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Exciting new projects to get their first look at Annecy this week
…Bolt co-director Chris Williams. Bibo Bergeron will also present his anticipated A Monster in Paris, the key animation project at Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp outside its Arthur trilogy, at fest’s Work… |
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The Smurfs coming to the big screen
Variety reveals exclusively this morning that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing a live-action/animated Smurfs project to the big screen, in what will be SPA’s first hybrid film…. |
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Can Kung Fu Panda mark DreamWorks' return to the Oscars?
…was the studio’s last win since 2001’s Shrek but an Aardman production). Tough to digest for the only studio in town to be solely dedicated to animation and releasing two… |
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Actors' strike to affect The Simpsons?
While the repercussions of the writers’ strike on the animation industry were relatively limited since animation is handled by a different guild, an actors’ strike would be a totally different… |
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Jeffrey Katzenberg promotes upcoming DreamWorks films at Cine Expo
The DreamWorks Animation CEO introduced clips, storyboards and early animation sequences from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and touted the studio’s first stereoscopic 3-D feature Monsters vs. Aliens earlier today at… |
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Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise
…such huge returns from ancillaries, studios will continue to make the huge outlays for promotion and marketing. There’s also the stock price. DreamWorks Animation is a publicly traded company and… |
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Totoro forest project
…My Neighbor Totoro. Over 200 top international artists from animation, illustration, and comics are donating artwork especially created for this event which is being held in association with Totoro no… |
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ASIFA announces Winsor McCay recipients
At a private ceremony at Comic-Con, ASIFA-Hollywood announced the recipients of the Winsor McCay Awards – given for a lifetime of achievement in animation. John Lasseter, Mike Judge, and Nick… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Premieres on Cartoon Network – Friday, Oct. 3
Hot on the heels of its recent theatrical release Star Wars: The Clone Wars will premiere as a weekly television series from Lucasfilm Animation, on Cartoon Network beginning Friday, October… |
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Bill Melendez, RIP
…in enduring television animation. He also voiced the characters of Snoopy and Woodstock and held membership in the Screen Actors Guild due to his voice work. More at Animation Un-LOC`d…. |
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Back to Back
…and his views on Disney animation past and Pixar animation present, among other subjects. Those local to or visiting the Los Angeles area between now and November 1st may wish… |
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Sito interviews Goldberg
Master animator Eric Goldberg has spoken with Animated News and Views on a number of occasions but he has more tales to tell. Animation World Magazine has posted an interview… |
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An early screening of Pixar’s Up
…was mixed with storyboard, rough and finished animation. The movie plot was completely original but somewhat dark with many adult themes. He finally adds, “I would definitely recommend this movie… |
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Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Mystery Of The Easter Chipmunk
…approximately 11 minutes with the main feature clocking in at nearly 22 minutes. I thought it was very interesting to compare the animation style from the first seasons from the… |
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The Smurfs, Vol. 1: True Blue Friends
…The Smurf Who Couldn’t Say No. Here, the Smurfs looked much brighter and there is a different quality to the animation. Overall, the quality is what I expected from this… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens vs. Zeta vs. Captain Toontastic?
…only one getting back into hand-drawn animation with The Princess And The Frog, as the news starts to leak out that France’s Studio 1 Animation is apparently prepping the traditionally… |
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Like a Bolt out of the Blu! Plus The Odd Couple!
…days, albeit in favor of a movie with some very tenuous animation connections! As a major movie buff with tastes that range far and wide of a main focus on… |
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Animated (Inter)Views, plus win Pinocchio on Blu-ray Disc!
…animation. • Bolt: One Super-Director + One Super-Voice Make One Super Rhino – with Bolt’s story supervisor Nathan Greno, and director Greno’s DVD short’s voice artist Mark Walton. • Lilo… |
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The Sky Crawlers DVD in May
…release will be 2 featurettes: “Animation Research for The Sky Crawlers” and “The Sound Design and Animation of The Sky Crawlers“. The Blu-ray release will also include an additional “Sky’s… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…14. In animation, The Smurfs: Smurfy Tales Volume 2 collects five more episodes on DVD (August 18, $14.97), and Plastic Man: The Complete Collection will be a four-disc set containing… |
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Pinocchio on Blu-ray Disc – Winner Announced!
…heard before! Walt Disney’s second animated feature, Pinocchio debuted 70 years ago with vibrant hand drawn animation, universally loved music like the Academy Award winning original song When You Wish… |
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More X-Men, plus A Bug's Life is back!
…the face of DreamWorks’ smart and sassy Antz? This was back, if you recall, when Jeffrey Katzenberg had recently left the Mouse House and had launched his own animation studio… |
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Up
…Asner is no stranger to voice acting for animation. But he gave the performance of his voice over career in this film. Some might even say it was one of… |
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Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child
…Ponyo, just released in theaters. Four years after Howl’s Moving Castle, the Japanese master chose to produce his latest animation wonder all by hand, without computers, in a plain visual… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…resembles Rota’s music in some of its incarnations. AV: Your approach to animation seems to largely appeal to Mickey Mousing as your score really sticks to the picture. RN: Yes…. |
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Back to business: new reviews and announcements!
…Peanuts die-hards due to the half-hour profile of the specials’ musical Vince Guaraldi, which Rand suggests truly warrants the $30 asking price. Classic animation of the furred kind next, as… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight
…his series among the best selling in DC’s line. He is also getting a feature film, with Ryan Reynolds cast as the ring-slinger. Green Lantern has appeared in animation a… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Season One, Vol. 3 – Hello Mummy
…are vibrant and the animation is basic, but characteristic of the Hanna-Barbera style from the late 1960s. Hanna-Barbera employed simple, reusable animation, but in these episodes they did a great… |
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Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (Limited Edition with Plush)
…box also containing the DVD of the movie. The DVD comes in a standard black keepcase. Ink And Paint: Because the film features new animation combined with clips of old… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
…one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men,” directed the animation segments. The segments come consecutively just past the mid-way point of the film and add some zest to the proceedings. Taking… |
