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Annie Award nominees for 2013 films revealed
…Universal Pictures • Danny Elfman – Epic – Blue Sky Studios • Randy Newman – Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios • Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck – Frozen… |
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Empire State Building Turns Green to Celebrate Popeye's 75th Birthday
…this weekend. “We’re kicking off a yearlong celebration in honor of our favorite sailor man, ” said Claudia Smith, director of advertising and public relations for King Features Syndicate, Inc.,… |
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UPDATED: Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return gets a theatrical trailer
…her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), the Lion (Jim Belushi), the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Glinda (Bernadette Peters) from a devious new villain, the Jester (Martin Short). Wiser… |
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Critic’s Choice Awards nominations come in
…Despicable Me 2 both also scored nominations for Best Original Song, while the nominations for Best Visual Effects were Gravity, Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, Pacific Rim, and… |
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Children's book awards announced
…DiCamillo won the 2004 Newbery Medal given for the year’s best writing. It tells the “story of a small mouse in love with a princess”. \\The Man Who Walked Between… |
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The Best Of 2013: Unlucky, Or Lucky For Some?
…so-so filmmaking endeavors: Man Of Steel wasn’t “Superman Returns bad” and at times recaptured some of the magic of the Chris Reeve films and, more importantly, the Superman character; but… |
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The Pixaresque tale of John Lasseter
In a highly in-depth article, Fortune takes a close look at the man who brought us both Toy Stories and A Bug’s Life as well as brought one of the… |
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Free Birds
…would have so many complaints. When was the last time you heard anyone say “We have too many good live action movies these days”? So the real complaint is there… |
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Wallace and Gromit ride for a cause
BBC News reports that Aardman characters Walace and Gromit will soon be riding into the hearts of kids on the Isle of Man as the duo makes a special appearance… |
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Top 100… Simpson's Sports Moments
…reading about a cartoon than any grown man has the right to spend”. #100-75 are up now, with #74-50 slated for sometime today and #49-25 tomorrow. The final countdown to… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season
…a hitman actually does, in Hitman, then has to try to prevent the guys from being killed. When Season Two ended, Princess Bubblegum had de-aged to become 13 again, conveniently… |
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The Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken trailer makes a big splash
The first trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is now online, and can be checked out in the player above. The film–previously titled Meet the Gillmans–is going to… |
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The eye-popping trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is here
…Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse here, but also looks quite promising (though Donnie’s voice may catch some off-guard here). The reboot arrives in theaters everywhere this August. In Teenage Mutant Ninja… |
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Frozen is now the biggest animated movie ever in terms of worldwide box office
…The movie also passed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, making the billion dollar hit one of the ten biggest movies of all time. One record Frozen won’t break,… |
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Rio 2
I’ll admit, for an animation fan I’m a bit more picky and unforgiving than most. There are many shortcuts, cliches, tropes, and stereotypes that drive me crazy when I see… |
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Disney’s new short Feast announced
The Disney Insider blog has revealed the title, concept, and some art from Disney Animation Studios’ latest short film. Titled Feast, and helmed by Paperman head of animation Patrick Osborne,… |
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AnimationHQ to host chat with Gregg Berger
…Haul, Outback #2, Skyfire, and TORQ III in \\Transformers\\; Kraven the Hunter and Mysterio in the \\Spider-Man\\ series; Cornfed Pig in \\Duckman\\, Motorviper in \\G.I. Joe: The Movie\\; Odie in… |
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Disney planning another live-action Jungle Book movie
Disney is currently planning a live-action version of The Jungle Book…again. Jon Favreau, the actor/director famous for the first two Iron Man movies, is in talks to helm the project,… |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
…FX’s 20th anniversary. Many directors might buckle under the pressure of tackling a studio’s first feature. But for Hayward, the pressure was no different than that of any other feature…. |
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Despicable Me 2 overseas, Carell talks how Gru grew
…had early previews in the UK and Ireland, and ended up #1 at the box office on Saturday, beating both World War Z and Man of Steel. Star Steve Carell… |
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Teacher’s Pet Website Updated
…producer Gary Baseman’s biography. Be sure to check out the image gallery for a look at Spot / Scott in human form (hint: he is the middle-aged man in the… |
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Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer
…and following his path through as a production designer, he was just always like an encyclopedia of filmic knowledge! I learned so many details on so many films, choices that… |
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The Garfield Movie
…merchandise sales alone making its creator, Jim Davis, a very wealthy man. Everyone knows and loves the fat cat’s eccentricities. So how in the world did the filmmakers make a… |
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Shaggy Remake
…which is being directed by Brian Robbins (Good Burger, Hard Ball), will start filming in July. Tim Allen is set to star as the man who morphs into a sheepdog…. |
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Teaser for Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises
…latest film The Wind Rises. The film focuses on Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Zero Fighter used by Japanese pilots in World War II. The Wind Rises most… |
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Weekend Roundup! Plus The Tick is back!
…midnight! • Popeye On DVD! – we couldn’t let our own Popeye Week end without another shove in the right direction of our exclusive sailor man content! Look for our… |
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New X-Men shatters box office
Barring its many computer generated effects and character animation, the newly opened X-Men is largely, and intended as, a live-action movie, but it’s still just within our genre of reporting… |
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Turbo
…under-achieiving heavyset Hispanic man who is always looking for a new stunt that will bring customers into the taco restaurant he and his brother run together. First of all, how… |
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Bruno Bozzetto's new feature: Mammuk
…with his character Mr Rossi: a middle-aged average man that was the star of many animation shorts and 3 feature films. In 1965, Bozzetto created his first animated feature film… |
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Despicable Me 2 crosses $300 million mark; sequel banned from China
It was expected to be the summer of Iron Man and Superman, but it’s also proven to be the summer of the Minion. After just a few weeks, Despicable Me… |
