I would have paid good money to see Scamp brought to the screen (even the small one) as he should have been, which is to say, based on the Scamp comic strip. Which is how the character should have been portrayed, rather than the canine equivalent of a young teenager.

But no, I wasted good money to see a pretentious piece of dreck that was Lady & the Tramp II. Egad, but that was just horrendous. Talk about having your childhood raped.

L&T 2 is the only Disney direct-to-DVD sequel I've bought and is the reason I haven't bought any others, although the word I've been hearing about Bambi II is making me reconsider. At least for that title.

I actually thought the first twenty minutes or so of BAMBI II were decent. Then Thumper turned into a truly insufferable little prick and the general anthropomorphism - handled with much more discretion in the original - skyrocketed into pure drivel.

From dvdtimes.co.uk:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62525

Davisdvd.com is reporting that Disney is planning to release Cinderella III: A Twist in Time. More info here:

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/animation.html


what's next? Snow White 2: Revenge of the Seven Dwarfs?

There's a preview of Cinderella III and Little Mermaid III on the Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition

*sigh

I remember buying Cinderella II and it was one of the worse movies I ever seen and sold it the next day on E-Bay

i believe the cinderlla 3 trailer was on both Cinderella and Lady & the tramp

The ones before were only teaser trailers, showing very little footage from the movie, the one on Little Mermaid has some footage.

I can't believe some of your responses here. Realistically Disney DVDS & movies are made for children & families, not avid collectors on DVDTalk.com

personally, i'd rather have my kids watch a cheesy cinderella 3, then those new anime sailor moon crap that's released these days

Personally, I'd rather have my kids watch quality animated films like the original disney films were, than those crappy sequels or anime crap that cartoon network keeps feeding today.

Disney as well as many other studios, have taken the easy route of doing sequels and generic CGI films instead of focusing their energy to create a new story or redo a great one, like Beauty and the Beast. Right now, there are dozens of animal CGI films, with the same plot, same animals. The studios sacrifice all the quality and creative process for the almighty dollar that parents keep giving them everytime the buy these half-assed "sequels". If these parents stop doing that, like my entire family and friends have done, and these studios will stop recieving this cash flow, and then maybe they will re-think their strategy and begin doing new, original, movies.

It's not so much that people are pissed because they keep releasing sequels, it's because they are making sequels to movies they loved as kids, and the sequels are just plain terrible and that kind of makes people look at them and ask why did they ruin a good thing?

Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame...were all Disney movies of my childhood and it sucks to see them release sequels that have bad stories and are badly animated in some cases (i.e. Hunchback of Notre Dame II)

But again, these movies are made for kids...Kids and movies are different now a days. Going to the movies now as a family is so expensive and most families just cant afford it. They can, however, afford a 14.99 dvd or even cheaper a rental and make it a night in. Sure it isnt what I like, but I'm not who they are trying to reach with these. And they maybe terrible to you or I, but that doesnt mean these children wont like them and grow to like them.

I'm with The Monkees on this one. I got as for as TLM 2 before giving up on these things. Wake me up when they manage to make a STV sequel that has the same care and effort that went into the originals. Hell, even the songs blow.

FvsD - True, but don't kids deserve good movies too? How are children supposed to grow up with any sort of appreciation for animation, or even movies if we just keep dumping drek in their laps?

"Nah, movies are stupid. I'd rather watch football or play some XBox."

Yeah, I really appreciated the Disney animation from 1989 to 1994, after Lion King the animation department went downhill very fast and eventually just got horrible. It's too bad.

In spite of appearances, Disney is apparently doing less of these films under the new management, in spite of the profitability of these movies. There is an interesting article about it here: http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hi...0/04/6032.aspx The ones coming out now and in the near future were before this new policy. Some of the sequels that have been rejected were for Dumbo and The Artistocats.

