#6 - A BUG�S LIFE

The often-overlooked entry in the Pixar library once again showed how good it truly is with a new Blu-ray edition, proving you should never underestimate the little guy � and his millions of like-sized friends.

#7 - ZORRO: THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SEASONS

2009�s entries in the indispensable Walt Disney Treasures line were devoted exclusively to the sword-slashing, whip-cracking exploits of the legendary masked avenger of the night, a rousing action series that has easily stood the test of time.

#8 - PREP & LANDING

Disney unveiled a special surprise for Christmas this year with this utterly charming and very funny elfin frolic that is sure to become a Yuletide favorite for holiday seasons to come. So tinsel.

#9 - MONSTERS, INC.

Up and A Bug�s Life weren�t the only Pixar classics making their Blu-ray debuts in 2009. After all, how else to watch the story of a big blue monster? Monstropolis never looked better.

#10 - TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE

The world�s most famous fairy returned for her second solo adventure, a Pixie Dust-ed journey beyond Pixie Hollow and back in search of not only a magic mirror, but the true meaning of friendship as well.

2009 was a banner year for feature animation, Disney and otherwise, and one of the best of the rest was this, Henry Selick�s �creepy cool� dark bedtime story (based on the book by Neil Gaiman) about a precocious girl and her daring visits to an �other� land.

Special Thanks:

To all the artists and filmmakers who have contributed to Disney films and video this year, with special mentions to:

Ed Asner, Toby Bluth, Henry Calvin, Bruno Campos, Ron Clements, Jim Cummings, Pete Docter, Dave Foley, Michael Giacchino, Dwayne �The Artist Formerly Known as The Rock� Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Jenifer Lewis, Leonard Maltin, Joel McNeeley, John Musker, Jordan Nagai, Randy Newman, Bob �Squirrel!� Peterson, Anika Noni Rose and Guy Williams.

Coming in 2010*:

In theaters:

• Kristin Bell stars in not one but two rom coms for Disney this year: When in Rome (January 29) and You Again (September 24).
• Beauty and the Beast returns to theaters once more, but now in Disney 3-D! (February 12).
• Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway star in Tim Burton�s trippy take on Alice in Wonderland (March 5).
• Miley Cyrus ditches the Hannah Montana thing for The Last Song (April 5).
• Disneynature�s second outing, Oceans, sets sail on Earth Day (April 22).
• Jake Gyllenhaal stars as the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28).
• The toys are back! The eagerly awaited Toy Story 3 premieres June 18.
• The not-quite-as-eagerly-awaited The Sorcerer�s Apprentice, starring Nicolas Cage in another bad wig, opens July 16.
• Shades of Seabiscuit: Secretariat races into theaters October 18.
• The long-in-the-works Rapunzel will finally let down her hair on November 24.
• And another project we�ve been waiting a long time for, Tron Legacy, will close out 2010 when it opens December 17.

On DVD and/or Blu-ray:

• Hayao Miyazaki�s Ponyo comes home February 2, along with new special editions of other Studio Ghibli classics Castle in the Sky, Kiki�s Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro.
• Toy Story and Toy Story 2 get the Blu-ray treatment on March 23.
• Also due in 2010: a 70^th anniversary edition of Dumbo, new special editions of The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective, �Diamond Editions� of Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, and the DVD debuts of The Boys: The Sherman Brothers� Story, Disney�s A Christmas Carol, The Princess and the Frog, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue and most of 2010�s theatrical releases.

*All release dates subject to change.

So be sure to toon in to Toon Talk in 2010!


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