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Silberstein campaigns for credit of Scrat
Hollywood.com indicates that publicist Ivy ‘Supersonic’ Silberstein still insists she created the character of Scrat, the loveable acorn-adoring animal from Fox/Blue Sky’s Ice Age movies. Continuing her fight for recognition,… |
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Bambi II review; Kong, Rings, Potter set for HD discs
…include RoboCop, Terminator 2 and Ice Age, which will all see premieres on the formats before the end of the year. In its print edition, VB also takes a first… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: July 7-9, 2006
…over 17 theaters (1st week) 26. Ice Age: The Meltdown with $191,779, averaging $705 over 272 theaters ($194,313,007 total; 15th week) 38. The Wild with $46,658, averaging $992 over 47… |
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Me & My Shadow pushed back
…[Twentieth Century Fox], who has had great success in March with their Ice Age franchise, has recommended we move Mr. Peabody & Sherman to the spring of 2014, which we… |
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LAST DAY: Blue Sky Studios charity auction
Today is the last day to pick up one-of-a-kind Ice Age and Robots artwork available in Blue Sky Studios’ charity auction on eBay. Proceeds from each piece will go to… |
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21 films up for Best Animated Feature Oscar
…be found below… Adventures in Zambezia Brave Delhi Safari Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Frankenweenie From Up on Poppy Hill Hey Krishna Hotel Transylvania Ice Age Continental Drift A Liar’s Autobiography:… |
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The Art Of Robots
…new book he’s currently co-writing that will take a look at the making of Chris Wedge’s follow-up to Ice Age. {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2004_05.html#000209 The Art Of Robots}} book will be out… |
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Cardboard Will Be Animated
…and abuses the cardboard to bring his own dememted ideas to life. Tobey Maguire and Fox have picked up the movie rights and Chris Wedge of Ice Age is interested… |
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Star and critic talk Croods
…“the humor and charm… is too uneven to help it approach [Ice Age’s] mammoth market share. But its mostly fast-moving roller coaster of kinetic action and its menagerie of fantastic… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…(Dame Edna him/herself), Hulking Eric Bana, Austin Pendleton (The Muppet Movie), Elizabeth Perkins, and animation stalwarts Brad Garrett (various Disney toon series), Stephen Root (King Of The Hill, Ice Age),… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…is absolutely swept up in the story to notice that it is all being told in animation (another nice nod is to two of Brad’s – and animation’s – own… |
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Shark Tale
…be missing. It’s enjoyable enough – relying more, like Ice Age, on the hyped up big name performances than anything really witty in the script – but any film that… |
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The Longest Daycare now online
…the studio’s official YouTube page. The Oscar-nominated cartoon features Maggie trapped in the dreaded Ayn Rand school for tots. It was shown in theaters before Ice Age 4 last summer…. |
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Recent tricks of computer animation explained
Wired Magazine briefly breaks down some of the computer generated magic to be found in past and upcoming features such as Sin City, Jarhead, King Kong, Munich, Ice Age 2:… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: August 18-20, 2006
…125 theaters ($5,159,136 total; 7th week) 45 – Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $84,615, averaging $519 over 163 theaters ($28,189,436 total; 10th week) 67 – Ice Age: The… |
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Prepare for Meltdown: Official site opens
The official international site for Blue Sky/20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: The Meltdown. Be sure to check out the trailer andthe character bios. The front page mentions release dates for… |
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Hi-def disc updates; new Walt bios; Disney Treasures out!
…the Blu-Ray hi-fef disc market with some stronger titles early next year, with one title especially of interest being Ice Age, due for release on March 13. On standard DVD,… |
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Kids’ Choice Awards feature Epic preview, animation categories, Monsters vs Aliens debut
…Cartoon (Fairly OddParents, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom and Jerry), Favorite Animated Movie (Brave, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Wreck-It Ralph), and Favorite Voice from… |
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Brother Bear: Special Edition
…Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Brother Bear’s story is pure Lion King-meets-Pocahontas, starting off soon after the Ice Age, where we find three new-agey brothers, Sitka, Denami and Kenai, sharing an adventure…. |
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My Friends Tigger And Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
…digital realm. Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas proved to be every bit as magic-sucking as early word suggested, and it remains to this day an abject lesson in how not… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1
…inclusion here is a nice pick, as Saturday mornings never would have seemed complete without some Looney Tunes. Often An Orphan has Porky Pig and Charlie Dog, Mice Follies was… |
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Elmer Bernstein dies at 82
…for The Magnificent Seven among other scores, died sleep at his home in Ojai, California on Wednesday afternoon at 2pm, at the age of 82. Recognized with countless awards for… |
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Scooby-Doo designer Iwao Takamoto dead at 81
Iwao Takamoto has died at the age of 81 years, in Los Angeles. His passing came as the result of heart failure. Among his many considerable contributions to animation, Takamoto… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…the golden age of animation – work because we know they’re anthropomorphized characters based on real inanimate objects, just like Woody and Buzz in Toy Story or, to use a… |
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Big Hero 6
…a much better and revered slice of sci-fi is evoked in his voice, where a clear inspiration is 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL-9000 computer, with an obviously more benevolent and… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…street dogs, a comical aside with a rather confused beaver (animation voice and comedy legend Stan Freberg) and, of course, the most famous romantic image not only in all of… |
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Flintstones celebrate original premiere with day-long marathon!
…Stacy Isenhower, senior vice president of programming for Cartoon Network and Boomerang. “The ‘Modern Stone-Age Family’ setting and characters are just as indelible today as they were when they first… |
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Post posts commentary on "reimagined" Looney Tunes, "Loonatics"
…in the Internet age, an age of technology, an age of hip, cool animation, and something that we hope will resonate with that age group,” explained Sander Schwartz, president of… |
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Earthlight Pictures launches CCTV animation training
…of J.J. Villard, then a high school student in Santa Barbara. Teton reports, “J.J.’s pleas made me see the need for a forum where aspiring animators, regardless of age, could… |
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All*Star Superman
…Lantern: Emerald Knights Sneak Peek (11:45). The directors appear onscreen, as do some of the voice actors, and… actual animation footage! This one is due to be released in time… |
