Month: March 2013 – page 4

New The Croods clip

Yahoo! Movies has your first look at a new clip from The Croods, in which the title characters do battle with a small army of monkeys. The Chris Sanders film comes to the big screen in 3-D on March 22nd.

How Disney bought Lucasfilm and what the future holds

BusinessWeek has an in-depth article on how Disney bought Lucasfilm and what they plan to do with it. The behind the scenes piece reveals that the seed of the plan was planted at the opening of the revamped Star Tours ride in Walt Disney World where Disney CEO Bob Iger and George Lucas had a […]

Year long Stravinsky celebration excludes animation

Charles Solomon, writing for the Southern California Public Radio decries the latest Los Angeles cultural event to exclude animation — a year-long cultural celebration of The Rite of Spring called LA’s Rite: Stravinsky, Innovation and Dance. “Musicians, dancers and scholars will be involved in symposia, performances, exhibitions and digital installations through October. Nowhere is there […]

DreamWorks investing in technology to streamline animation

The Motley Fool, a financial-services company that supports investments, recently took a tour of DreamWorks Animation. Despite their recent issues with layoffs and earnings results, after seeing the “investments the company had made in terms of technology to streamline and improve its animations” the reporter changed his “overall image of the company from just a […]

Amazon adds another kid’s series to original slate

Amazon Studios has added another original children’s series to their production slate. Sara Solves It (created by the people behind Blue’s Clues, Super Why, Arthur and Curious George) follows a brother and sister as they attempt to solve each episode’s mystery — an interactive, math-based puzzle that the home viewer can solve along with the […]

Stripped

A love-letter to comic strips, Stripped is the story of the funny pages — from the golden days of print to the wild west of the web — told by over ninety of the cartoonists themselves. But they need your help to tell it.

Disney shareholders elect to keep company the same

The Los Angeles Times has an update on the Disney shareholder meeting. With stock at an all time high, shareholders rejected the two proposals that would restructure how the company was governed. The first would have split the CEO and chairman roles into two separate positions and the second would have created an easier path […]

Sofia The First earns a second season

The young Princess Sofia is certainly living up to her title as she charms young audiences. Disney decided to renew the cartoon Sofia The First for a second season, says The Hollywood Reporter. “We are so proud of the strong connection our young viewers and their parents have forged with Sofia,” said Nancy Kanter, senior vp original […]

New Turbo poster speeds online

A new poster for Turbo has been revealed over at Yahoo! Movies. The DreamWorks Animation action film zooms into theaters everywhere this July.

Fix-It Felix Jr. high score champion profiled

Disney has posted a video exposé on “one time Fix-It Felix Jr. high score champion Garlan Hulse, his fall into obscurity, and his attempt to be on top again”. A promotion for Wreck-It Ralph which was released on home video this week, you can watch the 30 minute mockumentary here:

Poppy Hill photo gallery

Check out an image gallery from Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill over at The Daily Blam. Directed by Gorō Miyazaki with a screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, the film opens in the United States on March 15th.

Shareholders may challenge Disney at meeting

Deadline reports that Disney could face some contentious shareholders at the annual meeting today. Attendees and the company “are girding for a fight over resolutions that could shape the way Disney’s run, especially after Bob Iger steps down in June 2016. Many shareholders support a movement sweeping corporate America to democratize governance policies, giving the […]

Croods clips and featurettes, Guardians home video trailer online

In anticipation of their upcoming film The Croods, DreamWorks is posting new clips and featurettes to their YouTube channel. Also just added is a preview of the upcoming home video release of Rise of the Guardians, which you can watch here. The Croods hits theatres on March 22nd while Guardians hits store shelves on March […]

The Rotoscopers YouTube: Brave

Morgan and Chelsea discuss Pixar’s Brave. Even with an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature to its name, you might want to pick up this disc more for the special features than for the film’s rewatchability.

Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore talks sequels

Wreck-It Ralph hits stores today, in four-disc and two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo packs. But director Rich Moore is already weighing ideas for a sequel, discussing a few of them with Collider. “What would happen if another Fix-It Felix, Jr. game was plugged in? Are there other Ralphs that are more contemporary?” asks Moore. “Is there another […]

Crood song by Owl City and Yuna now on iTunes

Owl City and Yuna’s Shine Your Way for The Croods is now available to purchase at iTunes. The track was produced by Owl City’s Adam Young, film composer Alan Silvestri, and songwriter Glen Ballard, who also penned the Grammy-winning Believe from The Polar Express. Young is no stranger to animation, either: he wrote songs for […]

Epic international poster, TV spots, and trailer

The Internet Movie Poster Awards showcases a new Spanish-language poster for Blue Sky Studios’ Epic. Distributor Twentieth Century Fox has also uploaded two internet-exclusive commercials to YouTube, each specifically targeting a different gender. Finally, CinemaBlend has a link to a new international trailer. As is the case with many international previews, the trailer might be considered […]

Who screened Roger Rabbit? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen a new digital restoration of Who Framed Roger Rabbit to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary, on Thursday, April 4, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Deadline.com has the details. Who Framed Roger Rabbit will hit stores with a special 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray […]

Huge debut ahead for Disney’s Oz?

