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New cast announced for Madagascar sequel, Will.i.am-Hans Zimmer music team confirmed
…(Madagascar) and Mark Swift (Bee Movie). Will.i.am serves as co-composer alongside Hans Zimmer; the team is expected to write several songs for the film as well as score it together…. |
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New Wall•E clips online
Head over to Animation Magazine TV for another preview of Pixar’s anticipated new film…. |
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Kung Fu Panda directors take us behind the scenes
…reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, a rare feat for the studio and one largely due to these directors’ vision. The film is now in theaters nationwide so make sure you go… |
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New Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa trailer debuts
/Film posted the trailer for DreamWorks’ November sequel, which will be attached to copies of Kung Fu Panda this weekend. Enjoy!… |
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Panda directors discuss kung fu
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson recently chatted with Red Orbit about their new film. Says Mark, “We didn’t want to just make a parody and didn’t want to make just… |
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Kung Fu Panda kicks box office with $60M, #1 opening
…the three-day weekend. That is $120,000 shy of Cars‘ opening but Kung Fu Panda still has a shot at beating the Pixar film’s number when final grosses come in tomorrow…. |
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Kung Fu Panda edges out Cars on opening weekend
…over the weekend, slightly ahead of Cars‘ $60,119,509 opening two years ago today on June 9, 2006. Adjusted to inflation the Pixar film would still be ahead but who’s counting!… |
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AICN hosting Wall•E screening this Sunday
Lucky Austin, TX residents should rush to Ain’t It Cool for their chance to see the new Pixar film this Sunday at the Alamo Drafthouse!… |
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Kung Fu Panda's directors reveal their secrets
…directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne speak to Jeremie Noyer about the making of their $60 million grossing movie! Also newly posted is Animated Views’ Toon Review of the film…. |
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Christopher Lee back in Star Wars, animation style
According to TheForce.net, Christopher Lee will reprise his role as Count Dooku in the animated feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Interestingly enough, his scenes were apparently animated before… |
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Peter Gabriel's Wall•E song now on iTunes
The Pixar Blog alerts fans that Peter Gabriel’s 6-minute original song Down to Earth, written for Pixar’s latest film, is now available for download from the iTunes Store for 99¢… |
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First look at DreamWorks' How To Train Your Dragon!
…New York Licensing Show this week. AICN has a snapshot along with an exclusive look at new artwork from DreamWorks’ first stereoscopic 3D film Monsters vs. Aliens as well as… |
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DreamWorks Animation share downgraded from neutral to sell
DreamWorks Animation SKG was downgraded today to sell from neutral at UBS Investment Research, which said the current share price implies domestic box office receipts for future films above the… |
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First look at Where the Wild Things Are
…puppetry and computer animation. The film, which Warner Bros. will release theatrically on October 16, 2009, features the talent of Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, and Catherine O’Hara…. |
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Reese Witherspoon's role to be the lead in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens
…in that it’s the first female lead of an animated film from a major animation studio in quite a while. I just work with studios in trying to find very… |
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New Wall•E posters
A slew of new Wall•E posters have appeared on Empire’s website. There are four one-sheets featured on the page, each portraying the film’s title character interacting with various pieces of… |
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Deleted scenes from The Jungle Book 2
Got You Beat and Braver, the two deleted sequences from the 2003 Jungle Book theatrical sequel getting a Special Edition DVD release next Tuesday, are online at the film’s official… |
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Anna Faris and Andy Samberg to star in Sony's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
…in Sony Pictures Animation’s next feature film: “I’m doing an animated movie when I get back called Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. It’s a kid’s book that Sony is… |
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Kung Fu Panda to reach $120M by Sunday
…that Saturday matinees will need to be big for the animated film to grab the #2 spot since M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening performed much better than expected. Good news… |
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The Simpsons Movie, Ratatouille and Bee Movie score at the Key Art Awards
…Fox feature film won four awards, including honors for its theatrical cardboard “standees” and its Web site design. Meanwhile Bee Movie won for Best Family Trailer and Best Audiovisual while… |
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Sita, Plympton's Angels win at Annecy
Nina Paley’s feminist musical Sita Sings the Blues and Bill Plympton’s blackly comic redemption tale Idiots & Angels pulled off a triumphant double at the 32nd Annecy International Animated Film… |
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New Ponyo images
GhibliWorld has posted new images from Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Ponyo opens in theatres across Japan on July 19…. |
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Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane join Astro Boy
…by David Bowers (Flushed Away). Summit Entertainment will distribute the film worldwide except for Imagi‘s reserved territories of Japan, Hong Kong and China. Astro Boy was created by the “god… |
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New stills for Pixar's Presto
…too many times, well, there’s really no telling what to expect! This latest comical short film from Pixar Animation Studios follows the escalating high jinx of the amazing Presto, his… |
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Presto clip
A clip from Pixar’s upcoming short film Presto can be viewed on CartoonBrew. Presto, which will be playing alongside Wall•E starting June 27th, follows the antics of a magician and… |
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Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika
…the film, based on the book by Neil Gaiman, with Focus Features to distribute. Lead animator on Coraline and head of animation for Laika is Travis Knight, son of the… |
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Wall•E video interview
…ComingSoon. Featuring several new clips from the film, Stanton, Willard, and Garlin each discuss the world that Wall•E takes place in, pointing out the reasons for certain creative decisions and… |
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97% of positive reviews so far for Wall•E
…percent on the Tomatometer, Wall•E is not just Certified Fresh. It’s not just one of the best-reviewed films of the year. It’s one of the best-reviewed films in Pixar’s history.”… |
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The Making of WALL•E
…SlashFilm link featuring the Making of Pixar’s WALL•E. The site has made available two clips featuring concept art, design and voice acting that went into the making of the film…. |
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New trailer for The Tale of Despereaux
Yahoo! Movies exclusively debuted the trailer for the December 19th animated feature film The Tale of Despereaux, Directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick,… |

