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New look at older Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon 2
…the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 will open in theaters June 20, 2014…. |
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Adventure Time: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…discs are likely all-region. Ink And Paint: Many will feel that going hi-def for hand-drawn television animation is unnecessary, and I understand those feelings, particularly if they have a smaller… |
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Teaser for Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises
…likely follows a commitment Miyazaki made to send peaceful messages through his films. Collider has a teaser showing Horikoshi in his youth with a pleasant score. Expect beautiful animation, music,… |
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Go planet! Sony negotiates for Captain Planet film rights
…series before, but nothing ever got past the development phases. No word about how the film would be made, but here’s a guess that it would probably be computer animation…. |
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Despicable Me 2
…ball repeating favorite lines with the characters. While the animation was not up to Pixar quality, and maybe even a step below Disney and DreamWorks, it was by no means… |
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Now Playing: The Lone Ranger and more
Welcome to the debut of our Now Playing blog! We love animation,but there are a lot of other movies out there. Now Playing will featurebrief mostly spoiler free critiques of… |
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The Lego Movie to mix stop-motion with CGI
…weren’t playing tricks on you. At Comic-Con today, it was officially revealed that the film would be a mix of stop-motion animation and CGI, i09 is reporting. “The LEGO Movie… |
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First poster for Peabody & Sherman now online
The first poster for DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman is now online, and can be seen over at the IMP Awards. Originally slated for release this holiday season, the… |
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Turbo
…falls apart. Pixar did this almost effortlessly. Here, DreamWorks doesn’t even come close. By the climax the ridiculousness of it all piles so high it is almost laughable. The animation… |
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Adult Swim crashes Fox’s ADHD debut
Fox’s late night animated comedy block, called Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD), kicked off this weekend, and rival Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim was there to welcome them… literally! Deadline reports that… |
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Docter talks Inside Out
…for the animation he said, “The characters are created with this energy because we are trying to represent what emotions would look like. They are made up of particles that… |
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Now Playing: Pacific Rim and more
We love animation, but there are a lot of other movies out there. Now Playing features brief mostly spoiler free critiques of non-animated films currently in theatres that you can… |
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The Croods raise DreamWorks’ bottom line
After some financial issues earlier this year, DreamWorks announced a stronger-than-expected profit in the second quarter, the L.A. Times reports. DW head Jeffrey Katzenberg said, “DreamWorks Animation significantly outperformed in… |
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DreamWorks TV lands Nickelodeon executive
DreamWorks Animation Television has hired 26 year Nickelodeon veteran Marjorie Cohn to run the division, according to Variety. She takes the helms of a group planning a big increase in… |
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Paramount woos Wedge, sets date for SpongeBob
Paramount Animation is trying to woo Blue Sky co-founder and Oscar winner Chris Wedge to direct a new animated project titled Monster Trucks for a planned opening on May 29,… |
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DreamWorks remakes itself with deals
Reuters takes a look at the recent flurry of dealmaking being done by DreamWorks Animation. “In the last year, Dreamworks has bought a YouTube network aimed at teenagers and picked… |
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Totally original and not at all a rip-off Wings now on store shelves
…will be treated to some of the greatest animation ever brought to the screen. A dub of a Mexican animated film from last year, the English version of Wings features… |
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Disney D23 live-action panel recap
Although Friday’s animation panel took most of the attention regarding Disney’s D23 convention, the event still had plenty to offer yesterday from their upcoming slate of live-action movies as well…. |
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Too many animated movies? The debate continues…
…there will be more acute cannibalization of each other,” said Chris Meledandri, chief executive of Illumination Entertainment, whose Despicable Me 2 was one of the few bright spots for animation… |
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Preview Frozen: The Junior Novelization
…latest feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, particularly since the book replaces songs with dialogue. Nonetheless, the preview offers a glimpse of the opening scenes for Frozen, set to open… |
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Despicable Me 2, Ninja Turtles top summer toy sales
While animation may have suffered at the box office this summer, The Hollywood Reporter notes that it thrived in the toy aisles of retail stores. Thinkway Toys’ line of Despicable… |
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Now Playing: The World’s End and more
We love animation, but there are a lot of other movies out there. Now Playing features brief mostly spoiler free critiques of current non-animated films that you can feel safe… |
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End of a Miyazaki era
Today is a good day to cry, because one of the most beloved animation directors of our era, Hayao Miyazaki, announced at the Venice Film Festival that he was retiring… |
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First award for Monsters University
It might be a little early for award season, but The Hollywood Reporter says that Monsters University has won the Hollywood Animation Award. Director Dan Scanlon and producer Kori Rae… |
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Foosball snags Rupert Grint
…by Juan Jose Campanella in a joint venture between Spain and Argentina that might take some time to get here. Animation Magazine reports that Rupert Grint (aka Ron Weasley) will… |
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AV to celebrate 10th anniversary all week!
…other than that we’re doing the same thing we wanted to do a decade ago — share our love of animation with other fans. Leading up to the actual anniversary… |
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Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright
…said, you either condemn the thing, or just go with it. And your kids maybe haven’t seen the same thing played out in a hundred other movies yet. The animation… |
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Snowman and the Snowdog nominated for Children’s BAFTA
The Snowman and the Snowdog has been announced as among the animation nominees for the British Academy Children’s Awards. The short film was created to honor the 30th anniversary of… |
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First Mr. Peabody & Sherman trailer now online
The first trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman made its way online over the weekend, and can be seen at ComingSoon.Net. In addition, the site has several new… |
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Free Birds
…the first feature film from Reel FX and you probably couldn’t tell. While it’s true that in 2013, the tools to produce quality animation are just about available for anyone,… |
