Once Upon a Studio
Disney+ Debuts Walt Disney Animation’s New Short ‘Once Upon a Studio’
October 16, 2023
As part of the the Walt Disney Co.’s year-long 100th anniversary, Disney+ Oct. 16 began streaming Disney Animation’s new short film Once Upon a Studio.
Oct. 16 marks the date Walt Disney founded the studio.
The film features 543 Disney characters from more than 85 feature-length and short films, including heroes and villains, princes and princesses, sidekicks and sorcerers — in all-new hand-drawn and CG animation, as Mickey tries to arrange a group photo for the studio’s anniversary. The short film is written and directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy, and produced by Yvett Merino and Bradford Simonsen.
The tribute film can also be seen on the Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Freeform, FX, FXX and FXM, with additional airings on Disney Junior on Oct. 18 and on the Disney Channel on Oct. 22. The film will also play theatrically in front of the Disney100 special engagement of Moana — now showing in theaters through Oct. 26.