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DVD Exclusive announce awards nominees
…Complete Fifth Season, Shrek 2, Barbie as Princess and Pauper, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, Care Bears: Journey to Joke-A-Lot, Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas, and The Three Musketeers…. |
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The Legendary Laugh-O-Grams: Fairy Tales by Walt Disney
…as “Puss And Boots” in the pre-film notes) plays with the fairy tale formula as well as anything that the likes of Shrek might boast about, and the Laugh-O-Grams themselves… |
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Weekend wrap-up…
…the third spot over bigger hits Bee Movie and The Simpsons Movie. Any argument that Shrek The Third should have been in the running hasn’t been raised by anybody… Ratatouille… |
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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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Video Effects Society award nominations announced
…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… |
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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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How To Train Your Dragon
…the studio. With the Shrek franchise closing this year, DreamWorks may have found a cast people care enough about to center their company branding behind. Two years ago, Kung Fu… |
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11 Animated Movies Eligible for Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 11 animated features will be eligible for an oscar nomination. Here is the list: The Incredibles Shrek 2 Shark… |
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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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\\The Incredibles\\ tops $200 million
…its 22nd day of release, and well behind \\Shrek 2\\, which had earned $325 million by its 22nd day of release. \\The Incredibles\\’ box office receipts were good enough for… |
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Deadwood‘s McShane set for Blackbeard
From western to pirate villain: British actor Ian McShane, who has also provided voices for Shrek The Third, Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, will step into Edward Teach’s shoes to… |
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The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray in March
…Medicine), Jim Cummings (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), Michael-Leon Wooley (Ghost Town), Bruno Campos (Nip/Tuck), Peter Bartlett (The Producers), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Jennifer Cody (Broadway’s Shrek: The Musical), Oprah Winfrey… |
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Only two animated films in the top twenty most viewed films of all time
…Only two animated films (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at No. 3 and The Jungle Book at No. 7) made the list. No Shrek, no Lion King, no SpongeBob…. |
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Ariel's Beginning's composers sing, and Open Season 2!?
…film: songwriter Jeanine Tesori (also of the upcoming Shrek: The Musical and Glen Keane’s Rapunzel) and composer James Dooley, formerly a collaborator with Hans Zimmer on many major motion picture… |
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Madagascar Penguins land own DVD feature
…DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon releases including How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Po’s Kung Fu Panda Virtual World, The Madagascar Story So Far, More of The Penguins of… |
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How the Grinch (and an ogre) Stole Christmas
…Grinch Stole Christmas will recieve its annual TV airing. Following this will be the not as beloved but still ratings friendly Shrek the Halls, the DreamWorks animated special from 2007…. |
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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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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…Spirit. Switching to CG production, the studio produced a string of hits including Shrek (and its sequels), Madagascar (and its spin-offs), Kung Fu Panda, Antz, Bee Movie and Shark Tale…. |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…you! Which brings us, rather dubiously, to my comments on the third big hitter of this summer’s own trilogy of threequels. After Spidey and Shrek left us with the feeling… |
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The Wild
…CGI pictures that had become so popular. First up was an agreement with Shrek co-producer John H Williams’ own Vanguard Animation, resulting in the enjoyably entertaining but critically derided World… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…was a good film in here but was as if DreamWorks had actually skipped a second film and delivered us the Shrek The Third of Madagascar movies. The story issues… |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie Film For Theaters
…stolen – Monty Python’s Eric Idle, who complained (wrongly) against a gag used in Shrek The Third would be much better off finding the many sub-Python rip-offs here instead. Everything… |
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Open Season: Special Edition
…those who enjoy Lawrence’s stuff, but Kutcher may as well have been Eddie Murphy (Lawrence’s Life co-star), since the whole Boog/Elliot dynamic feels so closely modelled on the Shrek/Donkey double… |
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Strong international debut for Kung Fu Panda
…and the start of vacations.” Variety also reports that Panda nabbed the best exit polls of any DreamWorks Animation film, besting those for Shrek 2, and received an A- CinemaScore…. |
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Box office forecast for Wall•E
…nothing to be ashamed of as it should easily top $190M by Sunday night on its way to pass $200M domestically, becoming DreamWorks Animation’s second biggest original film after Shrek…. |
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The Simpsons Movie
…cover up what they’ve done to the town. A few years ago I read an article by screenwriter Terry Rossio (Aladdin, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean) where he was talking… |
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DreamWorks Animation income falls 45%
Variety reports that DreamWorks Animation’s latest earnings are reflecting the current revenue dips being experienced by most of the motion picture studios. Added concern for the Broadway musical Shrek and… |
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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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Monsters Vs. Aliens vs. Zeta vs. Captain Toontastic?
…knowing, but it turns out to be more along the lines of Shrek: a movie that wanted to spoof a genre but ultimately found itself wanting to be included in… |
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Don Hahn panel at Woodbury University
…date details, follow the ‘More’ link: The panel will be comprised of: James Baxter (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Enchanted) Mike… |
