Tinker Bell (film)
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| Tinker Bell | |
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| Directed by | Bradley Raymond |
| Produced by | Jeannine Roussel |
| Written by | Cheryl Abood Carter Crocker |
| Starring | Mae Whitman Raven-Symone America Ferrera Lucy Liu Kristin Chenoweth |
| Distributed by | DisneyToon Studios |
| Release date(s) | October 28, 2008 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Tinker Bell is an upcoming 2008 direct-to-video computer animated film based on the Disney Fairies franchise being produced by DisneyToon Studios. It revolves around Tinker Bell, a fairy character created by J. M. Barrie in his play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, and featured in the 1953 Disney animated film, Peter Pan and its 2002 sequel Return to Never Land. Unlike Disney's two Peter Pan films featuring the character, which were produced primarily using traditional cel animation, Tinker Bell is being produced using digital 3D modeling. This film will be the first time that the Disney version of Tinker Bell will talk.
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[edit] Cast
- Mae Whitman as Tinker Bell[1]
- Raven-Symoné as Iridessa[2]
- America Ferrera as Fawn[2]
- Lucy Liu as Silvermist[2]
- Kristin Chenoweth as Rosetta [3]
- Anjelica Huston as Queen Clarion [1]
- Jesse McCartney as Terrence [1]
- Pamela Adlon as Vidia [1]
- Kathy Najimy as the Minister of Summer
- Rob Paulsen as Bobbie
- Jane Horrocks as Fairy Mary
- Steve Valentine as the Minister of Spring
- Jeff Bennett as Clank
- Richard Portnow as the Minister of Autumn
- America Young as Wendy Darling [3]
- Emma Hunton as Victoria[3]
- Gail Borges as the Minister of Winter
- Cameron Bowen [3]
- Zach Shada [3]
[edit] Crew
- Director - Bradley Raymond[4]
- Writers - Cheryl Abood, Carter Crocker
[edit] Production
The movie has experienced delays in connection with personnel changes in Disney management. According to a June 2007 article in Variety, Sharon Morrill, the head of DisneyToons direct-to-DVD division since 1994, was removed from this position due to problems with this film, including a budget that had expanded to almost $50 million, and "close to two dozen versions of the script and a dozen different directors." Pixar Animation executives John Lasseter and Ed Catmull were given leadership of Walt Disney Feature Animation after Disney purchased Pixar in early 2006, and although DisneyToons is not under their management, "they are said to have gotten increasingly involved in the unit's operations."[3] Lasseter reportedly said that the film was at that time "virtually unwatchable"[5] and that it would hurt both Walt Disney Feature Animation as well as the Disney Consumer Products line it was meant to support. [6] Morill was moved to "special projects" and the status of the movie was seriously in doubt.[7] Disney observer Jim Hill reported at the time that the complications surrounding this movie had resulted in a decision that Disney would no longer produce straight-to-DVD sequels to its feature films.[8]
In April 2008, Disney announced that the film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 28, 2008.[9] Contrary to the previous announcement of the suspension of direct-to-video sequels, they also announced three direct-to-DVD sequels to follow this film, also digitally animated:
- Tinker Bell: North of Neverland (working title, summer 2009)
- Tinker Bell: A Midsummer Storm (working title, summer 2010)
- Tinker Bell: A Winter Story (working title, summer 2011)
One of this film's working titles was Tinker Bell and the Ring of Belief.
[edit] Marketing
The digitally animated character of Tinker Bell and other fairies appearing in the film were featured in Disney Channel bumpers in which they would draw the channel's logo with their wands.
Frank Nissen, the director of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time directed a series of webisodes to promote the film [4] on the "Fairies" channel of the Disney XD web site. [1] Except for a few vocal effects, only one contains dialogue.
- Tink and the Bell: Tinker Bell finds a silver jingle bell and makes funny faces on the surface and then gets stuck in it.
- Tink and the Pepper Shaker: Tinker Bell finds a pepper shaker and plays with it.
- Fawn and the Log: Fawn attempts to wake some sleepy squirrels in a log.
- Fawn and the Butterfly: Fawn attempts to get a caterpillar out of its chrysalis so that it could turn into a butterfly.
- Silvermist and the Fish: Silvermist helps a baby fish get over a waterfall so that it can be with its family.
- Iridessa and the Light Bugs: With the help of Pixie Dust, Iridessa helps make light bugs glow.
- Rosetta and the Flower: Rosetta has some trouble in attempting to get a stubborn flower bud to open up. (This is the only webisode with two versions: one with dialogue and one without.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d IMDB
- ^ a b c First Look: 'Tinker Bell' will fly solo, straight to DVD, USA Today, May 28, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f "Variety.com"
- ^ a b "Director Frank Nissen on Cinderella III". Animated-Views.com. January 23, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ IMDB news
- ^ o-meon: Tinker Bell: Return of the Dark Fairy By C. W. Oberleitner
- ^ Tinkerbell Straight-To-DVD Release in Limbo.
- ^ Jim Hill
- ^ http://corporate.disney.go.com/news/corporate/2008/2008_0408_animation_roll_out.html Disney Animation plans 2008-2012
[edit] External links
- Tinker Bell at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Tinker Bell at the Internet Movie Database
- Tinker Bell movie trailer
- Tinker Bell movie sneak peek clip
- Another sneak peek clip where Tink talks
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