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DreamWorks posts solid earnings for first quarter
…the first four months of 2013. On the home video front, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted collected $22.8 million, Rise of the Guardians collected $9.6 million, and Puss in Boots… |
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Walking With Dinosaurs gets a first trailer
A first trailer for Walking With Dinosaurs is now online and can be viewed over at MSN. The preview–which will no doubt remind many of Disney’s Dinosaur–shows off the movie’s… |
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Meet the Small Potatoes on DVD today…but only at Wal-Mart
…the story of the Small Potatoes’ rise to fame, and features the voice of Malcolm McDowell as the band’s manager. The film aired on Disney Junior a number of times… |
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Escape from Planet Earth director talks sequel possibility
In addition to being this year’s first animated movie, Escape from Planet Earth proved to be a box office success. Distributed by The Weinstein Company, the film opened mid-February with… |
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Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh coming to Blu-ray
…Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh short films. Plus, for a limited time only, consumers will find a free kite with the combo pack. Stitch’s Kingdom has the full story…. |
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Robodog barks at Cannes
…Masanao Maeda, has put the new movie Robodog into the pre-production phase. The film, says Deadline Hollywood, is described as a family-friendly story of a dog odd couple, one real… |
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Disney offers first look at Big Hero 6!
…of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion — a robot named Baymax — Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission… |
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Tinker Bell scribe revealed as Planes screenwriter
Over the past few months, more and more members of the creative team behind DisneyToon Studios’ Planes have been revealed, from the director to producers to story artists. However, one… |
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Jeepers! The ponies are now human!
…movie, but instead of following a story about ponies and their adventures it is about the ponies being transformed into humans and their high school adventures. After watching the trailer… |
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Get ready for The Snow Queen, but not Disney’s version
The Snow Queen appears to be a popular story to adapt into animation. News about Disney’s Frozen skims the web like an early frost, but another adaptation from Russia melts… |
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And you thought they were gone! The Chipmunks are coming back to theaters
…Chipmunks meeting up with the Rolling Stones…okay, all of that is of course a joke. In reality, no story or cast information is available at this point, but Alvin and… |
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Frozen teaser trailer online
…Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina… |
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The Lego Movie trailer online
…Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, and Alison Brie, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman, the “original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average Lego minifigure who is… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…boy and his best friend (a dog, naturally, albeit a magical talking one) go on wondrous adventures in the Land Of Ooo, interacting with a variety of princesses and often… |
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Despicable Me 2 overseas, Carell talks how Gru grew
…had early previews in the UK and Ireland, and ended up #1 at the box office on Saturday, beating both World War Z and Man of Steel. Star Steve Carell… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #41: Monsters University – We’re OK!
…clubs. • First day of class: Scaring 101, Hardscrabble’s entrance, MU is Mike’s story, stealing the pig similar to The Simpsons. • Final exam: poor Mike, sulking Sulley, canister engineering,… |
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Jobs, Clark, Keane among new Disney Legends
…in Toyland, That Darn Cat, The Absent-Minded Professor, and Son of Flubber. Fans of Disney animation know him as the manic and distinctive voice of the Mad Hatter in Alice… |
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Saving Mr. Banks trailer arrives
…Disney had to get permission from Mary Poppins creator and children’s book author P.L. Travers. Saving Mr. Banks — due out in theaters this December — tells the story of… |
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New Japanese trailer for Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises now online
…of Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the fighter planes used by Japan in World War II. The Wind Rises opens in Japan on July 20, 2013. No release date for the… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #42: Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strike’s Back
…tie-ins. • Untold Story of Mewtwo, is Mewtwo still considered the most powerful Pokémon?, stupid scientists just working for a paycheck, Mewtwo’s appearance in the anime in Giovanni’s gym, •… |
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Docter talks Inside Out
…They are made up of particles that actually move. Instead of being skin and solid, it is a massive collection of energy”. The film is slated to open in 2015…. |
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Talking Planes strive for measure of authenticity
Disney previewed their upcoming film Planes at the AirVenture airshow this week in Oshkosh WI. And CNN talked with Sean Bautista, one of the film’s aviation consultants, about the authenticity… |
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Tom Hiddleston to voice a young Captain Hook in upcoming Tinker Bell movie
…of the Neve r Beast, is apparently centered around a mythic, flying dog-like creature. The second one–which should be far more exciting to fans–is The Pirate Fairy, which will feature… |
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Disney to close Toontown, Pixie Hollow
…In addition, the company will close Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow, to focus more on Club Penguin and mobile gaming. Bloomberg.com has the full story…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #44: Interviews with Alan Menken & Richard Sherman
…songs for the actors. We wrote for the character” • Which of your more obscure Disney songs are you most proud of? • What do you enjoy most about performing?… |
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Planes
…of beating a racecar! The actors hired were drawn mostly from the ranks of TV performers, comedians, and voice actors — another sign of the home video history of the… |
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Crood talk with Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco
…of the bringing the story to the screen, and creating the look of the film’s many fantastic creatures. A box office hit, The Croods comes to DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #49: The Incredibles – Meet the RotoSUPERS!
…effects, hair, time period, Western story form, and the Fantastic 4 vs. a whole family of Supers! • Favorite scenes, teaser trailer, and Brad Bird really loves Pablo. • Where… |
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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
In The Art Of Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatball 2, author Tracey Miller-Zarneke described the studio as “a group of talented artists who really know how… |


