Rhino The Hamster in Bolt

You may believe that the leading hero of Bolt is Bolt the dog. But that's not absolutely true. There is indeed Rhino the hamster who shows some incredible star power. Watch this Bolt trailer, that was shown in front of High School Musical 3:

Rhino the hamster rocks!
:)

Bolt American Dog Preview Clip

As you may know, the movie Bolt was once titled American Dog. The project has since been through some meaningful updates. Nonetheless all the work already done with American Dog has more probably been reused in Bolt.

Check this early (bootleg?) preview clip of Bolt, well actually it's a clip from American Dog:

(I confirm it's a clip from American Dog. Indeed at the very first second,
below the TV, there is a picture of a brown dog, the original version of the dog by Chris Sander
which is here below in the picture.)
The dog is not anymore a brown dog,indeed in the new version Bolt is a white German shepherd. but the preview clip above is quite amazing if you focus on the horizon of mountain in background: the 3D is gorgeous!

The final Bolt movie, even with a German shepherd, must look really great. According to Quint from AintItCool who had the chance to be present during the presentation of the first 15 minutes of Bolt by Disney:

"[...] the footage had the heart of a Pixar movie, or a classic Disney movie. That combined with the nostalgia and just right feeling of having the look of traditional hand-painted backgrounds really made me feel at home with what I saw. Hopefully the movie lives up to the first impression." Quint

So Quintdoes confirm that the amazing 3D is still there: I'm feeling more positive by now about Bolt. I'm even confident that it's going to be a great animated movie.
:)

Bolt In November 2008

Bolt is an upcoming CG animated produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Much of the original graphic style of the film was inspired by the work of Edward Hopper. New technology in non-photorealistic rendering is used to give a special visual appearance to the movie. Furthermore a new patented technology has been specifically designed for Bolt in order to give a hand-painted look to the the 3D backgrounds.

The movie can boast the voice talents of John Travolta, as Bolt the dog, and of Miley Cyrus, as Penny, the young girl who owns Bolt.

Here the plot:
"The story is about Bolt, a white German Shepherd who has lived all his life on the set of a TV show in which he portrays a superhero dog, and as a result thinks that his superpowers are real. Later, he gets accidentally separated from the studio. He then meets a female cat named Mittens and a hamster who never leaves his exercise ball, and eventually he discovers that all of his powers are fake. " (Source: Wikipedia)

A nice Disney movie to bring my children to watch then!
:)

Bolt Pictures

Here below some pictures from Bolt, upcoming CGI animated movie by Disney:
(Click on a picture to enlarge it.)

Well those first pictures give the impression that Bolt is a nice family CGI movie... Still need more stuffs from the animated movie to really make my mind about it. One thing though: on the marketing sheet the dog looks much more naughty than on the following promo pictures.Let's hope that this naughtiness will be back in the final Bolt movie!
:)