Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that a never-before-seen animated short is debuting June 11 at the Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France. The thing that makes this film so special is that Walt Disney is the voice of Mickey Mouse!
In the hand-drawn, black and white animated short Get A Horse!, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their friends Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow are enjoying a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.
The animated short is billed as “never-before-seen” rather than “new.” Mickey Mouse made …

While Disney Animation Studios’ newest feature film Wreck-It Ralph has been delighting audiences and taking in record numbers at the box office, perhaps one of the biggest treats of seeing the film in theaters is the opportunity to see the short film before it, Paperman. This week, Paperman came one step closer to an Academy Award nomination, as the film made the “short list” of the top 10 Animated Short Films to be considered for an Oscar.
Paperman, directed by John Kahrs, tells the story of two strangers who find each …

A few months ago, we let you know about the announcement of a brand-new animated Disney short, Paperman. While very little information was known about the project at the time, new information and concept art has recently been released for this must-see short, which will make its North American debut this month at the Annecy and LA Film Festivals before premiering in front of Wreck-It Ralph this fall.
In creating Paperman, Disney used a brand-new technique that merges both hand-drawn and computer-animated forms of animation. The short, which will use a …