That's interesting because the 60th anniversary of Dumbo has a preview of Dumbo II on there, I guess they started then stopped? Because that was like 4 years ago, I think.

credit to mr payroll over in Disney Returning to 2-D Animation Only, Report Says

By Albert Gutierrez from http://www.ultimatedisney.com/foxand...interview.html

Jim Kammerud grew up on Disney cartoons and as an adult, formed his own animation company, doing work on films like Warner Brothers' 1996 hit Space Jam. He was soon approached to direct a sequel to a rather popular film about a half-fish-turned-fully-human. That film, of course, was The Little Mermaid, and the sequel was 2000's well-received The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. Since then, Kammerud has co-written and directed 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) and served as co-writer and co-producer of Tarzan II (2005). His latest directorial project is The Fox and the Hound 2, an all-new sequel that debuted on DVD earlier this week.

Working on these Disney films has allowed Kammerud to travel internationally and collaborate with a great amount of talent from all corners of the world. He recently took some time to have a conversation with UltimateDisney.com about his career in animation and his newest film.


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UltimateDisney.com: Were you brought up on Disney films as a child? Were they a major influence in your decision to get into animation?

Jim Kammerud: You know, The Jungle Book came out, and I couldn't wait to see it. I was born in 1960 and I thought the Nine Old Men were gods.

How did you first become associated with Disney?

I had a company in Columbus, Ohio, the Character Builders, and we started doing some work for them. I worked on about dozen feature films before that:
Space Jam, Rover Dangerfield, Bebe's Kids ... all sorts of different things. But once we started working for Disney, I directed the sequels for The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians.

Your main claims to fame have been as director for Little Mermaid II, 101 Dalmatians II, and now Fox and the Hound 2. But you were also a writer on 101 Dalmatians II and Tarzan II. What was that like, being on the writing side of production?
Well, the great thing about writing something is you've already visualized the movie in detail and then you just have to go bring your imagination to life. On The Fox and the Hound 2, I worked a lot with Roger Schulman. It was great not to have to write, as he was doing a fabulous job.

Recently, you went to Nashville for the premiere screening of The Fox and the Hound 2. How was that? Any of the voice cast there?

Little Big Town [the country band that performs "We Go Together" in the film] was there, and they're just the nicest people, fun to be around. A lot of the musicians and songwriters who were on the film were there. We had some of the most amazing songs, and it was really fun to see them again. After the premiere, some young boy came up to me and shook my hand. He told me how great the movie was, and it made me cry. He was like, "You've made a really terrific movie, Mr. Kammerud!" Then we went to the Children's Hospital, and that was really moving too.

It's been 25 years since the original film premiered. What do you think prompted Disney to make the decision to continue the story?

I'm not sure how they make the decisions about which movie to pursue, but I think that those characters were the favorites of a lot of kids and young children still. You know, it's fun to watch the story with the little puppy and the little fox. (Both laugh.)

When you were in pre-production for The Fox and the Hound 2, was there any input or supervision from anybody who worked on the original film? Did the original animators come in to help out?

Actually, Dave Block was an animator on the original film. I talked to Dave some and he went to the Philippines to travel there with me to talk to the animators there about how they animate Tod and Copper.

So the film was animated in the Philippines?

Mm-hmm. The crew there had a lot of television work, but my feature expectations are a lot higher and a lot different. It was pretty challenging for them, and they really came through. I really think they did a fabulous job, they worked so hard and did better than I ever expected them to do.

I was surprised that a few of the characters from the original movie like Big Mama and Dinky weren't included in the sequel. Was it a story-dictated decision to omit them?

Well, the film is...we don't spend a lot of time at home, right?

Yeah, it's spent at the carnival.

And we have a lot of new characters to introduce, so for better or worse, we just simplified things because we had the entire Singing Strays band that we wanted to hang out with. But we did have Tod and Copper chase around the cricket, which is similar to the little bug in first film.

The caterpillar, right.

But other than that, it really just wasn't necessary.

There is a generous amount of music in the movie, from both country singers and composer Joel McNeely. And you had several big name country stars provide vocals, even Reba McEntire as the voice of Dixie. What was it like being able to incorporate their talent in the film? Did you talk to them much about their characters?

