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Challenges of \\El Cid, The Legend\\
{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1950 AWN}} has a story about “the most ambitious Spanish animated theatrical film ever produced”, \\El Cid, The Legend\\, set to be released in Spain tomorrow. The article looks… |
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Walt Disney World holiday lay-offs
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16011 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that according to a local TV affiliate Walt Disney World will be laying-off an as yet unknown number of workers over the holiday… |
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Christopher Reeve to direct animated feature
…an urban fable set in the 1930s, and is expected to be completed in early 2005”. Digital Production Solutions, the animation unit of IDT Entertainment, “will provide complete production services… |
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Spider-Man 2 trailer debut
As we reported last week, Yahoo Webevents has landed the rights to bring you the first look at the teaser for next summer’s {{link http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/sony/spiderman2/ Spider-Man 2}}. Though the clip… |
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How do Superheroes spend Christmas, anyway?
…Cartoon Network’s popular animated series based on the the joining up of DC Comics’ biggest guns, reports {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9822 AWN}}. The half-hour Comfort And Joy, which premieres at 10pm on… |
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Variety on next year's short film candidates…
…whom we might see in the running. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20031210/va_sp_ev/animated_shorts_discover_fest_route_is_1 The interesting article}} also touches more on Pixar’s mysterious short Boundin’, as well as Sony’s Early Bloomer (which played with Daddy… |
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More on Seinfeld's \\Bee Movie\\
{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9786 AWN}} has more on the upcoming computer-animated feature film project with comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The DreamWorks film is “set in the anthropomorphized world of bees… a Manhattan-like setting… |
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Jerry Seinfeld in Yellow and Black Pinstripes
Kristin Cheddar gives us the heads-up about an article on Variety.com regarding an upcoming CGI animated feature starring uber-famous standup comedian Jerry Seinfeld and entitled “Bee Movie.” I wonder if… |
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Former lawyers in O.J. Simpson trials to face off in Disney/Winnie the Pooh trial
The Associated Press reports (via {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=493&ncid=493&e=3&u=/ap/20031202/ap_en_mo/winnie_the_pooh_lawsuit Yahoo! News}}) that “the holders of the North American rights to the Winnie the Pooh characters have hired celebrity attorney Johnnie Cochran to… |
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\\The Lion King\\ DVD sales dwarf VHS sales
{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=794&ncid=790&e=8&u=/eo/20031030/en_movies_eo/12815 E! Online}} reports that the Disney sold 3 million copies of \\The Lion King\\ in its first two days of release. Most surprising was the fact that DVDs… |
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Disney responds
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15748 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports on Disney’s official response to the departure of Disney and Gold. In its statement the board said that Gold’s remarks were “untrue and… |
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Mukpuddy Animation relaunches website, posts animated music video
New Zealand based {{link http://fun.mukpuddy.com Mukpuddy Animation}} has relaunched their website making it a lot faster, and a lot easier to navigate. They have also finished work on their first… |
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Sony to Launch Animax Asia in January 2004
…Asia will begin broadcasting in Taiwan on January 1, 2004 and in selected Asian countries January 19, 2004 (5pm Sin/HK). For more information on Animax-Asia, visit their website – Animax-Asia.com… |
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Ghosts In The Machine: Haunted Mansion's apparations…
AWN’s {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=1931 VFX World}} talks to The Haunted Mansion‘s visual effects supervisor Jay Redd on the challenge of creating 999 ghostly looks for the film, which melds live-action actors… |
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Belleville screening in Canada
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=15576 The Big Cartoon Database Forum}} reports that two special upcoming screenings of Les Triplettes De Belleville, Sylvain Chomet’s international co-production, are to be held in Ottawa and Vancouver,… |
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La Prophétie des Grenouilles opens in France next weekend
After six years in production, this all-French feature is finally coming to theaters December 3rd. The movie is an adaptation of Noah’s Ark, in which frogs help humans and other… |
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Flash animation gets serious
{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1930 AWN}} looks at how Macromedia’s Flash animation software, once considered a “toy for Internet users”, has grown into a “serious production tool” for creating broadcast quality animation. They… |
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Jason Raize, voice of Denahi, dead at 28
Broadway.com reports the sad news of the apparent suicide death of Jason Raize, who was the first to portray Simba in The Lion King on Broadway and also supplied the… |
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Alias for sale?
…software on their SGI computers, but times has changed and you can run them on anything now. I’m surprised Apple hasn’t tried to buy them yet. Read it at CgChannel.com…. |
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Pixar looking for new deal with Disney?
{{link http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/24/technology/pixar/ CNN}} reports that Pixar is not in a hurry to find a new distribution partner and that may signal they are still interested in reaching a new agreement… |
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\\Goblet of Fire\\ to premiere late 2005
According to {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=3631a5a1&atype=news&id=10728 VFX World}}, Warner Brothers has announced that the fourth film based on the popular \\Harry Potter\\ books, \\Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\\, will be… |
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Batman and Superfriends DVD details and cover art
…bios, and trailers for Batman: The Animated Series, The Jetsons: Complete First Season, The Flintstones: The Complete First Season, and Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season. Thanks to Toon Zone… |
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Pink Panther confirmed as CGI
…Steve Martin’s Inspector Clouseau feature The Mask Of The Pink Panther (or Birth Of…, depending on which day of the week it is). The {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10747 Animated World Network}} confirms… |
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An Evening with Ray Harryhausen
…School of Visual Effects will be honoring him on Tuesday, April 20th at 7:00pm. Info can be found here at CGChannel.com Why can’t he come to Chicago? It’s warm now!… |
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Howl's Moving Castle moving ahead nicely
{{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/506/506235p1.html?fromint=1 IGN FilmForce}} has a short but sweet article on Hayao Miyazaki’s ninth anime feature Howl’s Moving Castle, which also has a link to a twenty second clip from… |
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Groening to appear on upcoming \\Simpsons\\ episode
{{link http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040415/ap_en_ot/tv_the_simpsons_3 The AP}} reports that “Matt Groening, creator of \\The Simpsons\\, will make his first guest voice appearance on Sunday’s show”. In the episode Groening is signing autographs at… |
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Shrek 2 game sneak peek
The DreamWorks SKG FanSite has posted an extensive look at the new {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/games.php Shrek 2 game}}, with a trailer, screenshots and specs. The game comes out on all formats… |
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Adult Swim announces new shows and new direction
…deals with Seth Green and Jack Black will come to fruition around October. Thanks to ‘MusicFan’ for providing this link to the full story at {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10581 Animation World Network}}…. |
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Oscar winner Adam Elliot prefers to work down under
…offers from American companies who want him to come work for them – but he has turned them all down. “Winning an Oscar has reminded myself and the film community… |
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\\Shrek 2\\ replicas for sale
The \\Shrek 2\\ page at the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks SKG Fansite}} has found a website selling “Master Replicas” of various \\Shrek 2\\ characters. “These are almost identitcal to the original… |
