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\\Hoodwinked\\ top of the box office
…holiday weekend with $16.6 million according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1984&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. “The first of over a dozen computer-animated movies scheduled for [a wide opening in] 2006 – a record… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins top award at Annual Golden Tomato Awards
Rotten Tomato’s {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/index_2005.php 7th Annual Golden Tomato Awards}} has awarded \\Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ their top prize for The Best Reviewed Film of 2005 in… |
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Monsters, Inc. ride press release and pics
…is available at www.disneyland.com, by calling (877) 700-DISNEY, or by visiting local travel agents. Sully with some monster; oops, I think that’s Jon Voight Boo is all grown up now… |
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UPN and The WB to cease operations, CBS and Warner Brothers to create new network
…Media Group and CSTV Networks) and consumer products (CBS Consumer Products). For more information, log on to http://www.cbscorporation.com. Warner Bros. Entertainment, a fully-integrated, broad-based entertainment company, is a global leader… |
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Artists' views on Disney/Pixar
{{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_01.html#001607 Cartoon Brew}} is calling for and posting comments from artists on their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Comments so far range from the excited (“The creative reins at… |
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Were-Rabbit hops away with ten Annies
Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit by DreamWorks/Aardman Animation was the clear winner at last night’s {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ 33rd Annual Annie Awards}} ceremony held at the… |
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ABC Kids, Jetix, Toon Disney, and Disney Channel 2006-07 programming
…the comedy/adventure “American Dragon: Jake Long,” the comedy/adventure “Lilo & Stitch: The Series” and the comedy “The Buzz on Maggie,” each produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. DISNEY CHANNEL For… |
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Don Knotts dies at 81
…Hills, according to the {{link http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/02/25/knotts.obit.ap/index.html AP}}. He was 81 years old. Knotts was no stranger to animation voicing characters in several tv shows and films, including: the title character… |
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Lady And The Tramp DVD review
Just a week after its release, DVD Toons takes its customary {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/477 in-depth review}} format to Walt Disney’s Lady And The Tramp, with analysis on the film itself, extensive… |
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Pixar finds "record results" in 2005
…Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR, http://www.pixar.com) combines creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created six of the most successful and… |
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European engineering at its finest: French Cars poster
The French poster for Disney/Pixar’s Cars can be caught at the {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1192&start=67 Animated News Forum}} thanks to Kinoo. Cars will be released theatrically in France on June 14. Updated!… |
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Monster House site update
Though there’s still not much there other than the movie’s spooky (take that how you want!) trailer, the Monster House website has recently been {{link http://www.monsterhouse-movie.com/ updated}} with info on… |
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Chicken Little DVD: better extras waiting for Blu-Ray?
DVD Toons adds to the growing amount of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/479 Chicken Little reviews}} with their usual in-depth approach, saying that the sparse disc, released this Tuesday, reminds of the initial… |
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Chicken has anything but Little DVD debut
{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/home_video/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274534 The Hollywood Reporter}} announces that Disney’s Chicken Little “easily crossed the road to the top spot on the national DVD sales chart for the week ending March 26…. |
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UPDATED: \\Ice Age: The Meltdown\\ smashes box office record
Easily beating estimates, \\Ice Age: The Meltdown\\ took in a staggering $68 million at the weekend box office according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=13&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. The total easily bests the… |
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\\Cars\\ impresses theater owners and reviewers
Karl Cohen shares with us a piece about Pixar’s upcoming film \\Cars\\ that he wrote for the April {{link http://www.asifa-sf.org/ ASIFA-SF}} newsletter: PIXAR’S \\CARS\\ IMPRESSED THEATER OWNERS AND REVIEWERS AT… |
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Chicken Little creator's podcast
…Fullmer, animators Brian Ferguson and Doug Bennett, and CG Supervisor Kevin Geiger to talk about the making of Disney’s first, full CG-animated feature film. Listen to the podcast at: www.o-meon.com… |
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Toronto film festival to be Flushed Away?; Shrek the Third site registered
…that the domain name www.shrekthethird.com has already been registered for the third entry in the Shrek franchise. At this time, a visit to the site will only lead to one… |
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Hollywood Reporter goes Wild with review
Over at {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343504 The Hollywood Reporter}}, Frank Scheck has seen Disney’s The Wild – out tomorrow – and has posted a review of the apparently not-screened-for-critics movie. While he… |
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\\Ice Age 2\\ tops \\The Wild\\ opening
According to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=15&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}} estimates, \\The Wild\\ finished in fourth place in its opening weekend with a lower than expected $9.6 million. \\Ice Age: The Meltdown\\ continues… |
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So this is love: Romantic Disney postage stamps
As we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00004200.html reported earlier}}, available nationwide beginning April 22 the third series of official US postage stamps featuring Disney characters will focus on the theme of romance. Characters… |
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Looking back at Watership Down and the uncut Plague Dogs on DVD
With the release of Martin Rosen’s animated adaptations of Richard Adams’ novels Watership Down and The Plague Dogs to Region 4 DVD in Australia, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/78 DVD Toons looks back}}… |
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Forty Three Kix kicks into gear with movie times text message service
…the user requested. Mobile Blogging?? A revolutionary “text to blog” feature of 43KIX allows moviegoers to instantly publish their rants and raves about films on www.fortythreekix.com via text messages. The… |
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Pirates of the Caribbean MMG coming
Yahoo! Finance reports on the beta launch of the Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer Mobile Game. “The game will be open for beta testing in mid-April at www.piratesmobilemultiplayer.com. It will… |
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Tarzan's Broadway debut review
The {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com Hollywood Reporter}}’s Frank Scheck has been among the first to review the musical stage adaptation of Disney’s Phil Collins-penned Tarzan animated film, now playing on Broadway. Calling… |
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Over The Hedge garners good critical praise in Cannes
Writing from the Cannes Film Festival, The {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/awards/cannes/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002465069 Hollywood Reporter}} states that DreamWorks’ latest CGI comedy Over The Hedge “is a backyard ecological comedy outfitted with some fine, silly… |
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\\Over the Hedge\\ opens big, but in second
DreamWorks’ \\Over the Hedge\\ exceeded expectations but couldn’t break \\The Da Vinci Code\\. According to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=20&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}, \\Over the Hedge\\ took in $37.2 million for a second… |
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New X-Men shatters box office
…remained in the top three, with a further $35.3m adding to its total domestic week-long take of $84.4 million. For more, head on over to {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002577034 The Hollywood Reporter}}…. |
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Warner Bros. releases Super-DVD's
…Brainiac Attacks\\ The other releases are: \\Adventures of Superman\\ – The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons \\Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman\\ – The Complete Third Season \\Look,… |
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Anastasia's DVD gets big thumbs up
With a low count of reviews online covering the recent re-issue of Don Bluth’s first Fox Animation feature Anastasia, DVD Toons has stepped in with a {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/501 full review… |