Disney’s Oz The Great And Powerful is apparently on its way to a massive opening weekend, Deadline is reporting. The site is saying that tracking has Oz opening to $80 million or more, which would far and away give it the biggest opening weekend of 2013 so far. Even better are the film’s chances of being […]

Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United to hit stores in December

Marvel.com reveals that Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this December 3. In the direct-to-video feature, the title heroes must work together to defeat Zzzax, a pack of Wendigos and Abomination. “It’s a universally accessible story – if you know Hulk and Iron Man, then you get to see […]

Dane Cook debuts in revamped Planes teaser; Fire & Rescue logo revealed

Before Planes hits theaters on August 9, French site Disney Next has already captured an early look at the logo for Planes 2: Fire and Rescue. Concurrently, Disney has relaunched the teaser trailer for Planes on YouTube, giving the first preview of Dane Cook as protagonist Dusty Crophopper. The almost identical 2011 version of the […]

Animation Guild provides free lunch to VFX house Rhythm & Hues

To help start one’s week, The Hollywood Reporter delivers news of a good deed: The Animation Guild, Local 839 of IATSE, provided 64 pizzas for lunch Saturday for the employees of visual effects house Rhythm & Hues. Last month, Rhythm & Hues – whose artists won an Oscar this year for their work on Life […]

Animation Addicts Podcast #32: Mulan – Yodeling Huns

You guys asked for it and we delivered! In our very first listener-request episode, The Rotoscopers review, discuss, dissect, analyze, and goof around with Disney’s 1998 film Mulan.

Welcome The Rotoscopers!

Animated Views is happy to announce that we’ve teamed up with The Rotoscopers! Morgan Stradling, Chelsea Robson, and Mason Smith are the hosts of a fun and informative show called the Animation Addicts Podcast.

Monsters University character posters hit online, topiaries now at EPCOT

CINE 1 has collected six new international character posters for Monsters University. In addition to stars Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan, the posters present students Randall “Randy” Boggs and Scott “Squishy” Squibbles, Dean Hardcrabble and teacher Don Carlton. In other M.U. news, Wazowski is set to appear at EPCOT’s International Flower and Garden Festival, […]

The Simpsons do the “Homer Shake”

Fox has released a sneak preview of the couch gag from this Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons, in which the show offers its own take on the Harlem Shake viral sensation. The video reveals the Simpson family trudging through a routine day, before their living room explodes into a dance party full of sight gags […]

Liam Neeson to voice Nut Job villain

Liam Neeson has signed on to voice a villainous raccoon in the computer animated comedy The Nut Job, writes The Hollywood Reporter. “His contribution fulfills that dramatic need in our comedy adventure,” said director Peter Lepeniotis. Neeson joins a cast that includes Katherine Heigl, Brendan Fraser, Will Arnett, Stephen Lang and Jeff Dunham. From ToonBox […]

Angry Birds creators launch mobile game for The Croods

DreamWorks Animation has teamed with Rovio Entertainment, the creators of Angry Birds, to release a mobile game based on the upcoming computer animated film The Croods. The game will debut globally on iOS and Android on March 14. View Rovio’s official press release here:

Miss Piggy to face familiar rivals in The Muppets…Again!

Miss Piggy will have some serious competition in The Muppets…Again!, says the creative talent behind the film. According to Tough Pigs, director James Bobin reveals in the newest issue of Empire Magazine that the sequel has hired original Muppeteer Louise Gold to revive her character Annie Sue, Miss Piggy’s rival from The Muppet Show. Meanwhile, […]

Cloudy with a Chance of the Harlem Shake

The cast of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 joins the ever-growing throng of people doing the Harlem Shake, as a seemingly mundane day at Ms. Crumbymuffin’s Cupcakes suddenly erupts into a dance party. Presented by Fandango, the video comes hot on the heels of the sequel’s first trailer premiering online last Wednesday.