Editorial: It's time for Verna Felton to become a Disney Legend

The Disney Legends Awards was created in 1987 as a form of recognition to individuals that have made a great contribution to the Walt Disney Company. From animators to imagineers to actors and musicians, the Legends award has been given to a wide array of people that have worked at the company since its inception in the 1920s. Nowadays, the award is given bi-annually at the D23 Expo with Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Clyde Geronimi and Whoopi Goldberg among the latest people to receive the award.

Disney Pushes Back 'Wreck-It Ralph 2' and 'Gigantic', Dates 'Frozen 2'

Disney just released a bunch of new release dates for its upcoming feature films, including the animated slate. Check below to learn when we'll get to see those. Spoiler alert: you won't be too happy about some of the announcements.

Meet the Robinsons 10th Anniversary: How it changed and brought new life to Walt Disney Animation Studios

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Disney Animation's 47th film - Meet the Robinsons - a film that may not be well-remembered or universally beloved but that nonetheless, ushered a new golden age of animated features at WDAS and deserves to be remembered, re-watched and discovered by audiences around the world.

Munir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #56: Moana (2016)

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Walt Disney Animation Studios 55th film, Zootopia, was a complete success grossing (against all odds) over $1b and becoming the third highest grossing film of the year. Audiences were drawn to the fantastic animation, richly-developed characters and a poignant, relevant and timely story. Zootopia continued the winning streak of the studio but it was not their only offering of this year. Moana, their second film of the year, is a more conventional fairy tale that nonetheless provides high-quality entertainment for the whole family and it'll surely become a classic in the years to come.

Jon Favreau's Next Project is a CGI Remake of 'The Lion King'

We thought Jon Favreau was actively working on the sequel to his Jungle Book movie (or maybe on Magic Kingdom), but it turns out his next film will probably be a CGI remake of the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King.

Disney Shares a New 'DuckTales' (Woo Ooh!) Teaser Art

The DuckTales reboot is starting to show more and more of its feathers, and hopefully we'll get a teaser trailer soon. But for now, let's admire this new teaser art, that was shared by Disney XD - where the show will premiere in 2017. See the whole thing after the break.

Watch: The First 'Moana' Teaser is Here!

It was announced earlier this week that the first teaser trailer for Moana would be released today. And Disney just delivered it on YouTube. Oh, and it looks absolutely stunning. Get a look at the gorgeous promotional video below.

The First 'Moana' Poster is Here - a Teaser is Coming Soon

Be excited: Dwayne Johnson AKA The Rock just shared the first official poster of Moana, the next film from the Walt Disney Animation Studios (see the whole thing after the break). Now, be very excited: he also tweeted that a teaser trailer would arrive this Sunday.

'Wreck-It Ralph 2' is Quite Possibly Happening

In a recent interview with Collider.com, John C. Reilly claimed that Disney is currently working on a Wreck-It Ralph sequel. Reilly, of course, voiced the titular character in the first film and has been saying for quite some time that he'd like to make a follow-up to the 2012 animated feature, but this is the first time he seems to confirm it's actually happening.

Watch: The First TV Spot for 'Finding Dory'

Finding Dory is almost there (it arrives on 17 June in the US - 29th July in the UK), and that's precisely how Disney named the first TV spot for the upcoming movie: She's Almost There; watch the 30-second promotional video - still featuring a good amount of new footage - after the break.

Watch: The Simpsons' Couch Gag Gets the Disney Treatment

The great Disney animator Eric Goldberg (responsible for the Genie, co-director of Pocahontas) has been tasked to direct the couch gag for an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. The gag is a nice journey back in time to the early days of the Walt Disney animated films. Watch the clip after the break.

Learn About the New Disney Short 'Inner Workings'

Zootopia was kind of an exception for the Walt Disney Animation Studios; usually, these past few years, a short film was shown before the feature, and that wasn't the case for the 55th animated classic from the Mouse House. Fortunately, Disney announced today that a new short film called Inner Workings will be attached to Moana. More details below.

Watch: A 47-minute Documentary About Disney's 'Zootopia'

The Fusion Network released a documentary called Imagining Zootopia on YouTube; this 47-minute film shows how the 55th classic from the Walt Disney Animation Studios became what it is today. Watch it after the break.

Munir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #55: Zootopia (2016)

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After taking a year off, Walt Disney Animation Studios has returned in a major way with what might possibly be the best film from the new era and one of the best films from the canon ever. Zootopia, the 55th animated film from the studio, is an instant classic perfectly balancing humor, heart and timely themes, all set up against one of the studios' most inventive and gorgeous creations of all time.

See a New Still From 'Moana'

Merry Christmas to you all, wonderful readers of A113Animation! You'll be happy to see our Christmas present to you, which you can admire below; it appears a still from Moana somehow leaked online, and has since been tweeted in a more official manner (and a better resolution) by Byron Howard, the director of the upcoming Zootopia.

Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' Gets a Fantastic Teaser

"From Disney and director Steven Spielberg" is not something you read everyday. And yet those are title cards in the first teaser for The BFG. Get a first look at the adaptation of Roald Dahl's book below.

Watch: A Hilarious Trailer/Clip for Disney's 'Zootopia'

The first trailer for Disney's upcoming Zootopia just dropped on the Walt Disney Animation Studios' YouTube channel, and it's priceless. A warning though: this is more a clip than a real trailer. Watch it below.

Watch: James Earl Jones is back as Mufasa in New 'The Lion Guard' Clip

Entertainment Weekly debuted a clip for the upcoming The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a The Lion King spin-off TV Movie premiering on the 22nd November on Disney Channel. Watch the clip embedded below.

Watch: Dory Sleep-swims in the First 'Finding Dory' Teaser

Ellen DeGeneres debuted the first teaser of the long awaited sequel to Finding Nemo on her show today. And while the original film was released more than 12 years ago, when you look at this teaser it feels like it was just yesterday. Watch it below.

Michael Giacchino Will Score Disney's 'Zootopia'

Zootopia, Disney's upcoming animated film, had a presentation in Paris on the 5th October. Six scenes were shown to bloggers and journalists, and an interview with Clark Spencer (who produces the film) was set up. Chronique Disney just posted the best bits of the interview, where Clark Spencer reveals that the score will be written by Michael Giacchino.