Disney gets 'Planes' crazy

[Charles]

AWN reports today...

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DisneyToon Announces Cars-Inspired Planes
By Rick DeMott
February 17, 2011

Press Release from DisneyToon Studios

BURBANK, Calif. – February 17, 2011 – The sky’s the limit as DisneyToon Studios proudly announces PLANES – a spectacular, full-length CG animated comedy action adventure movie for everyone set high above the world of CARS. PLANES will introduce an entirely original and hilarious crew of daredevils from every corner of the globe and draws inspiration from the immensely popular Disney•Pixar’s CARS world. PLANES will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD in Spring 2013.

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[Charles]

Some footage is out on YouTube for Disney's 'Planes'...

[Charles]

Looks like the original teaser for 'Planes' was taken off but it's been replaced by the official trailer for the movie...

[Charles]

In case the play on words in the title of the topic was missed, I was referring to Disney's first cartoon about planes, which happened to be the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon ever produced, even though Steamboat Willie preceded it in release.

Here's "Plane Crazy" from 1928...

[Charles]

Think Disney's 'Planes' will be the first time something like this has been done?

Check out what animation students in China came up with. This has been on YouTube since November 2008...

[Charles]

This is Samuel the Airplane. He came about as the result of a student project at Digipen Institute of Technology. He's been on YouTube since December 2008.

[Charles]

And then there's Duggy from 2009...

[Charles]

And of course, who can forget Jay Jay the Jet Plane from PBS, on YouTube since 2008 but the series goes all the way back to 1998.