Official Trailer for ‘Once Upon a Studio’ Short About Disney Animation
by Alex Billington
September 21, 2023
Source: YouTube
“C’mon Minnie, this is it!” “Let’s get the gang!” Disney has unveiled a quick trailer for a special short film celebrating the magic of Disney Animation called Once Upon a Studio. This 10-minute short film is part of the Disney special event in October airing on ABC called “The Wonderful World of Disney: Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration!” The description introduces it as: “Celebrate a century of stories with Once Upon A Studio, a new Original short film, premiering on ABC.” When two new employees stay at the Walt Disney Animation Studios overnight, they will see all the Disney characters from the past and today come to life, and get all gather up for their very own picture taken for their 100th anniversary. This comedy short is specifically a celebration of Disney Animation’s history, with references to many of their iconic characters. This trailer features Mickey & Minnie, Tinker Bell, Bolt, Winnie the Pooh, Ursula, Moana, and plenty more all coming together to have a party in the Disney Animation studio located on the lot in Burbank. Have fun.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Disney’s short doc Once Upon a Studio, direct from YouTube:
An all-star ensemble of beloved characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios come together in “Once Upon a Studio” for a joyful, entertaining and emotional reunion as they assemble for a spectacular group photo to mark Disney’s 100th anniversary. Featuring 543 Disney characters from more than 85 feature-length and short films, “Once Upon a Studio” welcomes heroes & villains, princes & princesses, sidekicks and sorcerers—in all-new hand-drawn and CG animation—to celebrate 10 decades of storytelling, artistry and technological achievements. Once Upon a Studio is a short doc creation directed by filmmakers Dan Abraham (director of Once Upon a Snowman and on “Baymax”, plus a storyboard artist on Encanto) and Trent Correy (animator at Disney since Frozen, director of Once Upon a Snowman and the “Zootopia+” series). Produced by Yvett Merino and Bradford Simonsen. Disney will debut Once Upon a Studio originally on TV playing on ABC during “The Wonderful World of Disney: Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration” playing Sunday night, October 15th, 2023, before arriving for streaming later on Disney+. Look like fun?