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Arthur Christmas supervising animator Seamus Malone: from Bristol to the North Pole!
Arthur Christmas is Sony Pictures Animation’s first film collaboration with Aardman, the landmark animation company best-known for their award-winning and crowd-pleasing stop-motion films Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit: The… |
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Animated coverage of the 78th Annual Academy Awards
…ceremony were Chicken Little and Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), both of whom took a firm stand on the issue of ducks wearing pants. In addition, the Little characters presented… |
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Academy lists songs eligible for Oscar
…from animated films: “\\Great Big World\\” from \\Hookwinked\\ “\\One Little Slip\\” from \\Chicken Little\\ “\\Remains of the Day\\” from \\Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride\\ “\\Shine\\” from \\Robots\\ “\\Shoulder to Shoulder\\” from… |
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DVD news
…for Good Eating – FROM THE VAULT: Der Fuehrer’s Face, Education for Death, Reason and Emotion, Chicken Little Disc Two: – FULL LENGTH FEATURE: Victory Through Air Power – TRAINING… |
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Update on Disney's DTV slate; American audiences ignoring British humor?
…Little II: The Ugly Duckling Story and Dumbo II, they may have very little input regarding the Disney Princess and Disney Fairies brands, including The Tinkerbell Movie and its sequels…. |
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Composers lined up for animated projects
…DreamWorks’ animated Madagascar. The Emperor’s New Groove composer John Debney, who also recently scored a little film called The Passion of The Christ, will write the music to Chicken Little…. |
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Disney releases full specs for upcoming Treasures tins: fans in for a real treat!
…Wise Dwarfs, The Spirit of ’43, Chicken Little and The Winged Scourge – all titles legendary to many Disney fans but unseen until now. Finally, Mickey 2 will include the… |
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Prep & Landing landing again
…“The Ballad of Nessie.” His previous Disney film credits include “Mulan,” “Tarzan,” Lilo & Stitch,” “Brother Bear,” and “Chicken Little.” Stevie Wermers-Skelton began her association with Walt Disney Animation Studios… |
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Madagascar tops Billboard DVD sales of 2006
…Houston Chronicle/Associated Press. Other animated titles on the list include Chicken Little (#3), The Little Mermaid (#4), Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition (#7), and Over the Hedge (#8)…. |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…build you animation crew? SA: That was pretty easy because we have got just fantastically talented animators and supervising animators as well. Some of them have supervised on Chicken Little…. |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…the studio announced Crood Awakening as a joint venture with Aardman Animations. The picture was to be their fourth collaboration, following Chicken Run (2000), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…studio-approved Robot Chicken TV specials have proved, they’re also more than capable of making fun of themselves. And The Lego Batman Movie looks like it will be doing that in… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
…Little Big League (with a preteen Pebbles), with several others to follow. The 1970’s had seen Hanna-Barbera expand tremendously, and they had become the world’s largest producer of television animation…. |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…or both — the Superman movies set was a super-disappointment, as was the much-lambasted Fleischer cartoons disc. As for Disney [below right], Strange World and, certainly, The Little Mermaid didn’t… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
…Looney Tunes cartoons to theaters during the 1980s with little support from the head office, even though the young team in charge of these projects had the enthusiasm and knowledge… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…of the Little Red Henski, a communist rooster who causes trouble in the chicken coop by demanding “shorter hours” and “smaller eggs”. There’s some delicious word play too (“Another hen… |
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Little Mermaid, Leroy & Stitch cover artwork
High-res versions of the cover artwork for the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition and Leroy and Stitch DVDs are now available at DVD Active. Though different from Ultimate Disney‘s preliminary version,… |
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Little Mermaid fails to hook Collector's Gift Set
Unlike its October Platinum Edition siblings, the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD will not be released with a Collector’s Edition Gift Set, reports Ultimate Disney. In the past, the sets… |
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Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD website opens
The official website for the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD has opened online, as noted by ‘Gnomeo’ in the Animated-News Forum. At the moment, the site only displays the DVD’s… |
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My Little Pony: The Movie opens
Lionsgate and Allspark’s My Little Pony: The Movie opens today in 2,528 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing well with the critics, earning a solid 70%… |
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TV trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie released
A new (and final?) trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie is now online, and you can watch it in the player below. The films opens everywhere next week…. |
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Cover artwork: Teddy Ruxpin, ALF, Little Pony, Bullwinkle, X-Men Evolution
TV Shows on DVD hosts numerous cover artwork for the following shows’ approaching DVD releases: The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, ALFTales, ALF: The Animated Series, My Little Pony, The Bullwinkle… |
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Little Mermaid to test waters in Denver
Playbill reveals that before the musical hits Broadway, The Little Mermaid will make its world premiere in June 2007 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Ellie Caulkins Opera… |
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Cover Art: Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD
Ultimate Disney offers a sneak peek at the cover artwork for the Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD, swimming into stores on October 3rd…. |
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Trailer: Stuart Little 3
The trailer for Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild may be seen at Video Detective. The film itself, which has already been released in a number of countries, will… |
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Asylum has made a The Little Mermaid movie, apparently
Mockbuster giant Asylum is seemingly trying to cash in on the new live-action Little Mermaid from Disney, and while that movie might be getting a mixed response from critics and… |
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Little Mermaid costume/movement lab scheduled for June
A one-week costume/movement lab for the stage version of Disney’s The Little Mermaid will be held in London, June 15 – 22. A spokesperson for the Disney production confirmed to… |
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TV to DVD: Pussycats, Foster's, My Little Pony
TV Shows on DVD reveals that on June 26, Rhino will release My Little Pony – Pony Puppy & Other Stories, containing the episodes Pony Puppy, Bright Lights, Sweet Stuff… |
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Pixar Character Art Director Deanna Marsigliese plunges into the art of Luca
…explore. Being able to use your imagination like that is so wonderful, but it’s also a little overwhelming because where do you start? What do you use? What do you… |
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The first trailer for My Little Pony: Pony Life is here
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic may have wrapped up last year, but that doesn’t mean that Hasbro is done with the franchise by any stretch. The first trailer for… |