Episodes & Reels is delivering our monthly Top 10 List a little differently this time around. We will post one entry in the countdown each night from Jan 23 – Feb 3 on Chip and Co until we finally reveal #1! Time to get started with our #10 animated Disney film of all-time: Sleeping Beauty, 1959 #10 – SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley Director: Clyde Geronimi Rating: G One of the greatest notches in the Walt Disney cinema legacy is their ability to take a classic fairy tale (in most cases from the Brothers Grimm) and “dress them up” for new generations. Sleeping Beauty is the first of three movies to appear on my top 10 that originated as Grimm fairy tales in the 19 th century. Well, in 1959 we got the Disney version, which of course is not nearly as dark or “adult” as the original tale, but it’s just as magical. Princess Aurora has a wretched curse placed on her by the evil sorceress Maleficent (one of my favorite villains, by the way) which dooms that she will die before her 16 th birthday by a poisoned spinning wheel – are those things still around? Anyway, what do you think will break the curse? Yep, a prince. Sleeping Beauty came along at a time when Disney was reimagining animated films, creating a sincere path to greatness that can be seen in every minute, colorful detail of this treasured classic. Watch The Original Trailer Come back tomorrow night for our #9 entry, and check us out on facebook.
The internet is buzzing yet again regarding George Lucas’ Star Wars television project. Prequels producer Rick McCallum, called the live-action series “Star Wars: Underworld” in a recent interview with IGN. This project has been in the pre-production phase now for several years and is said to take place during the time spanning “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope” (while Luke and Leia are growing up). More Star Wars: Live Action TV Series Videos McCallum and Lucas have gone on record as saying that Lucasfilm would like to finance the project themselves instead of networks holding interest of the project.
We partially blamed that on the game appearing on the Wii instead of 360 and PS3, and following that unimpressive debut, we thought the series was over. Now, if a poorly-timed Disney newsletter is to be believed, a sequel is …
