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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
…Mountain. See what I did there? Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Two-disc combo is available to order from Amazon.com! Our juiciest thanks to Olivier Mouroux and Pete Travers!… |
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Pete Nash talks “wonderfood” animation in Cloudy 2
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation’s mouth-watering comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most… |
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Planes flying home sooner than expected
Although it was originally reported that the movie wouldn’t come to DVD and Blu-Ray until December, Blu-Ray.com is reporting that Planes will soar home on November 19th instead. Extras on… |
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Director Stephan Franck tells The Legend Of Smurfy Hollow
…out the beats of the scene visually, then adjust the dialog. AV: To you, how complementary are animation and comics? SF: Oddly, my inspiration for animation has always come from… |
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The Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons
…ghost body. Everyone seems to live on the park grounds, so this isn’t just a workplace comedy. Indeed, this is a domestic sit-com as well, though with many surreal twists…. |
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Planes Blu-ray artwork unveiled
Blu-ray.com has the artwork for the standard and 3D Blu-ray packages for DisneyToons’ Planes. The covers are similar to the film’s theatrical posters, although the character Rochelle is no longer… |
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Disney to close Toontown, Pixie Hollow
…In addition, the company will close Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow, to focus more on Club Penguin and mobile gaming. Bloomberg.com has the full story…. |
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The Great Muppet Caper/Muppet Treasure Island two-movie collection coming in December
Blu-Ray.Com is reporting that The Great Muppet Caper and Muppet Treasure Island will be coming to Blu-Ray for the very first time as a two-movie combo pack. Extras at the… |
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Monsters University coming home in October
…29th. Monsters University will be available for purchase as a 4-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, 3-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack, and 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack. After… |
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Senior Technical Director Michael Muir mixes art and science in Smurfs 2
…I did some compositing there, but I very rarely composited or did the final composite for a shot. It all depended on the phase of the movie. The technical directors… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…animate the Smurfs. Everybody agreed that they were just perfect for computer animation! From comics to hand-drawn animation on television, and now to computer animation, the evolution is wonderful and… |
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Legendary Imagineer Rolly Crump documentary website now live
…general public comes news that an exclusive website has just gone live in order to promote the film and tell Rolly’s story: visit RollyCrump.com for updates on The Whimsical Imagineer!… |
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The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot To Remember
…to come across the same art two, three or more times across various titles, this is a fascinatingly unique angle to take, and one that promises a completely fresh approach… |
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Escape from Planet Earth Blu-ray coming June 4
Amazon.com lists Escape from Planet Earth as scheduled to hit stores on June 4. From Rainmaker Entertainment, the film opened in February with $15 million, eventually collecting $54 million to… |
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Fantasy cartoons The Owl House, Amphibia return to Disney Channel in March
…expected to premiere sometime next year. LEAKS BE DAMNED! OWL HOUSE IS BACK BABY!!!! MARCH 19th alongside AMPHIBIA! Get ready. 🦉 pic.twitter.com/jsse30lfez — Dana Terrace (@DanaTerrace) February 11, 2022… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…At the core of our company, we were always a story generating company. A character company, designing characters. We would design characters that were then stop-motion or CG, or puppets,… |
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Warning From Space
…aforementioned Stuart Galbraith IV provides a prepared, informative commentary that runs for a little over an hour, stopping just short of the complete film. No one knows Japanese cinema (especially… |
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Disney Historian Christian Renaut on The Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
…amount of literature? CR: I can’t compare myself with such historians as J.B Kaufman (who helped me). Such books are top-notch and beyond compare. We also have to know that… |
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Animation legend Dale Baer passes away at 70
…statement from Walt Disney Animation Studios pic.twitter.com/zlit6UqDDL — Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) January 17, 2021 Born on June 15, 1950, Baer got his start in animation as far back as 1971… |
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Pixar’s Paul Abadilla, Sets Art Director on Soul
…and to chat with him about his own journey on Soul. Animated Views : How did you come to be part of Soul? Was it a desire of yours or… |
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Minions: The Rise of Gru pushed back an entire year
…“Minions: The Rise of Gru” is moving to July 1, 2022. Yeah, we’re bummed too. Butt it’ll be worth the wait. We promise. pic.twitter.com/Yr6kNnWy6W — #Minions (@Minions) March 4, 2021… |
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“It’s been Dave Metzger all along” – the art of arranging WandaVision theme songs
…to add some comedic elements, so even if I went back to the period, I didn’t want to be completely restricted by the instrumentation. So, I used woodwinds that are… |
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Director Mike Rianda on The Mitchells vs. The Machines
From the humans who brought you the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and The LEGO Movie comes The Mitchells vs. The Machines, an animated action-comedy about an ordinary family… |
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Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon
…go down a completely Eastern path, with a completely Chinese score. And obviously, I’m a Western composer. So, what we set out to do was create something that was very… |
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Pixar Character Art Director Deanna Marsigliese plunges into the art of Luca
…comes from. All these things combine to meet her character. And of course, you can’t forget the hair. We had brilliant artists who worked on it. A little bit like… |
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On Blue’s Clues 25th anniversary, former host has message for now grown-up fans
So about that time Steve went off to college… #BluesClues25 pic.twitter.com/O8NOM2eRjy — Nick Jr. (@nickjr) September 7, 2021… |
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Showrunner Rob David and Co-Executive Producer Jeff Matsuda on He-Man
…fully committed to treating their properties as stories and characters first, so they needed to have great animation to support that. Fortunately, our partners at Netflix had already worked successfully… |
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Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
…film composers like John Williams. So, it’s very old-school in the sense that the score of the series is heavily based on themes. I’m first and foremost a melodic composer…. |
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Composer Dan Romer dives into the music of Luca and Ciao Alberto
…deeper into the musical making of those two gems in his company. Dan Romer is an award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles. His score includes four-time… |
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Production Designer Rona Liu on Turning Red
…more about her experience on the latter, which was intense artistically as well as personally. Animated Views: Turning Red is so original that it’s been often commented as a fresh… |
