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MTV Movie Awards
This past Saturday played host to this year’s MTV Movie Awards and {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040606f.php Dark Horizons}} has the full list of winners up, including Johnny Depp’s Best Male Performance for… |
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BAFTA Film Award winners announced
…Matrix Reloaded, Pirates Of The Caribbean, X2 and Finding Nemo. A full list of nominees and winners will be up at the official {{link http://www.bafta.com/ BAFTA}} site soon, or check… |
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Definitely not the "happiest place on Earth": WDFA-Florida shuts its doors…
…animation trade. {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/main/index.htm Jim Hill Media}} today looks at how the situation could blow up in the face of Mickey, and comments on the suspicious nature of yesterday’s announcement… |
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Shrek 2: number 1
Following our report {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001704.html yesterday}} on Shrek 2‘s hitting the “number one animated feature of all time” spot, we have the official press release from DreamWorks Pictures. On top… |
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Bring Home On The Range home…
Don’t forget that today you can bring Disney’s last – for now – traditionally animated film home on video. {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/334 DVD Toons looks at the disc}} and is pleased… |
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Comcast's bid over, Eisner to meet dissident fund managers, protests of Nick's gay family special
The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2004-04-14 IMDb Studio Briefing}} has several stories of interest to animation fans. In the first, they report that analysts have “expressed skepticism that Comcast’s February proposal to buy… |
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Win Ghost In The Shell
The DreamWorks Fansite is {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/features/contest/gis2.php giving away}} Ghost in the Shell 2 posters – one of them signed by director Mamoru Oshii – and the DVD of new TV… |
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\\Hoodwinked\\ top of the box office
…holiday weekend with $16.6 million according to {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1984&p=.htm Box Office Mojo}}. “The first of over a dozen computer-animated movies scheduled for [a wide opening in] 2006 – a record… |
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\\The Return of the King\\ CG characters too lifelike?
\\{{link http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id=7530006A-C103-4E13-9A55-F6EFCC111ACC The Montreal Gazette}}\\ reports that the special effects wizards working on the third installment of \\The Lord of the Rings\\ trilogy, \\The Return of the King\\, encountered an… |
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Belleville wins World Cinema Award!
…BBC World Cinema Award. In the shortlist were City Of God, Etre Et Avoir, Good Bye Lenin!, The Man Without A Past, the fully animated Spirited Away and Belleville, which… |
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The Polar Express arrives online!
…Away), the two are joining again to push visual effects to the next level. The Polar Express has been completely filmed on special effects screen stages, with the completed backdrops… |
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John Fiedler dead at 80
In more sad news for \\Winnie the Pooh\\ fans, John Fiedler, the voice of Piglet, passed away on June 25 according to {{link http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/27/obit.fiedler.ap CNN}}. The stage and screen actor… |
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Shrek the Musical opens Sunday 12/14/08 at Broadway Theatre
…For more information, contact Telecharge Group Sales at 212-239-6262, or 800-432-7780. DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA) www.shrekthemusical.com ACTOR BIOGRAPHIES SUTTON FOSTER (Princess Fiona). Broadway: Inga in Young Frankenstein, Janet Van De… |
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Joe Grant Life Celebration tickets available
PLEASE NOTE: THIS GIVE-AWAY HAS ENDED. The Grant family and Walt Disney Feature Animation are celebrating the extraordinary life and artistic legacy of Joe Grant. Animated News has a limited… |
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Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance
…wary of CGI animation mannerism, nonstop moving of the camera, of the actors, complicated shots that did not interest me. I was not here to show what a computer can… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…lead but ultimately best when playing in their default comedians’ roles. Actually, evoking Martin is warranted for another reason: I’m sure I’m not the first to draw comparisons between Tropic… |
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Ariel’s Song: Glenn Slater, a sparkling lyricist for The Little Mermaid on Broadway!
Jeremie Noyer literally jumps right back to Ariel’s beginning as we come towards the end of our exclusive Little Mermaid interview series. Still to come is a tribute to Ariel’s… |
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Wolverine and the X-Men trailer
…as an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, Professor X. The beaten heroes, including Beast, Storm, Cyclops and Nightcrawler, walk away from it… |
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Hotel Transylvania Production Designer Marcelo Vignali’s “Suite” Time!
…project”. I think that is probably the strongest aspect to come away with. I made a commitment to the project, I stuck with the project and I completed the project…. |
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Christmas Contest: The Nutty Professor on DVD – Winner!
…have one copy of The Nutty Professor to give away to one winning name, thanks to Genius Products and The Weinstein Company. To be in with a chance of winning,… |
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Sherlock: Season One
…have been eager to break away from the deerstalker hat and pipe that characterized previous, though well celebrated, film and television series featuring Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing and Jeremy Brett,… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…Digital Compositing artist during his grad studies. After a year of being a Digital Compositor he shifted his focus more towards production. Siddhartha was the Production Manager at Studio 400A,… |
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The Day The Prince And The Pauper Stood Still!
…Scarpa’s feature commentary. I’m guessing he’s happy with the final result or else he would probably keep his comments to himself, though he’s unafraid to speak his mind on comparing… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…we felt we should employ a recognised bridge building company to ensure the safe installation, which would adhere to all the relevant codes of practice. Several companies pitched for the… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
…Oliver & Company and how was the production of animation organized? Dave Pruiksma: On Oliver and Company, my title was that of animator. As such, I was working independently on… |
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Ariel’s Song: Jodi Benson, a fortunate soul under the sea!
…his relationship with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Peter Schneider at the Walt Disney Studios, they had come to see the show, and because of me singing Disneyland, they invited Mickey Mouse… |
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Lion King animator Tony Bancroft takes “warthog”’s share on Pumbaa!
…parts in a movie. Some animators are better with comedy characters, lead stars, women or villains. I was always “type casted” as a comedy character guy, which I loved. The… |
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Nimona‘s production designer Aidan Sugano: creating a future medieval world
When Ballister Boldheart, a knight in a futuristic medieval world, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona,… |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…always wanted to be a comic book artist as I grew up loving American comic books and European comics, too. AV: Like Tintin, I guess! TG: Yes! Tintin was the… |
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Hotel Transylvania Art Director Noëlle Triaureau sheds light on the monsters’ domain
…in lighting. One of them is Art Director Noëlle Triaureau. The same as Dracula, Noëlle comes from Europe – he’s from Romania; she’s from France. Her first training was in… |
