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2004 CG Retrospective
…Human Story 11 – Animation Mentor 12 – Maya 6, Alias 13 – \\Warhammer 40,000\\ Opening Cinematics, Blur Studio 14 – \\Spider-Man 2\\ VFX 15 – Mental Ray 3.3, mental… |
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ACADEMY AWARDS: And the Oscars go to…
…of this year’s awards. And we’ll see you right here next year! Shrek joins Charlie Chaplin in the opening montage. Edna Mode and Pierce Bronson present for Best Costume Design…. |
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62nd Golden Globe Awards nominations
…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… |
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The box office summer
…flop – releases. Leading the pack is Shrek 2, with $436.7 million in the bank, ahead on Spider-Man 2‘s $370m and Harry Potter‘s $247m on his third adventure. Bringing up… |
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Team America news and reviews
Fandago reports that select theaters (around 600-800 in all) will have a special sneak peak of Team America: World Police this Saturday, October 9th, somewhere in the area of 6:30… |
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The Incredibles named 'Best Animated Feature' by National Board of Review
The Internet Movie Database indicates that The Incredibles was named ‘Best Animated Feature’ by the The National Board of Review on Wednesday, beating out such competition as Shrek 2 and… |
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Only two animated films in the top twenty most viewed films of all time
The British site Sky News has posted a list recently of the Top 20 most viewed movies of all time. The list only looks at total viewings by UK citizens…. |
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Networks airing computer animated films tonight
Tonight is a great night for animation fans as two broadcast networks are airing two popular computer animated films. NBC will air DreamWorks’ \\Shrek\\, while FOX will air Twentieth Century… |
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\\The Incredibles\\ tops $200 million
…million by its 22nd day of release. \\The Incredibles\\’ box office receipts were good enough for 16th place on the list of “{{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/fastest.htm?page=200&p=.htm fastest films to reach $200 million}}”…. |
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Puss in Boots gets his own movie
Variety(subscription required) reports that DreamWorks has hired scribes Ed Decter and John Strauss to write the animated pic Puss in Boots, based on the Antonio Banderas-voiced character from Shrek 2…. |
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Steinberg gets new Boots
Variety [paid registration required], via Coming Soon, reports that screenwriter David H. Steinberg (Slackers, American Pie 2) has been appointed to pen the Shrek 2 spin-off Puss in Boots, with… |
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Family Flicks Outperform R-Rated Titles
…years. “Five of 2004’s top-10 moneymakers were rated PG, which means they were open to all audiences, among them Shrek 2, The Incredibles and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of… |
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Box office weekend estimates: June 25 – 27
According to Box Office Guru, Shrek 2 fell to seventh place in the weekend’s top ten movies, with an estimated $10.5 million. Falling only 25% from last weekend, the sequel… |
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Madagascar roars into theatres
…cartoon way, but in a world where the stakes have been raised by \\Finding Nemo\\, \\Shrek\\, and \\The Incredibles\\, it’s a throwback to a more conventional kind of animated entertainment…. |
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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…. |
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Walden Media takes on Tortoise and Hippo
Walden Media has gained the rights to Tortoise and Hippo, which will be written by Shrek co-writer Roger S.H. Schulman, reports Variety [registration required], via Coming Soon. The film, to… |
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Batman swooping down on Broadway?
A recent article in the http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/09/12/1126377253812.html”>Sydney Morning Herald dicusses animated movies that have become (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or are becoming (Tarzan, Shrek) Broadway musicals and mentions… |
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SEC launches Pixar inquiry
…sales of \\Shrek 2\\. Analysts contacted by \\The Times\\ seemed to consider the Pixar inquiry a formality. One said that “In our dealings with Pixar, we note that the company… |
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Madagascar Gives Some Good News to DreamWorks
…some good news this financial quarter from its latest release. Guardian Unlimited Films reports that Madagascar brought in a cool $430 million plus in worldwide box office ticket sales, countering… |
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Theatrical animated movie schedule
At the Animation Nation Bulletin Board, ‘Papercut’ has posted a schedule for upcoming animated movie releases, from The Corpse Bride to Shrek 4…. |
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Spotlight on DreamWorks Animation and Jeffrey Katzenberg
…impossible and dare me to do it. Most of the time I will find a way.” The article also notes that Shrek 4 is scheduled to hit theaters in 2010…. |
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DreamWorks stock falls due to lawsuit
…or 1.8 percent, to $29.19 in midday trading. The stock tumbled to a 52-week low of $29.10, and is trading well below the high of $42.60 set on Dec. 6…. |
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Rapunzel revamped?
What began as a Shrek-like spoof on fairy tales, followed by a supposed turn into a tale about a squirrel and a bassett hound, the plot for Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided… |
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Narnia to have largest marketing campaign ever; Gregson-Williams to provide movie's theme
…different races, 60 different cultures, and 60 different species of creatures.” Also of interest is that Harry Gregson-Williams (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and the Shrek films) will be… |
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Katzenberg on life, movies, and Disney…
The UK’s Guardian online has reprinted an interview with DreamWorks’ {{link http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1253349,00.html Jeffrey Katzenberg}} by my old pal Jason Solomons from The Observer newspaper. The studio head, currently riding high… |
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Bee Movie buzz
…is up at Coming Soon as well. Directed by Steve Hickner (The Prince of Egypt), and Simon J. Smith (Shrek 4-D), and produced by Christina Steinberg (National Treasure), Bee Movie… |
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Madonna not to provide voice for Puss in Boots
…be lending her voice to Puss in Boots. The misunderstanding arrived from The Sun‘s reporting that Madonna would reunite with her Evita co-star Antonio Banderas in the Shrek 2 spin-off…. |
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Dream On Silly Dreamer report and photos
…and it seemed as though he was personally greeting just about everyone there. The film, which chronicles the laying off of approximately 1300 hand-drawn animators in 2002/2003, starts off talking… |
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Raven Moon Entertainment starting new animation division
…producers market, Prime Zone indicates. The studio, located in Orlando, Florida, is ready to offer animation services like those used in the Shrek films and The Incredibles. “Because the cost… |
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Father Of The Pride Update
…series is definitely not for children, despite it’s Shrek-like visuals. DreamWorks co-founder and executive producer of Pride, Jeffrey Katzenberg, explains that NBC schedueled the show in its nine o’clock time… |