Sneak Peeks from Disney’s Annual Report

Every year I enjoy looking through the Disney annual report to see a taste of films on the horizon. This year, there are mentions of Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean, and a few others that are already being advertised. But here’s what the report has to say about a few features I previously knew nothing about:

An ambitious state of computer-generated animation is currently in the pipeline at WDFA. In December 2006, Disney animation leaps into the future with Meet the Robinsons — which will also be presented in Disney Digital 3-D — an inventive adventure that spans the space-time continuum of fun and fantasy, and is based on the bestselling book by William Joyce.

Future releases in production include American Dog, the imaginative new comedy-adventure from Chris Sanders, the creator of Lilo and Stich. Whith a style all its own, the film follows Henry, a famous TV dog, who finds himself stranded in the Nevada desert. Out in the world for the first time, Henry’s tidy life of scripted triumphs has come to an end, and his 2,000-mile trek through the real world is just beginning.

Also on the horizon, Disney animation great Glen Keane makes his directorial debut with Rapunzel. With his unique instincts for performance, great art and storytelling, Keane is aiming to raise the bar still further in this newest telling of the classic fairy tale.

These sound like some great animated projects. This is in addition to whatever changes John Lasseter will make, now that Pixar & Disney have merged. The idea of Toy Story 3 doesn’t make me jump up and down, but I’ll probably go see it anyway. It’s got have more potential than The Santa Clause 3. Sheesh.