The filmmakers behind two upcoming animated epics, Bolt and UP, present footage.
2:53 - Wow, ANOTHER clip, and a bye-bye from Chris and Byron, they’re heading out because this is a very long clip in which Bolt thinks that styrofoam is his kryptonite.
2:51 - So, the premise is that Bolt, the dog, never leaves the set, and he thinks he’s actually this super-powered dog. However, after five years, Bolt gets shipped off to New York City, and thinks that all cats that he encounters are the evil minions of Dr. Calico. Bolt tries to drag Penny back to Hollywood, to rescue her, and hijinx ensue as Bolt starts to “face the facts about who he actually is.”
2:48 - And we’re back. It actually looks pretty darn cute. The footage isn’t finished completely, we saw plenty of storyboard shots and unfinished CGI, and…we’re now seeing another clip.
2:39 - We’re about to see an episode of Bolt’s television show. For the folks who don’t know “Bolt is the star of this Michael Bay over the top TV show, where Bolt has all sorts of superpowers.. Bolt has literally grown up on the set, so you get to see what he’s had to go through every day.”
2:37 - Eric: “So people probably already know from the teaser that John Travolta and Miley Cyrus play the two main voices in this thing, but you guys have some other stars too…”
Chris, “That’s true, we have Susie Essman from Curb Your Enthusiasm playing this cat named Mittens… and she doesn’t swear quite so much. Malcolm McDowell playing the evil Dr. Calico, James Lipton from Inside the Actor’s Studio, and Randy “The Macho Man” Savage… who is here somewhere.”
2:36 - Eric: “So you guys had to create some new technology for this movie and you have some patents pending?”
Byron: “Yes! Patents ‘pending.’ Some software was developed that actually could put brush strokes into CGI animation.”
2:34 - Eric Morrow from IGN is mderating, and wants to know what it’s like working with John Lasseter.
Chris Williams: “Well, John has been running the animation studio, and he’s everything you would hope he’d be. He’s been very hands-on with Bolt. And he does this thing where, by just being around, it makes you feel good.”
2:33 - Chris Williams and Byron Howard from Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming animated film Bolt take the stage. They’re going to be showing us 20 minutes of footage from the movie. Wahoo!
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