Disney’s “Bolt” Cartoon Look’s Cute & Funny
Disney’s next full length animated feature “Bolt” (previously titled “American Dog”) will be released in digital 3-D when it opens Nov. 26, 2008. “Bolt” is the latest digital 3-D announcement from Disney, which has been a pioneer of the format. The company’s digital 3-D releases have included “Chicken Little”, “Meet the Robinsons” and “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”.
Burton also recently signed a two-picture deal with Disney through which he will direct and produce 3-D features of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and Burton’s short “Frankenweenie”. John Travolta and Susie Essman lead the voice cast of “Bolt”, the story of a TV star dog named Bolt (Travolta) who is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York, where he begins a cross-country journey through the real world.
The animation still from “Bolt” above reminds me of the charming Disney film “Lilo & Stitch”. I like the familiar “Incredible Journey” plot outline so far for “Bolt”. If Disney can keep the tone of this movie similar to that of “Stitch” and less like “Chicken Little” this movie could be a sweet surpirse. This movie and Pixar’s “Wall-E” make 2008 an exciting year for cartoon films.
May 12th, 2009 at 5:40 am
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