Disney Not Developing Any Hand-Drawn Animated Films Right Now

If Walt Disney emerged from cryo-slumber and heard what Disney CEO Bob Iger just said at the company’s shareholder’s meeting, we’re guessing he’d be pretty disappointed. Iger revealed today that the Walt Disney Company – including Pixar, Disney Animation, and Disney Toons – is currently not in development on any hand-drawn feature films. That’s awfully sad news for fans of the classic Disney animation aesthetic, and it’s particularly sad to hear that news coming from the studio that first proved hand-drawn animation could be a viable method of making movies by releasing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Read on. After the disappointing box office returns of Disney’s hand-drawn film Winnie the Pooh in 2011, it looks like Iger is taking that as a sign that audiences don’t want to see hand-drawn animation anymore. I don’t necessarily think that’s true – The Princess and the Frog made over $265 million worldwide only a few years ago – but money …