International Thunderbirds poster now available
The international poster for Thunderbirds can now be seen at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. |
Home on the Range cover art unveiled
Ultimate Disney has the early DVD cover art for Home on the Range, which is set to arrive in stores on September 14, 2004. |
Polar Express: an animated oil painting
USA Today has a new article concerning The Polar Express and its new film technology. “I wanted it to look like a movie in an oil painting, then have all the warmth, immediacy and subtleties of a human performance,” says director Robert Zemeckis. “When Tom (Hanks) and I were thinking about how we could do […] |
Shrek coming 2 stores in November
According to DavisDVD, Shrek 2 will be released on video and DVD on November 2, 2004, the Tuesday before The Incredibles is released in theaters. |
Disney DVD release and discontinue dates
Ultimate Disney reveals that the Bambi Special Edition DVD will be released on March 8th, while Cinderella is scheduled for October 4, 2005. Meanwhile, The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, and the upcoming The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Special Edition will be discontinued in January 2005. |
New Garfield: The Movie pics
Latino Review has new photos from Garfield: The Movie, which will hit theaters on June 11, 2004. |
Dark website now online
The official website for The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, the animated prequel to this summer’s The Chronicles of Riddick, is now online, featuring the film’s synopsis, DVD details, a picture gallery, downloads, and the trailer. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury be available to own on June 15, 2004. |
Doo 2 DVD details
DVD Answers has the specs and pics for the Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed DVD. In addtion to an anamorphic widescreen transfer, the DVD will include “English, French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, ten minutes of deleted scenes with director’s commentary, a True Ghoul Hollywood Story documentary and a Dancing Dog featurette which shows […] |
New Shrek 2 poster!
United International Pictures has the German poster for Shrek 2. Thanks to the Internet Movie Posters Awards for the heads up! |
Family Guy and American Dad television premiere dates released
The Futon Critic, via Toon Zone, shows that in the unveiling of its 2004 “fall” schedule and development slate, the Fox network has revealed that Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad, which focuses on “a clan consisting of a right-leaning CIA agent and his wife; their two kids (including a liberal daughter); a housebound alien named Roger […] |
Fence between Pixar's staying in and leaving Emeryville
The San Francisco Business Times indicates that the company that made Finding Nemo may soon be finding another place to work. During the Emeryville City Council meeting on late Tuesday, Pixar Animation Studios threatened to leave Emeryville. This announcement came in response to the serious consideration council members are giving to eliminating most of the […] |
Shrek 2 sets new opening-day box office record
Box Office Guru and Coming Soon! report that stomping into 3,737 North American theaters on Wednesday, Shrek 2 grossed $11,768,000 in its first day of release, thus beating the record for largest Wednesday opening for an animated film by more than $1.5 million. DreamWorks will release Shrek 2 into 426 more theaters on Friday. Thus, […] |
Jaws featured in Shark Tale- sort of
The Dreamworks SKG Fansite has the details on a sight gag in the new trailer for Shark Tale. Apparently, in the sequence in which Oscar (Will Smith) and Lenny (Jack Black) are about to collide, Lenny goes through a Jaws poster, after being punched by Oscar. Look for it in Shark Tale‘s new trailer, which […] |
Spongebob Squarepants Movie website now "more absorbent"
The official website for The Spongbob Squarepants Movie, which floats into theaters on November 19, 2004, has been updated, now including a QuickTime version of the new trailer that debuted last week, and other new downloads. The website also provides more details to the film’s story, with a full synopsis: |
More interviews Antonio Banderas
MSN and FilmForce talk to the voice of Puss in Boots in Shrek 2, Antonio Banderas. |
Wrath of Warner Brothers
Variety via FilmForce indicates that Warner Brothers and Robert Zemeckis’ production company ImageMovers have purchased the movie rights to actor/writer Ian Ogilvy’s forthcoming three-book series entitled Measle and Wrathmonk. The filmmakers are supposedly planning to use the “performance capture” CG-animation technique which was used with The Polar Express. Measle and Wrathmonk involves “a young boy […] |
Big Bad retelling of "Hood" in the works
The Hollywoord Reporter reports that more “fractured fairy tales” appear to be on the way, as Wild Brain’s Big Bad Wolf, an animated retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” is on the way from Casey Silver Productions, which bought the project through the company’s discretionary fund with Universal. Wild Brain may decide to co-finance the […] |
New interview with Shrek 2's Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews speaks to Dark Horizons about her role as Queen Lillian in Shrek 2. |
Katzenberg talks Shrek 3 and Shrek 4
Moviehole reports that while at the Cannes Film Festival, Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed some new information on the upcoming Shrek 3 and Shrek 4. “Before the first one was finished, we talked about what the whole story of Shrek is, and each of the chapters answers questions about the first movie and gives us an insight,” […] |
Animated Dark Tower series headed for HBO?
Ain’t It Cool News indicates that an animated series based on Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels may be in the “pitch stage” at HBO, with Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) attached. |
Shark Tale surfaces at the Cannes Film Festival
Coming Soon! notes that after selected footage from the making of Shark Tale was presented at the Cannes Film Festival, Shark Tale‘s Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black sailed out to sea on an air-filled version of Lenny, one of the sharks from the film. Click here to see a photo of the event. |
New info on Shrek 2 and more Shrek sequels
As the US prepares for Shrek 2‘s sure-to-be-huge opening on Wednesday, some interesting articles and details about the sequel are apprearing online. First of all, one can hear the full soundtrack to Shrek 2, at AOL Music. In addition, “monkeyboy12” at the AN Forums informs us that after the first five minutes of Shrek 2 […] |
Kaena: The Prophecy gets early, negative review
“MusicFan” at the AN Forums points to a negative review of Kaena: The Prophecy at Ain’t It Cool News. “The characters are so dull and formulaic, and the lines they said were so cliche that it didn’t matter if my girlfriend slept through most of it; she knew exactly how the movie would play through. […] |
Shrek 2 reviews start coming in
It appears that Shrek 2 is going to have no problem with critics, if these early reviews reveal anything. Four positive reviews have already popped up at Rotten Tomatoes. Sean Conover at Jax Movies gives the film an “A,” stating, “Shrek 2 is as good, if not better, than the original.” The EDGE Boston‘s David […] |
Shark Tale trailer now online!
The trailer for Shark Tale is now available online at Moviefone! Thanks to “MusicFan” at the AN Forums for the notice. Shark Tale‘s synopsis is, “When the son of the shark mafia boss (Robert De Niro) is killed, a fast-talking bottom-feeder named Oscar (Will Smith) lies and takes the credit. At first, he basks in […] |
Disc art for Lion King 2 revealed
Ultimate Disney has the disc art for the Special Edition DVD release of The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride. |
"Canne-d" Incredibles posters!
JoBlo has pictures of two posters for The Incredibles, seen at the Cannes Film Festival! Also in the article is a photo of the poster for Donkey Xote. |
Cast and crew of Shrek 2 speak about the film
The cast and crew of Shrek 2 speak about the sequel to Coming Soon!. One interesting tidbit in particular comes from the film’s producer David Lipman, who states “Although DreamWorks has a lot riding on the success of Shrek 2, they’re confident enough to already start developing story ideas for the further adventures of the […] |