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Oscar nominated shorts coming to theatres and computers
Animation Magazine reports that Shorts International is bringing the Oscar-nominated live action and animated short films to theaters and computer screens. Beginning on February 6th the group will bring the… |
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Marmaduke trailer hits the internet
The teaser trailer for the live–action/animated family comedy Marmaduke is now online at Yahoo! Movies. Unlike the comic strip on which it’s based, the great dane Marmaduke–whose appearance will almost… |
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\\The Cat in the Hat\\ pictures
Check out these pics from the upcoming live action movie \\The Cat in the Hat\\ posted at {{link http://www.cinecon.com/gallery/album73 Cinema Confidential}}…. |
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Zorro: How Disney Legend Floyd Norman was put in jail by Sergeant Garcia!
…Zorro adventures lived on from 1960 to 1961 on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in the form of a four-episode anthology series of hour-long Zorro specials. All of these… |
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Berenstain Bears coming to the big screen
USA Today reports that the popular children book series, “The Berenstain Bears”, are being made into a full-length movie. The movie will contain a mixture of both live–action and computer… |
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Yogi Bear casting
Variety reports that on several actors that are in negotiations to join the cast of the live–action/CG animated Yogi Bear. Dan Aykroyd is reportedly up for the voice of Yogi… |
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Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack
Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures (June 9 2006), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (November 10 2009), 2 disc gift set, 116 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.39:1 widescreen, Dolby Digital… |
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Pixar leads this week’s CG pack; plus a Fantastic Fox!
…a live–action director brought a unique perspective to the animation medium. Its inventiveness and originality may not be for all, but I have a feeling that serious connoisseurs of animation… |
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Stan Berkowitz recieves WGA animation award
…September. Berkowitz’s previous adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s graphic novel, Justice League: The New Frontier, became a best-selling direct-to-DVD animated feature last year. Berkowitz’s live–action writing and/or co-writing television credits include… |
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UPDATED: Leiji Matsumoto Creates Music Video for Queen
…are self-confessed “Japanophiles.” This is not the only new project based on a work by Leiji Matsumoto in the pipeline-a new live–action movie based on Space Battleship Yamato is set… |
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Tom Cavanagh joins Yogi Bear
EW.com reports that Tom Cavanagh will play the male lead role in the upcoming live action/animated Yogi Bear. Cavanagh will star as a park ranger who’s the love interest of… |
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Disney Legend Richard Todd passes away at 90
One of Walt Disney’s biggest contract stars of his Studio’s early forays into live–action filmmaking, Richard Todd, has died peacefully at his home in Lincolnshire, England, age 90, after losing… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete First Season
…you don’t have anything extra in there, but of course the Treasures come with a Certificate Of Authenticity, marking the numbered copy in this print run of just 30,000 copies,… |
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New trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
…live–action movie starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel is a modern version of the story that Mickey Mouse made famous in 1940’s Fantasia. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice hits theaters next summer…. |
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Roy E. Disney 1930-2009
…(Best Live–Action Short Film, 1959) and becoming a film editor on his Uncle Walt’s True Life Adventures series. After his first resignation from Disney in 1984, Disney led an effort… |
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Warners goes Blu-combo too
…possible way to watch movies at home. Beginning in the first quarter of 2010, Warner Home Video will be releasing its entire Theatrical New Release slate as Blu-ray combo packs,… |
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Little Nemo, The Muppet Movie among those added to National Film Registry
…inductees follows: Little Nemo (1911) This classic work, a mix of live action and animation, was adapted from Winsor McCay’s famed 1905 comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. Its fluidity,… |
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Another Release Date Change for Home on the Range?
…it, it conflicts with Range and Disney’s live action Hidalgo, also set for release in April. Why might Disney move it? They moved Hidalgo because they believed it would conflict… |
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Neil Patrick Harris: Gargamel won’t be animated in Smurfs movie
…film’s star, cleared things up on his Twitter account: “Hank Azaria will be PLAYING Gargamel for the Smurfs film, not just providing a voice. He’ll be live action. Perfect casting,… |
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Universal and Illumination ready to Hop
With Despicable Me still to come, Universal has announced that they are ready to develop their next project with animation studio Illumination. I Hop will be an live–action/CG hybrid with… |
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Sofia Vergara Joins the cast of The Smurfs and Happy Feet 2
…French cosmetics company who is married to the live–action character played by Neil Patrick Harris. Produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Raja Gosnell, The Smurfs will hit cinemas summer… |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty awakens…
…Breakup Notebook, Marc Blitzstein’s opera Regina, Glen Roven’s Norman’s Ark, a revival of Grand Hotel, The Musical, a live action-animation short starring Julie Andrews celebrating the 40th anniversary of Mary… |
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New animated Green Lantern film in the works
Comics Continuum reports that a new animated Green Lantern direct to video film is in the works at Warner, timed to be released at thte same time as the live–action… |
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The lighting and look of Dragons
…Deakins is most well known for his live action work (No Country for Old Men, The Village, A Beautiful Mind, The Shawshank Redemption) and had little experience in animation —… |
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The Disney Channel…in Russian
…China’s animation/live–action combo The Secret Of The Magic Gourd. Disney has already had success in Russia with The Book Of Masters, a theatrical film that has prompted the company’s latest… |
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¡Andale! ¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales races to the big screen
New Line has announced, via The Hollywood Reporter, that George Lopez is set to voice a contemporary Speedy Gonzales in a new CG/live–action hybrid written by the Garfield duo of… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…different in how we drew her than when she was herself as Mulan. That’s something you probably wouldn’t be able to do in live action. That was something we took… |
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What it takes to make an Oscar nominated short
After watching the ten nominees in the Best Live–action Short and Best Animated Short Oscar categories, The Faster Times has a five-point hypothesis on what it takes to make an… |
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Scooby Doo Gets the Magic Touch
…mystery that deals with dark magic. Matthew Lillard, who plays the role of Shaggy from the first two live action Scooby films, replaces Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy…. |
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2010 Oscar nominations, Up up for Best Picture
…live action short film • The Door (Network Ireland Television), An Octagon Films Production, Juanita Wilson and James Flynn • Instead of Abracadabra, (The Swedish Film Institute), A Directörn &… |
