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O'Flaherty to direct CGI Thundercats
…animated adaptation of Thundercats. Previous credits for O’Flaherty include serving as an art director on such bestselling video games as Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 and Command and Conquer…. |
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Bite-size TV clips for Bee Movie
…now been posted at NBC.com. Watch Jerry Seinfeld hunt down animators, spy on others watching Bee Movie on all sorts of devices, and . . . call for Super Chicken?… |
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Bee movies
…Animation’s upcoming Bee Movie. The animated comedy, which stars the voice talents of Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Oprah Winfrey and Kathy Bates, is due out November 2nd, 2007…. |
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Bee Movie opens in theaters today!
Opening in 3,928 theaters this weekend is DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie. Featuring writing and voice acting from Jerry Seinfeld, the computer animated film is receiving a mixed reception from critics…. |
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Bee buzzes to top spot at box office
…3,944 theaters, increasing its total gross to an estimated $72,214,000. Box Office Mojo, Box Office Guru and Deadline Hollywood Daily analyze the box office past and prospects for Bee Movie…. |
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Shrek the Musical opens Sunday 12/14/08 at Broadway Theatre
…whose Broadway credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Bombay Dreams, The Blue Room and Art, and sound designer Peter Hylenski (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and upcoming, Cry-Baby). The choreography is… |
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The Hanna Barbera Treasury nominated for Book of the Year award
Congratulations to animation historian Jerry Beck whose book The Hanna Barbera Treasury has been named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. The book is nominated in… |
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time getting limited theatrical release in the U.S.
…(4329 University Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98105). In Los Angeles and Seattle, the English-subtitled version will be screened, and in New York, the English-dubbed version. Show times will be posted… |
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Hello, Dolly! composer moved by Wall•E
…opening and the closing of the film, and just the wonderful way those songs were used to make him more human. That’s really what they did.” Laughing, Herman said it… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…scrape injury. Disc Two 1. Batman & Robin and Wonder Woman go to a mysterious spaceship and face mutant beasts and Forbidden Power. The Wonder Twins go to the desert… |
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And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!
…natural (and future host?) Will Smith, “and him having an abnormally large head”, I’ll add. On a related note, I thought it was very brave and a triumph on her… |
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Live action Sorcerer's Apprentice in 2010
…to hit theaters on July 16th, 2010. Currently being helmed by director Jon Turteltaub, the modern-day set movie will begin filming this month and stars Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel…. |
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Bedtime Stories
…Time Machine and Memento) deliciously sending himself up, and joined by celebrated British thesps Richard Griffiths (the Harry Potter series) and Jonathan Pryce (Pirates Of The Caribbean and Bond’s nemesis… |
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Shrek, WALL-E at the Tony Awards
Jim Hill reports that WALL-E will be making an appearance at the Tony Awards this Sunday. Jerry Herman (composer of such Broadway his as La Cage aux Folles, Mame, and,… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 1
…segments with animated ones (like Fraidy Cat, M-U-S-H, and Wacky And Packy). Unfortunately, the cynical nature of the show and weak scripts and direction led to Uncle Croc receiving horrible… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Three
…of vintage footage of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Juhl, and Muppet-maker Don Sahlin discussing and demonstrating the art (and history) of puppetry. I would buy the set just for… |
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The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season
…of previous DC Comics animated shows, Lex Luthor and Lois Lane are voiced by previous cast members of Superman: The Animated Series (Clancy Brown and Dana Delaney); and Superman is… |
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Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!
…film like that and go: “oh, there should be nothing but accordion and jazz violin and jazz guitar, and then it’ll be good”. The film goes much deeper than that,… |
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Mulan II
…their conversions to DVD often mean no deep lighting and an image that feels too clean and washed out. I tried turning my contrast up and the brightness down and… |
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Shrek The Third
…part and parcel of that genre) had been fixed. The jokes were funnier, and truer. There was less shouting, and the pop music had been scaled back. Shrek’s world had… |
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When good cartoons go bad: review roundup…
…outings our heroines Aurora and Jasmine were initially made famous from. Neither is a keeper, so save your money and put it towards any of the great sets we’ve been… |
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Return To The Sea (again), plus Dr Horrible and another Nutty Professor…
…of the animation and live-action Gene Kelly sequence from Anchors Aweigh, with baby Stewie replacing Jerry the mouse in the celebrated song and dance [right], is surely a series highlight…. |
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Disney profits up; consumer DVD spending down
…is despite a couple of theatrical misfires, including the Jerry Bruckheimer produced G-Force, and lower than usual consumer spending on DVDs, according to Video Business Magazine. President and CEO Robert… |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
…and only dipping a toe in the waters via their association with Steven Spielberg, who produced Don Bluth’s An American Tail and The Land Before Time pictures and launched the… |
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Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical World
…the songs were creative and fun to sing, and it was nominated for an Oscar. Flash forward a few years and Disney had a winning streak akin to Pixar and… |
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UPA’s continuing influence on animation
…featuring “visually-exciting and rarely seen cartoons in 35mm”. Also in attendance will be Adam Abraham, author of When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA, and animation… |
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Hotel Transylvania Production Designer Marcelo Vignali’s “Suite” Time!
…another and I had a variety of shows that I was working on. Then, American Tail came out and got people excited about animation again, and then Who Framed Roger… |
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Platform welcomes manga and anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo in L.A.
…evening will begin with an exclusive screening of Otomo’s new short film, Combustible, followed by a conversation with animation historian Jerry Beck and then the award ceremony. Click here for… |
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Batman – The Dark Knight Returns: Parts 1 And 2
…Then, with the Dark Knight and his new Robin gaining attention, The Joker and the US government both take notice, leading the Caped Crusaders into battles with both the Clown… |
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UPDATED! Mickey Mouse, Roger Rabbit to reunite in The Stooge?
Are Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit teaming for a remake of the 1952 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie The Stooge? That’s what an inside source has revealed to Who… |
