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Summer movie premiere season
…updated with a report on the sometimes elaborate premieres for Disney movies. Special focus is given to the pending premieres for Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest…. |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
…Lawrence. Lawrence has many little friends living there with him. Aside from his rabbit, Jack, and mouse, Maggie, there is a large assortment of automatons— toys that seemingly come to… |
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Remake of The Lion King coming soon
…courtesy of Be Kind Rewind, from director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). “In the film, Black plays Jerry, a man whose headaches lead him to believe his… |
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Gladiators Of Rome
…the first children’s movie I’ve ever seen where a woman pins a man to the ground by placing her foot directly on his crotch), her introduction does give Gladiators of… |
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Walt Disney Pictures finds new logo, Robinsons meets changes
The Animation Guild Blog comments on a new logo designed by Mike Gabriel for Walt Disney Pictures, adding the artwork will likely debut with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…And Brad grabs him by the shirt collar and goes, “And you let him leave, man!!” AN: That sounds just like Brad. I remember that event at the Academy a… |
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Walt Disney Treasures Wave 5
…Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts, 1920s-1960s and The Chronological Donald, Volume Two. Check out Ultimate Disney’s review of the first set and their interview with Leonard Maltin, the man who… |
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New Pirates of the Caribbean II trailer sails online
Demonstrating a grand buffet of visual effects, the newest trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest may be viewed at TotaleClips.com. Captain Jack Sparrow will return to theaters… |
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Disney DVD News
…full-frame) releases of live action titles, Disney has decided to discontinue one of the editions released a few months after initial release, based on sales. Finally, Walt: The Man Behind… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…and we had a discussion about the industry. She told me everything about the (Aria) project, and about how Howard Ashman – who was responsible for so many great songs… |
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Superman Unbound
…Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, which introduced Supergirl, Superman Unbound nevertheless picks up the thread of Supergirl adjusting to life on Earth. She’s really a co-star in this story, and her own reactions… |
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Smurfs 2 enlists Mario Lopez as Social Smurf
…be complete without social media integration. Hence, the studio has enlisted the newest member of the original “blue man group”: Social Smurf, voiced by Extra host Mario Lopez. Extra made… |
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Latest on Egill from Legends of Vahalla: Thor creators
…was quite unique. The ugly, hulky boy was born into a family of great warriors. Although wild and uncontrollable in his childhood, he grows up to be a wise man,… |
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Disney picks up advertising honors
…The awards honor the best in movie advertising, including theaters spots, TV commercials, posters and more. Iron Man 3, Wreck-It-Ralph, Monsters University, Brave, and The Avengers all took home trophies…. |
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"Thrilled beyond words!" – Nemo tops home video sales…
…leaders Spider-Man and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which each sold around 14 million discs in their year-long release. Buena Vista Video president Robert Chapek… |
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Director Passes Wind
…expensive and probably weird to the studio. It happens… I cherish a scene in which Mr. Toad was paraded though London a bit like THE ELEPHANT MAN. Sigh – no… |
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Samuel L. Jackson discusses \\The Incredibles\\
…as some thought, but Mr. Incredible’s best friend Frozon. “I’ve got superpowers, man! – I can make things freeze… Yeah, it was cool, spent about five, six months making that,… |
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Superman meets super effects
…in Superman Returns. Noticing a hefty budget and a demand for detail, the piece lends some brief insight into how the Man of Steel’s latest foray was brought to life…. |
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Another new Pixar short in the works?
…“Motion Pictures” is \\One Man Band\\, an “animated short film” from “Pixar Animation Studios”, produced by “Brad Bird” (who happens to be the director for \\The Incredibles\\)! The upcoming Pixar… |
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\\Valient\\ cast announced
…Rouge\\, \\Bridget Jones’s Diary\\), Rupert Everett (\\An Ideal Husband\\, \\My Best Friend’s Wedding\\), Hugh Laurie (\\Stuart Little\\), John Hurt (\\Harry Potter\\, \\Elephant Man\\), and Ricky Gervais, star of the BBC… |
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\\Curious George\\ series coming to TV
…based on the \\Curious George\\ character”. A motion picture version, with Will Ferrell as the voice of the Man With the Yellow Hat, is set to be released next year…. |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…miss having these features. The Blu-ray’s Previews promote the upcoming Blu-ray release of The Little Mermaid, the theatrical release of Monsters University, and the direct-to-video Iron Man/Hulk: Heroes United. Further… |
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Howl’s Moving Castle
…with Suliman. There’s something happening between the Witch, Howl, and the king’s chief sorceress Suliman. Again, relationships are hinted at, or even mostly explained, without quite becoming blatant. Sure, Howl… |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…shadowy creature that you kill in a desperate struggle – its cries shifting from a supernatural shriek to that of a human woman’s bloodcurdling cry of death. The illusion is… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #39: Rise of the Guardians – Guardians of Liberty
…comedy moment, Sandy (the Sandman)! • Manny aka the man in the moon, Religious references or Paganistic? • Pitch Black: some fan art is just not part of the cannon!… |
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Pixar to revive traditional animation after Disney and DreamWorks abandon it?
…http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000339.html we reported}} on an unheard of Pixar short called \\One Man Band\\ supposedly produced by Brad Bird. Pixar sometimes uses their short films as a testing ground for upcoming… |
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Frozen teaser trailer online
…Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina… |
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Ratatouille teaser trailer in English
Pixar’s on a roll. Having released CARS to theaters and One Man Band to iTunes yesterday they’ve also just released the teaser trailer for their Summer 2007 Brad Bird-directed release… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
…end credits. Despite these many changes, ultimately there aren’t many films like The Emperor’s New Groove in the Disney line-up and, coming so far from out of left field, it… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…similarities, from its sometimes blue-skinned Atlanteans to its basic plot of a young human man finding, and then joining, their race and battling against his own kind to keep his… |
