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Polar Express release date shift-a-roo
…most interest to animation fans will be the Tom Hanks CGI-fest The Polar Express‘ date change. The Robert Zemeckis-helmed movie will now open nine days later, on November 19 2004…. |
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Polar Express video game news
On the Animated-News forum, “MusicFan” reports that, “THQ will be publishing a videogame based on Warner Bros. upcoming film The Polar Express, to be released in conjunction with the film…. |
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Harry Potter, Polar Express and Willy Wonka headed for Imax?
…adventure, The Prisoner Of Azkaban is already sheduled to appear in June 2004, while the partnership is “discussing an Imax 3D release of [the CG animated] Polar Express in November… |
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Polar Express vidgame, Warner to delve into interactive development
…companies in cases “where the studio wants less involvement”. WB videogames in development include Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban and next Christmas’ Robert Zemeckis/Tom Hanks computer enhanced The Polar Express…. |
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Analysis of this year's Oscar candidates, and The Polar Express…Expressed!
…the 11 films, the article takes a realistic look at their chances of making the final cut. Plus some “constructive criticism” on that Polar Express teaser which was released recently…. |
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The Great Polar Bear Adventure
…The Sweatbox Review: The Great Polar Bear Adventure refers to a story a new momma bear tells her two cubs about another bear’s great adventure. It begins with a polar… |
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Oscar nominees announced
…And The Prisoner Of Azkaban\\ \\I, Robot\\ \\Spider-man 2\\ **Sound Editing** \\The Incredibles\\ \\The Polar Express\\ \\Spider-man 2\\ **Sound Mixing** \\The Aviator\\ \\The Incredibles\\ \\The Polar Express\\ \\Ray\\ \\Spider-man 2\\… |
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Whatever happened to Robert Zemeckis?
…journey that was The Polar Express [with Tom Hanks, right], it seems exactly that what Zemeckis seems to be doing is creating features – I can’t quite call them animated… |
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Happy Feet: Widescreen Edition
…an actual penguin if they’d get the same feeling of zombiefication as we humans did watching The Polar Express!? Indeed, I must question whether Happy Feet has actually been directed… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…Putting to shame similar techniques employed in bringing to “life” characters in such films as Spider-Man 2 and The Polar Express (with those scary, soulless eyes), I, Robot is the… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut
…absolute state of the art in motion-capture animation with his director-buddy Robert Zemeckis’ film The Polar Express. They even came up with a new term to describe the better-than-mo-cap technique… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…story. Putting to shame similar techniques employed in bringing to “life” characters in such films as Spider-Man 2 and The Polar Express (with those scary, soulless eyes), I, Robot is… |
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Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!
…offer from an old friend. Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital had recently been purchased by The Walt Disney Company. Responsible for hits like The Polar Express (2004) and Monster House (2006),… |
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A Christmas Carol
…to be my favorite director, but that his recent attempts to squeeze anything near resembling a human performance from his computer generated puppets in such films as The Polar Express… |
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A Christmas Carol
…to squeeze anything near resembling a human performance from his computer generated puppets in such films as The Polar Express and Beowulf have left me stone cold and lamenting this… |
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11 Animated Movies Eligible for Oscar
…Tale The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Home on the Range Teacher’s Pet Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Clifford’s Really Big Movie Sky Blue The Legend of Buddha The Polar Express… |
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Annie Award nominations announced
…Network Studios The Batman – Warner Bros. Animation INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES Animated Effects Scott Cegielski – Shark TaleHisashi Ezura – Ghost In The Shell 2Matt Hausman – The Polar ExpressMartin… |
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Renaissance
…sit through them. As such, I’ve been very wary when heading anywhere near a mo-capped feature: The Polar Express (despite the fancy-schmancy “performance-capture” moniker), to pick on the first major… |
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Transformers to transform at DreamWorks with Zemeckis
…Con. Meanwhile, director Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express) is reportedly looking into making the Transformers film with same motion-capture technology used in making The Polar Express…. |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…certain amount of criticism in The Polar Express. In both films, actors gave performances that were captured on computer files and translated into the actions of CGI cartoon characters. Personally,… |
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Shark Tale steps out in a big way…
…Polar Express. The festival runs from September 9th through the 18th. Shark Tale opens wide on October 1st, and the Christmas-themed Polar Express is set for a November 10th release…. |
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TJ Miller announced for Emoji Movie: Express Yourself on World Emoji Day
…main character Gene in their upcoming feature Emoji Movie: Express Yourself by releasing a mock audition video. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters August 11, 2017. An… |
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Polar Bears, WALL-E's BAFTA win, plus the return of our Oscar Contest!
…but for now the eagle eyed among you will have noticed Rodney’s thoughts on The Great Polar Bear Adventure were posted over the weekend. I wasn’t a great fan of… |
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Mars Needs Moms
…part of the spaceship that is supposedly the selling point of the original poster (an image that lazily recalls The Polar Express). What’s fun to read is the back cover… |
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A Christmas Carol: season’s greetings from Jim Carrey’s Scrooge!
…Rabbit, Cast Away,The Polar Express and so on – and his artistry is such that I knew he could do something original. Q: Scrooge is a truly iconic character. What… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…express myself, express that deep spiritual longing. Like for Ariel, wanting to be part of a world that is totally impossible for her, as she sings Part of Your World…. |
