Disney Teams Up With ‘Shrek’ Producer
Walt Disney Co. is teaming up with John Williams, a producer of DreamWorks SKG’s blockbuster movie “Shrek,” to produce a slate of animated feature films.
The partnership will include four low-budget computer-generated animated films produced by Williams’ Vanguard Films. First up is “Valiant,” the story of a wood pigeon that aspires to be a messenger homing bird for the Royal Air Force during World War II. It is scheduled for release in fall 2004.
The deal fits Disney’s efforts to cut costs in its animation division and provides another outside source of digital animation beyond Pixar Animation Studios.
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