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RIP…
…Les Tremayne (heard in many of Chuck Jones’ Tower 12 productions, including The Phantom Tollbooth). The Big Cartoon Database has biog pages dedicated to both {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16992 Wah Chang}}, who… |
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Oscar noms for 2018 movies announced
…Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick Christopher Robin – Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould First Man – Paul Lambert,… |
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Marvel launches first Spider-Man: Far From Home teaser trailer
Marvel has launched the first teaser trailer to Spider-Man: Far From Home. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Toemi, and Jon Favreau return as Peter Parker, Michelle “MJ” Jones, Ned,… |
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The Grinch
…of distracting accent for the Grinch. You do get used to it, but it definitely feels like a put on voice, not a natural one. Rashida Jones, as mom Donna,… |
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First look at Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Gelflings
…Ineson Jason Issacs Keegen Michael-Key Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Simon Pegg Toby Jones Shazad Latif Gugu Mbatha-Raw Mark Strong Alicia Vikander Helena Bonham-Carter Harris Dickinson Eddie Izzard Theo James Caitriona Balfe… |
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
…without overwhelming the story. Everything just flows together while managing to incorporate a diverse range of styles from the classical approach with Peter Parker to the cartoony, Chuck Jones inspired… |
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2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…to be in the same room as someone. The most amusing was when Nathanson mentioned how she had wanted to meet James Earl Jones and when she did she was… |
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Some time with Borrowed Time directors Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
…producer, Amanda Jones). We are definitely out of our comfort zone to say the least! LHL: Needless to say, it’ll be refreshing when we can refocus on being creative! Be… |
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Brad Bird talks about \\The Incredibles\\
…Catherine Zeta-Jones. “I imagine the characters first, and then try to find a voice for them. Craig’s a terrific actor.” Is this a nice way of saying Nelson has a… |
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Disney and Gold ask stockholders to vote "NO" on election of Eisner and three other directors
…the 8 years ending December 2003, as compared to an investment in Dow Jones which grew to $20,191 (or 75% greater than Disney). Mr. Eisner has failed to formulate a… |
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“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn
…ever get to being Indiana Jones. AV: Do you plan to go on in other matters of Disney research? JB: I do have a follow-up volume in the works that… |
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The Road To Broadway And Beyond: Disney’s Aladdin – A Whole New World
…Jones”, as Menken puts it. The writing of new songs, supplanted by lyrics by Chad Beguelin, who wrote the Disneyland stage version of the film and who additionally provides the… |
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Zootopia, Piper, Jungle Book earn Oscars
…Marc Sondheimer won Best Animated Short Film for Piper. And Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon won Best Visual Effects for The Jungle Book. Assuming no… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…Walt Disney Studio running every department at top notch fever pitch; it’s an absolute triumph of animation, color design, lighting, music, vocal performances (Pinocchio’s Dickie Jones’ reading of the line… |
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Game Developer's Conference to discuss games of film properties
…Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Batman Begins, Shrek, Madagascar, and others. The panelists will be discussing the unique challenges and opportunities afforded by close collaboration between film studios and visual effects… |
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Rudolph / Frosty / Santa Claus: The Original Christmas Classics
…some of which have now made it to HD status on Blu-ray, including those for other stables’ work such as Chuck Jones’ original Grinch and Horton outings, and Rankin/Bass’ own… |
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\\Cars\\ impresses theater owners and reviewers
…a wonderful Chuck Jones-like teaser for \\Ratatouie\\ and the sentimental and funny \\One Man’s Band\\. Then on comes an incredibly loud, jarring and in some ways scary lengthy opening sequence… |
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Ratatouille opens
…yet, and from the writer-director who made two of the best American animated features of the past decade… that’s something”; New York Magazine: “this puts him somewhere between Chuck Jones… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…agency’s biggest client. ABC had been looking for some educational children’s animation, and when Chuck Jones recommended the idea, Eisner closed the deal in that same meeting. This is how… |
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The Animatrix
…of Dreamcatcher. The director, Andy Jones, who previously worked on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, borrows the technological advances made on that film to produce a stunning short. The movie… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…the marvellous work on Davy Jones and his crew, most of whom required a substantial amount of CGI makeup. A blooper reel projected how easily visual effects can go wrong… |
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Co-director Chris Renaud on No Time For Nuts
…you do with Scrat that maintains his essence but is unexpected?’ I definitely was thinking of the way that Chuck Jones would approach the Looney Tunes characters, and also even… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…I mean a real creative leader in the classic mold of Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery… Pixar is truly innovating and leading, and people are following them…. |
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Eric Goldberg takes us on a Character Animation Crash Course!
…book. Before he passed away, Chuck Jones had offered to write it. AV: Was there anything you wished to include in the book or on the CD that you couldn’t… |
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A Conversation with Ben Balistreri
…Kahl, Marc Davis, John Lounsberry, Ward Kimble, Chuck Jones, Tom Orb, are some of my favorite old time animators. Some current favs are Nicolas Marlet, Carlos Grangle, Craig Kellmen, Craig… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…animation, we talked about and looked at animation drawings of the classic films, a lot of Chuck Jones drawings from Looney Tunes, saying “that type of animation would fit with… |
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Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely: the Pixie-Powered Music of Return To Neverland!
…Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen, James Cameron’s Ghosts of the Abyss, Holes, his videogame score for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and James Cameron’s (again!) Dark Angel… |
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Bolt: Mark Cotta Vaz on The Art of Bolt
…to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives, and Industrial Light + Magic: Into the Digital Realm. AV: What is the difference between a “making of” and an “art… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…Jones, when they take the Ark and put it in that huge warehouse. You’re pouring yourself into these projects only to see them disappear. But you guys, who listen to… |
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The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition
…Jones Productions, where he was put forward as a promising director during the building of Warners’ feature animation division. Many were surprised at the choice, as his independent short was… |
