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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
In September 1929, Les Aventures de Tintin debuted in Le Petit Vingtième, a children’s supplement to Belgian newspaper Le XXe Siècle. The comic was from the mind of Belgian artist… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…The Hobbit could only command a roughly 50% audience choice of 3D screens against the regular – and again cheaper – regular presentation, which arguably offered a brighter, sharper image… |
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Beauty & the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray this year
…on Sept. 6 on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere, and on Sept. 20 on Blu-ray and DVD. The beloved animated classic has truly stood the test of time and… |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
…emojis into 3D characters? CZ: We designed 250 unique emoji characters for one single scene in the interior of the Company amphitheater. That was a huge challenge for the character… |
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Cineme Animation Festival and IGDA Video Game Developers Summit update
…for early consideration. The competition categories are as follow: Animated Feature Films; Animated Short Films (under 30 minutes); Animated Student Films; Animated First Films (commissioned or non-commissioned first work); Experimental… |
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Tex Avery DVD collector sets released today… in France
The French localized version of {{link http://www.amazon.fr Amazon}} lists 2 new Tex Avery DVD collector sets being released today. Details are few, but {{link http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DF12D/qid%3D1070413926/sr%3D1-2/ref%3Dsr%5F1%5F2%5F2/402-8903024-5291303 one contains four disks}} and… |
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Animex Student Animation Awards 2006 results
…by Royal College of Art student Sumito Sakakibara – Winner in the 2D Computer Animation Category 90 Degrees by Supinfocom Valenciennes students Jules Janaud, Raphael Martinez-Bachel, Francois Roisin – Winner… |
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The Polar Express footage revealed
The UK’s {{link http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16191 Empire Online}} just got a sneak peek of footage from Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express. Starring Tom Hanks in several roles, the site also has news… |
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Academy event to honor 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast
…ID, and may be purchased online at www.oscars.org. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org…. |
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Noodlesoup's \\The Venture Brothers\\ wins Cineme TV Series award
…untangle themselves from their hilarious escapades”. A clip of the show is available on {{link http://www.noodlesoup.net Noodlesoup’s website}}. A full list of Cineme’s 2003 festival winners is {{link http://www.cineme.org/2003/2003win.phtml online}}… |
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Keyframe gets facelift; Balto 3 on the way?
‘Athena’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4845#post4845 AN Forum}} points out that the animation resource site {{link http://www.keyframeonline.com/kf.php Keyframe}} has been updated. In their Top 5 stories is news of the previously… |
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\\Gopher Broke\\ going for feature length
The Academy Award-nominated short film \\{{link http://www.blur.com/shorts/gopher_broke/ Gopher Broke}}\\ will be made into a feature-length film, reports {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news/indietopnews.php?id=12886 ComingSoon.net}}. “Written and directed by Jeff Fowler, \\Gopher Broke\\ is a… |
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Ghost In The Shell 2 Canadian premiere
…in US theaters on September 17, 2004 by Go Fish Pictures, a division of DreamWorks. For more information on the movie, head on over to the {{link http://www.gofishpictures.com/GITS2 official website}}…. |
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Valiant trailer goes QuickTime; magazine still available
The trailer for Vanguard Animation’s fun comedy adventure Valiant has {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/valiant/ just gone up}} in a number of high-quality sizes at Apple’s QuickTime Trailers site. The film will debut… |
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The Lady of Names, Making an Animatic
…the complete story on the making of the film visit: http://www.theladyofnames.com. Two trailers are available on YouTube (1 & 2). A client’s guide to making an Animatic Three Blind Mice… |
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Dream On, Silly Dreamer premieres in LA
The long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of Dan Lund and Tony West’s short documentary {{link http://www.dreamonsillydreamer.com/ Dream On, Silly Dreamer}} will be held Monday May 23rd at the Alex Theater in… |
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Zellweger re-ups for DreamWorks' Bee-Movie
Despite no recent news on Bee-Movie, an animated comedy written and featuring Jerry Seinfeld, it seems development work is continuing, with the {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7243 JoBlo movie website}} reporting that Renée… |
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ASIFA's 2D Expo; Looney bonuses promised
Jerry Beck, on his {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ Cartoon Brew}} website, links to the list of animated cartoon shorts to be included in the upcoming Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two set,… |
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High def animated films on TV
…next few weeks. {{link http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&ID=115494 HBO-HD}} is airing Fox/Blue Sky’s \\Robots\\ until April 29th, including tonight. {{link http://www.hd.net/movies_schedule_by_title.html#M0885 HDNet Movies}} premieres \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ tonight, running until May 11th…. |
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Pinocchio 3000 on UK DVD
In the surprise announcement of the moment, Granada Ventures in the UK will release the {{link http://www.filmaxanimation.com/index.htm Filmax Animation}} feature Pinocchio 3000 {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006L7OES/qid=1106736427/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3056756-5900633 on home video and DVD}} this… |
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The Iron Giant Special Edition finally makes it to DVD!
DVD Toons reports that Warner Home Video have {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/611 finally announced}} the long-delayed Special Edition DVD of Brad Bird’s feature directorial debut, The Iron Giant. The 1999 film, originally… |
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Frank Kelly Freas dead at 82
According to his {{link http://www.kellyfreas.com website}}, Frank Kelly Freas, one of the most prolific and popular science fiction artists in the world, died yesterday. In his long varied career as… |
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Pixar expansion: citizens file for referendum
Following the news that {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001954.html Pixar’s expansion}} could be a sore point for the company’s Emeryville community, the {{link http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=07-23-04&storyID=19303 Berkeley Daily Planet}} has a small update on the… |
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DreamWorks follows Pixar lead, moves \\Shrek 3\\ to summer 2007
…[paid subscription required for \\Animation Magazine\\]. And like Pixar, {{link http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2004/12/09/ap1702972.html Forbes}} reports that DreamWorks Animation stock fell after the move, dropping 6 percent. Michael Savner, an analyst with Bank… |
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Valiant: UK behind-the-scenes
Valiant, the UK-based Vanguard Animation feature that the Disney Studio sees as the first in a new CGI partnership with the company (and whose {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00002763.html teaser trailer}} we recently… |
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Annie Award nominations announced
The {{link http://www.asifa-hollywood.org ASIFA}} has announced the nominees for this year’s {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ Annie Awards}}, honoring the best in the world of animation. \\The Incredibles\\ led all films with 16… |
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Disney denies owing royalties for \\Lion King\\ song
{{link http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1151120.htm AFP}} reports that Disney has issued a statement concerning the South African family {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001846.html demanding royalties}} from the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight, used in the film… |
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Disney Store acquisition completed
Retailer {{link http://www.childrensplace.com/ The Children’s Place}} has announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of the Disney Store retail chain in North America. Ezra Dabah, Chairman and… |
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JibJab's next project revealed
Greg Spiridellis of {{link http://www.jibjab.com/ JibJab Media}}, creators of the “animated web sensation” \\This Land\\ parody, revealed information about their next project. According to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=3202 Animation Magazine}}\\, he said… |
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Ghost In The Shell II featurette
The {{link http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=439 Anime News Network}} announces that there will be an “exclusive screening of a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of Ghost In The Shell II: Innocence, plus an… |
