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The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Ralph Bakshi’s ambitious but wildly uneven animated take on the first half of Tolkien’s trilogy remains a frustrating work, but Warners’ new Blu-ray and DVD combo at least offers the opportunity of a fresh look. |
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MacCurdy, Snyder join Technicolor for Berkeley Breathed project
Technicolor Animation, previously Paprikaas Animation based in India, has welcomed veteran producers Jean MacCurdy and Fonda Snyder on board to develop their new property, Pete & Pickles, based on the work of Opus cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. A press release may be read here: |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
Disney’s “greatest little mystery in history” is given the short thrift, with a decent new transfer wasted on a pointless disc that just can’t really be recommended. |
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Disney goes back to Canada with new Pixar shorts studio
After closing its previously owned DisneyToon studio in Toronto and cutting ties with The Wild producers CORE Animation, the Disney organization has returned again to Canada for the location of a new Pixar subsidiary. Launched yesterday, April 20, Pixar Canada will create short films based on their Toy Story and Cars characters for online and […] |
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Annies online!
Those unable to make the annual Annie Awards earlier this year will be animated by this welcome piece of news: the 37th awards ceremony, with featured highlights including host William Shatner, a special tribute to Roy Disney, and Winsor McCay recipients Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tim Burton and Bruce Timm, is now available to view online at […] |
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Animated genre types are Drawn Together for their movie debut
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, the first animated film based on Comedy Central’s long-running adult “reality show” series, premiered to a packed house at the Anaheim ComicCon last Friday (April 17), ahead of its debut today on DVD (and as a BestBuy Blu-ray exclusive) from Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment. A full press […] |
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The Paintings of Peregoy at Suspended Animation
The Suspended Animation Gallery, the online art collection produced by Disney animation artists to reflect their own personal inspirations in works created in their own choice of medium, has announced their latest artist addition: Walt Peregoy, best known for his work on 101 Dalmatians, but also notable for his contributions to Peter Pan, Lady and […] |
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Shrek 1, 2 and 3-D
Announcing plans to convert the DreamWorks Shrek series to 3D format for release on Blu-ray Disc, Jeffrey Katzenberg has discussed the future of three dimensional movie viewing at the NAB convention in Las Vegas. |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
Those who liked the first Curious George movie should be more than curious about the little mischievous monkey’s second feature length outing, even if it’s just a bit of fluffy, non-groundbreaking fun. |
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Stick a Sailor on your wall!
Recently released are a new series of officially licensed giant Popeye prints from the wall graphics company LTL Prints. The premium graphics include everything from laptop size up to LTL’s trademark seven foot ‘larger than life’ wall prints. Other characters licensed from King Features Syndicate, including Betty Boop, Flash Gordon, Hagar The Horrible and more, […] |
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Cartoon Network, Adult Swim charity auction
The Gamm Theatre, a nonprofit theater company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is auctioning off two animation-related packages to raise funds for its artistic and educational work. Products based on programs from Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are open for auction until April 14. |
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Burton profiled
Trevor Hogg, of the UK’s Flickering Myth website, has just posted his final chapter of a comprehensive four-part profile on animator/director Tim Burton. The first part, with links to the continuation of the series, begins right here. |
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Your chance to see Last Chance
Animator Sami Nikki’s recently completed short, Last Chance, is now viewable online. In addition the Project Last Chance blog documents some of the creative process that has gone into creating the short’s unique painterly animation. |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Scotland Yard (DVD bonus clip)
The game is afoot in The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition! The world’s greatest sleuth dons his miniature deerstalker hat and puts his extraordinary deductive ability into animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery […] |
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Tron…3 and 4?
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Lost writers/exec producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, who worked on Disney’s highly anticipated Tron: Legacy, have been asked to begin writing a sequel to the studio’s reinvented franchise. Although Legacy is itself a continuation of the original 1982 Tron, the project has been given the confusing working title […] |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson’s fantastic film of Roald Dahl’s children’s crime caper will enchant most, and even if Fox’s disc isn’t exactly packed with extras, there are still some well-rounded supplements and exemplary technical aspects to be enjoyed. |
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The Lord Of The Rings (1978) Blu-ray clip: “Mount Doom”
[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lotranimated_mountDoom_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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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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“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 […] |
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Easter goodies, plus a review roundup!
Disney’s Ghibli Collection and recent major title reviews, Easter specials and our Easter Basket contest! |
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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 […] |
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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. |
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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. |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (song clip)
Disney’s Academy Award-Winning Animated Classic Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition On Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack – October 5, 2010 and Standard Definition DVD – November 23, 2010 Disney’s most requested film, Beauty and the Beast, arrives for the first time on Blu-ray Hi-Def as the second installment to the company’s new Diamond Collection. […] |
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Universal and Illumination ready to Hop
With Despicable Me still to come, Universal has announced that they are ready to develop their next project with animation studio Illumination. I Hop will be an live-action/CG hybrid with James Marsden and The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco set to star opposite the animated son of the Easter Bunny. Russell Brand will voice the […] |
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Godzilla stomps back onto the big screen
A press release announcing the legendary Japanese creature feature star is to return to theaters in a new major monster picture can be read here: |
