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Skwigly reviews Sith
…animated but BigAnimation.com has a new article on that blockbuster of blockbusters, Star Wars, and they promise a George Lucas audio interview to come in about a week or so…. |
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Flushed Away logo
Check out JoBlo.com’s Movie News page for the very first sneak peek at the title treatment for DreamWorks’ Flushed Away. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up…. |
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Cartoon Network Wins Three Pulcinella Awards
…which not only depict the main character with humor and warmth, but also a positive portrayal of a typical contemporary family.” Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in 87.8 million U.S…. |
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Conspiracy Theory Rock
For a biting, satirical look at corporations run amok told as a parody of a School House Rock educational cartoon head on over to Compfused.com. “Watch this and take a… |
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A look back to Walt's fair
With the recent release of the Walt Disney Treasures: TomorrowLand DVD set bringing back to the fore Walt Disney’s interests in looking toward the future, the {{link http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/waltdisney/home.html Walt Disney… |
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"Shrek ate our sales!"
With Shrek 2 breaking box office records left, right and center, its presence is also being felt in retail stores across the country. {{link http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/25/news/economy/weeklysales/index.htm?cnn=yes CNN Money}} is saying that… |
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Cartoons come alive in humorous album
Under the theme “What animated characters would look like if they were real people,” Fark.com offers a unique gallery of pictures posing some of history’s most famous cartoon faces in… |
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Roy and Stan comment on Eisner's recent speech
The Fabulous Disney Babe points out that Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold have commented on Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s recent speech and have posted their comments at their rallying… |
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\\Garfield\\ release date change confirmed
{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808468770 Greg’s Prevews}} confirms that \\Garfield\\ has been moved back a week and will be released on June 25th. This “puts it closer to the 4th of July, as… |
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It's not just "synthespians" – now computers can do voice overs too!
{{link http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/15/robot.actor.ap/index.html CNN Online}} reports that Astro Boy got the help of a real life little boy robot recently, when Sony’s humanoid Qrio entered a voice booth to record lines… |
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Closing of WDFA-Florida a signal of upcoming Disney/Pixar deal?
…them down. “It infers that Disney will be producing a lower number of animated films in the coming years. Where is the film production going to come from? Most likely… |
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Annie Award Voting Reference Guide online
AWN has posted an {{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=1965 Annie Award Voting Reference Guide}}. The “reference and resource list for all the nominated properties” has links to official websites, trailers, clips, pictures, and… |
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Spain's El Cid: Variety reviews the legend…
…{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1941&ncid=2020&e=3&u=/variety/20040105/va_fi_re/el_cid__the_legend__el_cid__la_leyenda Variety}} (via Yahoo). Jonathan Holland calls the film “engaging, if unadventurous, [it] succeeds as lighthearted kids’ entertainment, but refuses to break through into darker, more challenging terrain, which… |
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Nemo stays afloat overseas!
{{link http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031028/80/ecd91.html Yahoo News}} reports that Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo is still the number one catch to see at theaters in the UK – after three weeks! The movie has beaten… |
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\\Nemo\\ eligible for Sound Editing award
{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9951 AWN}} reports that \\Finding Nemo\\ has made the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences short list for the Best Achievement in Sound Editing category. The other potential… |
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\\Where the Wild Things Are\\ no longer animated
{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406553&intl=us Greg’s Previews}} also has new information about the computer animated adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s award winning book \\Where the Wild Things Are\\. Spike Jonze has been brought on… |
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Return Of The Fish
The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=17522 Big Cartoon DataBase}} announces that Finding Nemo has become the second biggest hit of 2003 in the UK, following the huge opening of the third Lord Of… |
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Parent Trap set for television twins
…TV show, produced by the company’s Touchstone Television in association with Smallville production company Tollin/Robbins Productions. The update, which shifts the story’s emphasis away from the twins, will be a… |
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Animation across the pond…
…http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=98545 Toon Zone}} links to an article featured over at {{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1959&page=1 The Animated World Network Magazine}} that looks at the burgeoning European animated market, its past, and its future…… |
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Looking Forward, Looking Back . . . Waaaaay Back
…way back to the ancient year of 1996). For fun, try looking up big landmark sites such as Disney.com or Yahoo! and see how archaic they used to look compared… |
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Clerks: Sell Out Test Footage
Viewaskew.com brings us test footage from Clerks: Sell Out, which is to be completely Flash-animated. As the website reminds us, “Mind you, none of this material will be in the… |
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More on the Trouble at the Mouse House
…as “Disney Crisis 2004.” I know it’s not even 2004 yet but, from what Jim’s saying and from indicators at Save Disney.com, things are going to start really picking up… |
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Beck looks back, and forward
{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1971 AWN}} and Jerry Beck take a look back at “the surprises and failures of the 2003 animated features in the US”. He also takes a look at what… |
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On Broadway… soon
{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/usatoday/20040109/en_usatoday/disneyraisingcurtainsonnewprojects&e=5 USA Today}} looks at what’s in the pipeline from Disney Theatricals. While much of the info has been reported in this space previously, Thomas Schumacher (president of Disney… |
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Christmas Nightmare
…tenth year celebrations come to a close, Alex Weitzman at The Big Cartoon Database’s {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view&post=16860 The Animated Word}} takes a look back at the 1993 stop-motion musical and finds… |
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Court reinstates \\Roger Rabbit\\ case
The {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&ncid=790&e=2&u=/ap/20040125/ap_en_mo/brf_disney_roger_rabbit AP reports}} that a lawsuit against Disney brought by Gary K. Wolf, the author of the novel on which the \\Who Framed Roger Rabbit\\ was based, has… |
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First Wallace and Gromit feature to begin filming
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=13391 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that “after two years of preparation, filming of the first Wallace and Gromit feature movie will start in a few days”. \\Curse Of… |
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Lion King 1½ Director Bradley Raymond Talks
Check out About.com‘s interview with Bradley Raymond, the director of Lion King 1½!… |
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Weekend Box Office for October 24-26, 2003
from {{link http://boxofficemojo.com/ Box Office Mojo}} 17 – \\Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl\\ $482,013 on 379 screens $301,243,790 in 16 weeks 18 – \\Finding Nemo\\… |
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Could Apple buy Pixar?
{{link http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/30/technology/apple/ CNN}} has a semi-serious article on the merits, pitfalls, and feasibility of Apple Computer (CEO Steve Jobs) buying Pixar (CEO Steve Jobs). “Apple, with its huge success in… |
