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Okay, even though I'd like Glen to do his thing, I think he's best with working with Disney. I mean, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have some of the awesome characters he animated. Okay, maybe someone else would be in his shoes on that note. But still.

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http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... mouse.html

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In the comments section of that article, it said that they're going to try not to have any more gaps in production, so the artists won't be fired once they're done with a movie, as happened with Tangled. I hope that turns out to be the case.

Me, and all of the artists who work there, hope so too.

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Source: http://twitter.com/floydnorman/statuses ... 4888695808

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

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I'm actually more shocked that there seems to be a possibility that Andreas Deja has left (whether he will return or not seems to be a matter of conflicting opinion) than I was when I first heard that Glen Keane could leave. That's not to say that I see Deja as more valuable or anything but to me he has always seemed to be one of the more public faces of the current animators at Disney and I wasn't expecting to find out he had gone, whether long-term or not.

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I'm guessing all this means is that there isn't any actual hand-drawn animation to be done at WDAS right now, even if there is a 2D film in production, so Andreas is taking some time off. Even he said maybe I'll be back. I wouldn't get too upset about it. He's a Disney guy at heart, so even if he doesn't work for them anymore, I'm sure he will contribute a great deal of his talent towards future Disney films in some way.

There isn't. Only Reboot Ralph is currently in production which is CGI and the rest four projects that are in develpment are all in CGI as well.

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Well, it says there on Dejas' blog profile that he wants to focus on making his own animated shorts. More power to him, I say, if he wants to tell his own stories!

Also, it looks like he has some really terrific taste in film.

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"If your life had a face, I would punch it." - Kim Pine, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Whoops, I did mean development

And hasn't there been multiple sources say that at least one of the films in development are traditional?

No. I'm pretty sure there weren't. If you are referring to Mort, that was canceled a while ago and if you are referring to the proposed Mickey Mouse full-length feature, that was merely a pitch (out of many) that Burny Mattinson was working on which at the time had yet to present.

Even if Lasseter liked the first pitch, and gave the OK to work on the pitch some more, the project would be on spec. development (i.e. presenting another more detailed pitch, getting feedback, and re-presenting it, and so forth). After this process if the story seems to be working out, it will get greenlit for development (where the process of making the film actually begins: a bigger team working on the project, story meetings, storyboarding, concept art, research etc).

If the project had been greenlit for development, something would have been leaked by now so I'm inclined to believe that it hasn't; at least not yet. There is also the possibility that the project was rejected, not passing the pitching stage or perhaps it got turned into a short. Anything is possible.

Currently, the only projects that have been confirmed at being in development are:

Chris Williams' "King of the Elves"
Dean Wellins' Untitled Film
Greno's & Howard's Untitled Film
Chris Buck's Untitled Film

Also, a full production has begun for "Reboot Ralph", "Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice", a "Tangled" short, and 2 other shorts.

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Yeah, all this really means that there isn't a traditionally animated film anywhere near going into production.

These people all came together to make The Princess and the Frog and to keep them busy they gave them Winnie the Pooh.

But that's done. There's nothing left, so why sit around and do nothing? I'm pretty sure most of them are more than willing to come back if something goes in production. But we can't possibly expect them to sit around and waste their talent.

If I were any of them I'd explore my options as well.

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Wait! What happened to Clements and Musker? And I know Mort got cancelled, but I had thought they would retrieve another idea. And how about the Mickey, Donald, and Goofy movie????

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FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIES: All of the Disney Princess and Pixar movies, Meet the Robinsons, Enchanted, The Lion King, High School Musical 3, Toy Story 3, and Lilo and Stitch

But yet their talents get wasted on crappy output at DreamWorks. If I were an animator I would want to go work for a place that brings out the best in my work and not the worst. I would be embarrassed to have my have my name on much of DreamWorks' output.

Well, I wouldn't. And besides, work is work; job security is especially important when you've got a family to support. I personally know a few people that have complained about the pressures from working at Disney and opt to work for smaller and lesser-known studios where they have more job security and creative freedom. I also personally know people that take whatever work they can get because they've got newborns and don't know when they'll get a several month-long "vacation" in between projects, no matter what studio they happen to be working for.

This isn't directed at you personally and I'm not saying that Disney can't be great to work for, but it seems many Disney fans idolize the studio so much that they think they must be the end-all, be-all place to work in animation when there really are other places that still let one's talent and creativity shine through.

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There is no word of the whereabouts of Musker & Clements after Mort's cancellation. They may have left Disney, or they may be working on another project hand-drawn or CGI there. No one has heard anything.

As for the proposed Mickey Mouse full-length feature, that was merely a pitch (out of many) that Burny Mattinson was working on which at the time had yet to present. We haven't heard anything about it since then whether the project got greenlit or rejected.

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FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIES: All of the Disney Princess and Pixar movies, Meet the Robinsons, Enchanted, The Lion King, High School Musical 3, Toy Story 3, and Lilo and Stitch

Has there actually been any kind of confirmation that King of the Elves is going to be CG? There seems to be conflicting reports on this on various blogs and websites so it looks like no one is entirely sure how the film will be animated.

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