Open Season: Scared Silly bringing together old and new faces for franchise’s 10th anniversary
…director David Feiss, cast members William Townsend and Melissa Sturm, and lead editor Maurissa Horwitz. In addition to screening the new film, Sony provided a look at the development process…. |
…Fox has officially cancelled the film’s wide release, and will instead be releasing the quirky comedy on only 27 screens nationwide. The reasons for the decision are unknown, though Dogs… |
Weekend Studio Estimates: December 31 – January 2
Box Office Guru reports that over the weekend, the live-action/animated film Fat Albert found itself in fourth place, taking in an estimated $10.7 million, rising 7% from its two-day bow… |
Creators DiMartino, Konietzko talk Avatar film, season finale
With SCI FI Wire, the creators of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, reveal tremendous enthusiasm for their series’ film adaptation, to be helmed by M…. |
Early Man
…may be a subtle difference in phrasing, but it’s the difference between a good film that’s funny, and a funny film that’s so-so. The animation is vintage Aardman — fun… |
Inside Out 2
…the two Inside Out films, the writers had too many conveniently easy solutions for the characters since they could just make up whatever they wanted since they were creating the… |
Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (song clip)
…number seven on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Animated Films, Beauty and the Beast helped define Disney animation for a new generation as the second film in the “Disney… |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
…to wait to check this review out until after you’ve gone to see it. It’s hard to talk about a film even as vaguely as possible without inadvertently giving something… |
Fourth Pirates film claims May 2011 release date
…Johnny Depp will return as Captain Jack Sparrow–but ComingSoon.net has a rumored plot for the film, which involves the Fountain of Youth and Jack meeting none other than Blackbeard himself…. |
Prince Caspian writer hired, while film depends on success of Wardrobe
…the second film will not proceed production until Disney is pleased with the box office reaction of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In related news, although an actor… |
Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…moments of story, character and environmental development that gave shape to the film as it made its way through the production pipeline, resulting in a gorgeous chronicle of short filmmaking… |
Regal Entertainment Group's Free Family Film Festival
Ever on the lookout for theatrical screenings of animated films we now call your attention to Regal Entertainment Group’s Free Family Film Festival. The festival takes place every summer and… |
Les Nuits Magiques : The 18th International Animated Film Festival
The 18th International Animated Film Festival “Les Nuits Magiques” will take place in Bègles, France (near Bordeaux) from December 3 to December 14, 2008. All animated short and feature films,… |
Alice Through The Looking Glass
…most “Burton” Burton films of the last decade, surreal, dreamlike, and full of delightfully twisted visuals and characters (our own Ben Simon wrote an extremely favorable review at the time)…. |
The Sky Crawlers in US theatres
…film this Friday. According to the report, Sony Pictures is co-hosting the New York premiere with Stage 6 Films, Production I.G, New York–Tokyo, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center…. |
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
…the final sentence of the film, wackiness is what you get! This is the kind of film where the plot is driven by the jokes. So, yes, it may feel… |
New Film Shows Demise Of Disney's Hand-Drawn Animation
…hand-drawn animation department. The film will be screened this Thursday in Minneapolis, a day before the annual Disney shareholder meeting. “Lund said he hopes Disney shareholders see his nostalgic look… |
Ninja Turtles to return for fourth film?
…movie, the site responds, “We’re currently working with a studio on a new film. If we can come to an agreement on the script and they can find a distributor… |
Mary and Max to open Sundance Film Festival
The 25th Sundance Film Festival will open with Adam Elliot’s clay-animated feature Mary and Max on January 15, reports Variety. Featuring the voices of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette,… |
Animated film director Miyazaki to get award in Venice
The Kyodo News (via Yahoo Asia) reports that “Director Hayao Miyazaki will receive the Honorary Golden Lion award for professional achievements at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival in August…. |
Composer Hans Zimmer and ILM’s Dennis Muren to Keynote VIEW CONFERENCE 2018
…has scored over 150 films including Gladiator, The Lion King, all three of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films and Interstellar, and most recently Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049. He is the… |
Gillie Potter, animator who turned advertising special effects into an art form, dies…
…films sparked the ‘how did they do that?’ question up and down the country the morning after they were first aired. Gillie was involved in the production of more than… |
Canadian NFB moves into Hothouse
The National Film Board of Canada has opened the doors to Hothouse. This exciting venture includes a podcast series that follows eight emerging filmmakers as they create their first professional… |
AV Interactive #3: Readers’ Choice – Best Animated Feature Film of 2014
…even the AV staff will be rendering their judgment on the year’s top films. But now it’s your turn to pick – what was the best animated film of 2014?… |
The Fox And The Hound 2
…fine animation, but it lacks the pizzazz of the fairy tales or the comic adventures. Still, with Disney’s mad rush to provide follow-ups to all of its films, even The… |
PPC acquires new Indian film Dashavatar
…generation’s children are educated about it as mythology is the integral part of our culture. We made Hanuman for this very reason and now comes Dashavatar. It’s a film which… |
New Cars-universe film Space announced by DisneyToon Studios
A new movie which will take place in the universe of Cars and Planes has just been announced by DisneyToon Studios. The film–tentatively titled Space–will blast into theaters April 12th,… |
Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…short Popeye’s Pappy, the 1960s TV cartoons (Me Quest For Poopdeck Pappy), and the 1980 live action film. Did we really need to see it again? As the 44-minute film… |
Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
Lucasfilm Animation (2014), Beuna Vista Home Entertainment (November 11, 2014), 2 Discs, 287 mins, 2.39:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated TV-PG, Retail: $45.99 Storyboard: As the Clone Wars become more… |
Ariel’s Song: Robert Reece, a fortunate writer under the sea!
…Davis, Robert Simonds and Donald De Line. Additionally, Robert wrote the screenplay for the independent film A Fare To Remember which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Additionally, his… |