How Disney Brought Back Robin Williams’ Genie for the Animated Short ‘Once Upon a Studio’ — Without Using AI https://t.co/swEmjU1DNY
— Variety (@Variety) October 16, 2023
- Archived voice recordings. That’s it. There’s also one bit that they use in tv promos for showings of “The Lion King” with Rafiki.
- Ruben Aquino, who animated the final designs for Ursula in 1989, came out of retirement to animate her for this.
- The first recorded voice was Auli’i Cravalho as Moana.
- There is a new rendition of “Feed The Birds”.
- Yes, they do acknowledge Chicken Little, Home on The Range, and Treasure Planet
They included my favorite character 🤩
