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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
It’s almost a tradition, now, for a computer animated film to be accompanied by a new animated short – and in Pixar’s cases usually a “side-story” that runs parallel to… |
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Minions
…can to serve. Throughout history they’ve worked with some of the worst of the worst. But by the 1960s the minion tribe has run out of masters and been forced… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with Visual Development Supervisor Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
…warmest thanks to Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco, Andrea Emmes and Cinzia Angelini! Visual Development art by Ruchita Jeswall, Alex Harris, Andres Amaya, Theunis Duvenhage and Guilherme Lopes. All Rights Reserved… |
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Solomon and Matheson's stop-motion film: Hitler to be killed by Automatons
…with that “whole rule the world thing,” decide to do a knock-off play version of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Voices already recorded for the project include Jack Black… |
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Up and Monsters Vs. Aliens Superbowl spots; Upisode
…first Upisode from the series Adventures with Carl and Russell. The first Upisode titled “Animal Calling”, can be watched on the official Up website by clicking on the videos button…. |
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TV Guide Reviews A&E's Pride
…standard and overlong coming-of-age story that holds few surprises. The tale centers on two sibling lion cubs, Suki (voiced energetically by Kate and Linus (a playful Rupert Graves). The young… |
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Campaign calls for Ellen Degeneres to “save Nemo“
…and sells them to pet stores to reduce the industry’s reliance on wild caught clownfish. It also runs education programs and has this month launched an Instagram campaign to recruit… |
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Google Play and eOne to offer feature film All Creatures Big and Small free
…copy starting today and running through July 28th. The release coincides with the launch of Google Play’s new family-friendly discovery experience that is designed to help parents find apps, games,… |
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How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote (twice) as he pleased…
…work on The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a project that was already morphing into what became Fantasia. “[In February 1938, Walt Disney] and Studio composer Leigh Harline met with Russian composer Sergei… |
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"Z-biscuit"
…racehorse. With the help of barnyard friends and teenage girl who dreams of being a jockey, he overcomes prejudice and self-doubt to pursue his dream of running with thoroughbreds”. Included… |
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Press Release: Sony Pictures Imageworks announces key new hires
…experience in the industry on projects including The Maze Runner, John Carter, X-Men: The Last Stand, Troy, and visual effects Oscar®-winner, The Golden Compass. Daniel Cox joins Imageworks as visual… |
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Zemeckis' Polar Express to pull into IMAX 3D stations worldwide
…also be converted into a 3D experience for its Imax run. The Polar Express is the latest in a series of WB movies to hit Imax screens now that Disney… |
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Third Monsters Vs Aliens featurette
…reads “Featurette 3 (1.20.09)”. Monsters Vs Aliens stars the voice talents of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland, and Paul Rudd, and… |
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NSFC names Waltz with Bashir best picture
Variety reports that Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir won the 43rd annual best picture prize from the National Society of Film Critics, edging out the runner-ups WALL-E… |
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Up sneak peak
A sneak peak for Up that has been airing on Disney Channel can now be viewed at Coming Soon. The video features director Pete Docter discussing Carl Fredricksen and Russell,… |
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\\Shrek 2\\ DVD release date change
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First look at The Corpse Bride!
…a 19th century Russian folk tale, in which a young man accidentally marries the corpse of a murdered bride, who is then resurrected, expecting her new (living) husband to love… |
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Spider-Man: The Venom Saga cover art now online
…Doc Ock DVD, which will be released on June 29th. While DVDtoons states that Spider-Man: The Venom Saga will be released this winter, Toon Zone reports that the rumoured release… |
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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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Shrek 2 is the #1 toon of All Time!
…Rings: Return Of the King and Spider-Man, by the end of its run. It will be interesting to see how Shrek 2 plays around the world, as Finding Nemo brought… |
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Tintin traveling forward?
…has the green light from the Foundation to do the movies. Despite Rodwell’s not saying which album Spielberg is doing, rumors point to “The Secret Of The Unicorn” and “Red… |
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Un-happy meal for Disney
…was on their knees and Disney was running real strong. … It’s an entirely different negotiating environment.” The deal, created in 1996, at the height of Disney’s silver age, is… |
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FoxBox adds One Piece and F-Zero to fall lineup
…gained the power to stretch like rubber … at the cost of never being able to swim again! Despite this limitation, Luffy vowed to grow up to become the king… |
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Beauty & the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray this year
…the Beast,” in which Emma Watson (“Harry Potter” films) plays Belle and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken returns to recreate his Academy Award®-winning music score. DISC SPECIFICATIONS: Feature Run Time:… |
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Viacom animation to be outsourced to India
…the animation content for the channels, some of the work for such animated series as Rugrats, Catdog, and SpongeBob SquarePants will possibly be produced in India. “We are looking at… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…I couldn’t even figure out how to turn it on, but it appears to run on non-replaceable batteries. As a sidenote, when my screener copy of Miles arrived in the… |
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Justice League: Gods And Monsters
…not so invested with mindless violence. The characters actually thought, and even if the characters do not seem quite fully rounded (owing to the movie’s quick runtime), they are still… |
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Animated Grammy nominations
…award year runs from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008. Winners will be announced on February 8, 2009. The list of animated nominations follow: Best Musical Show Album •… |
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VeggieTales live again
…and the Rumor Weed and Dave and the Giant Pickle which includes the first ever appearance of Larry-Boy. The bonus fourth disc features all 4 episodes of Larryboy – the… |
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Don’t forget AV’s Oscar contest and live chat!
…night for a live chat with the staff and other readers! We’ll talk about the people, the fashions, the story-lines, and the awards. We’ll also keep a running update of… |
