Paprikaas awarded Nickelodeon’s Kung Fu Panda series
Technicolor has issued an press release announcing that its Paprikaas Animation Studio, based in Bangalore, India, has been named as the facilities house that will handle the computer generated imagery for Nickelodeon’s Kung Fu Panda television series. Paprikaas previously built a relationship with the channel with its Penguins Of Madagascar show, based on another of […] |
The Smurfs begins filming
ComingSoon reports that filming on Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation’s live-action and animated comedy The Smurfs began on Friday, March 26, in New York. Directed by Raja Gosnell and featuring the voices of Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara and Hank Azaria, The Smurfs is slated to hit theatres on August 3, 2011. |
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The Lord Of The Rings (1978) Blu-ray clip: “Winged Lion”
[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lotranimated_wingedLion_540x.flv 540 360] The Lord Of The Rings Remastered Deluxe Edition comes to DVD and Blu-ray April 6, 2010 from Warner Home Video. This original animated classic from acclaimed director Ralph Bakshi and Academy Award Winning producer Saul Zaentz has been remastered with pristine New Dolby 5.1 audio and picture quality and will be distributed […] |
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The Lord Of The Rings (1978) Blu-ray clip: “The Chase”
[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lotranimated_chase_540x.flv 540 360] The Lord Of The Rings Remastered Deluxe Edition comes to DVD and Blu-ray April 6, 2010 from Warner Home Video. This original animated classic from acclaimed director Ralph Bakshi and Academy Award Winning producer Saul Zaentz has been remastered with pristine New Dolby 5.1 audio and picture quality and will be distributed […] |
“Laugh Wars”? Lucas adds comedy…
Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are heading to the Skywalker Ranch: after their parodies of George Lucas’ Star Wars films, the duo have been tapped to mastermind more of the same, but this time get to play in Lucas’ backyard, with a commission to develop a new animated Star Wars series that […] |
Up with the Hugos!
Fresh off of its wins for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar’s Up has received another major award nomination. |
Easter goodies, plus a review roundup!
Disney’s Ghibli Collection and recent major title reviews, Easter specials and our Easter Basket contest! |
Titans Triumphs, But 3D Conversions Still Clash
Clash Of The Titans’ $61.4m opening weekend seemed to validate Warner Brothers’ decision to covert the film to the 3D process after the production had wrapped, says The Hollywood Reporter. But the quality of the conversion has been a sore point in reviews for the film and, in another article, THR reports that others in […] |
New Charles Schulz book collects prose writings
University Press Of Mississippi, known for its extensive line of comics-related books, has just announced a new book featuring the writings of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, entitled My Life With Charlie Brown. The publishers feel that this book constitutes something akin to an autobiography, given how some of the pieces do trace Schulz’s life […] |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
Although the lack of HD on the classic DVD extras is a shame, the first two films in Pixar’s signature series get the premium treatment on Blu-ray just in time for this summer’s third installment. |
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MGM and Fox Favorites Easter Basket – Winner Announced!
We teamed with MGM and Fox to offer the chance to win an Easter Basket stuffed with top titles and goodies, including the brand new Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – Winner Announced! |
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The First Easter Rabbit: Deluxe Edition
Rankin/Bass move away from the stop-motion that made their name for this sometimes strange hand-animated origin of the Easter Bunny, but the results are rather crude and Warners’ disc is missing the “deluxe” element of the cover’s banner. |
A Despicable Easter greeting
Universal Pictures has created another advertisement for their already much marketed Despicable Me, this time in the form of a holiday poster. The ad features the very marketable yellow corn pop minion characters inside an Easter basket among Easter eggs. Despicable Me opens everywhere this July. |
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Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies
Friz Freleng’s 1977 television special pulls together some classic Looney Tunes cartoons with new animated sequences and, though the splicing is easily seen, it’s an entertaining enough hour. |
Henry Selick bringing stop-motion back to Disney
Henry Selick is returning back to Disney, reports Variety. The director of Coraline who began his animation career at Disney in the late ’70s, has struck an exclusive long-term deal with Disney/Pixar to make stop-motion features for the studio. John Lasseter’s decision to bring Selick back to the studio is seen as another boost for […] |
