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TMNT roundup #3
…with WBAL Baltimore about his role as Casey Jones in TMNT. Meanwhile, fans of the movie may wish to collect the five prequel comics now available, as previewed by Mirage… |
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Dream Balloon and Atchity Ent. visit Snowyville
…Snowyville. Based on Michael Attardi’s award-winning animated short, Once Upon a Christmas Village, the movie is scheduled to enter production no later than September 2007 for a November-December 2008 release…. |
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When Hasselhoff met Spongebob
Coming in at #8 on Premiere Magazine‘s list of “The 20 Coolest Cameos” is David Hasselhoff’s appearance in The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. During the film, “The Hoff” stops by long… |
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The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
…movie before learning it was rated R. In order to keep their investment, they came up with another fantasy story about a strong, sword-yielding hero in a magical land. Whatever… |
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Scooby-Doo prequel coming in 2008
…(2002) is being prepared. While specifics on the title are still unknown, one rumor suggests that the movie could be inspired by the series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Interestingly, the… |
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Biff! Pow! Zowie! Batman's coming back, and so is Freakazoid – and more!
…new promotion concentrating around action and comic books. Look for the Wachowski Brothers’ futuristic sci-fi thriller V For Vendetta on Blu-Ray Disc around May 20, with an In-Movie Experience, commentaries,… |
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DVD reviews: Two more from BCI, plus contest winners
This week we have two new reviews for you to enjoy, and they do seem appropriate to put together. First up, a single-disc edition of Bravestarr: The Movie, also known… |
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The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season
…how much better that earlier show had been. This new show was certainly well-animated, in fact more consistently so than B:TAS, but the storylines were simplistic and the designs of… |
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The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 1
…movies, serials, and TV shows. His first of several animated appearances was on Filmation’s show, where he broke new ground in several ways. Zorro and the rest of the cast… |
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More Narnia; more Drawn Together!
We’ve a couple of very different reads to round the week off with! First up, Jeremie Noyer has been speaking to one of The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian‘s art… |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series
…though, but it has been included as an extra.) Sugar, Sugar was actually the number one hit of 1969, having been released on the album Everything’s Archie. Remember that this… |
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Princess Tiana and the Frog?
…movies.” Furthermore, it has been unveiled that the movie’s central character is a young girl named Princess Tiana, rather than Maddy, with the story taking place in New Orleans’ fabled… |
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Anything on DVD this week?
…Beanstalk anyone? Personally, there’s a Houdini movie set that looks fascinating, plus the Japanese nutters sci-fi show The Super Robot Red Baron, but even then I’m not feeling too tempted…. |
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The Muppets return, with icons of the Seventies
…as well as two more Disney movie re-releases, all of which we shall be reviewing ASAP. More interviews to come too!! So stay tooned, and have a great weekend! –Rand…. |
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A special look at Enchanted
…as the main character, as well as revealing some new stills from the movie. Enchanted will be released in North America on November 21st 2007. Thanks to “PatrickvD” at the… |
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[UPDATED!] Ratatouille roundup
JV Pixar News reports that a clip of monday’s Dancing With The Stars revealed that John Ratzenberger, who has voiced a character in every Pixar movie to date, will lend… |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
…struggles to learn to live among humans. The Sweatbox Review: Anime has been a big part of the animated DVD scene from the beginning, so to the uninformed it is… |
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…one for The Wiggles, and the next Scooby movie, Scooby-Doo And The Goblin King. (Apparently, they will never stop making more Scooby movies.) Another Peanuts TV special, new to DVD,… |
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The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season
…to be seen as cartoon highlights of the 1990s. The programming block debuted in September 1995, and its first program that morning was Animaniacs, which had already been getting good… |
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The Tech of Shrek
Jim Hill Media has published an interesting article that looks at how the crew at PDI / DreamWorks Animation labored to make sure that the third Shrek movie looked like… |
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Scholars talk bare Bart
In a follow-up to a Newsweek story published on April 21, 2007, The StarPhoenix discusses the Simpsons Movie scene in which Bart is reportedly shown with full-frontal nudity. Cory Silverberg,… |
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Animation Lab goes Wild
…the next eight years, with each movie having a budget close to $20 million. Thanks to “ShyViolet” at the Animated News & Views Forum for pointing out this Variety story…. |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…was a revelation. Messmer had seen Winsor McCay’s brilliant animated shorts in the 1910’s, and like many had been impressed with their fluidity and craftsmanship. In many ways, McCay’s works… |
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Robinsons film, game creators collaborate
Reuters via Yahoo! Movies writes that the flmmakers of Meet the Robinsons collaborated with Disney Interactive and Avalanche Studios to help make the Robinsons video game a creative success. The… |
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Kwik-E-Marts to open nationwide
As a promotion for The Simpsons Movie, eleven 7-Eleven convenience stores nationwide will be made to resemble Springfield’s own Kwik-E-Mart, indicates The Chicago Sun-Times. Like the animated version, these real-life… |
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MK 2 developing Puss in Boots
Variety indicates that French studio MK 2 will release its own computer animated Puss in Boots movie in 2009 – two years before DreamWorks Animation’s Puss picture. “We aren’t jumping… |
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DVD review: Open Season Special Edition
At Animated Views, Ben Simon examines the Special Edition DVD for Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season. “Overall this is a schizophrenic movie that has an ill-advised smattering of truly outrageous… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…have been performed by Cantus, The Debussy Trio, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Los Angeles Master Chorale, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, Utah Chamber Artists and Utah Symphony. He has been featured… |
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From 2D to 3D: Enchanted's animation experts reveal all!
…interviews on the movie continue today with another amazingly fantastic insight into the film’s most obvious special touches, as Jeremie speaks with the two men responsible for Enchanted‘s traditional animation… |
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Peter de Sève: the time of his life designing A Bug’s Life
…continue to inform his style. In his twenty+ year career, de Sève has been published by nearly all major American magazines, including Time, Newsweek, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Premiere, and Entertainment… |
