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Bolt debuts below expectations
…other November toons in recent years have opened to – 2005’s Chicken Little, 2006’s Happy Feet, and last year’s Bee Movie all bowed in the $38-42M range. The canine flick… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 9 – 12, 2005
…In the meantime, another Disney release, Chicken Little, fell to #9 with $2,306,627 from 2,326 theaters, for a total domestic cume of $127,280,176. At #12 was the IMAX version of… |
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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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The WDFA Rollercoaster Ride
…about all the ups and downs in the last couple decades of Walt Disney’s Feature Animation division, with special emphasis on David Stainton’s involvement and the upcoming Chicken Little film…. |
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Disney recruits; reveals footage from upcoming slate
…the studio heads deeper into all-CGI territory, unveiling preview material from five animated movies on which they are working: Chicken Little, A Day With Wilbur Robinson, Toy Story 3, American… |
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DreamWorks Goes 3D
…will both be leading the launch of DreamWorks Animation’s stereoscopic 3D efforts. Phil McNally, Stereographer on Chicken Little & Stereographic Supervisor on Meet the Robinsons, will be the Stereographic Supervisor… |
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New Digital Cinema book shines light on Bowie
…make possible such innovations as Disney’s recent announcement of presenting films such as Chicken Little in true 3D. The door is also now open to theaters to offer “alternative programming”,… |
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Debney, Silvestri sign on for more animated projects
According to the Internet Movie Database, John Debney (Chicken Little, The Emperor’s New Groove) has been hired to write the musical score for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ Barnyard, opening… |
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Digital 3D – Everybody's Doin' It!
The March 30 release of Meet the Robinsons in Disney Digital 3D on over 600 screens, is seven times the number of screens that ran Disney’s Chicken Little in 3D…. |
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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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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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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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Mad: Season One, Part One
…advertising was introduced to pay for upgraded color printing that, it has to be said, took a little something away from Mad, titled as in crazy, not as in angry,… |
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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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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…watching the film that really shows off the next-generation interactivity of the format. Chicken Little • released on Blu-ray in 2007 • includes same features as DVD. • BD… |
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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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Animated "kid's films" becoming increasingly adult
…strong scenes, a recent trend in popular culture has led to a lowering of standards for what is considered appropriate in G-rated movies. Scenes from recent animated hits like Chicken… |
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Official Site for The Incredibles Suits Up
In addition to the Chicken Little site, there is now a teaser site up for Disney and Pixar’s joint effort, The Incredibles, a computer animated feature about a family of… |
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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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Meet the Robinsons in 3-D
Following the success of Chicken Little’s run with the new technology, Disney has announced, through Yahoo! Finance, that its next computer animated film, Meet the Robinsons, will likewise be shown… |
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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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Disney's FastPlay DVD feature is a success with families
…implementation due to high customer satisfaction. BURBANK, Calif., March 23, 2006 – In support of the March 21st DVD release of Chicken Little, Disney’s #1 animated movie of 2005, and… |
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Elio
…great job of establishing a fractured relationship between youth and parental figure, and while I honestly think Disney’s Chicken Little remains one of the best examples of that in an… |
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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… |
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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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Fantastic Mr Fox
…the film didn’t appeal to everyone, it is perhaps my favorite of Anderson’s live-action work, the poorly received The Darjeeling Limited from two years ago proving to be a little… |
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Up wins Best Feature Annie Award
…had the most awards with three. Prep and Landing won the Television award. The Penguins of Madagascar won the Children’s TV award. Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 won the Short… |
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Upcoming projects from Disney?
…Disney Feature Animation. You Don’t Know Jack About the Beanstalk (’03) A Day with Wilbur Robinson (’02) Chicken Little (’02) Just So Stories (’02) Emperor’s New Groove 2 (’01) Wild… |
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Pixar for sale?
…of its shows on iPods. This news comes just days before the November 4th release of Chicken Little, Disney’s first solo, all CGI production that analysts expect will give leverage… |
