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Craig Mazin on board as \\Opus\\ screenwriter
{{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=2224 ComingSoon.net}} has the \\{{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117895270&categoryID=13&cs=1 Variety}}\\ report that \\Scary Movie 3\\ screenwriter Craig Mazin has been tapped to write the screenplay for \\Opus\\ based on {{link http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/ Berkeley… |
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Dead Man's poster revealed
While there’s still one hour left of International Talk Like A Pirate Day we better mention that Ultimate Disney has just posted the movie poster for Pirates of the Caribbean:… |
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Cover art: Kronk's New Groove, Pooh's Grand Adventure, Muppet movies
At DVD Answers, high-res artwork has arrived for the 50th Anniversary Edition DVDs of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppet Christmas Carol, and Muppet Treasure Island, along with… |
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\\Where the Wild Things Are\\ no longer animated
{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406553&intl=us Greg’s Previews}} also has new information about the computer animated adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s award winning book \\Where the Wild Things Are\\. Spike Jonze has been brought on… |
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Brother Bear Two Thumbs Up!
The all-powerful Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have each given their thumbs up to Disney’s Brother Bear. Ebert says it is not a great Disney movie but a very good… |
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Little bit more marketing
…In other Chicken Little news, Chicken Little’s The Sky is Falling! Newsletter #3 has been hatched at Coming Soon, while another poster for the flick has been discovered at eBay…. |
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"Gnomeo, Gnomeo, Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo?"
…Shakespeare play and featuring music by Elton John who previously contributed to The Lion King. The report does not mention if the movie will be hand-drawn, computer animated, or “claymated.”… |
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Open Season pics
Pictures from the Sony computer animated movie Open Season, opening in theaters on September 29, 2006, are now up at JoBlo…. |
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RIP, Jerry Juhl
Muppet Central reports that “Jerry Juhl, head writer of the Muppets for more than thirty-five years died Monday.” Jerry wrote for The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas… |
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Brother Bear moves up to #1
It pulled in $100,000 more than Scary Movie 3, but how long can it last at #1 in the theaters? I’m guessing till the Matrix hits, but till then, keep… |
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DreamWorks Animation SKG announces changes in key personnel
…has been a creative force at DreamWorks Animation for more than ten years. He has been integrally involved in building and coordinating our behind-the-scenes artistic teams, as well as overseeing… |
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Eisner era at Disney ends
…hold on this magic kingdom had begun to squeeze the life out of the company. From the huge loss of Jeffrey Katzenberg years ago, to the recent split with movie… |
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Favreau takes Neanderthals to Sony
…via Coming Soon. For now, details on the movie’s plot are being kept under wraps, specifically “in a cave under a large boulder protected by a mastodon,” said the studio…. |
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\\Shrek 2\\ teaser site launched
The official \\{{link http://www.shrek2.com Shrek 2}}\\ teaser site has been launched. The only content available so far is the movie’s trailer – available in four sizes (small, medium, large, hi… |
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Moana 2 is happening; sequel to open in theaters this November
…this as no news about it leaked before now. The movie is happening instead of a previously announced Disney+ series. You can watch an announcement teaser in the player above,… |
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First look at Curious George
…Yellow Hat, for Universal Pictures’ traditionally animated movie about the popular children’s character. The trailer for Curious George, opening February 10th, will debut in theaters this Friday with Wallace &… |
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Cinderella Grab Bag
…movies from The Walt Disney Studios. Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth has previewed the contents and put together a random sampling of some of its many features. From the deleted… |
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\\Shrek 2\\ trailer now online
The trailer for DreamWorks’ \\Shrek 2\\ is {{link http://www.msnbc.com/m/c/ctv_msnv3.asp?id=msn/8983&subid=NBCAccessHollywood&name= now online}}. It will also appear on the TV program \\Access Hollywood\\ Wednesday night and before the movie \\Elf\\ opening this… |
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More new Looney Tunes pics!
…a widescreen 2.35:1 movie (the same wider ratio of Brother Bear) is in the works. Also note that most of the new stills are in this ratio – very cool… |
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Preview Cinderella DVD and its premiere
…that took place. In other Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD news, Yahoo! Movies allows one to see clips from the DVD’s bonus features, as well as clips from the movie itself…. |
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Gnomes! moves in at Vanguard Films
…are also slated to co-direct the project, with Vanguard CEO John Williams producing, and Eric Bennett and Margaret French Isaac executive producing the movie. Whether Gnomes! will be animated, live-action,… |
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Breaking news: 2D is not dead
…ones where the technology leads the art.” Then, after his ringing endorsement for the continuation of traditional hand-drawn animation, he also put a plug in for animated movies that were… |
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Frozen 2 officially announced by Disney; original film’s directors set to return
…other members of the original film’s cast. No release date has been set, but Elsa and Anna will be returning to the big screen in the short Frozen Fever, which… |
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Zimmer Composing Music For Upcoming Animated Films
The Internet Movie Database is reporting that in addition to already completing the musical score for The Lion King 1 1/2, Hans Zimmer will be composing the musical scores to… |
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Cat Tale website and trailer now online
The official wesbite for Imagi Entertainment’s Cat Tale has opened. Owning sections for the film’s news, synopsis, and cast, the site also features the movie’s trailer. Cat Tale will arrive… |
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Good and bad news on the Last Unicorn live-action film
…through with a buyout clause in their deal with Granada Media, owner of the rights to the 1982 animated movie. This payment shows the studio’s serious commitment to making the… |
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Pixar to revive traditional animation after Disney and DreamWorks abandon it?
{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16604 Ain’t It Cool News}} has the scoop on what may be confirmation of a long whispered rumor. Pixar creating traditional hand-drawn animated movies after Disney and DreamWorks say… |
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Exodus Film Group takes on Hero of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo
…of Eddie Griffin (DysFunktional Family, Scary Movie 3, Pinocchio, Undercover Brother) as the CGI-animated Babe the Blue Ox. Bunyan and Babe tells the story of Bunyan’s attempts, with the help… |
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Tarzan tree-surfing to Broadway; Jim Hill on Tarzan II; the price of Pixar
…at Tarzan II and likes what he sees. He also notes in his review that the movie’s two new songs, coming from Phil Collins, are rumored to be in the… |
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Brendan Fraser too politically incorrect for Disney?
…movie, reportedly turned down $12.5 million to appear in the sequel but came up with a hilarious idea for a cameo. Unfortunately, when the directors “ran Brendan’s concept by the… |