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Recommended Reading

A guide to the motion picture provides behind-the-scenes details about its development, setting, characters, crew, special effects, and plot.

Disney artists, designers, illustrators and animators from around the world have re-imagined their favorite princesses and portrayed them in a variety of mediums in this museum-quality book that is sure to enchant art lovers, Disney collectors and anyone who delights in Disney’s magical princesses.

Characters, stories, and illustrators for the each of Pixar’s ten movies come to life in this resource, which includes history, information, behind-the-scenes extras, technological insight into Cars, Up, Wall-E, and more, in a book with thousands of illustrations.

The authors explain and illuminate how Toy Story achieved its pioneering look while taking the elements of animation entertainment—humor, heart, and the creation of a world both real and fantastic—to new three-dimensional horizons.

The director and writer of the second, fourth, and sixth Star Trek movies shares his memories of their creation and his reminiscences of Gene Roddenberry and other notables with whom he has worked.

Relive the story of Ponyo and Sosuke in this full-color movie art book!

Provides readers with an in-depth look at some of Disney’s most popular characters with informative tidbits about their names, their diverse careers, their relationships to one another, and more.

Report a fire at the Hook & Ladder Company #8 if you want to see Ghostbusters headquarters in New York City. Stop for a cup of coffee at the cafe in San Francisco where Steve McQueen’s Bullit meets an informant. Bring your own box of chocolates to Chippewa Square, Savannah, and reenact the iconic scenes from Forrest Gump. Find out why Madonna evaded Argentina when playing Eva Peron, and much, much more.

Packed with behind-the-scenes information, incredible imagery, photographs, stills, and diagrams, a tie-in to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hitting theaters this summer steps into new, epic battles between good and evil and lets readers get up close and personal with their favorite robots in disguise.

An industry insider draws on interviews with more than one hundred top names in independent film to counsel aspiring filmmakers on everything from common first-time mistakes and investment strategies to production myths and festival challenges.