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Digital 3D – Everybody's Doin' It!
The March 30 release of Meet the Robinsons in Disney Digital 3D on over 600 screens, is seven times the number of screens that ran Disney’s Chicken Little in 3D…. |
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From the Red Carpet: World Premiere of Meet the Robinsons
…Joyce’s book, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, to life. Here then, are some of the sights and sounds from the red carpet. See and hear the full story at: www.o-meon.com… |
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Sanders awakens to dream job at DreamWorks
…uncertainties include: audience acceptance of our films, our dependence on the success of a limited number of releases each year, the increasing cost of producing and marketing feature films, piracy… |
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Meet the Robinsons opens
…of considerable depth,” summarizes the consensus of Rotten Tomatoes. Still, even with good reviews, how will the film do against last weekend’s champ, TMNT, and the Will Ferrell vehicle Blades… |
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DreamWorks Animation pays Katzenberg $1 in 2006
…total compensation in 2006. The action arrived due to Katzenberg’s wavering of a stock grant that was to have been valued at $5 million. Examiner.com has more on this story…. |
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Tim Burton's Vincent enters the third dimension
…the black-and-white short “tells the story of Vincent Malloy, a youth who imagines that he is like Vincent Price,” explains The Hollywood Reporter via Coming Soon. Thanks to “Zwollie” also… |
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Walden, Fox, Henson invite Doubtful Guest
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walden Media, Fox 2000 and the Jim Henson Co. are teaming up for a film adaptation of Edward Gorey’s 1957 illustrated book The Doubtful Guest…. |
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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness premieres online
…one’s goals. For additional information about the series, please visit http://www.thugaboo.com. About the Wayans Bros. Coming off of the success of Little Man and White Chicks, which combined have grossed… |
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Dean Wellins to co-direct Rapunzel
…Keane on the character John Silver for Treasure Planet, Wellins was named Head of Story on American Dog, a post he then left to help helm Rapunzel. At this time,… |
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[Press release] AOL to launch Shrek online interactive game
…Animation and Mark Burnett Productions. AOL also announced that Hillshire Farm, the premier meat brand of Sara Lee Food & Beverage will be one of the sponsors of the Shrek… |
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ABC Family adopts Slacker Cats
Coming to ABC Family this August is the half-hour, original animated series Slacker Cats, reports Broadcasting & Cable. At this time, the show is simply described as “the story of… |
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[UPDATED!] Ratatouille roundup
…wich is being developed by Heavy Iron Studios for THQ, as well as talking with Pixar story artist, animator and voice of Emile, Peter Sohn, and voice of Remy, Patton… |
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Ratatouille roundup # 2
…offers, among other things, a first taste of Michael Giacchino’s score for the film. Coming Soon, Movieweb, IGN, IESB and AWN have all posted their coverage on the recent Edit… |
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Animation Lab goes Wild
Israeli animation studio Animation Lab is developing The Wild Bunch, which focuses on “a group of genetically modified cornstalks who attack a group of common wildflowers.” Written by Philip LaZebnik,… |
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Scholars talk bare Bart
…a sexual health educator from Toronto; Kim Blank, a professor of popular culture at the University of Victoria; and John Alberti, a professor of English at Northern Kentucky University and… |
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[Press release] Ratatouille 9-minute preview
…Peter O’Toole Original Story by: Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (Cars, Finding Nemo) take… |
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Will Vinton Lecture Tonight
…early). Vinton will discuss “the creation, growth, and acceptance of Claymation and 3-D animation, the importance of story and character development at all levels of production, as well as highlights… |
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Playhouse Disney cartoon interrupted with porn
Around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a couple was intrigued when their five-year-old son asked for an explanation regarding what was on television. To the parents’ shock, an episode of the… |
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Princess Tiana and the Frog?
Disney Central Plaza relays the word that according to the blog A-List Magazine, much of the public information regarding the characters in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog is “incorrect.”… |
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Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
…too much. I think that most of the music is seen through the point of view of the children. That was the concept of the first score and that’s the… |
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Drawn Together – Uncensored! Season Three
Fruit Cocktail, a classic and colourful slot, is one of the favourite online slot games of many players, offering a vibrant and fun gaming experience. Fruit Cocktail stands out for… |
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Warren Ellis Talks Castlevania
…based on the successful game franchise of the same name. The blog holds tidbits of information from the writer about what the audience can expect from the film. The movie… |
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More on Shrek The Halls
…favorite rivaling the famous Charlie Brown Christmas special. Shrek the Third director Chris Miller said a separate group of directors are working on the story, but the animators and the… |
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Pixar history revealed in pics, book
…presentation was at the National Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh. The earlier-mentioned site also relays the Luxo info that the book The Story of Pixar Animation Studios: To Infinity and… |
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Disney to make Magic in China
…Magic Gourd this summer. Featuring computer animation and live-action, the movie tells the Zhang Tianyi tale of “a boy who discovers a gourd – a squash-like vegetable often used in… |
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Lion King returns home to Africa
According to Yahoo! Finance, The Lion King, Disney’s story of nephew/uncle conflict on the African Savannah, recently previewed its stage version of the lion tale in Johannesburg, South Africa in… |
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Family Guy prepares lightsabers
Coming Soon reports that Family Guy will kick off its fifth season with a special hourlong episode that retells the Star Wars saga making use of the Family Guy characters…. |
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Katzenberg on the Shrek franchise
…will end with Shrek 5. “It’s a finite story, has been from the beginning and I think that’s part of its integrity, part of its strength, that we’re not thinking… |
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Animated News & Views does Comic-Con 2008!
In 2005, there was a lunch… No, wait…wrong intro! A couple of years ago, just after launching Animated Views as a companion to the Animated News service, several of us… |
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Designing Surf's Up with Paul Lasaine
…3D feature Surf’s Up. The documentary-style story required a somewhat more realistic feel than the stylized look of many recent 3D animated features. Along with the production design of the… |


