Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Grant are opening up about their fears and dreams.
22.11.2023 - 23:33 / variety.com
Katcy Stephan Over the course of its 100-year history, Disney has become synonymous with wishing on stars and making dreams come true. In Disney’s latest animated feature, “Wish,” that iconic star, once prayed to by the likes of Geppetto and Tiana, comes to life. For character designer Bill Schwab, translating an essential piece of Disney lore into a living character was no small task.
When storyboard artist Dan Abraham pitched the idea of personified stardust, though, his team latched on right away. “The design that that I really got behind was this round ball of energy,” Schwab tells Variety. “I had pitched this sort of rambunctious child — like you see in the film! That real ball of energy really landed with the directors.
Ultimately, this sort of deceptively simple design really connected with everybody. And I think it really worked so, so well in the film.” That ball shape is also a love letter to animation, Schwab says. “Studying animation in school, the bouncing ball is really the beginning of animation principles for everybody.
Star being that round ball shape was another nod to the beginning of the animation, and where all of us kind of got our start.” Audiences first meet Star after Ariana DeBose’s Asha, discouraged by learning the sinister truth about her kingdom’s ruler, King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine) pleads to the sky: “So I make this wish, to have something more for us than this.” A bright light flashes, and she’s soon joined by a tiny, energetic Star. “I love the way we meet Star,” Schwab says. “I always imagined this crash landing where Star comes out of the sky, you don’t know what it is, and there’s an element of mystery.
Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Grant are opening up about their fears and dreams.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Disney CEO Bob Iger focused on instilling employees with renewed optimism about the Mouse House’s “blessed” and “fortunate” state during a virtual company-wide town hall Tuesday, rather than making any proclamations about the company’s future. The event, moderated by ABC News’ David Muir, was held just over a week after the one-year anniversary of Iger’s return to the helm at Disney (Iger hosted a similar town hall exactly a year ago to the day, upon resuming his post last November) following the surprise ousting of Bob Chapek, and on the heels of Disney reporting its most recent quarterly and full-fiscal-year earnings and taking a stumble at the Thanksgiving holiday box office with new animated film “Wish.” When asked by Muir if coming back to the position of CEO has been more challenging than he had anticipated, Iger, who originally ran Disney for 15 years from 2005-2020, said yes. “I knew that there were myriad challenges that I would face coming back,” Iger said.
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“An Enemy of the People” directed by Sam Gold at Broadway’s famously round theater Circle in the Square.As of now, the duo will share the stage from Feb. 27 all the way up until June 2, 2024 for a total of 115 shows spread over 16 weeks.And if you want to scoop up tickets to see Strong play a proud small-town doctor who has his world rocked when his brother (Imperioli) and community tries to silence him, you can snag them as soon as today.At the time of publication, tickets are available for all shows and start at $152 before fees on Vivid Seats for select performances.Looking for a show that fits your busy schedule?You’re in the right place.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about seeing “An Enemy of the People” live on Broadway below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.On Tuesday, Feb.
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talent agency dropped her for making an anti-Jewish speech during a rally in New York City.But Robbins had one major request. “Ok I’m really grateful to see people on Twitter defending my mom amidst a new era of McCarthyist blacklisting but can you PLEASE stop using the clip of her getting her hair done with her honkers out,” the “Mozart in the Jungle” actor asked, referring to a viral video of Sarandon in sexy black lingerie with tousled hair.
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