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Walden Media takes on Tortoise and Hippo
…be a blend of live action and photo-real CGI animation, is the brainchild of Relevant Entertainment’s Mike Menchel, who thought of the idea after his daughter showed him a picture… |
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Kids' WB! fall season to debut three new cartoons
Kids’ WB! will be unleashing three new series tomorrow, Saturday, September 17th, as part of The WB’s fall season, all produced by Warner Brothers Animation: Loonitics Unleashed, Coconut Fred’s Fruit… |
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Trailers: Kronk's New Groove, Lady and the Tramp; Studio Ghibli news
…Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle, in Disney’s next wave of discs from the Japanese animation studio. Due to a video trailer, the latter two releases are expected to be released… |
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Corpse Bride puppeteer speaks
Check out Animation World Magazine for an article by Mike Johnson, who gets into the gruesome details of his demanding stop-motion work on The Corpse Bride and tells of an… |
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Clips: Curse of the Were-Rabbit; DVD spinoff coming
…is revealed that currently in the works at DreamWorks Animation is a direct-to-video spinoff from Curse of the Were-Rabbit, though there is still no word yet on which characters the… |
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Howl's Moving Castle honored by Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee
The Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee has bestowed the Hollywood Animation Award to Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle. The film, along with its fellow Hollywood Movie Award winners, will be… |
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Info on CGI Star Wars series; Future animated plans for Lucas
…future computer animated Clone Wars series. “The animation is being done right now as we speak, it’s starting to prep. That’s being done here at the Ranch. A lot of… |
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\\Curse\\-word? Community objects to word "R*bb*t"
…Animation responds, “We understand that the word rabbit is not used in Portland and we are quite happy to respect local beliefs and not use the term in advertising for… |
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The weight on Chicken Little
With Disney’s Chicken Little nearing release Chuck Oberleitner’s o-meon site examines some of the big expectations placed on it as Walt Disney Feature Animation’s first non-Pixar, 100% CGI animated flick…. |
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Newest iPod to play video; iTunes to carry Disney television shows, Pixar shorts
…Walt Disney Company. Additionally, six short films from Pixar Animation Studios will be available to download at iTunes, for $1.99 apiece. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Reuters, both via Yahoo!… |
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X marks the spot for new animated series
…center on the character Wolverine. According to the deal’s terms, FST will begin pre-production immediately on 26 episodes, which will mix traditional and computer generated animation. First Serve Toonz will… |
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DisneyToon Studios cutting costs as CGI projects move in
Following in the footsteps of Walt Disney Feature Animation, DisneyToon Studios has begun focusing on producing computer generated movies, according to Jim Hill Media. However, this recent transition has uncovered… |
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Favreau takes Neanderthals to Sony
From an original story he created, Director Jon Favreau (Elf, Zathura) will write and produce the computer animated Neanderthals for Sony Pictures Animation, says The Hollywood Reporter, via Coming Soon…. |
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Interview: Tim Burton
Time Out Film shares a brief Q&A session with Tim Burton, who provides his thoughts on working with stop-motion animation and Corpse Bride…. |
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Counting Sheep at MIPCOM 2005
After starring in the Oscar-winning short Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, Shaun the Sheep is getting his own television show, tells the Animation World Network. At MIPCOM 2005, the… |
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Q&A with Corpse Bride co-director Mike Johnson
…notes a bit about the Corpse Bride DVD, promising, “There should be some surprises for the hardcore stop-motion geeks to obsess over. Animation tests, character development, that sort of stuff.”… |
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Early review of Over the Hedge
…than Shark Tale and Madagascar. There are some big laughs, some really impressive animation…, good music, fun characters, and enough action, humor, suspense and solid character moments to keep both… |
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More players emerge in Foodfight!
Via Coming Soon, Threshold Animation Studios and Lions Gate Family Entertainment announce the cast of Foodfight!, a CGI comedy about the unseen scene in the grocery store. Joining previously announced… |
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Chicken Little sountrack, music video, trailer, clips news
…along with two new clips from Chicken Little. Likewise, the French site Disneyinfo.nl has an English-language version of the international trailer found at Allocine.com. Finally, Starz Kids & Family Animation… |
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Rare Krazy Kat screening
Any animation fan near the Hollywood area today should check out ASIFA-Hollywood’s screening of some rare but newly restored Krazy Kat cartoons being held at AFI’s Warner Bros. Screening Room… |
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Open House
Coming Soon offers a description of the opening sequence for Monster House, the latest film to use motion capture animation. From executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes the… |
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Robinsons teaser trailer attached to Little
…notes that a teaser trailer for Disney’s next computer animated movie, Meet the Robinsons, will be presented in theaters this Friday with the Mouse House’s first venture into computer animation…. |
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Lasseter to receive Creative Excellence award
…Excellence by the Visual Effects Society on February 15. “The kudos for Lasseter marks the first time the VES has given an honorary award to anyone from the animation business.”… |
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Chicken Little opens in over 3,000 theaters
Chicken Little enters more than 3,000 theaters this weekend, projecting itself as the first fully computer animated motion picture from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Thus far, reviews for the movie… |
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American Dog and Rapunzel rescheduled
In a report on the box office of Chicken Little and the upcoming slate from Walt Disney Feature Animation, the Internet Movie Database indicates that American Dog has been pushed… |
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Ollie Johnston to receive National Medal of Arts
…for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia. “Whether through pioneering film animation, writing memorable novels, championing jazz, or creating new dance styles, their work has transformed the ways we experience and… |
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Pixar releases RenderMan for Maya
Pixar Animation Studios announced Tuesday the beginning of sales of the program RenderMan for Maya 1.0. The Academy-Award winning program “is specifically engineered to deliver high-end feature film quality standards… |
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More actors to fight with Kung Fu Panda
Other actors have signed on to join Jack Black in the DreamWorks Animation comedy Kung Fu Panda, indicates Coming Soon. In addition to Black, who will voice the main character,… |
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Madagascar DVD bonus features review
DreamWorks Animation SKG’s summer hit Madagascar comes out on DVD tomorrow and we have an advance look at some of the many bonus features packed onto the disc. The 40-year… |
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Pink Panther Show on the prowl to DVD
…“Behind the Feline: The Cartoon Phenomenon” documentary, “Pink Patter with Art Leonardi: The Story Behind the Animation” featurette, “Remembering Friz: A Tribute to Friz Freleng” featurette, “Think Pink: How to… |


