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Dead Man's Chest, Cars win VES awards
…Man’s Chest – Flying Dutchman Sequence John Knoll Ned Gorman Jakub Pistecky Tom Fejes Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game Fight Night Round 3 for PS3 Christopher Sjoholm… |
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Bravestarr comes to two-disc DVD from BCI
…Scheimer, Director Tom Sito, Voice Actor Pat Fraley, Animator Tom Sito, and Voice Director Erika Scheimer. Hosted by Andy Mangels. •Bravestarr: The Legend Theatrical Trailer •Rare Footage: Promotional presentation of… |
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Polar Express: an animated oil painting
…the warmth, immediacy and subtleties of a human performance,” says director Robert Zemeckis. “When Tom (Hanks) and I were thinking about how we could do this book as a movie,… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
…classic is kind of a wish come true, if I may say so. I’ll always remember how it happened. I heard about this film from Matt Walker and Tom MacDougall,… |
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Pirates 5 facing severe budget cuts?
…that producer Jerry Bruckheimer may lose his final cut privileges on the film. Many people, of course, will find it odd that Disney would use the box office returns of… |
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Producer says \\Pirates 3\\ well underway
\\{{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-09-18-pirates-DVD_x.htm USA Today}}\\ reports that producer Jerry Bruckheimer says that the third film in the \\Pirates of the Caribbean\\ trilogy, \\At World’s End\\, is “progressing nicely” eight months away… |
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Rock talks Bee Movie, Madagascar 2
…barely in Bee Movie. I just did, like, a day. I’m the voice of a mosquito… It’s one of these things, though, where me and Jerry [Seinfeld] were [in the… |
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Bee Movie B trailer
…for the movie’s first anti-trailer in which comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock are wearing bee costumes. Follow the link to find out how Steven Spielberg (the ‘S’ in DreamWorks… |
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Realscan 3D experiences Déjà Vu
PR Newswire delivers SYS-CON Media an official press release regarding the services of Realscan 3D in Touchtone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Déjà Vu. The visual effects supplier produced ten digital doubles… |
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Seinfield talks trailer for Bee Movie
Jerry Seinfeld speaks with USA Today, regarding the trailer for Bee Movie. The ad, which debuted in theaters and online last week, purposely fails to show any footage from the… |
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DreamWorks creates buzz for \\Bee Movie\\
DreamWorks unveiled the first preview of \\Bee Movie\\ last week on the \\Over the Hedge\\ DVD. Jerry Seinfled, who is writing, producing, and starring in the film, says “this is… |
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George Pal’s Puppetoons to get a hi-def release
Courtesy of a Facebook post by Jerry Beck’s Animation Scoop blog, we learned of an October release of The Puppetoon Movie on Blu-ray, in a deluxe 2-disc set. This compilation… |
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Scooby-Doo celebrated in Boomerang marathon
…Inc., to solve more mysteries. Additional guests included Tim Conway, Phyllis Diller, Sandy Duncan, Mama Cass Elliot, Don Knotts, Davy Jones, The Harlem Globetrotters, Laurel and Hardy, Jerry Reed, The… |
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RIP, Ed Benedict (1912-2006)
…cartoon historian Jerry Beck at his website, Cartoon Brew. Benedict also collaborated with Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz for numerous shorts, including The Dizzy Dwarf and Unpopular Mechanic. Preceded in… |
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Animated box office returns: 2001-2006
Mayerson on Animation, with the help of Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research and Box Office Mojo, has compiled an interesting list of the box office grosses for animated films from 2001-2006…. |
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Christmas to be re-released for Charlie Brown
…version of the original album, the soundtrack will also include four previously unissued bonus tracks by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, with Fred Marshall on bass and Jerry Granelli on drums…. |
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Terrytoons artwork for sale
Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew is now selling rare, classic artwork from the Terrytoons studio, once located in New Rochelle, New York. As the site explains, “Much of this material… |
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The Animated Seuss
…was also voted #9 in the “50 Greatest Cartoons” survey of a few years ago, and featured in Jerry Beck’s book of the same name. Gerald was a young boy… |
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Lewis orders another Nutty Professor
The Hollywood Reporter via Coming Soon reports that Jerry Lewis will lend his voice to at least two characters in The Weinstein Company’s animated adaptation of The Nutty Professor. This… |
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TV to DVD news: Gargoyles, Thundercats, Fraggle Rock
…which will present a replica of the original pitch book by Jim Henson and illustrated by Michael K. Frith, interviews, and a special tribute for Fraggle Rock co-creator Jerry Juhl…. |
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Early buzz on Bee Movie
…picture. The artist found himself “very pleasantly surprised” by the film, commenting on the “very funny” humor Jerry Seinfeld produced. Bee Movie will fly into theaters on November 2, 2007…. |
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Read Disney CEO Robert Iger's e-mail
…fantastic. Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira [Knightley] all deserve our thanks and praise too. Everyone involved in this project has created a valuable and enduring… |
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Cars reviews roundup
…Picture Academy Award nominee.” Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew highly recommends Pixar’s latest declaring, “Pixar has put a fresh spin on a classic concept and made it their own.” Variety… |
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Remake of The Lion King coming soon
…courtesy of Be Kind Rewind, from director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). “In the film, Black plays Jerry, a man whose headaches lead him to believe his… |
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Beck, Worth speak on animation progression
Animation historian Jerry Beck and Stephen Worth, director of the International Animated Film Society’s Hollywood chapter, lend their thoughts to The Mercury News, regarding the journey animation has taken since… |
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ReFrederator presents classic cartoons
…Consultants include noted animation historian Jerry Beck and writer Melissa Wolfe. The launch programming was edited by Barry Hirschberg. The ReFrederator name and logo were developed and designed by noted… |
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Bee Movie humming along smoothly
The Animation Guild Blog has an update on the behind-the-scenes buzz of Bee Movie. The site writes, “At DreamWorks, we hear that Jerry Seinfeld remains deeply involved with the animated… |
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UPA Tribute followup
Larry Loc has posted photos at ASIFA-Hollywood blog and Jerry Beck has posted a report at Cartoon Brew of last night’s UPA tribute held at the historic Egyptian Theatre. Looks… |
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RIP, Myron Waldman
…his wife, Rosalie; two sons, Steve and Robert; and three grandchildren. The New York Times [free registration required] has the obituary for Myron Waldman, while Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew… |
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Announcing Cartoon Brew Films
Spinning off of Amid Amidi and Jerry Beck’s popular Cartoon Brew site comes Cartoon Brew Films featuring animated shorts making their online debut for preview and for purchase. Extensive background… |