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Space Jam: 2-Disc Special Edition
…it is, it is an interesting and somewhat fun special effects film, featuring an engaging basketball player and cartoon characters that look like the Looney Tunes gang. Maybe I’m mellowing… |
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New Boxtrolls trailer showcases amazing and detailed work behind the film
Instead of revealing more of the film’s plot, the newest trailer for Laika’s Boxtrolls goes behind the scenes of how the film is made. Set to the tune “He’s Got… |
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Frozen II coming home in February
…Easter eggs, outtakes and a sing-along version with lyrics to the film’s forever-infectious songs. Extras invite viewers to go behind-the-scenes to hear personal, making-of stories from the Frozen II cast… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
…(see that first paragraph above for examples!) are introduced half way through the film. It’s just too much in too little time. A second problem with the film is the… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…have yet to grace DVD. Among these are Muppet Musicians Of Bremen, the 1990 Captain America film (love those rubber ears!), George Pal’s vastly under-appreciated Doc Savage: Man Of Bronze,… |
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Howl's Moving Castle honored by Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee
The Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee has bestowed the Hollywood Animation Award to Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle. The film, along with its fellow Hollywood Movie Award winners, will be… |
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The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
…silent films that he was in. AV: Nowadays Walt’s nephew Roy E. Disney runs the animation department of the Studio, as well as being an executive. How much involvement do… |
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The Loud House Movie gets new home at Netflix; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film also in the works
…Turtles film to be produced as well. No word on when either film is set to arrive, but The Loud House Movie was originally going to come out February 2020…. |
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ASIFA-Hollywood Student Award announced
…ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum Student Animation Film Festival is quickly approaching. This event is open to all and will be a full day of film screenings, panels and portfolio reviews,… |
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And the first digitally projected 3-D feature film is…?
…that have taken place in the realm of 3-D film, leading up to why he believes a certain upcoming animated movie may be the first digitally projected 3-D feature film…. |
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Warner Bros and Disney/Pixar to co-produce Brad Bird's live-action film
…Disney/Pixar. The story of the film centers on a college student who begins to investigate the murder of his father, uncovering a web of deceit that has left the city… |
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Japanese Animated Film Draws Over 3 Million Korean Viewers
Asia Pulse, via Yahoo! Australia, reports the stunning numbers that Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film Howl’s Moving Castle has drawn in South Korea. “The film’s national audience reached the 3 million… |
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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
…to making this film sound that authentic, don’t you think? FF: As far as I know, they did a lot of research prior to the making of the film and… |
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Marvel announces The Eternals, Doctor Strange sequel, Black Widow, and more at SDCC
…“master of kung fu” superhero. The film will also mark the first MCU film to have an Asian lead, and be something of a genre-blender as it combines magic with… |
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WALL-E wins big at Chicago Film Critics award
Chicago Film Critics Association has named WALL-E the Best Picture of 2008. In addition to the top honor, the movie also won the awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original… |
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The Lion King to roar again for crew reunion
…added, “We’re thrilled with hosting a reunion for the most successful traditional animated film of all time. Its films like this that defines a generation of moviegoers.” Commenting on the… |
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Hotel Transylvania 2
…be rushed. Finally, and more central a problem, is the ending of the film itself which turns a lot of the message the movie has been trying to relay feel… |
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The new Lego Movie 2 trailer builds on the jokes from the first film
…and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are. Reprising their starring roles from the first film are Chris Pratt as Emmet, Elizabeth Banks as Lucy (aka… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award-nominated short film, One Man Band, story work on the Oscar-winning, Ratatouille, and was the Head of… |
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Planes
…home video fare. With a cursory viewing the film looks like it could have been created right along side Cars or Cars 2. However, after a more careful look under… |
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Avengers: Endgame
…marketing for the film because the last installment had already served as a two and a half hour long trailer for it. The problem with that is that filmgoers then… |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
…film. And that is really a pity, because Warner Bros. animation, led by executive producer Bruce Timm, created a marvellous animated series that succeeded in many ways where the film… |
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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… |
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John Cleese writing "pre-historic" film for Aardman
…culture clash between two tribes, one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe,” Lord announced at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. “Some might consider one tribe might be the… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #106: Lilo & Stitch – Bait and Stitch
…exceptions.) Stitch mania was everywhere! Stitch is incredibly popular in Japan. The film’s marketing and Stitch-takeover trailers. Character designs are so appealing, yet much different from typical Disney animated films…. |
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Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection
…that were included in these films went on to be re-issued as stand-alone shorts, but with the LaserDisc and DVD releases of the original theatrical versions of these films, we… |
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Toy Story 3: Animator Victor Navone talks about his “Favorite Toys”
…short films and the Spike & Mike’s Animation Festivals. I really enjoyed the film, but it didn’t make me consider becoming an animator or joining Pixar. That world still seemed… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\, \\Howl\\ get Los Angeles Film Critics awards
The film awards season was kicked off Saturday when the {{link http://www.lafca.net/Home/News/2005_lafca_awards_winners.html Los Angeles Film Critics Association}} announced their winners at their 31st annual festivities. Animated films picked up two… |
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Speed Racer The Next Generation: The Beginning animated film
…the new animated television series, Speeed Racer The Next Generation: The Beginning has a run time of 66 minutes, and is hoping that hype surrounding the upcoming live-action film will… |
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\\Chicken Little\\ in Disney Digital 3-D
In addition to being Disney’s first entirely computer generated animated film, \\Chicken Little\\ will also be the first film screened in Disney Digital 3-D, a new technology created in collaboration… |
