Disney's "AMERICAN DOG" (2007)

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Da man momentan aufgrund der kommenden Disney-PIXAR-Situation nach CARS ganz gern nach vorn schaut, um zu sehen, was denn so in Zukunft von Disney kommt, hier nochmal (ich hatte sie glaub' ich schon einmal vor längerer Zeit gepostet) einige Bilder vom 2007er Disney-Streifen AMERICAN DOG, sozusagen dem Folgewerk Chris Sanders' nach LILO UND STITCH...es wird natürlich ein CGI-Film werden, es wäre bloß schön, wenn man diesen Painterly-Look beibehalten würde, der bei diesen Concepts ganz gut rüberkommt...

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Der Hund erinnert in der Tat an Stitch. Ansonsten kann ich aus den paar Bildern noch nichts ableiten. Naja dauert ja auch noch 2 Jahre.

Generell sehen für mich Shots aus CGI-Filmen meistens nie gut aus.

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Sind ja auch keine CGI-Shots, sondern Pre-Production-Art...man kann sich nur wünschen, daß beim Übertragen zu CGI nicht soviel von dem Painterly Look verloren geht...

[branko999]

Der Look gefällt mir

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Plot Summary for
American Dog (imdb)

A dog is banished from his Taliban home in Afghanistan, and the only one who will take him in is a poor soldier from Texas. The two share adventures that threaten to tear them apart and a true love that brings them closer together. In the end, they both find the true meaning of Christmas, along with a cantankerous old Tajik named Goudarz.

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LILO & STITCH-Creator Chris Sanders nicht mehr Director von AMERICAN DOG!



The Internet started buzzing last Thursday when the blog Newlywed in Dubai reported that Chris Sanders (LILO AND STITCH) had been "fired" as director of Disney's AMERICAN DOG (scheduled for release in 2008). Many people, myself included, have really been looking forward to this film, and it's hard to believe that Disney, under the new enlightened leadership of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, would remove a talent like Sanders from his pet project. But that's exactly what has happened and it may not be such a bad thing.

Last Wednesday, December 13, Disney's feature animation division experienced layoffs that affected all departments from artistic to production support. That is not news. The announcement that the studio was laying off approximately 160 people had already been made a few weeks before. What surprised many though was that on the same day, Chris Sanders was relieved of directing duties on AMERICAN DOG.

Having spoken to some people who are close to the production, the decision to separate Sanders from his "baby" most likely came from John Lasseter and Ed Catmull. Even though MEET THE ROBINSONS (scheduled for release in March 07) will be the first film released during the the new Lasseter/Catmull era, it was in production long before they arrived and neither of the Pixar bosses will be under scrutiny for how it performs. AMERICAN DOG, on the other hand, has fallen clearly under their creative supervision, and they know that their first outing at Disney Feature Animation has to result in a high-quality, commercially successful product.

It's unclear exactly why Sanders wasn't allowed to stay on the picture. Last October, Jim Hill suggested on his site that Lasseter thought the film was "too quirky for its own good" and had asked Sanders to make significant story changes. Or perhaps the pre-Lasseter/Catmull management had fiddled around with it too much and the film had deviated from Sanders's original vision. Whatever the reason, Lasseter and Catmull apparently felt that the best way to get the project back on track was to start with a clean slate, much like what happened with Pixar's upcoming RATATOUILLE when Brad Bird took over directorial duties from Jan Pinkava.

One Disney artist I spoke to suggested that after everything Sanders has had to put up with on AMERICAN DOG, he may be feeling a bit of relief knowing that he no longer has to deal with this project. At this point, there's still every reason to be hopeful for AMERICAN DOG. It's unfortunate that it won't be Chris Sanders's original vision, but when Lasseter and Catmull remove an unquestionable talent like him, one has to assume that they are doing it in the film's best interest. As for Sanders, I certainly don't think he'll have any difficulties getting a new project off the ground, whether it's at Disney or elsewhere.

source: Amid Amidi

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Ich kann's nicht glauben...laßt dies bitte nur einen schlechten Scherz von ropesofepsilon sein, denn DAS kann nicht nicht wahr sein; das Redesign nach Chris Sanders' Rauswurf und der Plot-Änderung



ist das Schlechteste, was ich je in einem Disney-Feature zu sehen bekommen habe...so ziemlich unter DTV-Qualität...was hätte nur werden können, wenn man Sanders nur gelassen hätte...und sei es nur der Original-Designs wegen (Storyprobleme gibt es bei jedem Film, und sein es noch so Schwerwiegende wie beim Paradebeispiel TENG; hier hat man es auch auf absolut geniale Weise geschafft, ein absolut einzigartiges Disney-Feature hinzubekommen)...man schaue sich nur eine Chris-Sanders-Augenweide wie diese hier an:

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Das hier paßt am besten zur scheußlichen neuen Version:

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Amid Amidi von dem einzig wahren Animation blog CARTOON BREW schreibt mir aus der Seele über diese Designs:

"Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, but unfortunately, none of those words are appropriate for printing on this blog. Even when I dismiss all prior knowledge of what Chris Sanders’ original vision for this film was, these designs for Disney’s next feature, Bolt, look downright embarrassing. They veer disturbingly close to this, but we’re not talking about some cheap startup animation studio here. This is Disney dammit…the friggin standard-bearer of this art form for much of the past hundred years. What could possibly be the defense for such witless homely unimaginative designs? Somebody at Disney please fill me in…publicly or privately. Because I’m seriously having difficulty believing that some of the most highly skilled animation artists in the world could come up with something that looks only slightly better than your average student film."

Quelle: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/