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Around the world with Mila: interview with art director Alexandra Kavalova
…Director Alexandra Kavalova, from Canada. Trained in classical animation at Toronto’s Sheridan College, she has been an artist in the animation industry for 10 years now, working as a layout… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…and inspiring the animators to push their work. AV: How did you work with Shawn Krause? As he’s been at Pixar since the first Toy Story, what did his long… |
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Production Designer Bill Cone feels at “Eze” in the world of Cars 3
…world, the nature of the world and some of the light and color of the film. AV: As you had been Production Designer on Cars, what was your attitude regarding… |
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Onward: A Musical Chat with Conductor/Orchestrator Nicholas Dodd
…So, I’ve been working with Mychael on and off on small projects and not-so-small projects right until Onward. And Jeff, his lovely brother, I started working with him in 2003…. |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…has often been treated by stop motion techniques, can you define your personal touch? DB: I would like to believe my background in live action fantasy films serves very well… |
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The Marvels has lowest MCU opening ever
…the previous summer’s Avengers: Infinity War and the anticipation of the then-upcoming Endgame. It has now been four years since that blockbuster came out, and Carol Danvers hasn’t shown up… |
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Watch the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes trailer
In case you missed it, a visually stunning trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has been released online, and you can check it out in the player… |
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Twenty Years of AV
Wow. Twenty years. There’s no way we’ve been doing this for two decades! But it’s true. Animated Views turns 20 today. Just last month, I noticed Google was celebrating their… |
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Oscar nominees for 2021 films announced
…Written by Kenneth Branagh • Don’t Look Up – Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota • King Richard – Written by Zach Baylin • Licorice… |
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AV to celebrate 10th anniversary all week!
Ten years ago this week, on October 18, 2003, Animated Views was born! We looked a lot different way back then and our name has changed a little bit. But… |
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Oscar Contest Record Book
…between ten people in 2014 and two people in 2018 95.2% – 20 out of 21 tie between seven people in 2022 Easiest year to predict: 2014 ten winners (14.3%… |
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Indiana Jones dials down; Elemental passes $100 million
…things get even better, with $250 million worldwide to date. Rounding out the top ten are the two mermaid entries of the summer. Disney’s The Little Mermaid is limping its… |
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Marvel news from Disney Investor Day 2020
…Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020 Production has just wrapped for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Meet the fantastic cast bringing the film to life.#ShangChi and the Legend… |
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Anniversary Features
…palette. 2013: Tenth Anniversary Anniversary Announcement “Ten years ago this week, on October 18, 2003, Animated Views was born! We looked a lot different way back then and our name… |
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Go big with the teaser for Clifford the Big Red Dog
…red canine is set to arrive in theaters sometime in 2021. Clifford had previously been seen on the big screen in a 2004 fully animated feature–Clifford’s Really Big Movie–in which… |
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Inside Job
…of Cognito, Inc. whose unrelenting paranoia had gotten him fired for nearly exposing the Deep State as well as getting divorced from her mother. Almost right off the bat, there’s… |
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Thor mighty at box office with best opening in series to date
…on Rotten Tomatoes of 67% “Fresh” over there. Disney once again ran a fantastic marketing campaign for a Marvel outing, with trailers emphasizing the more comedic tone and 80s-inspired action… |
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The highly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home teaser trailer is here
…the consequences in the mid-credits aftermath of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter Parker’s identity as Spider-Man has been revealed. But it’s causing as much emotional harm to those around him… |
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Lightyear
…without style and burn up in the atmosphere? I usually synopsize a movie in the second paragraph of my reviews. But for this movie there has been a question lingering… |
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The Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers trailer is not what you’re expecting
…and a (pretty funny) extended gag making fun of motion-capture animation. The “all-new movie that’s never been made before based on an existing IP” arrives on streaming May 20th. Chip… |
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Giselle’s wish goes very wrong in the Disenchanted trailer
…first film (is Giselle turning…evil?). It arrives on Disney+ this Thanksgiving. It has been 15 years since Giselle (Amy Adams) and Robert (Patrick Dempsey) wed, but Giselle has grown disillusioned… |
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Everyone’s getting more human in the Hotel Transylvania: Transformania trailer
…also currently attached to Boss Baby 2 in theaters. As has been previously reported, Adam Sandler won’t be returning to voice Dracula this time (for reasons that still haven’t been… |
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The Bad Guys are so bad at being good in final trailer
…to attempt their most challenging con yet—becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys—dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf (Academy Award® winner Sam Rockwell, Three… |
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Arcane
…the multiplayer online battle arena every day. The World Championships helped transform esports into a mainstream phenomenon, attended by tens of thousands in major arenas around the world with tens… |
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Composer Henry Jackman takes us on a musical journey to Strange World
…have a wide range of use of harmony that’s intriguing and otherworldly. Don Hall, the director, with whom I’d already done Winnie The Pooh and Big Hero 6, has been… |
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Paws of Fury is no legend at box office
…a poster of a large orange cat’s rear end to market it, which in hindsight, may not have been the best sign), before it fell into limbo and kept getting… |
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Watch the epic first trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion
An action-packed first trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion has been released online, and you can check it out in the player above. You like dinosaurs? Well, you’ll get plenty of… |
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The cell phone is in charge in independent animated short film Like and Follow
…catalogue that got us into talks with some industry people and distributors.” Overall, the film has gotten an upbeat reception where it has been screened–even to the point where people… |
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Chris Wedge bids farewell to Blue Sky Studios in heartfelt social media post
…himself–has released an official statement saying goodbye on social media. Blue Sky had been working on a feature film called Nimona at the time of their closure, but it’s been… |
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Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
Compared to the realm of film music, animated series music is not that often discussed. However, there are some gems to be found in that domain, too, among which is… |