Yeah, sure. And it also was fun to have Patrick Swayze in there to show what Cash is going to be like. It's a collaboration, and I think the surprise for me was how great Reba was. Sometimes I get people who are big stars, you know movie stars, who are not really used to acting with their voices. But Reba... every sound that came out of her mouth was funny and perfect, or moving, and she's just amazing.

Let's go back to The Little Mermaid II. The original recently came out to DVD as a Platinum Edition, and also with The Little Mermaid III coming out in 2008, do you think there's going to be some renewed interest in your film? Has Disney said anything about possibly re-releasing the film with your involvement?

Yeah, wouldn't that be neat? But no, they haven't said anything to me about that.

As one of the early sequels and one that followed such a high-profile film, were there high expectations for The Little Mermaid II when it was being made? And how did you feel about some of the criticism that was laid against the film?

There have been criticisms about all the sequels, right?

But that was the first Disney film that I directed, and it was such a challenge and so much fun to do that I was sort of oblivious to any (laughs) negative reaction that anyone had. I was just hanging on to the skin of my teeth to bring Melody alive. She has become such a great character and I'm really proud of her. To this day I have little girls tell me that's their favorite film. I'm like, "Well, really, you like the first film." They say, "No", which I think is funny.

After The Little Mermaid II, you worked on 101 Dalmatians II. I enjoyed that one's story in this one, as it wasn't a repeat of what we saw in the original. What was it like being able to do that kind of story for a sequel?

Personally, if I could wave my magic wand, all the sequels would be new adventures or characters taken out of context of the original film.
Make them do something else, something new and refreshing. It's hard if you echo the first film too closely. With Patch's London Adventure, we were trying to make a sort of "My Favorite Hero" with spots. You get to meet your hero, and then find out he's not all he's cracked up to be. I'm particularly proud of some of the writing in that film. And Brian Smith, my writing partner, came up with Lars the Artist, and it was just great to have something that feels quirkier and has a specific point of view, even if it's just a comedic point of view.

I’ve noticed that the animation style of 101 Dalmatians II, lines especially, are very reminiscent of the original, which used the Xerography process. It has very jagged lines, like the artists still had their pencil sketches there. Was that an intentional homage to the film or just a creative decision on your own?

That was intentional. It was new technology - you can't really get the same pencil lines. It actually took additional work for clean-up artists, that was in Japan. They had to actually add the lines, add the hair bits. (laughs) The line quality made it feel fresh and spontaneous. We weren't doing a lot of colored lines, because that makes it look like a different movie. So if we just have hard black clean-up lines without the softening of the colored lines, it looks cheap. So even through all this new technology, I didn't want it to look like we weren't giving it our all, so the Japanese clean-up artists bailed me out. They came up with this technique that they could de-stress the lines.

Last May, there was a listing on Internet Movie Database for The Aristocats 2 with you attached to direct. It has since disappeared. Was that really going to happen?

I was working on that movie. I think it's not going to happen now. It was caught up in the transition in the studio, from 2-D to 3-D.

What would that film have been about had it been produced?

It was kind of Marie's story, a caper on a cruise ship. I really liked what we were doing, but I don't know if we should talk about it. (Laughs) But it was really great, maybe someday it will see the light of day.

Are there any more Disney projects for you beyond The Fox and the Hound 2?

Not this minute.

It was wonderful talking to you. Thank you so much for taking out the time. I hope to see more of your work in the future, Jim.

Sure, thanks a lot.

With Disney's continuing series of sequels - have they any plans to do a sequel to the first and fairest of them all - Snow White?

I hope not

Hello The Monkees so do I , but such is the integrity of the Disney organisation that I think that they are probably already planning it right now................. as the Witch is falling fom the cliff - she grabs a branch on the way down and clambers her way back up the cliff makes her way back to the castle, becomes Queen Grimhilde again and, once more starts to hatch up another plot to Snow White's demise!

Don't give them ideas please. it has been enough already will the shitty sequels they produced over the past couple of years.

Return to Neverland is being re-released in a "Pixie-Powered Edition" . Here is the Amazon listing:
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Never-L...43153&sr=1-119

I have to buy that for the title alone.

Disney and George Lucas have a lot in common. Pumping out movies for a paycheck