally completed in 2003 and was nominated for an Academy Award.
- 12/31/2008
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
The USC School of Cinema-Television on Thursday named the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts in honor of the late Disney animation artist. Hench worked on such classic Disney films as Peter Pan, Dumbo, Fantasia and Alice in Wonderland. The naming was made possible through a $5 million endowment gift from the John C. Hench Foundation. The Disney animator died in February 2004. In addition to being a longtime supporter of the division -- which offers three-year Master of Fine Arts and a four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as undergraduate minors -- Hench was a frequent figure in the classroom and studio, teaching the faculty and students his technique and philosophy. Featured during the event was a screening of the 2004 Oscar-nominated animated short Destino, which first was storyboarded by Hench and Spanish painter Salvador Dali in late 1945 and '46.
- 9/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The USC School of Cinema-Television on Thursday named the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts in honor of the late Disney animation artist. Hench worked on such classic Disney films as Peter Pan, Dumbo, Fantasia and Alice in Wonderland. The naming was made possible through a $5 million endowment gift from the John C. Hench Foundation. The Disney animator died in February 2004. In addition to being a longtime supporter of the division -- which offers three-year Master of Fine Arts and a four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as undergraduate minors -- Hench was a frequent figure in the classroom and studio, teaching the faculty and students his technique and philosophy. Featured during the event was a screening of the 2004 Oscar-nominated animated short Destino, which first was storyboarded by Hench and Spanish painter Salvador Dali in late 1945 and '46.
- 9/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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