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Grave of the Fireflies to be a live-action film
…third movie adaptation of the novella after Studio Ghibli’s 1988 anime film of the same name and NTV’s live-action television movie. The film is scheduled for a summer 2008 release…. |
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Old school 3D making a comeback
…“DreamWorks has said it plans to release only 3D movies to theaters, starting in 2009 with an animated horror movie, Monsters vs. Aliens, as well as the latest in its… |
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Pandamonium over Kung Fu Panda on DVD!
…been announced, my original comments are now mute! We knew about the Secrets Of The Furious Five bonus disc being offered with the film, but industry sources had started dressing… |
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Dreamworks Animation's Monsters Vs Aliens to invade theatres earlier than expected
…be released into theatres on March 27, 2009. The film had been previously slated for its domestic release on May 15, 2009. More information can be found here. DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S… |
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Horton Hears a Who poster
The Internet Movie Poster Awards premieres the one-sheet for Blue Sky Studio’s upcoming animated film, Horton Hears a Who. The movie, based on the popular Dr. Seuss book of the… |
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AN&V DVD reviews: Meet the Robinsons, Transformers
At Animated Views, the site’s own Ben Simon examines the Meet the Robinsons DVD, giving the overall package a score of 7/10. “While the movie isn’t a straight home run… |
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New posters for Alvin, Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
The Internet Movie Poster Awards displays the one-sheet for The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. The latest Veggietales movie will hit cinemas on January 11, 2008. Likewise, the site has… |
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything trailer online
Apple has made available the online trailer for the The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything : A Veggietales Movie in various formats. The movie is set to hit theatres January… |
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Knut to star in animated film?
…Company, responsible for the Garfield movie, plans to focus the feature on Knut and his caretaker, with Suri Cruise providing the English voice of the cub. “With his friendly character,… |
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Shrek the Musical opens Sunday 12/14/08 at Broadway Theatre
…August 14 to September 21. The following casting has been announced for Shrek the Musical: Tony Award® winner Sutton Foster (Princess Fiona), who is currently starring as Inga in Broadway’s… |
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Bringing WALL•E to life, and a peek at Pixar's Cars Toon!
So I’m guessing many of you have already rushed out to grab WALL•E and have devoured the movie for a second, third or fourth time! No doubt you’re itching to… |
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Kids pick Ratatouille as best of the year
Variety reports that the children’s movie review site kidspickflicks.com has named Pixar film Ratatouille as best of the year. This year’s choices were based off 107 votes from children ages… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…and hawthorn. But for the movie, director Andrew Adamson decided to make the destruction of that bridge the climax of his film, both in story and visually, with the River… |
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Bolt comes to life, plus new Narnia contest!
…animator Cinzia Angelini about her fascinating career (including a very brief stint on Toy Story 3 at Disney’s doomed sequel lab Circle 7 Animation) and, of course, her new movie…. |
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Winner!
…deleted scenes, the family movie of the year is available on DVD in a special three-disc Collectors Edition: two DVDs and a DisneyFile disc featuring a digital copy of the… |
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Few humans and some live action in Wall•E, says Kathy Najimy
Asked by Movieweb about her role in the upcoming Pixar movie while promoting King of the Hill, the talented actress revealed that “I play a character named Mary and I… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
…have been “The Tale of Some Randomly Connected Characters and This Mouse” As you can no doubt already tell there are several big problems with this script. The first is… |
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The Simpsons lead marketing materials awards
The Simpsons Movie has earned seven nominations, the most for any film, for the 37th annual Hollywood Reporter Movie Marketing Key Art Awards which honor the design and creation of… |
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James Cameron discusses 3D motion-capture Avatar
…for a 2.5 hour movie. It’s not with a single CGI character, like King Kong or Gollum. We have hundreds of photo-realistic CG characters. The essence of storytelling stays the… |
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Regal & RealD rolling out 1,500 more 3D screens
…transformation in movie-going in 70 years. The future of cinema comes to theaters in 2009.” Walt Disney’s President of Distribution Chuck Viane added that “Disney has been a pioneer in… |
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3-D "a revelation" for Sigourney Weaver
…a long talk about what he’d not been doing and what he had been doing. And then he said he really wanted me to see this character he had. He’d… |
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Reports from Kung Fu Panda's L.A. premiere
…Angeles premiere of their new film Kung Fu Panda at the (where else?) Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Also in attendance were the movie’s talented directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. Before… |
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Download the new 3D film Big Buck Bunny for free
Sun Microsystems today announced the online release of the 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny rendered using Network.com’s Sun Grid compute utility service. The movie is created using open source… |
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M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender
…factions, two of whom are preparing for war. Asked why he wanted to do the movie, Night explains: “It was just the story. I just loved the story. I loved… |
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Anna Faris and Andy Samberg to star in Sony's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
The hilarious Anna Faris revealed to MTV News, while on the Albuquerque set of her new movie Observe & Report, that should be starring alongside Saturday Night Live‘s Andy Samberg… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…Movie is another film that got a widescreen LaserDisc and a 4:3 DVD, though I never picked the movie up in either format.) The George Lucas-produced Twice Upon A Time… |
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Wall•E articles keep flooding in
…“Pixar’s best movie ever” according to the New York Magazine. The Village Voice feels that “you’ll adore it because of a cuddly, lonely little robot who breaks your beeping heart.”… |
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Space Chimps box office predictions
…the animated comedy will open at number seven at the box office with an intake of $6.7 million. Lee’s Movie Info also puts Chimps at seven on the top ten… |
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Space Chimps opens
…get back home to Earth. The movie is not faring too well with the critics, scoring only 37% on Rotten Tomatoes. “With cheapie effects and a barrage of monkey puns,… |
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New trailer for Ponyo on the Cliff unveiled, Miyazaki talks
…boy, Sosuke. The look of the movie is heavily based on the many pre-production watercolours and hand drawn artworks done by Miyazaki. Also, no CGI has been used in the… |
