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Trailer: Happily N'Ever After
…in fables, offering a satirical spin on the story of Cinderella. Opening in theaters on January 5, Happily N’Ever After stars the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sigourney Weaver, Freddie… |
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Disney's long, long journey to Oz
…Paris’ Emerald City. Another fascinating behind-the-scenes story filled with the kinds of juicy details that only Hill knows how to dig up This news entry was written by Animated News… |
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Happy Feet roundup
…whose voice is reminiscent of Barry White. In the meantime, The New York Times looks at the teaming of Happy Feet and Roche for the careful marketing campaign of FluFacts.com…. |
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Starz Kids & Family Campaign
…of us Lindsey Lohan fans, Herbie: Fully Loaded. On December 2, Starz will air the World Premiere of a new animated Christmas special, The Happy Elf, featuring the voice of… |
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Weinstein Co., Blockbuster reach rental deal
…States, the deal allows the rental chain to be the sole provider of the studio’s upcoming titles, including the computer-animated Arthur and the Invisibles. DVDActive has more on this story…. |
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Frog to introduce African American princess?
The Sea of Waking Dreams has some interesting information regarding Disney’s upcoming traditionally-animated The Frog Princess. Rumor has it that the project’s princess might be African American, with the story… |
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Christmas specials scheduled for Cartoon Network
…Powerpuff Girls and a new holiday episode of Ben 10 premiering Monday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. (ET, PT). And, of course, there will be a generous gift of animated… |
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Very First Noel now on DVD
…landed in stores last week. Featuring Andy Griffith as the voice of Melchior, the computer-animated tale tells the popular story of the Wise Men’s journey to find the Christ child…. |
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Smurfs features find inspiration in TV series, Lord of the Rings
…they’re goofs. It’s a comic version, but still very heartfelt, version of Lord of the Rings – though not literally Lord of the Rings, but an epic story like that.”… |
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Full list of 2007 Annie Award Nominees
…benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. Stephen Worth Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation. Bill Plympton… |
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TMNT roundup
…TMNT. In the meantime, fans of the 80’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon may be glad to know that Lionsgate will release the fourth season of the show in a… |
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Tinkering Tinker Bell
The Los Angeles Times confirms a Jim Hill Media report published Monday, which speculated that Disney’s direct-to-video spinoff Tinker Bell may be experiencing some story problems. According to the Times,… |
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Where's Nemo? At Disneyland, of course
Better than news about terrorist attacks, natural catastrophes, global warming, murders and other crimes, The Orange County Register has as its top story today a report on the Disneyland Finding… |
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Walt Disney and his European influences
Reminding readers of the television documentary Walt Disney: Once Upon A Time, which aired on the Canadian network CBC Newsworld this past Christmas Eve, The Toronto Sun writes of the… |
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DreamWorks Animation in the future
DreamWorks Animation is retooling the way it creates films, in an effort to secure long-term success. Adding a year to the production of its films, the company is also eyeing… |
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Spotlight on Pixar's Valerie LaPointe
HamptonRoads.com introduces readers to Valerie LaPointe, currently employed as a story artist for Pixar Animation Studios. Receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California, LaPointe… |
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Cars speeds off with top Annie Award, Flushed Away wins big
…Studios Storyboarding, Feature Gary Graham, Over the Hedge, DreamWorks Animation Storyboarding, TV Li Hong, The X’s, (You Only Sneeze Twice), Nickelodeon Voice Acting, Feature Ian McKellen, Voice of the Toad,… |
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Dead Man's Chest, Cars win VES awards
On Sunday, February 11, 2007, the fifth annual Visual Effects Society Awards were held. With a total of six trophies, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest took home the… |
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MK 2 developing Puss in Boots
…the MK 2 Puss in Boots will be “in the spirit of the original story but it is a loose adaptation,” said Karmitz. “It’s more modern, with lots of action.”… |
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Animation catches The Spirit?
…New York Comic-Con, The Spirit producer Michael Uslan made a slight note about such a project, before quickly silencing himself about the matter. IGN FilmForce has more on this story…. |
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DreamWorks Animation reports financial results for 2006
For its fourth quarter, DreamWorks Animation records show revenue of $204.3 million with a net loss of approximately $21.3 million, or $0.20 per share on a fully diluted basis. With… |
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Handmade, Ilion voyage to Planet One
…who previously served as lead artist for the videogame series Commandos. Planet One “is an alien invasion story about the inhabitants of Planet One, and who have two antennae and… |
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Enchanted
…page offers up the majority of extras, the most interesting of which are 18 minutes’ worth of three Fantasy Comes To Life featurettes, detailing what went into three of the… |
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Ratatouille game images, products unveiled
…a couple of new characters. Discovered by “Zwollie” at the Animated News & Views Forum, videos ads for both games may be viewed at Game Trailers. In a related story,… |
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DVD review: The Last Unicorn 25th Anniversary Edition
…While the critic finds the film’s animation and voice cast somewhat lacking, he admits, “It is the story that is the real star of this film, and on that basis… |
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Lucas talks animated Star Wars
…TV like it,” promises Lucas. The Force elaborates, “It won’t be dealing with the Skywalker story. The emphasis is on freedom to portray anything they feel like; for instance some… |
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Preview Robinsons UK banner, Nintendo DS game
…the story from the film, the game provides a new storyline for the movie’s characters. In the meantime, the Internet Movie Poster Awards has the latest UK poster for Robinsons…. |
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Superman Doomsday coming September 18
…art, various stages of modeling, storyboards, animatics, layering of colors, voice talent and ultimately final animation. •Justice League: The New Frontier – Sneak peak of the next DC Universe Original… |
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Groening on Simpsons, Futurama
With iF Magazine [note: mild language], Matt Groening speaks about the return of Futurama. “We’re doing four DVD movies around ninety minutes and then we’re going to reconfigure those and… |
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TV on DVD: Batman, Superman, Pussycats
In an update to a story reported last Friday, March 16, TV Shows on DVD presents the press release for both New Adventures of Superman and Batman. The Filmation titles… |


