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Exodus Film Group developing Igor
Variety (paid subscription required) reports that veteran animation exec Max Howard will serve executive producing duties for Exodus Film Group’s computer-animated feature Igor. Exodus’ film fund will pay for the… |
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TV-Loonland opens up markets; Heidi feature announced
…children’s classic Heidi. Feguson claims the remake will be a ‘refreshing version that will reflect the more sophisticated animation techniques of today’. Full delivery of the film on an international… |
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Joe Alaskey speaks!
AnimationHQ will this Saturday, September 11, host a one-hour online chat session with prolific cartoon voice artist {{link http://animationhq.net/v2/features/events.htm Joe Alaskey}}. In addition to being the “go to” guy for… |
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Balto 3 trailer
…feature Balto is online at the comapny’s {{link http://www.universalpictures.jp/showcase.html Japanese site}} (the trailer is in English with subtitles). Thanks to ‘athena’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5053#post5053 AN Forum}} for the link!… |
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Spotlight on the Tom And Jerry Collection
…Jerry Spotlight Collection box set, as well as word that they will indeed be uncut. Thanks to ‘Dacp’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5056#post5056 Animated News Forum}} for pointing out the link!… |
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Howl's Moving Castle: a winner in Venice
‘RandCanuck’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5065#post5065 Animated News Forum}} has pointed out Miyazaki’s latest, Howl’s Moving Castle, has won the Osella Award for technical achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival…. |
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End of year DVDs: wallets set to take a thrashing!
Randall Cyrenne at DVD Toons looks at the huge amount of animated and related box sets and special editions that we, as responsible animation fans, must all go out and… |
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Aladdin Special Edition soundtrack
‘Bill1978’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5099#post5099 Animated News Forum}} lets us know that Amazon.com is listing an {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002ZMJF2/qid=1095076983/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3809330-5636916?v=glance&s=music Aladdin Special Edition Soundtrack}} CD, to coincide with the film’s Platinum Edition… |
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Eisner's end of term: letter and reply
The Animation World Network has posted Michael Eisner’s {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=11910 end-of-contract letter}} to the board of The Walt Disney Company, in which he announces his intentions to step down as… |
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Sony buys MGM!
…means for film – and animation – fans is that MGM is “going home”. When the company was facing financial difficulties in the 1970s, the original owners of MGM sold… |
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Alias and Blade Get Animated
MSNBC reports that, following a recent trend, the tv show Alias is getting the animation treatment. The season three DVD of the show will include a seven-minute animated short called… |
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Don't Forget! It's big movie Friday!
Today sees the release of the much hyped and hotly anticipated animation films Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, which is the… |
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Preview: The Polar Express
…thanks to the quality of acting and the animation that may turn a few heads at Pixar and DreamWorks, who have competing films coming out in the next few months.”… |
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Still fighting for The Three Musketeers
Animation legend Floyd Norman has contributed a new article to Jim Hill Media detailing his thoughts and concerns on the recent dumping by Disney of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The… |
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Fantastic Four revealed
‘Monkeyboy12’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5309#post5309 AN Forum}} links to IGN-FilmForce, which has a first look up at the live-action {{link http://filmforce.ign.com/ff/articles/550/550083p1.html Fantastic Four characters}}…. |
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Announcing Major Damage!
…monsters, and alien scum! Fun for kids and animation fans, both young and old! Don’t miss out on the next great all-ages comic sensation! The book is available solo, or… |
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Announcing Walt's People
…1 and its contents, read on here: THE WALT’S PEOPLE BOOK SERIES: “Each book will have as broad a focus as possible, discussing Disney animation, Disney theme parks and Disney… |
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Lilo And Stitch's 747 ending
…in early 2005. What’s most exciting, is that the scene looks to be in completely finished animation quality! Check out the stills here: Source – Lilo And Stitch 2-disc set,… |
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Barrier on Thomas
Mike Barrier has updated his {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Funny World}} website to reflect on this month’s loss to the animation world of Frank Thomas, while also defending the great animator’s style… |
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Disney Says Deal With Pixar 'Unlikely'
Walt Disney Co. president and chief operating officer Robert Iger said it is “unlikely” Disney will strike a new distribution deal with Pixar Animation Studios, according to a report on… |
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Nintendo eyes entering animated-film business
…it is up to the management whether the company will decide to make an animation piece, we should advance to such a field. Nintendo could take a risk,” he said…. |
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CINEME 2004 Official Winners
Here is the list of the winners of the 2004 CINEME Animation Film Festival, held in Chicago September 24th-26th: Best Student Film 107.6 Degrees – Amila and Patrick Puhala 107.6… |
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French animator Chomet sets up in Scotland
…edition of Britain’s Guardian newspaper. Producer Sylvain Chomet’s studio “could become the largest and most influential facility in Europe,” meaning good news for traditional animation. In an interview with Guardian,… |
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Shark Tale opens to high box office expectations and mixed reviews
…Nemo are also provided. A. O. Scott of the New York Times judges, “Swimming in the lucrative wake of Finding Nemo, DreamWorks’s foray into computer-generated underwater animation is a rambunctious,… |
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Robots! Madagascar! Hot trailers!
A quick re-cap announcing the joint online debuts for the first-look teasers for Fox/Blue Sky’s {{link http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/robots.html Robots}}, director Chris Wedge’s follow up to Ice Age, and DreamWorks Animation’s {{link… |
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Lion King director to co-direct Open Season
Roger Allers has joined the directing team of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming animated feature Open Season, and Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman have come on board as writers. Open… |
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New Details on Surf's Up
Scribes Lisa Addario and Joey Syracuse have been hired to write Surf’s Up, Sony Pictures Animation’s second animated feature about surfing penguins. The doc-style feature is based on the theory… |
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Incredible marketing
…in marketing dollars – Disney’s largest promotion ever for an animated film. Over at The Disney Database, a series of images reveals the animation {{link http://www.disneydatabase.com/movie_prodscreens.php?movieid=291 progression sequence}} for one… |
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The Art of The Incredibles book is out
…sketches, storyboards, and lighting studies, and invites readers into the elaborate creative process of animation through interviews with all the key players at Pixar. The 160 pages volume retails for… |
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The Art of Robots Cover
…and imaginative book is an exclusive backstage pass to the hidden animation artistry behind Robots. Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew is among the authors. The book is 144 pages and… |
