A preliminary calendar of animated feature films releasing in 2026, from major studio sequels to original anime, Pixar, Disney, and indie titles.

Disney shared a rare look inside the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida building backstage at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, where “Lilo & Stitch” and other Walt Disney Animation Studios classics were created. In addition to a tour and a look back on ...

This past weekend at its annual D23 fan expo event, Walt Disney Animation Studios revealed its first original, non-sequel film since the disastrous critical and commercial release of Wish in 2023. Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush took the stage at ...

Animated films have a rich history at the Academy Awards. Walt Disney received a special award in 1938 for the previous year’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was “recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- In 1937, Walt Disney debuted his very first feature-length animated film with his very first princess: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." And now, almost 90 years later, the legacy story comes to life in a brand new way, with a live ...

But with the 1940s came World War II and workers’ strikes, and Disney lost its foreign markets, most of its box office sales and many of its creative staff. After the company spent the war producing propaganda and training films for the government, it faced a debt of $ 4.5 million (around $65 million today).

3.Like in other Disney films of the past, the filmmakers used real people to act out the scenes, helping them better animate the movements. Sherri Stoner was the lone actor used for Ariel so all the animators could draw her the same way. 6.Keane also ...