The industry seems to be in this push/pull between CG and hand-drawn animation. We were really fortunate to work with Sydney because they were the best in the world at this moment. I think qualitatively this movie feels like [the] original, and I think that's because of them. Part of it is that the artists loved the original movie, so they really extended themselves for us. |
We knew the Hawaiian culture is very specific, especially when it comes to the dance. We made it a priority to get it right. |