…million 6. \\The Day After Tomorrow\\, $186.7 millon 9. \\Shark Tale\\, $160.8 million* 10. \\The Polar Express\\, $155.1 million* 12. \\I, Robot\\, $144.8 million 15. \\Van Helsing\\, $120.2 million 23….

…in theaters on January 13, 2006. In other composer news, Alan Silvestri (The Polar Express, Lilo & Stitch) will write the music for Disney’s The Wild, coming to theaters on…

The {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7776 JoBlo movie news}} site has a little on director Bob Zemeckis’ next performance-capture feature. Used last year on The Polar Express, Zemeckis is using the system on…

…games to return once the obsession in realism loses its novelty. This is also quite true of animated films… and is certainly a bad portent for the upcoming Polar Express….

…We’ll probably be wrapping up in June. It doesn’t look anything like Chris Van Allsburg, which they tried to do in \\The Polar Express\\, but I am going for a…

…Josh Groban on the Oscar-nominated song ‘Believe’ from the animated film The Polar Express.” The Oscars are scheduled to air Sunday, February 27th at 8 Eastern, on the ABC network….

…Hausman – \\The Polar Express\\ Martin Nguyen – \\The Incredibles\\ Jonathan Gibbs – \\Shrek 2\\ Character Animation Ken Duncan – \\Shark Tale\\ John Kahrs – \\The Incredibles\\ Angus MacLane –…

…and \\The Polar Express\\’ “\\Believe\\” both lost in the Best Original Song category to \\Alfie\\’s “\\Old Habits Die Hard\\”. Better news went to Robin Williams who was given the Cecil…

…Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture The Incredibles – Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible The Polar Express – Steamer Shark Tale – Angie Shrek 2 – Puss in…

Up against Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles and Warner Bros.’ The Polar Express, DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek 2 has walked away with the 31st Annual People’s Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie. Mike…

…The Dukes of Hazzard and House Of Wax, as well as recent hits Ocean’s Twelve and The Polar Express. For real animated delights, we’ll have to see what Disney offers…

…Christmas may be over, The Polar Express continues to roll on at the box office, falling 12% with $5.7 million. Currently in its eighth weekend, the Warner Bros. animated film…

…Wright Penn for Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, reports Dark Horizons. Scheduled for a 2007 release, the film will incorporate the same motion-capture animation technology used by Zemeckis in The Polar Express….

…on Christmas Day), well behind the $44.7 million made by the first place \\Meet the Fockers\\. The holiday season has been good to \\The Polar Express\\ which, even though it…

…Captain and the World of Tomorrow\\, and \\Spider-Man 2\\. Conspicuously left out was \\The Polar Express\\. The actual three nominees, along with the rest of the Oscar nominations, will be…

…Comedy”, while Shrek 2 and The Polar Express received a nomination each for “Best Original Song”, with the songs Accidentally in Love and Believe. The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards…

…The Polar Express. Unfortunately, animation was left out- again- of the board’s list of the top 10 films of the year, which held Finding Neverland as the best film of…

…at #2 with $24 million ($214.7 million total). With the unofficial start of the Christmas season this past weekend \\The Polar Express\\ charged past \\The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie\\ to reach…

…Incredibles\\ dropped to #3 with $26.5 million ($177.5 million total). \\The Polar Express\\ finished at #4 with $15.6 million ($51.5 million total). Adding in \\Shark Tale\\’s $0.6 million ($158.4 million…

…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…

…Incredibles\\ is showing on 3,683 screens, Warner Brothers’ \\The Polar Express\\ is on 3,650 screens, and Paramount’s \\The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie\\ is on 3,212 screens. Add in the 907 screens…

…Film-related Project”, Disney’s \\Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl\\ beat out nominees \\Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow\\’s website, \\Spider-Man 2\\, and \\The Polar Express\\….

…IMDB, which does make an interesting point nonetheless. Going against such films in the same genre as The Polar Express, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of…

Variety reports that Sony has acquired the animated feature Monster House from DreamWorks. The feature will be the second film to use “performance capture” animation, after The Polar Express. [paid…

…Rory Bruer, President of Domestic Distribution at Sony Pictures. Monster House is the second film to use “Performance Capture” technology, following in the footsteps of last year’s The Polar Express….

…in a 1930s New York completely rendered in CGI. But, unlike the upcoming Polar Express, Conran knows that humans cannot yet be realistically portrayed in animation, hence the inclusion of…

…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….

…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…

…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…

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…