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DreamWorks fighting Kung Fu Panda lawsuit
…judge’s decision potentially sets the stage for an uncommon occurrence in Hollywood: a trial concerning a major studio in which a jury would determine whether the plaintiff’s work was stolen… |
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Reel FX aims for quality film slate with no “turkeys”
D Magazine has an in-depth profile on the Dallas-based animation studio Reel FX and its CEO Steve O’Brien. In 20 years, the studio has grown from animating direct-to-video films like… |
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Robodog barks at Cannes
Time to add another up and coming 3D animation studio to the roster! Marza Animation Planet, a subsidiary of the SEGA SAMMY Group and headed by former American Sega COO… |
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Open the door to The Art Of Monsters University!
With Monsters, Inc. in 2001, Pixar Animation Studios introduced audiences to the #1 scaring team, Mike and Sulley, and the monstrous world behind the closet doors of our bedrooms. In… |
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Monsters University
…gotten the same response if any other studio had made it? I don’t think so. It’d probably be hailed as one of their best films. But people expect more from… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete First And Second Seasons
Cartoon Network Studios (2010-2011), Warner Home Video (June 4, 2013), 1 Disc per season, 286 minutes each, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Stereo 2.0, Rated TV-PG, Retail: $32.07 each Storyboard: A human… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…Born in Brussels on June 25, 1928, Pierre Culliford, known as Peyo, started at the CBA studio shortly after the Liberation as a painter in gouache. Here, he sketched his… |
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Disney releases animation app
…and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Provides Unprecedented Access to the Art and Technology Behind All 53 Walt Disney Animation Studios Feature Films August 8, 2013 (Burbank, CA) — Disney Animated,… |
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Planes already a hit; could possibly lead the weekend?
Proving that the theatrical release is going to pay off big time for the studio, Disney’s Planes is already doing strong business, THR is reporting, and is expected to gross… |
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Free Birds
…are too many bad animated films coming out. While the big studios like Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks get some of this, it’s mainly films from other studios that get the… |
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Saving Mr Banks
…that the Studio now has a much more nicely designed frontage than it had back then (the basic black rectangle “Walt Disney Productions” logo upon the side of a building… |
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Animation spirits riding high, but is darkness around the corner?
Bloomberg Businessweek ran down the numbers for animated movies this year and concluded that this was a profitable year for studios. Frozen is projected to make $250 million and the… |
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Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…for a song to animate as a short. That animator was Daniel James Lund. As an animator at Disney Animation Studios since ’89, he has contributed to dozens of classic… |
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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
…part. AV: How did the recording go ? FF: We did the recording in a studio here in Trondheim, and used two evenings for the recording. The choir “Cantus” had… |
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Disney staff celebrates Oscar win
…was supposed to be a giddy celebration. The studio had achieved the ultimate validation for its hard-fought creative rebirth: Frozen, its Nordic tale of two sisters and a wisecracking snowman,… |
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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
When Disney began working on Treasure Planet in the late ’90s, the studio envisioned cabin boy Jim Hawkins setting sail on numerous voyages across sequels and a TV series. But… |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2
…doesn’t seem like it would be a big deal, but it was actually a very bold move by the writers, and the studio for allowing it. In an age where… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #73: Ice Age – Scratology 101
…Studios. It started out as a VFX and commercial studio. • Interesting to see that a lot of studios start out as a commercial-making studio and then slowly grow to… |
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Toy Story Of Terror!
…during the opening of the recent Muppets Most Wanted, the Studio does in fact seemed to have hit on a winning formula to keep the franchise’s characters – and Hanks… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
DisneyToon Studios (2014), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 4 2014), Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack, 84 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.39:1 widescreen, DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio, Rated PG, Retail:… |
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The Boxtrolls coming to Blu-Ray January 20th
…new movie from animation studio LAIKA, the makers of the Academy Award®-nominated Coraline and ParaNorman, comes to Blu-ray™ 3D and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack including Blu-ray, DVD & DIGITAL HD with… |
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Frozen: The Poster Collection
…Cinderella – comes along and nothing less than a full blown theatrical sequel – only the Studio’s third officially (counting The Rescuers Down Under and Fantasia 2000, though of course… |
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Turbo: F.A.S.T.
…it into a franchise burning up faster than a snail under a salt shaker. But the studio was so confident that Turbo would be a hit that a TV series… |
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The Peanuts Movie
…heard it was going to be made by the studio that brought you Ice Age, Robots, Rio, and Epic, whatever level of unease you felt probably ratcheted up the scale…. |
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Dragons: Race To The Edge
…most critically acclaimed the studio has produced to date, both garnering “freshness” ratings of over 90% according to Rotten Tomatoes. So it came as no surprise that DreamWorks developed a… |
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Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
…was probably the work of studio meddling. If we think of the film’s script as a jigsaw puzzle, it’s as though someone took away several of its pieces once it… |
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Quay Brothers to present their work at Fest Anca
…forward to the attendance of Vanja Andrijevic from Bonobostudio, currently the most successful film studio in Croatia, who will most certainly bring along some films from their production.” Fest Anča… |
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Elstree 1976
…At that time, the area (known geographically as Elstree for originally being more established) enjoyed being home to the “British Hollywood” of six film studios where all manner of classic… |
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The Secret Life of Pets
…animation, as usual for the big studios these days, is top notch. The city itself was very well done, if a little over the top in appearance sometimes. And I… |
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Paddington 2 officially begins production
…Heyman. With Ron Halpern, EVP of International Productions and Acquisitions for STUDIOCANAL adding “PADDINGTON is such a beloved film for all of us at STUDIOCANAL. There really is nothing which… |
