New Director

This story came out yesterday, but we note it here because it's worth noting.

Inside Out co-writer Meg LeFauve is joining Tangled director Nathan Greno in helming Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Gigantic, THR reports.

Billed as “Disney’s unique take on Jack and the Beanstalk,” Gigantic was first announced at the D23 Expo in 2015, with Greno set to direct alongside producer Dorothy McKim. Prior to attempting to scale Gigantic, McKim was the producer for Disney short Get A Horse!, ...

Congratulations to Ms. LeFauve, who becomes Disney's second woman director of an animated feature. ...

Gigantic has gone through some reported story challenges, as animated features often do. (If there's one in memory that didn't have changes and alterations, we'd like to know about it.)

Gigantic will be Disney's second pass on the beanstalk and giant story. There was this earlier one: