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Passion Pictures Teams Up With Disney For ‘101 Dalmatian Street’ Cartoon Brew Interviews
Passion Pictures makes some of the most accomplished animation in the UK, and Disney knows it. The London-based studio, which grew out of the Disney production Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1987, has already worked on a few shorts for the company, including episodes of Rocket & Groot. So when Disney was looking for a studio to handle its biggest ever animation production in the country – a heritage series based on the 101 Dalmatians franchise – Passion was the obvious choice.
101 Dalmatian Street, which premiered on the Disney Channel UK on March 18, actually emerged from another aborted project. Disney and Passion Animation Studios (Passion’s animation division) had been collaborating on a pilot for Green Park Coachstarz, a show based on the art of James Jarvis. When that fell through, Disney proposed this one instead. “The idea of recreating the original Dalmatiansfilm – in 2d – was really appealing,” said Cara Speller, the show’s executive producer. “We said yes.”
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Joe Grant’s storyboards for Disney’s Lady and the Tramp (1955).
To learn more about Joe Grant and the art of storyboarding, check out John Canemaker’s marvelous book, Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft.