Disneyland show, summer fireworks return Friday

Disneyland show, summer fireworks return Friday

May 26th, 2010, 6:00 am · 1 Comment · posted by Sarah Tully

Disneyland’s water-and-light show and the summer fireworks display are set to return to the park for the Memorial Day weekend, two weeks before the official season begins.
The Fantasmic! show, which appears on the Rivers of America, is set to come back Friday after a nearly five-month absence.
The water-and-light spectacle took a break while the waterway was emptied for an upgrade project, beginning in January. Fantasmic! last appeared Jan. 3 at the end of the holiday season.
Maleficent, the 45-foot, robotic dragon, is expected to return as part of the show, as well. Through the summer, Fantasmic! will appear most nights at 9 and 10:30 p.m., said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman.
On Friday, Disneyland also is reviving its summer fireworks show, called Magical, for the second year. Another fireworks show, called Remember … Dreams Come True, ended Sunday for the season.
Magical is scheduled for most nights at 9:25 p.m. through Labor Day weekend.
Disneyland’s official promotion period, called Summer Nightastic, begins June 11 with other features, including the new World of Color show for regular visitors to Disney’s California Adventure. Special previews for the media, contest winners and celebrities are scheduled before World Of Color’s official debut.
Photo from Fantasmic! by Joshua Sudock, The Orange County Register
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1. Lion King, The - 92.17
2. Beauty and the Beast - 90.24
3. Aladdin - 89.72
4. Little Mermaid, The - 89.26
5. Finding Nemo - 88.87
6. Toy Story - 88.83
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 88.04
8. Mary Poppins - 88
9. Up - 87.86
10. Princess and the Frog, The - 87

Disney’s Rapunzel Retitled Tangled

Walt Disney Animation Studios’s 2010 computer animated release Rapunzel has been retitled Tangled.

Directed by Byron Howard & Nathan Greno (the co-director and head of story on Bolt respectively), this new telling of the classic fairy tale, will transport audiences “to a stunning CG fantasy world complete with the iconic tower, an evil witch, a gallant hero and, of course, the mysterious girl with the long golden tresses. Expect adventure, heart, humor, and hair, lots of hair.” Our lead heroine is voiced by Mandy Moore while Chuck’s Zachary Levi will play a “dashing bandit” named Flynn Ryder who hits the road with the “rebellious, teenage hair apparent.” The voice cast is also rumored to include David Schwimmer, Matthew Gary Gubler, Kristin Chenoweth, Dan Fogler, and Grey DeLisle.  is scheduled to hit theaters in Christmas 2010.
Previous director Glen Keane developed a new look for this computer animated film, which is said to look and feel more like a traditional hand-drawn Disney Classic, but in 3D. Apparently the film uses a non-photorealistic rendering technique which will make the surface look like it is painted but still containing depth and dimensions. The movie’s visual style is being based on French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard’s painting “The Swing”. You can definitely see the look they’re going for in the image above.
There are a couple more very small concept drawings over on the Animations message board, but you really can’t see much of anything. A short clip of test footage was shown at Siggraph 2005, where is gained a lot of attention. Earlier concept images had been previously posted online from when the project was titled Rapunzel Unbraided. But the project has since been completely revamped. You can see some concept art from the film here and here.
Tangled is scheduled to hit theaters in November 24th 2010

source: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/12/disneys-rapunzel-retitled-tangled/