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Will Paul Newman return in Cars 2?
…rest of the Cars 2 gang, little is known about the story beyond the fact that it’s rumored to follow Lighting McQueen has he races his way across Europe. Lasseter… |
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97% of positive reviews so far for Wall•E
…falls head-over-treads in love. Critics have been heaping praise on Pixar for years, but there’s a reason for that: The studio re-invents the rules of CG animation each time out…. |
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Detective Pikachu cracks the case with $58 million opening
…Avengers: Endgame continued its absolutely astonishing run, though thanks to Detective Pikachu it got a small taste of reality. Earning $62 million, the film now has a total of–wait for… |
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Official estimates are in: #1 with $62.5M for Wall•E
…spite of suffering its biggest drop this weekend (46.5%), still topped $179.3M on its way to beat Madagascar‘s $193.6M by the end of its run to become DreamWorks Animation’s second… |
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Disney goes to Bill Gates for Web movie answer
…downloading over the internet. “How will this affect any possibility of Steve Jobs running Disney?” asks ‘Guardstone’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1131#post1131 AN Forums}}, who also provided the link – thanks!… |
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More on Wall•E's box office performance
…with $498,000. Wall•E hits its first major foreign markets next weekend with launches in Mexico and Russia and will open gradually over the rest of the year to maximize local… |
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The Lion King is now Disney’s biggest remake ever
…leaving money on the table by releasing their upcoming Lady & the Tramp revamp on streaming only instead of giving it a theatrical run? Elsewhere at the box office, the… |
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Pixar's press release on ending talks with Disney
…on,” said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. “We’ve had a great run together – one of the most successful in Hollywood history – and it’s a shame that Disney won’t be… |
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Missing Link goes missing at the box office
…states, making it the second-highest grossing stop-motion animated film ever, behind only 2000’s Chicken Run. In Coraline’s case, though, Laika had the benefit of producing a movie similar to The… |
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Space Chimps backed up by out of this world promotional campaign
MediaPost offers a rundown of the various promotions in the works for Twentieth Century Fox’s July animated film Space Chimps, from partners like Dole to malls and theaters ads, video… |
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New scene inserted into The Little Mermaid?
…planned for the film’s original release, but dropped due to the budget, though until this addition surfaces as fact, we must still treat it as an exciting rumor for now…. |
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The Blazing Dragons of Monty Python’s Terry Jones
…London) in the United Kingdom, having a brief run in the United States on Toon Disney in the early 2000s. Now, it should be noted that Jones admitted he had… |
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What to expect from Disney's BD Live Features
…Movieweb offers several stills from the demo along with a detailed rundown. While the new features do sound impressive, sadly they will only be available to those with Profile 2.0… |
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Trailer for R-rated Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge launched online
…R-rated animated movie in the long running franchise. It arrives on disc sometime this spring. Based on the worldwide hit game created by Ed Boon & John Tobias, Mortal Kombat… |
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Cartoon Network to Air First Made-for-TV Animated Feature
…hidden mine rich with rubies, sapphires and diamonds. Survivors of the sinking take the map and strike off to seek the treasure. Party Wagon stars Sean Astin, Maurice LaMarche, Pamela… |
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Frozen II becomes the highest grossing animated feature of all-time
…film’s seventh weekend into its theatrical run, in which it earned $11.29 million for a fifth place finish domestically. That makes Frozen II the third highest grossing animated feature in… |
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The rest of those Academy Awards…
…Curse Of The Black Pearl just beats Nemo‘s four with five nominations. Another fantasy earlier predicted to be in the running, Big Fish, only comes out with one potential award… |
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Frozen II beats original’s stateside gross; Star Wars still hot, Spies fly steady
Frozen II continued its record-breaking run at the box office this week, beating the $400 million mark on Thursday and remaining in the top five over the holiday weekend, The… |
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Disney and Gold ask stockholders to vote "NO" on election of Eisner and three other directors
…repeated efforts to separate the functions of CEO and Chairman of the Board. Instead, he supported the Company’s new governance rules, which are more form than substance – and which… |
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Finding Santa: A Christmas Adventure
…that it’s not without its own fair share of appeal, as there are occasional bursts of charm and even beauty spread throughout its fairly brief 80 minute running time. But… |
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Abominable
…role in the film’s score. But composer Rupert Gregson-Williams makes a wise choice in letting the violin solos really sing only in the key scenes where it is vital. This… |
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Playmobil: The Movie
…it. Even I had a smile on my face most of the running time. It’s not hysterical, but it is fun. It’s not fine art, but it is well made…. |
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Playmobil: The Movie tickets will only cost $5 for all showtimes at many theaters
…film’s entire theatrical run. As we noted in our box office report this week, Playmobil: The Movie will be facing off against the third weekend of Disney’s mega-hit Frozen II,… |
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Bambi II happening after all?
Despite protests from long-time Disney fans not to create sequels for the older animated classics, Disney looks to be going ahead with a sequel to 1942’s Bambi. Many rumors persisted… |
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\\Mary Poppins\\ star speaks about her role
…who says she saw the film version as a child, won’t be watching it again anytime soon. “I won’t see it again until I’ve finished the Mary Poppins run. I… |
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UPDATED: Pixar ends talks with Disney; Eisner responds
…months of trying to strike a deal with Disney, we’re moving on,” Pixar CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement. “We’ve had a great run together – one of the… |
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Vote for the BAFTAS!
…in the running. All that vote will have a chance to win a pair of tickets to the BAFTAS, where you will spend the evening mingling with Hollywood stars and… |
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Warner to distribute Longnose?
Little Longnose, the Russian animated feature we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000040.html previously reported}} about, looks to have been picked up for distribution by Warner Brothers (who’ll do anything to keep trying for… |
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Maleficent fails to conjure up box office spell
…They don’t hit to get on base, they swing to get home runs. As things currently stand for 2019, Disney has four $100 million opening+ opening weekends this year alone… |
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Thirty-two films up for Animated Oscar consideration
…with You White Snake Several of the films still will need to have their required Los Angeles seven-day qualifying run. Nominations will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2020. The… |
