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Traditional animation alive in independent projects
…12 animators, the company is the branchild of Tom Hignite, hoping to complete an animated movie from the profits made by a book based on Miracle’s trademark character, Miracle Mouse…. |
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Annie Award nominations announced
…Awards will be annouced in a ceremony hosted by Tom Kenny on January 30, 2005. The nominees are: PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence –… |
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South Park hits DVD contents
…The Hits: Volume 1, which includes the video Christmas card “The Spirit of Christmas,” and the infamous Tom Cruise-centered “Trapped in the Closet” episode. Read the press release at o-meon…. |
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Lil' John, Rice, Sprackling to direct Gnomeo & Juliet?
Tom Rice, Rob Sprackling, and rapper Lil’ John are attached to direct the Miramax/Rocket production of Gnomeo & Juliet, according to The Internet Movie Database. Due to the site’s user-submitted… |
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The Ant Bully roundup
…Press, the latter of which using photos and a video. At the premiere, Coming Soon had the opportunity to speak with Ant Bully director John A. Davis and producer Tom… |
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Allen talks Toy Story 3
…Lasseter, the original director, and I believe Tom [Hanks] is on board.” Allen further describes the current version of Toy Story 3 as being “stronger” than the previous one planned… |
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Animated coverage of the 78th Annual Academy Awards
…Shearer (Peeping Tom), Fayard Nicholas (Stormy Weather), Joel Hirschhorn (Pete’s Dragon), Sandra Dee (Gidget), John Fiedler (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day), Anthony Franciosa (A Hatful of Rain), Stu… |
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Class of 3000 set for November debut on Cartoon Network
AWN posts the press release for André 3000’s Class of 3000, a new primetime half-hour animated series, created and executive produced by André Benjamin (OutKast) and Tom Lynch (Romeo!). Readying… |
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"The Network with a Santa Claus"
…Kane as Mother Nature. John Goodman will play the jolly ol’ elf, Santa Claus. Working from a script by Larry Wilson and Tom Martin, Ron Underwood will direct the project…. |
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Pixar documentary airing tonight on ABC
…how the studio arose from humble beginnigs, becoming the entertainment powerhouse it is today. Meanwhile, George Lucas, Steve Jobs, Roy Disney, John Lasseter, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Billy Crystal… |
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Pixar culture blending into Disney animation
…The article likewise hints of traditional animation surfacing once more at the studio, with Disney Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs commenting it “is definitely not something we would rule out.”… |
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Actors find Where the Wild Things Are
Benicio Del Toro, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Catherine O’Hara, Tom Noonan and Michael Berry have joined the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures and Playtone’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things… |
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Miracle Studios gives sneak peek of future project
At Animation Nation, Tom Hignite of The Miracle Companies, Inc. sends out a bulletin that two “concept styling pieces” for Miracle Studios’ upcoming traditionally animated movie are available to view… |
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Weekend Studio Estimates: December 31 – January 2
…has taken in $155.2 million, becoming Tom Hanks’ eighth film to gross $150+. Finally, The Incredibles rose 66%, grabbing an estimated $4 million in its ninth week. With $251.5 million,… |
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South Park flap festers
…ON: Comedy Central’s decision to replace a Wednesday repeat of the Scientology- and Tom Cruise-prodding South Park episode with a Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls encore has fueled talk that Cruise… |
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Nana’s back! Elisa Gabrielli on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…I was well rested and ate something before hand…otherwise I would run out of steam! AV: How did you work with the directors? EG: The directors Tom McGrath and Eric… |
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Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride!
…Animation to be their CFO (Chief Financial Officer). I did that for several years and Tom came to me one day and asked if I would be moved from Los… |
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Hanks: Pixar working on Toy Story 4
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that actor Tom Hanks, talking to the BBC in promoting his new movie, thinks Pixar is secretly working on a Toy Story 4. While not… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…Selick, Tom McGrath and many others. Shawn is consistently in demand for his unique and powerful scores in episodic animated television, such as Oh Yeah Cartoons, The X’s, Dave the… |
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Picture and info from \\The Polar Express\\
{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=2969 ComingSoon.net}} has posted a picture of Tom Hanks’ character in \\The Polar Express\\ taken from the latest issue of \\Entertainment Weekly\\ (go to ComingSoon.net for larger version). The… |
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A Christmas Carol
…conceited term for a motion-capture stage, where Zemeckis has now spent almost a decade trying to convince us that a mo-capped Tom Hanks or Angelina Jolie are better than the… |
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Polar Express vidgame, Warner to delve into interactive development
“More control and more profit from videogames based on its properties” was the reason given by {{link http://www.videobusiness.com/article.asp?articleID=6819&catType=NEWS Video Business Online}} as to why Warner Bros has decided to create… |
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Justice League: The Complete Series
…Eventually, they get to talking about their initial ideas and how they wrestled in finding someone for the 7th spot on the team. Apparently, they were between Atom Man, Hawkman,… |
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Troubled MGM heading for the auction block?
…seen poor returns this year on duds such as the Fame remake, and Tom Cruise’s top position at UA has yet to yield any long-term results. Sources suggest Warners may… |
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Warner Archive: Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze
…our titular hero, and movie-mad eyes may also spot Paul Gleason in an early role as Long Tom, one of Doc’s team, the Fabulous Five, based in a penthouse suite… |
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New Lion King 1½ Review
The Video Premiere Awards reviews The Lion King 1½, saying, “Disney takes the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead route (for those who know the Tom Stoppard play that shows Hamlet… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…out is found in Freak-A-Panel / Tomb Of Invisibo, the season’s only two-part show, and one that still feels the need to play some repeat footage as filler in the… |
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First look at the \\Garfield\\ teaser trailer
…Garfield slides across the floor with sunglasses on ala Tom Cruise in \\Risky Business\\ and the whole thing just goes to hell. Garfield, well, he looks exactly like you’ve seen… |
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Disney's press release on ending talks with Pixar
…understandably has chosen to go its own way to grow as an independent company”… Tom Staggs, Disney senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, said Disney management could not… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
…speakers Tom Ruegger (Senior Producer), Freakazoid’s voice Paul Rugg and writer John McCann, though unfortunately creator Bruce Timm, who from the sounds of things had left the project before it… |
