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Recent tricks of computer animation explained

Wired Magazine briefly breaks down some of the computer generated magic to be found in past and upcoming features such as Sin City, Jarhead, King Kong, Munich, Ice Age 2:…

Prepare for Meltdown: Official site opens

The official international site for Blue Sky/20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: The Meltdown. Be sure to check out the trailer andthe character bios. The front page mentions release dates for…

Third Meltdown TV spot chills online

A third television spot for Ice Age: The Meltdown has hit the film’s official website, where the other two previously noted commercials await. To reach the ads, one need only…

Spotlight shines on Kompin Kemgumnird, Kantana Animation

…Kantana Animation. The ‘Business’ section of the Bangkok Post examines the animated career of Kemgumnird, who has worked on such films as Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Ice Age….

Sid the Sloth to host Fox's Sunday night lineup

To help promote the soon release of his latest movie, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Sid the Sloth will be hosting tonight’s programming on the Fox network. The lineup of shows…

Scrat struts his stuff

Aaron Hartline, animation lead on Scrat for Blue Sky’s Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, speaks to {{link http://www.strutyourreel.com/forum/feature/ Strut Your Reel}} about breaking into the business, the highs and lows,…

Surprise teaser trailer announces \\Simpsons\\ movie coming in 2007

Coming as a bit of a surprise, even after years of speculation, teaser trailers in front of \\Ice Age: The Meltdown\\ announce that a \\Simpsons\\ movie will be a reality…

Slew of new CGI films on the way

Following in the footsteps of numerous successful computer animated films, including this weekend’s Ice Age: The Meltdown, a vast assortment of more CGI pictures are on the way. AZCentral@Night.com briefly…

\\The Wild\\ opens today

…about \\The Wild\\”. A third place finish for the weekend with $17.8 million, right below \\Ice Age 2\\ in its third week, is predicted by {{link http://www.boxofficemojo.com/forecast/ Box Office Mojo}}….

U.S. weekend box office estimates: April 21–23, 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown continued its impressive run this past weekend, as recorded by Box Office Mojo. The sequel dropped an understandable 36.1%, falling to fourth place in its fourth…

\\Over the Hedge\\ breaks $100 million

\\Over the Hedge\\ crashed through the $100 million mark this weekend, according to {{link http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=overthehedge.htm Box Office Mojo}}. So far the film has grossed over $112.4 million. \\Ice Age: The…

Before The Meltdown

The official Blue Sky Studios page presents a list of gag alternate titles “considered” for their hit Ice Age: The Meltdown by adding an icy spin to the titles of…

CityWalk Summer Block Party

Universal CityWalk will be screening classic movies on a gigantic outdoor screen every Thursday night this summer. Animated offerings include Blue Sky’s Ice Age: The Meltdown and DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: July 7-9, 2006

…over 17 theaters (1st week) 26. Ice Age: The Meltdown with $191,779, averaging $705 over 272 theaters ($194,313,007 total; 15th week) 38. The Wild with $46,658, averaging $992 over 47…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: July 14-16, 2006

…over 538 theaters ($150,898,980 total; 9th week) 26. The Wild with $195,614, averaging $788 over 248 theaters ($36,574,391 total; 14th week) 27. Ice Age: The Meltdown with $161,080, averaging $752…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: August 4-6, 2006

…The Wild with $55,965, averaging $538 over 104 theaters ($37,310,059 total; 17th week) 46 – Ice Age: The Meltdown with $44,911, averaging $510 over 88 theaters ($195,167,863 total; 19th week)…

DVD potpourri

…the Hound 2, specs for Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition, and the fact that the DVD for Ice Age: The Meltdown will have a brand new Scrat-centered short….

U.S. weekend box office actuals: August 11-13, 2006

…138 theaters ($4,968,071 total; 6th week) 41 – Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $105,086, averaging $533 over 197 theaters ($28,033,322 total; 9th week) 53 – Ice Age: The…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: August 18-20, 2006

…125 theaters ($5,159,136 total; 7th week) 45 – Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $84,615, averaging $519 over 163 theaters ($28,189,436 total; 10th week) 67 – Ice Age: The…

Wedge takes on Leaf Men

Yahoo! Movies/Reuters writes that Ice Age director Chris Wedge will helm a computer animated adaptation of William Joyce’s picture book The Leaf Men and Brave Good Bugs. Twentieth Century Fox…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: August 25–27, 2006

…52) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $45,547, averaging $455 over 100 theaters ($28,280,486 total; 11th week) 76) Ice Age: The Meltdown with $9,860, averaging $547 over 18 theaters…

U.S. weekend box office actuals: September 1–3, 2006

…total; 12th week) 58) A Scanner Darkly with $36,059, averaging $693 over 52 theaters ($5,354,553 total; 9th week) 84) Ice Age: The Meltdown with $5,386, averaging $414 over 13 theaters…

Academy unveils animated film finalists

…George (Universal), Everyone’s Hero (Fox), Flushed Away (DreamWorks/Aardman), Happy Feet (Warner Bros.), Ice Age: The Meltdown (20th Century Fox), Monster House (Sony), Open Season (Sony), Over the Hedge (DreamWorks), Paprika…

Meltdown heats up video charts

The Hollywood Reporter via Coming Soon reports that Ice Age: The Meltdown enjoyed a first-place finish on the national DVD sales chart, knocking The Da Vinci Code down to the…

Animated News presents: Animated Views!

…highlights include: our DVD takes on all the big titles including Cars, Over The Hegde, Ice Age, Looney Tunes, the Disney Legacy and Treasures collections and A Scanner Darkly, plus…

For your consideration…

…Campaigning for Oscar gold through these ads are Arthur & the Invisibles, Cars, Curious George, Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Monster House, Over the Hedge and Paprika….

DVD sales: December 10-16, 2007

…#5, while Ice Age: The Meltdown landed in the eighth position. As for The Fox and the Hound 2, the Disney sequel debuted in the tenth spot, while still selling…

Producers Guild announces animation nominees

The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for “Animated theatrical motion pictures.” Competing for the honor will be Cars, Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown and…

Cars wins Golden Tomato award

…(68.92), Monster House (68.05), Curious George (64.44), A Scanner Darkly (62.25), The Ant Bully (60.73), Ice Age: The Meltdown (55.45) and Open Season (50.81) round out the list’s top ten….

Animated tally for 2006 world box office

The Animation Guild Blog breaks down how animated movies fared among the live-action flicks at the 2006 international box office. Among the top ten films, Ice Age: The Meltdown took…