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Lucille Bliss, Smurfs and Cinderella voice actor, passes away
…her voice to a number of Hannah Barbara shows over the years, and could also be heard in animated films such as The Secret of NIMH and Robots. For her… |
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Iron Man Anime
…like men piloting fighting robots, which isn’t all that far removed from the Iron Man concept. It seemed like a natural, and so Iron Man was chosen as the lead… |
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Happy Feet Two
…these kinds of films sort of lost the plot. An emphasis on crazy, out-there concepts emerged: cars that drove themselves, self-made robots, even the original Ice Age was more off-kilter… |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…away from the same feel of other CG features, in particular Blue Sky’s Robots, which I haven’t seen for a while and yet came rushing back to my memory during… |
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Gigantor: The Collection, Volume Two
…master thief named Gypsy, aliens who can take human form, the super robot Magnaman, a giant robot named Blastro, dinosaur robots… suffice it to say that there is a lot… |
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\\Ice Age\\ team options \\The Wainscott Weasel\\
…\\The Wainscott Weasel\\. Blue Sky Studios will produce and Chris Wedge is expected to direct. This project isn’t expected until after Wedge has finished \\Robots\\ (slated for a 2005 release)… |
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The Wild
…While it did not change the face of animation filmmaking or have won any awards, it’s a darn sight more reliable than the noise of Robots or the predictability of… |
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The science of animation
Skwigly Animation Magazine reports on a scientific study investigating subjects’ emotional response to various styles of robots that obtained some interesting results. These results are then applied to the reactions… |
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Robosapien to start shooting in November
…Botkin, the project regards “a scientist working on artificial intelligence who creates robots for humanitarian purposes, only to discover that the corporation he works for intends them for military use…. |
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WALL•E gets our Animated View…
…shown are animated, and a subplot with some damaged robots seems very unnecessary and almost tacked on for the kids. But none of this takes anything away from the film… |
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Bravestarr: The Movie
…blend, with Bravestarr himself sporting a “super cowboy” outfit complete with Indian-themed cowboy hat, and damsels in distress who wear long dresses and bonnets while being attacked by robots. Like… |
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Pixar makes "Best of" lists
…Nemo and 5) Toy Story 2. Nominees that failed to make the final list are Monsters Inc., Ice Age, Over the Hedge, Happy Feet, Chicken Little, Robots and Shrek 2…. |
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Hey Seuss! Horton hears our Views! Plus the new League…
…comedy box: despite the noise, Robots was a treat to look at, and it’s the visuals in Horton that seem to be garnering most of the notices too. This is… |
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Plot points for Pixar's WALL•E
…Willard appear as the president of the Buynlarge Corporation responsible for the WALL•E robots. Thanks to “ShyViolet” at the Animated News & Views Forum for the notice of this news…. |
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High def animated films on TV
Animation fans with high definition televisions are in luck, with two films being shown in the format over the next few weeks. {{link http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&ID=115494 HBO-HD}} is airing Fox/Blue Sky’s \\Robots\\… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins PGA award
…the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from \\Chicken Little\\, \\Madagascar\\, \\Robots\\, and \\Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride\\…. |
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Ebert picks top toons of 2005
…made.”), Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (“…surprisingly cheerful under the circumstances.”), and Robots (“…with its jolly little children of Rube Goldberg in a future that looks like Fiestaware.”) as the year’s… |
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LAST DAY: Blue Sky Studios charity auction
Today is the last day to pick up one-of-a-kind Ice Age and Robots artwork available in Blue Sky Studios’ charity auction on eBay. Proceeds from each piece will go to… |
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Ten films eligible for Best Animated Feature Oscar consideration
…Feature. Three nominees for the award will come from a list that includes: Chicken Little, Gulliver’s Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl’s Moving Castle, Madagascar, Robots, Steamboy, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, Valiant, and… |
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\\Toy Story\\ to be first animated Disney UMD; animation flourishing on new disc format
…New Animated Series – The Mutant Menace\\; \\The Spongebob Squarepants Movie\\; \\Spongebob Squarepants – Volume 1\\; \\Steamboy\\; \\Ren & Stimpy – The First and Second Seasons, Vol 1\\; and \\Robots\\…. |
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WALL•E cleans up at Comic-Con
o-meon has the downlow on Pixar director Andrew Stanton’s presentation at the San Diego Comic Convention on his current project, WALL•E, “the story of the last of these [trash-compacting] robots… |
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Madagascar Dance-Off!
Following in the footsteps of the famous dance-off between Napolean Dynamite and Fender from Robots, the characters from Madagascar are the latest entries into the dance-off game. Be sure to… |
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Press release: Samurai Jack: Season 2 DVD
…vs the Worm, The Metal-Eaters, & The Fairy”, #16- “Jack and the Smackback”, #17- “Jack and the Scotsman II”, #18- “Jack and the Ultra-Robots”, #19- “Jack Remembers the Past”, #20-… |
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Chris Wedge interview
Check out AnimWatch for an in-depth interview with Chris Wedge, one of the driving foces behind Blue Sky’s Robots…. |
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Fox Animation's John Cohen promoted to vp of production
…back with a movie featuring computer animated versions of the title characters in a live action world. Cohen also was the brain behind www.NapoleonVsFender.com, which cross-promotes Robots and Napoleon Dynamite…. |
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Box Office results April 1-3, 2005
The comic adaptation of Frank Miller’s \\Sin City\\ topped the box office in its opening weekend with $29.1 million, according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=13&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. \\Robots\\ continues to do… |
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Ice Age 2 trailer online
The Ice Age 2 trailer/short featuring more of the misadventures of the hapless Scrat which showed before Blue Sky’s Robots is now up at Fox’s Danish site (original link via… |
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It's a Dance Off! Napoleon vs. Fender
File this one under “bizarre and unexpected.” Papadapolis writes in and points out a site where Napoleon from Napoleon Dynamite and Fender from the upcoming Robots have an online dance… |
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Robot-ic pics
Latino Review has three new, exclusive pics from Robots, which opens in theaters this Friday…. |
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Golden Globe winners
…During the broadcast clips of his movies were played, including some from his roles in \\Popeye\\, \\Aladdin\\ (for which he won a previous special Golden Globe), and the upcoming \\Robots\\…. |
