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The science of animation

…results. These results are then applied to the reactions of the general public to the characters in several recent CGI movies, such as Shrek, The Incredibles, and The Polar Express….

Weekend box office actuals: December 2 – 4

…Disney CGI hit’s total domestic box office gross to $124,118,837. Meanwhile, the IMAX re-release of The Polar Express landed at #17, down 31.4% with $837,973, for a domestic total of…

Animation in the Grammy Award nominations

…Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media** \\Believe\\ Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri, songwriters (Josh Groban) Track from: \\The Polar Express\\ [Warner Sunset/Reprise; Publishers: Warner Olive Music, Aerostation Corp., Universal-MCA…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 9 – 12, 2005

…The Polar Express, taking in $931,603 from 66 theaters. Thus far, the Holiday favorite’s re-release has grossed $3,821,167 domestically. Another Warner Bros. animated film, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, stepped in…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 23 – 25, 2005

…of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which roared with $19,777,962 from 3,853 theaters, making its U.S. total $153,220,802. At #16, the IMAX re-release of The Polar Express

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 31, 2005 – January 1, 2006

…3rd week over 3,627 theaters) 18. Chicken Little with $799,028 ($131,944,653 total in its 9th week over 803 theaters) 19. The Polar Express – IMAX with $742,073 ($9,814,031 total in…

U.S. weekend box office estimates: January 6-8, 2006

…King Kong with $12,466,000 ($192,522,000 total in its 4th week over 3,482 theaters) 24(?). The Polar Express – IMAX with $275,000 ($10,457,000 total in its 7th week over 65 theaters)…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 6-8, 2006

…4th week over 3,482 theaters) 23. Chicken Little with $343,605 ($132,863,585 total in its 10th week over 419 theaters) 27. The Polar Express – IMAX with $262,839 ($10,444,705 total in…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 13-16, 2006

…Chicken Little with $296,502 ($133,235,508 total in its 11th week, over 271 theaters) 33. The Polar Express – IMAX with $209,712 ($10,717,228 total in its 8th week, over 62 theaters)…

ABC Family to air latest Warner Bros. family titles

…some of Warner Bros.’ most recent family films. The list of movies features Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, The Polar Express, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and two Harry Potter films….

Monster House clips, concept art; Director Kenan interview, profile

With Latino Review, director Gil Kenan talks about his first feature film, Monster House. The interview scans such topics as working with the same technology found in The Polar Express

Contour improving motion-capture process

San Francisco-based Mova LLC is working to improve the motion-capture technology used in such movies as Monster House and The Polar Express, writes Yahoo! News/Associated Press. Employing a system of…

Zemeckis' ImageMovers moving to Disney?

…breath away” from occuring. Specializing in motion-capture technology, ImageMovers has been involved with such films as The Polar Express, Monster House, and next year’s Beowulf. According to an insider, Disney…

Andy Serkis on Beowulf, motion-capture animation

…use the same motion-capture technique employed for his adaptation of The Polar Express. During the conversation, Serkis explained, “I think that more motion capture is [being] used in film, and…

Meltdown heats up video charts

…with approximately $10.3 million. In the meantime, Cars continued to have healthy sales on the DVD First Alert chart, coming in at #4, while The Polar Express rose to #6….

U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 29-31, 2006

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 9) Happy Feet with $7,650,181, averaging $2,982 over 2,565 theaters ($175,967,627 total; 7th week) 31) The Polar Express (IMAX) with $179,513, averaging $5,279 over 34…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 5-7, 2007

…($185,414,182 total; 8th week) 44) The Polar Express (IMAX) with $50,926, averaging $2,037 over 25 theaters ($2,897,449 total; 8th week) 58) Santa Vs. the Snowman – Season 5 with $17,445,…

Beowulf: Director’s Cut (HD DVD)

…it that some do. And I’m not alone, judging by all the positive reviews that The Polar Express and Beowulf received. Not everyone succumbs to being creeped out if things…

Imageworks announces Imagemotion films

…two of the films: Neanderthals and an untitled feature from the Oscar-nominated Jerome Chen, who served as the visual effects supervisor on The Polar Express and Beowulf. As for the…

Calling All Robots!

…and The Polar Express. The project is “a throwback to old Godzilla movies”, and is being penned by Dougherty, Breehn Burns, and Simeon Wilkins. Dougherty also wrote X2: X-Men United…

Jon Favreau aiming for 2D look in mo-cap Neanderthals

…work on the animated part of it over the next couple of years. Mo-cap is a misleading term because the animation won’t resemble the animation of Polar Express or Monster…

Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise

…million to cook up ads for the Pixar-produced pic. To put that into perspective, the industry average to promote a pic was $35.9 million last year. And Cars, The Polar

High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007

…comparisons.   The Pixar Shorts Collection • released on Blu-ray in 2007 • same features as DVD, some upgraded to HD.   The Polar Express • released on HD DVD…

Shrek 2

…holiday’s The Polar Express. Movement is more natural, though the “lightyears ahead” in production that was banded about at the time of release doesn’t really come across on screen –…

Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition

…the Barbie videos mentioned earlier, they’re perhaps better equalled to those in The Polar Express, though less creepy, slightly more caricatured and not as well animated. There are some instances…

300: 2-disc Widescreen Edition

…for a deeply solid light and dark look, a reminder of the HBO series Rome. Fortunately, 300 sports real life performers and not the dead-eyed zombies of Polar Express or…

Peter Pan: Platinum Edition

…year, is of the decidedly Barbie/Polar Express zombiefied mannequin look. Hopefully, now that it’s gone back to the drawing board, we’ll get something that’s more in tune with Disney’s high…

Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…

…with their impressive contributions to numerous high-profile special effects pictures, not least this summer’s Spidey 3, and their recent run of features The Polar Express, Monster House, Open Season and…

Archie and the Pussycats, plus Beowulf and TailSpin!

…Contact ten years ago. There were good tricks and performances in Cast Away and What Lies Beneath, but The Polar Express is such an emotionally cold Christmas fable that it’s…

Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas

…review from November 2004, we look back on Mickey’s first foray as a digital character into an animated CGI seasonal offering that’s possibly more “uncanny valley” than The Polar Express……