W. R. Miller
I've worked primarily in the entertainment industry as an animator, writer and storyboard artist, with two Emmy honors on The Simpsons. My articles have been published in Starlog, Comics Scene, Comics Buyer’s Guide, Animation Magazine, Animato! and the online Animation World Magazine. I have just completed the five-volume Batman: The Animated Interviews, published by BearManor Media. Works-in-progress: The Justice Dragon; The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. Further details are presented at my webpage, https://wrmilleronline.com/about/
George Lucas on 60 Minutes, March 1999
How does George Lucas do it? 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl interviewed Lucas in a segment broadcast March 28, 1999 shortly before the release of The Phantom Menace. “George Lucas” was produced by Rome Hartman. CBS has posted a partial transcript here.
“Disney’s Titey”
Titanic a la Disney. Starring an all-star cast! Featuring Jason Alexander as Titey, Whoopi Goldberg as the Mean Ol’ Iceberg, Gilbert Gottfried as Napoleon, and Molly Ringwald as Anne Frank. The inspiring true story! Click and see! Titey, from J. J. Sedelmaier Productions for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, directed by David Wachtenheim.
Thor vs. Iron Man!
Thor vs. Iron Man. Who would win?
What happened to Galen, Virdon and Burke?
One of the frustrations of watching an open-ended series is that a network may cancel it before the storyline is resolved. Case in point: CBS’s Planet of the Apes series. The network had shown the movies to huge ratings success, which prompted them to commission a TV series in 1974. This meant stop-lighting a proposed […]
20th Century-Fox Goes Ape
Oo-oo-oo! The cast from Planet of the Apes takes over 20th Century-Fox!
Rehearsing Dinos and Robots
From Stan Winston Studios, a pair of behind-the-scenes videos of creature rehearsals from Jurassic Park III. From Legacy Effects, a look at the robots from Real Steel: http://youtu.be/2qakGPNOIgw
Hulk smash!
May the 4th be with you: http://youtu.be/CygiixIaKJQ
Not a bird. Not a plane. It’s Jetman!
Meet Yves Rossy, the human flying machine: Flying with a Jet Pack
The Classical Three Little Pigs
Comedian John Branyan tells the story of “The Three Little Pigs” in the classic style of Shakespeare. Enjoy: In time past, though not long ago, there lived pigs, in stature, little, in number three, who–being of an age both entitled and inspired to seek their fortune–did set about to do, thusly. When they had traveled […]
A Five-Year Publishing Forecast
E-publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin offers a look at the future of books in an enlightening essay, here. Already, he reports, “A couple of major (Big Six) publishers have acknowledged that ebook revenues for them have passed 20% of their revenues.” Fascinating.
