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\\Elf\\ pays tribute to Rankin-Bass holiday specials
…that the snowman could plough through the snow, [Effects supervisor Joe] Bauer devised a conveyer-belt system, placed a model snowman on it, and let the snow pile up around the… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action clips online!
If you just haven’t made it to the theater to see this new Joe Dante film yet, or you’re stuck outside the United States, then the French site {{link http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_extrait.php?IDfilm=1579… |
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Belleville leads sparkling UK TV Christmas line up!
…9.00pm, C4 Cast Away (director: Robert Zemeckis) – 9.00pm, BBC1 Joe’s Apartment – 12.45am, ITV1 December 29 Rocket To The Moon (Jules Verne comedy, 1967) – 7.15am, C4 December 30… |
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New Looney commercial
…box-office disappointment of the Joe Dante-helmed Back In Action picture (rumored to have been labelled as “the worst film we’ve ever made”, according to an unnamed WB exec), at least… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action DVD specs
While it may not be packed with the kind of features to get more “mature” animation fans excited (where are directors Joe Dante and Eric Goldberg on a commentary track?),… |
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More Rings for your buck…
…complete the many effects shots that need to be added to the extended cut. Happily, {{link http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=1883&page= CGNetworks}} have just posted a new interview with King‘s effects supervisor Joe Letteri,… |
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Sci/Tech Academy Awards announced
…Rings\\ trilogy” and one to Christophe Hery, Ken McGaugh, and Joe Letteri for their groundbreaking techniques “used to create realistic-looking skin on digitally created characters”. The awards will be presented… |
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Space Ghost Gets Serious Makeover
…him a more realistic updating. Joe Kelly and Ariel Olivetti are currently working on the miniseries. “It’s Space Ghost played straight,” Kelly said. “And I’m handling Year One. It’s really… |
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Looney Tunes swing back into action in the UK
…of Joe Dante/Eric Goldberg’s Back In Action feature film, just out this weekend for the school holidays. However, the film does not look like it will be able to turn… |
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Curious George update
…Shapiro and David Kirschner, also producers on the the film. Written by Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run), Joe Stillman (the Shrek series), Michael McCullers (the Austin Powers sequels) and Daniel Gerson… |
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First Destino, Next Lorenzo
…6, 2004. The short is a 2D/3D hybrid inspired by Joe Grant’s idea of “a fat and sassy cat terrorized by its own tail into a fit of ballroom dancing.”… |
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Lorenzo to screen with The Ladykillers
Animation Blast has updated with information that the new Disney animated film Lorenzo, directed by Mike Gabriel from a Joe Grant concept, will be showing as a short feature with… |
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Looney Tunes: Back on DVD!
DVD Toons spins the new DVD release of Joe Dante’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/276 Looney Tunes: Back In Action}}, and it seems as if the film is worthy of another chance on… |
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Roecker set to Live Freaky
…Mortensen, Asia Argento, Rancid’s Lars Fredrickson, Good Charlotte’s Benji and Joel Madden , Blink-182’s Travis Barker, A.F.I.’s Davey Havok, and Kelly Osbourne,with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong providing the voice… |
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Give Looney Tunes: Back In Action another chance on DVD today!
Both {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/276 DVD Toons}} and a new review piece up at the {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=104089 Toon Zone}} site suggest that Joe Dante’s recent Looney Tunes movie is well worth catching… |
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\\The Three Musketeers\\ director campaigns for theatrical release
…to discuss his concerns. Yes you read correctly, the Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios picked up the phone and called a regular Joe just to discuss the email he… |
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More Harryhausen
…Harryhausen at 3:00 pm. Harryhausen is the undisputed genius behind such memorable fabrications as the T-rex of The Valley Of Gwangi, the giant ape of (the original) Mighty Joe Young,… |
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New Home for Lorenzo
Animation World Network reports that the Joe Grant-inspired Disney short, Lorenzo, about the cat with the possessed tail, which was originally supposed to be part of Fantasia 2006 and then… |
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News from The Front Lines
…question. Jerry Beck then put in a plug for Joe Grant’s short feature Lorenzo and Dave seconded the endorsement by referring to Lorenzo as the perfect blend of technology and… |
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Behind-the-scenes look at Linkin Park's new music video
…in Japan, which is known for combining 2D and 3D effects in a single animated scene. The video was directed by the band’s “turntablist” and music sampler, Joe Hahn, who… |
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New Shrek 3 plot details
“The Joe Man” at Dark Horizons indicates that Shrek 3 will be written by Jon Zack (Out Cold, The Perfect Score). In the film, “Shrek and Fiona are King and… |
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From the toy aisle to the video aisle…
…September include G. I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom and Tonka Tough Truck Adventures: The Best Show on Wheels, while October will bring Transformers Energon and “Have You Heard?” Secret Central…. |
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Shrek 2: number 1
…and John H. Williams producing, and Jeffrey Katzenberg executive producing. Adamson and Joe Stillman and J. David Stem & David N. Weiss wrote the screenplay from a story by Adamson,… |
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Kelsey Shannon interview
Kelsey Shannon, a designer on Jimmy Neutron and GI Joe talks to {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114015 Toon Zone}} about his return to the comic book business with Batman Adventures…. |
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Updated: Lilo & Stitch 2-Disc Special Edition DVD specs and cover art; Aladdin Platinum Edition disc art
…“Your Ohana”, “Suspicious Minds” by Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates • The Style Book of Chris Sanders • The Story of Stitch • A Conversation with Joe Grant and Dean… |
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New official site for The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
Joe Carioca at the Ultimate Disney forums has pointed out that the Official Simba’s Pride site is now up at Disney.com…. |
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Composer Jerry Goldsmith has died
…with various directors, including Joe Dante, with whom he collaborated on both Gremlins movies, InnerSpace, Matinee and The ‘Burbs, as well as Small Soldiers and Back In Action. Jerry’s scores… |
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Anya Corazón hits the comics
…Amazing Fantasy #1, she’s already drawn a surprisingly strong response. “Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada says he has been pleasantly surprised by the positive attention the character has… |
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Jackson Beck dead at 92
…He went on to work in \\The Batman/Superman Hour\\ and \\The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure\\ during the 1960s and was the narrator for the \\G.I. Joe\\ series in the 1980s…. |
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Siegel and Shuster estates file to reacquire Superboy
According to Newsarama and Heidi McDonald’s The Beat weblog, the estates of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster have filed papers to terminate Time-Warner’s copyright of Superboy. Additionally, Shuster’s estate may… |

