As Disney fans, we were just creating what we would want to see for the 100th year.” “ Once Upon a Studio“ DISNEY “And for those eight months, we didn’t know if this was going to fly because there’s hand-drawn animation and CG animation with live action playing over 500 characters. “We were thinking of something that really just celebrated the history and the legacy and used the characters from the past that people had come to know and love,” Correy told IndieWire. “Once Upon a Short” was directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy (“Once Upon a Snowman”), who developed the idea for eight months during COVID before pitching it over Zoom to Jennifer Lee, Disney Animation’s chief creative officer and the screenwriter of “Wish.” In addition to presenting storyboards, Abraham even sang “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Lee was emotionally stirred and greenlit the short immediately. Seuss Declared Halloween ‘Grinch Night’ in This Delightfully Dark TV Special from 1977
