New TV Special Prep & Landing (M Giacchino/J Lasseter)

Specialty Other Disney
#1

I posted this over in the Studio & People thread, but thought it should probably be mentioned in the Other Animation area too.

Slated for release on December 1st 2009:
“Prep and Landing”
ABC TV’s first half-hour TV special produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Executive Producer: John Lasseter
Music by: Michael Giacchino

Press release can be seen here:
thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx … 91013abc05

Though it’s not listed in the press release, yes, Michael Giacchino wrote the music. We recorded it earlier this week :slight_smile:

#2

Haha, that’s so cool to have a member here work with Michael Giacchino, you lucky dog!

Very interesting, JL’s had a lot of different stuff going on lately, this should prove to be interesting.

#3

I can’t wait to see this! I’m happy there’s finally a Disney produced television holiday special! :slight_smile:

#4

Here’s the poster for it from the D23 Expo:

Here are some pictures of the characters as well (at these links):

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/preplanding/[/url]

…and here’s another picture from the special:

#5

Oh look, an actual reason to watch ABC!

Thanks for the heads-up miafka. I probably wouldn’t have heard of this other-wise.

#6

Michael Giacchino writing Christmas music. That should be interesting. :sunglasses: Thanks miafka!

#7

Just an update…
This was to have aired the other night, but because of President Obama’s speech, it was pre-empted. It’s now scheduled to air next week, on December 8th at 8:30pm EST/PST.

#8

Stupid Politics…can’t wait to see this film though, has potential in my book.

#9

Woah, I had no idea Michael Giacchino was scoring this!

It’s looking great, and the visuals look almost on par with a feature (from some other studios, at least :stuck_out_tongue:)

Apparently a lot of the ‘Bolt’ team from Walt Disney Animation got put directly on this. So glad I saw this thread the day BEFORE it airs, I might get a chance to check it out!

#10

Saw it tonight and really enjoyed it - Dave Foley is great as “Wayne.” Even though it was from Walt Disney Animation instead of Pixar, it had a strong “Monsters, Inc.” vibe, as far as seeing the “inner workings” of the North Pole operation, the code names, the elves having “ordinary people” names, etc. It even had that [spoil] character meets cute kid and has change-of-heart[/spoil] thing going. If anything, it almost could have been expanded into a full hour. Nice work by MG, as usual.

Oh, and I loved the bit near the end when [spoil]Lanny had the wacky Christmas Tree hat on, with something dangling from it, and I thought, “Is that mistletoe hanging from his hat?” - Then the next time we see him, he has multiple lipstick prints on his face. Ha ha![/spoil]

#11

Huh. I had no idea John and Michael were involved. I forget what I was doing at the time, but I didnt watch it. But, it was good?

#12

I think it was good. I’d give it a B+ or A-. It was a bit predictable in plot at times, and, as someone mentioned before, a bit like Monster’s, Inc, but the concept was great, along with the visuals and voice acting.

#13

Disney Channel is running some little “Prep & Landing” fillers between shows - just saw one shortly before 6 this morning, about Tiny trying to make coffee. I don’t know how many there are/will be. These are probably online, too (they put up the official website at the end of the short).

#14

…
I totally forgot about this.

Ugh, rough week that dragged on, I was practically slumping around for the entirety of it waiting until last evening, can’t believe it slipped my mind.

Is there any word of a re-airing?

#15

Yes - Prep & Landing will be on again this Wednesday, 12/16, on ABC at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central.

#16

I saw Prep and Landing when in Aired and loved every minute of it. Like karly05 said, It had a feel and basic plot that was similar to Monsters, Inc. But even so, I really loved the plot and wished they had extended it to an hour so we could better connect with the characters and such.

#17

Just a PS, last week’s Nielsen ratings were published in the LA Times today:
Prep & Landing did very well in the ratings. It tied (with NCIS) for 14th place of all shows for the week (over 100 shows). Beat Charlie Brown Christmas and a whole host of other shows.

#18

A heads-up for our Aussie Pixar Planeteers - Prep & Landing is screening on Channel 7 at 7:30pm on Christmas night. I’m going to try my best to watch it, but I’ll most probably be busy at that time (understandably).

#19

Ok, I saw an ad for it today. Apparently an alternative title is Lenny & Wayne’s Christmas Special (or something similar).

#20

The opening title on screen is actually “Lanny & Wayne the Christmas Elves in Prep & Landing.” I’ve seen it a couple of times now, and it’s really grown on me; very cute.