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Is there Room On The Broom for the Best Animated Short Oscar?
…the creative aspect of the film – that was the big challenge.” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer Lang utilized lessons learned from helming Gruffalo to help Broom‘s production run smoothly,… |
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Venice to premiere Toy Story in 3-D
…will premiere at the 66th Venice Film Festival in September marking the festival’s lifetime award to John Lasseter and the Pixar directors. The Venice film festival will run September 2-12…. |
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Lasseter’s Disney and Pixar tug-of-war
The Hollywood Reporter looks at the “Tricky Tug-of-War” John Lasseter is in the middle of in running both Disney Animation and Pixar. “Borrowing a page from Pixar, Lasseter is hands-on… |
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The Lego Movie
…nature of that toy, which unlike a board game with rigid rules allows for endless creativity, is exactly the kind of toy ripe for a jump to the big screen…. |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided
…Master Plo Koon investigates the location of a secret Separatist weapon that is rumored to have destroyed dozens of Republic warships in the Abregado System. Anticipating a battle, Plo relays… |
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New motion capture movie Tarzan 3D trailer premieres
While Russia and Germany are already getting their share of the new Tarzan 3D on the silver screen, English-speaking audiences must make do with a UK trailer. Tarzan 3D is… |
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Pixar’s Inside Out revealed
…while the rest of the emotions try to keep things running smoothly without them. Inside Out is scheduled to open June 19, 2015. Check out Variety’s report for full details…. |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…but not really noteworthy. The only exception was Hal Holbrook as Mayday, the old and rundown firetruck. Of all the characters in the film, his was the only one that… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #71: The Land Before Time – Fellowship of the Tree Star
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! The Rotoscopers kick off their Dinos & Dragons series by reviewing Don Bluth’s 1988 classic The Land Before Time! https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV8930813359.mp3 Runtime: 1:27:59 / 84.5 MB… |
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Ghost In The Shell director to answer your questions online
An exciting opportunity for anime fans has its deadline tomorrow (Sunday, September 5). Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence writer/director Mamoru Oshii will be answering questions submitted by fans through… |
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Howl's Moving Castle gets warm welcome at Venice Film Fest
Director Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle) was warmly received Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. The audience who packed the 1000-capacity hall exploded into… |
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2014 Emmy Award nominees announced
The nominations for the 66th Annual Emmy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominees for animated categories and programs: Outstanding Animated Program • Archer — Archer Vice: The Rules… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #70: Tarzan – Attack of the Disney Theories
…(unlike the magical leaves from Pocahontas.) • Clayton is a weak villain. What’s his motivation? Just greed? • Two lessons for kids: don’t run away from home and don’t swing… |
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Transformers transform box office
…2 continued its somewhat underwhelming box office run with a $13 million weekend, while Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent continued to be one of the leggiest movies of the summer with $8… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #69: Princess Mononoke – Go Away
…animated film ever and it feels like it. • Major themes in the film: curses, humans vs. nature, hatred. • The ending is a bit rushed and hard to swallow…. |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2
…also get so much time with Fishlegs, Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut) barely registers in the plot, and whose relationship with Hiccup is barely touched on, and when it is feels… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…fit into the 89 minute run time. The first problem with the film may be obvious just from my description. There are too many story lines competing for a limited… |
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TV-Loonland opens up markets; Heidi feature announced
…level is expected in December this year. The company will also present a new preschool series entitled Rudy & Trudi (26×11′), as well as a second instalment of The Cramp… |
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Disney's Eisner Sees Iger as Successor
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner said company President Robert Iger is his “preferred choice” to succeed him in running the entertainment conglomerate, according to an interview in Sunday’s… |
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Wizart’s Snow Queen 2 gets new poster, images
Courtesy of Wizart Animation, Animated Views has the first look at the latest poster for The Snow Queen 2. Directed by Alexey Tsitsilin, the sequel will be released in Russia,… |
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The Venture Bros.: The Complete Sixth Season
…The Monarch leads the new Council Of Thirteen (give or take a few supervillains). Maybe No Go sees Dr. Venture assessing his new technological assets, as he dives into running… |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
…when they go to the frontier, flying in an experimental spaceship run by an artificial intelligence. This A.I. is christened Aya by Hal, and it is not long before Aya… |
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Where Did These AWOL Animated Movies Get To?
…rumored to be making its US debut early in 2007! The Plague Dogs (1882) – Another classic work of literature had its animated adaptation muddled up by the DVD distributors,… |
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The Pirate Fairy
…(Too bad he doesn’t sound much like Hans Conried.) There are also two Fairies Animated Shorts, each running less than two minutes: Aaarrgh! and Treasure Chest. The final extra is… |
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The Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season
…purple pteranodon (from this season’s second episode, which had this homage to the Jonny Quest episode Turu The Terrible). The Blu-ray case itself continues the motif, having the appearance of… |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…can do whatever we want.” So one of the first things I did was to set some definite rules that had to be kept in mind in order not to… |
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Big Bird's movie debut bounces back to DVD!
You’ve got to love Warner Home Video. Not only do they routinely put together some of the most unique packages on their special editions, but their current and ongoing run… |
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman
…seem to have established any “rules” for time travel in this world and so they just do whatever is the most convenient for each piece of the story. A character… |
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Newport Beach Film Festival announces the "Chuck Jones Award"
…Beach Film Festival runs April 24 – May 1, 2008 and will highlight more than 300 films from around the world, including features, shorts, documentaries, and animation. The Festival is… |
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Frozen
…Her parents decide to isolate her until she can get her powers under control. As Elsa’s time to ascend to the throne comes, another accident sends her running for the… |
