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"Be vewwy vewwy quiet . . . I'm meeting rabbits . . . and the people who draw them."
…to the Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 in lovely downtown Orange County, CA to “meet Bugs and Daffy on the pavilion from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.,” then head to the lobby… |
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Snoopy! X-Men! The Calgary Expo!
…comic book show in western Canada, where I happen to live. Calgary is about a six-hour drive from my hometown, Saskatoon, making it a decent weekend trip. I asked an… |
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Bakshi's Wizards coming to DVD
Perhaps more known for his infamous animated features Fritz The Cat and the recently DVD-issued live–action/cartoon combo Cool World, director Ralph Bakshi remains an interesting figure on the fringe. Now,… |
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Snow White BD and signed Marge Champion photos – Winners Announced!
…live–action reference model for Snow White in Walt Disney’s first and fairest of the them all, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs! On top of that, one extra lucky reader… |
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Happy 75th Birthday, Mickey!
…way through Steamboat Willie. The actual singing of a character (at that point in animation or live–action) was still revolutionary, after the initial success of Warner Brothers’ The Jazz Singer… |
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Snow White week begins at AN&V!
…copy of the 3-disc BD/DVD combo pack as well as nothing less than a signed photo of Snow White’s live–action model Marge Champion herself, with some lucky runners up also… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…that was scored in a more “traditional” Carl Stalling style: [flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tigre-119B-1.flv 320 240] [flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tigre-119B-2.flv 320 240] It’s one of the only times in my career where I was asked to… |
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Disney magic flies again!
Let’s fly back to a more innocent age, back to when Disney’s live–action films were not particularly admired but that have stood the test of time to be rediscovered again…. |
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First Yogi Bear images
The Movie Insider has what appear to be the first images from the upcoming Yogi Bear live–action/CGI hybrid. Included on the site are an early poster for the film as… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…from an earlier live–action Sherlock film for a couple of lines of Holmes’ dialogue, though Rathbone himself had also featured in a Disney film, narrating the Mr Toad segment in… |
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Arthur, Invisibles, and Tex Avery too!
Hey guys…just a quick stop on this Memorial Day to flag up my last two reviews, for the DVD release of Luc Besson’s live–action/CG adventure Arthur And The Invisibles, added… |
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Thor: Tales of Asgard BD/DVD in May
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced Marvel Animation’s latest animated feature Thor: Tales of Asgard for Blu-ray release on May 17, reports Blu-ray. Coinciding with the theatrical release of the live–action… |
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News on American Akira script
A live–action American version of the Japanese cult classic anime Akira is in development. The plot has been altered from the original story: taking place in Neo-Manhattan instead of Neo-Tokyo,… |
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Another Hop poster
Another poster for Hop has made its way online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. As with the other posters for the film, this one ignores the live–action aspect… |
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Bambi: Diamond Edition
…outline (it also remains the closest Disney animation ever got to the live–action True Life Adventures, which Bambi pre-empted by almost a decade). That the development of the Studio’s artists… |
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Stop-Motion Marvels!
Various (1909-1972), Thunderbean (2010), 1 disc, 136 minutes, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $15.95 Storyboard: Thunderbean unearths more unique treasures from the past, in this collection that… |
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Mars torpedos Yellow Submarine
…another studio or focus on a new live–action film. Disney and Zemeckis were said to be teaming for another Roger Rabbit, too, but the status of that picture is now… |
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Behind the scenes of Hop’s villain
…character, Carlos, wants to take over the holiday of Easter and become the next Easter Bunny. The PG-rated live–action/animated comedy–which also features Russell Brand and James Marsden–hops into theaters on… |
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Paul not quite out of this world
Opening slightly below some expectations, the live–action/animated Paul opened to a decent $13.2 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The R-rated comedy–which features Seth Rogen as the voice of an… |
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Yogi Bear comes to Blu-Ray and DVD today
Warner Bros.’ live–action/animated family comedy Yogi Bear comes to DVD and Blu-Ray today. Although a dud with critics, the movie proved to be a reasonable commercial success for the studio,… |
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Classic Nick Toons Coming To Blu-Ray
Nickelodeon has announced its commitment to bring its classic Nick Toons and live–action series to Blu-Ray and airwaves. Nick Toons are the animated series that aired in the 1990s and… |
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Smurfs arriving sooner than expected
Sony Pictures has just revealed via ComingSoon.net that their live–action/animated comedy The Smurfs has been bumped up a few days, now opening on July 29th instead of on August 3rd…. |
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Cartoon Network Lines Up 13 New Shows, Including DC Block
…TV series. Two industries will be revived: ThunderCats and the Warner Brothers characters in The Looney Tunes Show. Ben 10 is getting another show and a live–action series is planned… |
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Rango crosses $100 million mark
…expected to take a dive next week, however, as the animated/live–action Hop comes out on Friday and is expected by many to be big. So far, Rango has a total… |
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Universal Hops to the top
…Me, the animated/live–action film may have had the best opening weekend of the year so far, depending on how actual numbers turn out to be when they come in on… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part Two
Warner Bros. (2008), Warner Home Video (March 15. 2011), 2 discs, 298 mins, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Batman’s world expands to include… |
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The Ballad Of Rango
…before it. Instead of shooting straight live–action reference or simple vocal tracks, the director assembled his crew and “shot” the film not as a motion-capture exercise, but in an “Emotion… |
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Mila Kunis to join Disney’s Oz: The Great and the Powerful?
…that Kunis is said to be walking away from the live action Akira remake to join James Franco in the movie to be directed by Spider-Man helmer Sam Raimi. Franco… |
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John Carter teaser trailer now online
A facininating teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming live–action film John Carter has been posted online this week on the studio’s official YouTube page. Originally called John Carter of Mars, the… |
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Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension premieres tonight
…Channel at 8:00PM/7:00PM ct, while a theatrical Phineas & Ferb movie is also in development at the studios. There are rumors that it would send the characters into “our world,”… |
