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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…and no phones policy during some of the programs. In the programs in Hall D23, which seated nearly 8,000 attendees, staffers had us seal all of our cameras and phones… |
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Scrat's director; new BCI live-action; Flushed deals!
…Sunday! Okay, a couple of cheats before I sign off today. We don’t usually cover live–action releases, but we just love the work BCI is doing on their cult titles,… |
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Disney planning another live-action Jungle Book movie
Disney is currently planning a live–action version of The Jungle Book…again. Jon Favreau, the actor/director famous for the first two Iron Man movies, is in talks to helm the project,… |
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Beaumont and Kerry: Peter Pan‘s Leading Ladies
…other actors, which was a comfortable thing to do on the soundstage, radio-style. Then, they wanted me to do the live–action reference. That was more like live–action that I had… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…Adventures Of Superman, Tarzan: Lord Of The Apes and Flash Gordon among them, plus many shows built around the popular Archies comic characters. In 1975, Filmation moved into live–action television… |
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Cartoon Network announces 2008 programming
…of 40 episodes now ordered. Ben 10: Alien Force Ben 10: Alien Force begins the next chapter in the continuing Ben 10 saga five years later when 15-year-old Ben Tennyson… |
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Down Under with Rescuers composer Bruce Broughton
…York – anything involving Wilbur and his flying and most of the rescue action itself. Those scenes in which animated humans were prominent were treated more like a live–action film…. |
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Team America: World Police – Unrated
…head into action, the world comes alive with multi-directional effects and whooshes that really put some real world action films to shame. No doubt the intention was to poke fun… |
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TMNT
…be created in the computer graphics realm. With the low-budget feel of the original live–action movies and the cheesy nature of the cartoon show scripts consigned to the rubbish heap,… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1
…action/adventure to slapstick comedy. More specifically, the cartoons can be grouped into four groups: action/adventure (Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos, and Mister T), comedy (Completely Mental… |
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Justice League Action – Superpowers Unite: Season One, Part One
…he found Justice League Action to be unbearably simplistic, much preferring the older program, so Action’s audience would seem to be rather narrow. Still, an old DC fan like myself… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…Dalmatians soundtrack is available to buy now from Amazon.com The One Hundred and One Dalmatians Platinum Edition DVD is available to buy now from Amazon.com Our special appreciation to Bill… |
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Cinderella
…film with 101 Dalmatians. True, they had technically done a live–action version of The Jungle Book two years prior, but that movie sold itself as an adaptation of the original… |
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The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!
…animated feature releases in theaters, but not all of them have been certified classics right out of the gate. It’s even more so the case in live–action, where for every… |
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Robotech 2-Movie Collection
…are already a Robotech buff, you will either see Love Live Alive as an essential part of your complete collection, or more likely an unnecessary rehash. Movie Score: 3/10 Robotech:… |
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Hand-drawn back at Disney, and live-action Tintin is coming!
…world. In perhaps more exciting news, Herge Studios in Belgium has announced that DreamWorks will finally bring their boy detective hero Tintin to the live–action screen. The Studio’s Steven Spielberg… |
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The Secrets Of Isis: The Complete Series
…(10:39), entitled The Plant Soldiers. It is certainly fun to see the animated Isis after watching the live action version, and the cartoon definitely has more action in it! Lastly,… |
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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…projects. Animated Views: You were trained in animation and live action. How did that happen? Tod Carter: I grew up in Chicago, a child of the 70s, watching cartoons on… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
…earn an Emmy for promoting 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea in prime time!) or repackagings of cartoon shorts. Alice In Wonderland became the first of the animated features to be… |
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ABC Kids, Jetix, Toon Disney, and Disney Channel 2006-07 programming
…/ 9:00 a.m., PT “That’s So Raven” 10:30 a.m., ET / 9:30 a.m., PT “That’s So Raven” 11:00 a.m., ET / 10:00 a.m., PT “Hannah Montana” (new series) 11:30 a.m.,… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…started with a Mouse”. If you prefer to go back before that, then it’s a cartoon rabbit. Or a little live–action girl. Or a dentist. But what about going way,… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…They feel there would be no sales. It’s not worth $25,000 per cartoon to restore each cartoon and release a set of 60 or 90 cartoons. That’s cost prohibitive. They’re… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…a knock-on effect from the live–action unit that essentially washed the floors of Disney Animation clean: although Mouse Detective had been enough of a hit, it had still been the… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…user-friendly interface and exciting gameplay, Live Casino House is gaining popularity among online casino enthusiasts around the world. In addition to its live dealer option, Live Casino House also offers… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…even then mostly chosen to highlight the imminent live–action retelling), the Signatures appear to be back on track – if a chronological series is to transpire (and…please…let’s hope it is!)…. |
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Disney/Pixar want rights to John Carter of Mars – but for live-action or animation?
…for a live–action franchise or an animated film? Variety started the ball rolling, while Dark Horizons and Mania Movies both go into history of the development hell the project has… |
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Sequel Toons Go Live-Action
Here’s a couple of news items on a couple of upcoming live–action features based on animated characters. Even though the first film has yet to open, producer Brian Grazer is… |
