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Mark Dindal, Randy Fullmer leave WDFA
Chuck Oberleitner reports at o-meon that director Mark Dindal and producer Randy Fullmer have decided to depart Walt Disney Feature Animation after wrapping up work on Chicken Little, culminating with… |
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Don Knotts dies at 81
…the title character in \\The Incredible Mr. Limpet\\, T.W. Turtle in \\Cats Don’t Dance\\, Turkey Lurkey in \\Chicken Little\\, and starred in several episodes of \\Scooby-Doo\\ where he played himself…. |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins PGA award
…the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from \\Chicken Little\\, \\Madagascar\\, \\Robots\\, and \\Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride\\…. |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 13-16, 2006
…7. King Kong with $9,061,690 ($204,527,690 total in its 5th week, over 2,814 theaters) 31. Chicken Little with $296,502 ($133,235,508 total in its 11th week, over 271 theaters) 33. The… |
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More on Nightmare Before Christmas' 3-D release
…the latest version of the film will sport 3-D similar to that of last year’s Chicken Little, with the 3-D passive glasses described as “ghoulish” and “collectible.” Tim Burton and… |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit takes top animation honors at Critcs' Choice Awards
…Animated Feature category Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit recorded a victory over other nominees Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Madagascar. As the Oscar season… |
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More Blu-ray titles coming from Buena Vista, Sony, Lionsgate
…will see the release of such Buena Vista flicks as Chicken Little, Cars, and both Pirates of the Caribbean films. Asia and Europe will also finally receive The Wild, with… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 6-8, 2006
…4th week over 3,482 theaters) 23. Chicken Little with $343,605 ($132,863,585 total in its 10th week over 419 theaters) 27. The Polar Express – IMAX with $262,839 ($10,444,705 total in… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 31, 2005 – January 1, 2006
…3rd week over 3,627 theaters) 18. Chicken Little with $799,028 ($131,944,653 total in its 9th week over 803 theaters) 19. The Polar Express – IMAX with $742,073 ($9,814,031 total in… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 23 – 25, 2005
…pulled in $954,725 from 66 theaters, bringing its domestic re-release intake to $7,580,970. Meanwhile, Chicken Little came in at #19, hatching $432,624 from 874 theaters. Thus far, its domestic total… |
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“When are movies too intense for children?”; Narnia deleted sequence noticed
The Chicago Tribune ponders the question “When are movies too intense for children?” In its investigation, the publication looks at such recent family fare as Chicken Little; The Chronicles of… |
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Animated aspect of 35th annual Key Art Awards
Honoring the best in film advertising, nominations for the 35th annual Key Art Awards have been announced, via The Hollywood Reporter. Animated entries in the nods include: Chicken Little (5… |
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School of Visual Arts presents “Which Way Did They Go?” exhibit
…Showtime, HBO, Fox, the Cartoon Network, Canal+ and Arte. He has produced and directed 11 short films, including the Academy Award-nominated The Chicken from Outer Space (1995). Dilworth has served… |
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Iger continues push to stop delay between theater and DVD release
…“They don’t want to take the most bullets.” Moreover, it has been revealed that Iger proposed to theater owners the selling of Chicken Little DVDs in their lobbies, with profits… |
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Weekend box office actuals: December 2 – 4
In its fifth weekend, Chicken Little fell to #7 in the box office’s top ten and grossed $4,406,418, down an understandable 64.9% from its previous weekend. That amount brings the… |
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Animated box office estimates: November 25 – 27, 2005
Facing off against Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and newcomer Yours, Mine & Ours for family audiences, Chicken Little fell a slight 16% over the weekend, to finish… |
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Meet John Aquino, animator for Walt Disney Feature Animation
…Disney animator to Animaction, the Santa Monica-based animation school, changed Aquino’s life. The animator would later go from being a trainee for Hercules to a character finaler for Chicken Little…. |
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Films look for both inner child and adult
…child or adult, depending on how old the viewer is. Animated examples in the piece include Chicken Little, Shrek 2, The Incredibles, The Ant Bully, Cars, and Over the Hedge…. |
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Sleeping Beauty going Platinum, coming to Blu-ray
…year as well. Sleeping Beauty was previously released as a 2-disc special edition in 2003. The only other in-house Disney animated feature on Blu-ray to date is 2005’s Chicken Little…. |
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Animated movies look to 3-D for box office boost
…pictures. With Monster House as the basis for the story, other animated projects mentioned include: Chicken Little, The Ant Bully, Open Season, Meet the Robinsons, and The Nightmare Before Christmas…. |
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James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition
…he went on to other Brit-tinged projects as Chicken Run. Here his words mesh perfectly with the voice cast (also featuring Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, and David Thewlis, now best… |
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2020 Primetime Emmy nominations revealed
…(such as The Little Mermaid Live and Star Trek: Picard) fared, as well as see how many additional nominations some of the titles listed below received. Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance… |
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Legendary Batman star Adam West passes away
…Animated Series. In addition, West also gave his voice to the Disney animated feature films Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. West is reported to have completed work on the… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero
…Oscar, a low-level fish who dreamed of living the high-life. But when he would be falsely identified as a sharkslayer, the fame would go to his head and his little… |
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Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
…the Batmen running around the video aisles. With several TV series under his bat-belt already, not to mention Robot Chicken, video game, and Lego versions, there is now a direct-to-video… |
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Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of Frozen
…Brother Bear, Road To El Dorado or Titan A.E.; the remake of Astro Boy, SharkTale and Chicken Little would have been bad in 2D. AV: This is a unique situation… |
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2012 Annie Award nominations announced
…on the Stars — StoryCorps Goodnight Mr. Foot — Sony Pictures Animation Kali the Little Vampire— National Film Board of Canada Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’ — Gracie Films… |
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Wallace & Gromit’s World Of Invention
…films featuring the pair, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, before DreamWorks came a calling. Aardman turned out Chicken Run, but it wasn’t long before Wallace and Gromit made… |
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Me & My Shadow cast set
…Train Your Dragon), with a screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember based on a draft by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman (Brother Bear, Chicken Little, Open Season)…. |
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Stewart and Jackson knighted
…the Wind, The Prince of Egypt, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Chicken Little, Steamboy and the 2006 direct-to-video motion picture Bambi II. Peter Jackson’s knighthood for services to film honors not… |