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Legendary actor Peter O’Toole passes away
Lawrence of Arabia’s Peter O’Toole has passed away, The Guardian is reporting. Nominated for eight Academy Awards over the course of his career–but sadly never winning any–, O’Toole was also… |
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Larry D. Mann, voice of Yukon Cornelius, passes away
Larry D. Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer–arguably the most beloved animated holiday TV special of all time–, has passed away, Yahoo! TV is reporting…. |
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Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass Productions passes away
Arthur Rankin Jr.–half of Rankin/Bass Productions–has passed away, The Hollywood Reporter tells us. Along with co-founder Jules Bass, the animator, writer and director was responsible for a seemingly endless number… |
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Bob Hoskins passes away at 71
Bob Hoskins, known for playing Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit alongside famous cartoon characters, has passed away, Animation Interviews is reporting. While being paired up with a cartoon… |
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Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo!, passes away
Casey Kasem, the famed radio DJ who became known to animation fans everywhere as the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo!, has passed away, Variety is reporting. The man behind America’s… |
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Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher passes away following heart attack
2016 strikes another blow, as Carrie Fisher, the iconic Star Wars actress who won the hearts of millions as Princess Leia, has passed away, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. Fisher had a… |
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Legendary Batman star Adam West passes away
Sad news for Batman fans everywhere today as Adam West–the beloved star of the 60’s TV series–has passed away at age 88, Variety is reporting. In addition to playing the… |
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Disney and Pixar animator/voice actor Bud Luckey passes away
Bud Luckey–a Pixar animator and voice actor who’s probably best known for the Oscar-nominated short Boundin’–has passed away, his son Andy Luckey has revealed on Facebook. Luckey had quite a… |
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Chuck McCann, veteran voice actor known for DuckTales and Fantastic Four, passes away
Veteran voice actor Chuck McCann has passed away, Variety is reporting. The comedian had quite a resume when it came to animation, probably being best known for being Scrooge McDuck’s… |
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Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, passes away
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, has passed away, Deadline is reporting. Hillenburg had been battling an ALS diagnosis for two years, and died on Monday at the age… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…he gets away from that studio, and he makes these big films, and then, “Oh, the Mouse still wins!” Dan: I did see in a picture that he was there… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…would set the series even further away from the main Universal Century that the majority of the franchise took place in. Ogata hoped that this would establish the new series… |
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\\Shark Tale\\ promo mailer pic
{{link http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/elsewhere/index.html Movie Poop Shoot’s}} Jeffrey Wells shows off the \\Shark Tale\\ mailer he recently received from DreamWorks. “I got this toy shark delivered to me the other day. It’s… |
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\\Chicken Little\\ pic
{{link http://www.animagic.hpg.ig.com.br/producao.htm Animagic}} has what appears to be the first picture from Disney upcoming (and first all-CG) film \\Chicken Little\\. The article, entitled “What’s next for Disney”, is in Portuguese…. |
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Zombie to produce animated, direct-to-DVD Superbeasto pic
DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, and Rob Zombie will produce a direct-to-DVD, animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book El Superbeasto, which follows the adventures of… |
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New Batman Begins pic
Superhero Hype has a scan of the newest Batman Begins picture from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. The photo shows Batman carrying Rachel Dawes. Batman Begins opens in theaters… |
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New Monster House pic
Latino Review has a new image from Monster House. Columbia Pictures’ computer animated comedy will open in theaters on July 21, 2006…. |
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Racehorse pic among worst movie pitches
Anonymous producers, agents, and writers share with Radar Online some of the worst movie pitches they have had to endure. One memory comes from an unnamed development executive at an… |
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Watch those pic-a-nic baskets, Yogi's coming to theaters
According to Yahoo! News, Warner Bros. has plans to create a live-action/animation feature film version of Yogi Bear directed by Ash Brannon (Surf’s Up). “Yogi Bear first appeared as a… |
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First Saving Mr. Banks pic of Disney and Travers
Time Magazine has the first look at Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson playing Walt Disney and Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers in the film Saving Mr. Banks. Coming late this… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…Pictures, after their deal with DreamWorks Animation was Flushed Away earlier this year due to the poor box office performance of that film. I actually found Flushed to be a… |
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How Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers brought FX to Prince Caspian
…of the Cimarron, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Flushed Away for DreamWorks and in Batman & Robin, her second Batman movie since she made her debut working at… |
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Despereaux: Olivier Adam discusses a European tail!
…writer of Seabiscuit, Big and Pleasantville) together with directors Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Rob Stevenhagen (animator on Balto, The Road to Eldorado and Sinbad). As unlikely heroes make unlikely… |
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Hand-drawn back at Disney, and live-action Tintin is coming!
…– Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition. I’ll be back soon with that Flushed Away review, and a surprise for those who haven’t yet picked up this terrific little movie! – Ben…. |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Four – Can’t Stop The Feeling
…feature since Flushed Away to not make a profit. The disappointing box-office result of the film, along with other factors, caused the studio to lay off 350 employees and force… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…Kubo, in the way that the stop-motion is augmented with CG visual effects, something that Aardman’s had been experimenting with as far back as Flushed Away, which became a CG… |
