Interviews & Special Reports
Since March 2005, UltimateDisney.com has conducted interviews with various celebrities and people involved with the Walt Disney Company. Interviewees ranged from young actors such as Brenda Song and Dominic Scott Kay to renowned animators and directors Andreas Deja, Jon Turteltaub, and Henry Selick, as well as notable Disney Legend Alice Estes Davis and football player Vince Papale. A full list of interviews can be found here
UltimateDisney.com has also participated in various press events for the Walt Disney Company, often publishing them as the "UD Special Reports". Many of these are handled by forum member "Pluto Region1," a California resident who has covered such events as a tour of the Animation Research Library, the High School Musical DVD Launch Party, and the 2006 DVD premiere of 1941's Dumbo at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
In August 2008, UltimateDisney.com published its very first Video Report, as reporters Christopher Disher and Caitlin Custer attended the DVD premiere of The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning, and interviewed various celebrity attendees such as voice actress Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel). However, video reports were not new to the site. On March 8, 2005 the site began offering a "Weekly Video Update", in which forum member snowhite8 hosted brief one-minute videos which discussed recently-released and upcoming Disney DVDs. The video updates ceased on November 15, 2005.
In the summer of 2006, Ultimate Disney attended the world premiere of Disney/Pixar's Cars, interviewing celebrities from the red carpet. Among those interviewed were John Lasseter, John Ratzenberger, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Richard Petty, Katherine Helmond, and Jennifer Lewis.
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