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\\Superman Returns\\ footage in Bryan Singer video journal
{{link http://www.bluetights.net/bulletin_list.php Blue Tights Adventure Network}} has a video journal with \\Superman Returns\\ director Bryan Singer on his way and at San Diego Comic-Con. Singer answers fan questions, shows footage… |
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Children's BAFTA Awards' split decison
…Arts Awards. However, \\The Incredibles\\ picked up the Best Film prize from the BAFTA panel. A full list of winners and nominees is available from the {{link http://www.bafta.org/site/page133.html BAFTA website}}…. |
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Phil Collins working on \\Tarzan 2\\
The webmaster at the {{link http://www.philcollins.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1098992454 Phil Collins Forum}} reports that Collins has emailed them his upcoming schedule which includes the fact that after the arrival of his next child,… |
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Don Hahn, on the road with Haunted Mansion, talks up Gnomes
…making theatrical bows around the world. Down under to promote the film in Australia, producer Don Hahn spoke to {{link http://www.moviehole.net/news/3414.html Moviehole}} about ghosts, ghouls, goblins…and gnomes – it seems… |
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Academy Award deadline nears
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has {{link http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2003/03.10.28.b.html announced}} that Monday, November 3, is the deadline for makers of eligible animated feature films to submit their entry… |
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Academy lists songs eligible for Oscar
{{link http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2005/05.12.15c.html The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} has announced the 42 original songs from eligible feature-length films released in 2005 up for consideration for Oscars. Six are… |
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The tricks of the trade
Jan-Eric Nystrom, a Finnish professional animator based in Helsinki, and who has assisted with several Disney feature productions over the years, has set up a {{link http://www.sci.fi/~animato/index.html website}} that caters… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins PGA award
\\Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ took home the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\, \\Howl\\ get Los Angeles Film Critics awards
The film awards season was kicked off Saturday when the {{link http://www.lafca.net/Home/News/2005_lafca_awards_winners.html Los Angeles Film Critics Association}} announced their winners at their 31st annual festivities. Animated films picked up two… |
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Three Miyazaki films on TV
{{link http://www.nausicaa.net/index.shtml Nausicaa.net}} notes that 3 Hayao Miyazaki films will be airing on cable TV during the next few weeks. \\Only Yesterday\\ and \\Pom Poko\\ will be broadcast on Turner… |
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Don't forget! Song Of The South airs in the UK tomorrow!
Just a quick reminder of news we posted last week that {{link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=thursday&service_id=4224&filename=20040805/20040805_1100_4224_10234_95 BBC 2 will be showing Walt Disney’s Song Of The South}} tomorrow, at 11am on Thursday, August… |
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Blue Sky Studios looking at \\Chili Wanton Willie\\
{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5526 Coming Soon!}} reports that Blue Sky Studios, the studio behind \\Ice Age\\ and the upcoming \\Robots\\, may be looking at a new project from Waldo West Productions. “\\The… |
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Brad Bird on The Incredibles
{{link http://www.skwigly.co.uk/magazine/articles/01-07-04/pixar/bradbird01.asp Skwigly}} online has a look at the Incredibles chat with Brad Bird, from last week’s Comic-Con…. |
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The new live-action Thunderbirds – a "Thunder-bomb"?
…like a really bad attempt. I saw a completed shot of Thunderbird 1 landing, and it looks like they spent about £8 [roughly $5] on the special effects. It looks… |
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Cartoon Network inks book deal with Scholastic
{{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=312 Animation Insider}} reports that children’s publisher Scholastic has signed an exclusive deal with Cartoon Network to publish books based on current series’ \\Codename: Kids Next Door\\, and \\Foster’s… |
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DreamWorks playing "stand off" with Disney/Pixar again?
First it was the battle of the bugs, then we got not one but two asteroids-heading-to-Earth flicks, two Latin-American set comedies, and a couple of mythical monsters in the running… |
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Phil Collins on Brother Bear soundtrack
With previews out in LA and NY, {{link http://www.canoe.ca/JamMovies/oct26_collins-sun.html Jam Movies}} has a talk with the composer of Disney’s latest animated feature. In a fairly in-depth interview, Collins opens up… |
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Skwigly looking for contributions
‘Muppet2004’ posts in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=492 AN Forum}} that the UK’s {{link http://www.skwigly.co.uk/ Skwigly Magazine}} is looking for online article submissions…. |
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Triplets Of Belleville on DVD: worth holding out for later release?
…http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ZT9F/402-2843111-0918563 French region 2}} double-disc Special Edition set. Now there is some talk that the dual-language Canadian edition will feature both original and English versions of the film, with all… |
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe starts shoot
The {{link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/entertainmentstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3575188&thesection=entertainment&thesubsection=film&thesecondsubsection=general New Zealand Herald}} has a brief report on the first day of shooting on Disney/Walden’s The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, which… |
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2005 BAFTA nominees announced
\\Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ has been nominated for the Outstanding British Film of the Year in the annual {{link http://www.bafta.org/site/page287.html British Academy of Film and Television Arts}}… |
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Disney (the other one) supports Song Of The South on DVD
…which happens to be one of my favorite of the old Disney films. It would be one of my first acts if I were to come back to the company”!… |
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The Magic Roundabout turns again
…in-vogue CGI facelift online in the form of a {{link http://www.mymovies.net/windowsmedia/player.asp?url=/film/fid1429/trailers/trid1420/wm/bb.asx&filmid=1429 first teaser trailer}} for a full-length version. The film, opening in early 2005, features an all-star British line-up, including… |
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AnimationHQ chats with Johnny Yong Bosch
…a chat session with voice actor Johnny Yong Bosch (Witch Hunter Robin) on Sunday July 18, at 9pm ET/6pm PT. For more details, see the AnimationHQ {{link http://www.animationhq.net/v2/features/events.htm events page}}…. |
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Animated characters from different networks join forces
The {{link http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/ We Are Family Foundation}} has announced their partnership with some of the biggest names in children’s programming to create a DVD to be distributed in schools to… |
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Making Ginja Ninja Cool at this year's MIPCOM
…education. The company is promoting \\Ginja Ninja\\, \\Ginja Toons\\ and \\The Ginja Ninja Movie\\ this year at both MIPCOM Junior, and MIPCOM at booth 07.10, with aims to secure pre-sales… |
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Disney obtains rights to \\One for Sorrow, Two for Joy\\
…book cover describes it as “an epic tale in the tradition of \\Watership Down\\ and \\Lord of the Rings\\”. {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0715632973/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/ Amazon’s synopsis}} says, “Welcome to Birddom – a land… |
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Making Robots
Hop on over to the IESB.net for a sneak peek look at {{link http://www.iesb.net/movies2/movie100804d.htm the making of Robots}} , with their exclusive documentary featurette!… |
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English French in Narnia; director Adamson interviewed
MukMouth, via Dark Horizons, indicates that English comedian Dawn French will provide the motion capture and voice for the completely computer-animated character of Mrs. Beaver in Disney/Walden’s The Chronicles Of… |
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\\Curse\\-word? Community objects to word "R*bb*t"
Advertising for \\The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ has been banned from the Isle of Portland, Dorset in the United Kingdom, according to \\{{link http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1815040,00.html The Times}}\\. For over a century… |
