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Elton John: “Disney not behind Gnomeo“
Shedding a little more light than was previously rumored on the relationship between singer-songwriter Elton John and the Walt Disney Studios in the making of their co-production Gnomeo And Juliet,… |
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Mars Needs Moms a “historic disaster” for Disney
…it cost to make. When marketing costs are brought into play, it’s quite likely that the motion capture animated feature cost as much as $200 million for the studio, something… |
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Mars torpedos Yellow Submarine
In not entirely unexpected news, The Hollywood Reporter states that The Walt Disney Studios has shut down production on director Robert Zemeckis’ proposed motion-capture remake of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine,… |
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Yogi Bear comes to Blu-Ray and DVD today
Warner Bros.’ live-action/animated family comedy Yogi Bear comes to DVD and Blu-Ray today. Although a dud with critics, the movie proved to be a reasonable commercial success for the studio,… |
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Tangled comes to Blu-Ray & DVD today
…deleted and alternate scenes, and more. A hit with critics and audiences, Tangled was a blockbuster for the studio, grossing $198 million in the US, making it Disney’s biggest animated… |
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Jabberjaw: The Complete Series
…these clones were actually produced by Scooby’s own studio, Hanna-Barbera, and some actually hewed pretty close to the source material. Goober And The Ghost Chasers, for example, mainly differed from… |
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Muppet Mansion Sold!
Jim Henson’s former studio in New York recently found a new buyer. Jesse Angelo, editor of The Daily purchased the townhome dubbed the Muppet Mansion. Henson bought the house in… |
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New Winnie the Pooh featurette and clip
Elf actress Zooey Deschanel will be performing three songs in Disney’s upcoming Winnie the Pooh movie, ComingSoon.net is reporting via an official press release from the studio. “This has been… |
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Universal Hops to the top
Universal’s Easter comedy Hop beat the expectations of many to win the weekend with $38.1 million, according to studio estimates. Made by the people resposible for last year’s hit Despicable… |
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The Ballad Of Rango
…precisely because it wasn’t an animation studio and, as the book is at pains to point out, this was one of many intentional decisions made so that Rango really would… |
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Rio flies to best opening of 2011
Blue Sky Animation’s Rio spread its wings at the box office in a big way this weekend, earning about $40 million according to studio estimates. It made twice as much… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…Press, 2003). Ahead of next Tuesday’s release of Gnomeo and Juliet on DVD and Blu-ray, Animated Views was kindly invited by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment to take part in… |
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Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles: The Complete Series
…older shows that are generally more vibrant and clever, before the studio got overly watered down with too many series being produced concurrently, not to mention overseas studios contributing rushed… |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 gets ska-dooshed by The Hangover
…first three, making some question whether the studio marketed the film properly, arguing that the trailers did not do a good job of showing what the movie was actually about…. |
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Kachow! The Cars 2: Agents On A Mission Tour
…one of their favorites is the themed tour, particularly for films from Pixar Animation Studios. Whether letting folks cook with Ratatouille‘s Remy or fly a house – well, chair –… |
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Dripped drips online
Director Léo Verrier’s new animated short homage to Jackson Pollack, Dripped, produced by French animation studio ChezEddy, is now available to view online at Vimeo ahead of its upcoming submission… |
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Paramount to make online comic into animated feature
…plot involves a boy living in outer space who must go to a school populated entirely by aliens. Having just released Rango in the spring, this marks the studio’s second… |
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Pixar short La Luna gets a teaser poster
…that the animation studio has ever made (at seven minutes), it is unknown at this point which Disney movie La Luna will be attached to, although it’s possible that it… |
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Cars 2 screenwriter Ben Queen on the race for his “Art Of” book!
From the early pencil sketches and conceptual artwork to the storyboards, color scripts and character designs, the gorgeous Art Of Cars 2 volume celebrates the artistry and imagination behind Lightning… |
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Green Lantern flies to decent start
After months of intense marketing from Warner Bros., the studio’s big-budget superhero movie Green Lantern flew off to a solid start with $52 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Unfortunately,… |
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Watch 9 Minutes of the New ThunderCats
…1980s cartoon, the reboot takes the ThunderCats universe in a whole new direction. The animation is cleaner and slanted towards Japanese anime. It was animated by Studio 4°C. The plot… |
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John Carter teaser trailer now online
A facininating teaser trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action film John Carter has been posted online this week on the studio’s official YouTube page. Originally called John Carter of Mars, the… |
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits trailer sails online
The first trailer for Aardman Animation’s The Piartes! Band of Misfits is now online at IMDB.com. The film marks the first feature film from the animation studio since 2006’s Flushed… |
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Fist Of The North Star director Toyoo Ashida dies
Sad news for the anime community. Satoshi Kon passed away in the recent months and now Toyoo Ashida has joined him in the big animation studio in the sky. Ashida… |
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The Herculoids: The Complete Series
…spot with H-B’s Fantastic Four, showing on ABC! Obviously, this was a great year for the studio. And I didn’t even mention the Jonny Quest and Atom Ant reruns that… |
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DreamsWorks Says No to Paramount
…response, Paramount is opening their own animation studios, similar to when Disney planned to open Circle 7 if the Pixar deal went sour. Will Paramount’s new studio succeed? Who will… |
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Cartoon Network Reboots Thundercats to Positive Reviews
On August 5, Cartoon Network premiered it’s newest cartoon, Thundercats, a remake of the 1980s cult classic produced by Rankin and Bass (the studio that made the popular Christmas specials:… |
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Sony smurfing forward with Smurfs sequel
…reporting that the studio not only has a sequel in the works, but also a release date for it, with the movie expected to smurf its way into theaters on… |
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New Puss in Boots viral video
A new promotional video for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Puss in Boots movie has just been posted by the studio on YouTube. In it, Puss advertises his new line of pants…which,… |
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D23 Expo 2011: Day 2 – Frankenweenie flies Planes with Muppets
…the exciting roster of projects on the horizon at The Walt Disney Studios. Rich Ross, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios; Sean Bailey, president, production, The Walt Disney Studios; John Lasseter,… |
