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DWA short First Flight takes off
…Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Shark Tale. He also contributed to Sony Imageworks’ Stuart Little 2. Hood… |
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Animated Comic-Con coverage!
…in the studio’s pipeline. Moreover, Eric Goldberg added that directors Ron Clements and John Musker, the brains behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, will helm the film. Chuck Williams’ appointment… |
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Animated movies look to 3-D for box office boost
…pictures. With Monster House as the basis for the story, other animated projects mentioned include: Chicken Little, The Ant Bully, Open Season, Meet the Robinsons, and The Nightmare Before Christmas…. |
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Classic characters to run marathon with Boomerang
…cat-and-mouse tribute include airings of all seven Academy Award-winning theatrical shorts produced at MGM Studios: Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943), Mouse Trouble (1944), Quiet Please! (1945), Cat Concerto (1946), The Little… |
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El Capitan animation happenings
…theatre decked out in a pirate theme and featuring actual props from the successful franchise of films. Following that, The Little Mermaid, the film that ushered in Disney’s second golden… |
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CARS multimedia onslaught
…Motel for a snooze. You can even take a little piece of Radiator Springs from Sarge’s Surplus or wear one proudly with the help of Ramone’s Body Art! Below are… |
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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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Weinstein Co. to tell Unstable Fables
…Destined for direct-to-DVD release, the films will feature screenplays overseen by Roger S. H. Schulman (Shrek). The first stories up for an irreverent representation include Goldilocks, The Three Little Pigs,… |
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Leroy & Stitch storyline update
…out of prison and forces Jumba to create a new experiment: Leroy, the evil twin of Stitch. To make matters worse, Hamsterviel soon clones the nasty little creature to form… |
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Frosty returns – again
…Spongebob Squarepants), The Legend of Frosty the Snowman follows the plot, “When Frosty blows into the perfect little town of Evergreen he is shocked to learn that fun is against… |
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Incredibles and NausicaƤ DVD reviews
…thanks to the beautiful animation. Disney has done a great job transferring to DVD and, given the past Region 1 Miyazaki DVDs, this is a nice little set of extras”…. |
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Stiller to play with DreamWorks' Mind
…Stuart Little 2, while also teaching at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects where he currently hosts their best-selling character animation lecture series. About Red Hour Films Red Hour Films… |
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Is there more to the Disney / Pixar split that meets the eye?
My bro-in-law sent me this very interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems there could be a little school yard justice going on in the animation world. Wonder… |
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Return of the King hits (place pinky next to lip)…1 BILLION DOLLARS – Muuhahaha!
…ring, over and over and over and over again, it probably will never reach the massive 1.8 billion Titanic pulled in. CNN has a little tid bit on it. Thanks… |
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AnimWatch site updates with new profiles and a new DVD
…Jones and Wira Winata regarding their development studio Shadedbox and their multi-award-winning short \\Little Red Plane\\\, and information about Volume I of the AnimWatch Collection DVD, featuring the best finished… |
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Looney Tunes: Back on DVD!
…that of the throwaway, classic Looney Tunes attitude of pure abandon that’s been missing in big features of late. Without the elements all gelling together a little more consistently, I… |
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Whose Bright Idea Was This?
…a couple of surfaces’ shape and angle at a certain time of year create a little bit of a bad reflection.” This isn’t the first time one of Gehry’s iconic… |
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New animation updates from AICN! Part II
Ain’t It Cool News takes a sneak peek at a few upcoming Disney animated releases, including The Incredibles, Chicken Little (including a description of its upcoming teaser trailer), and The… |
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New animation updates from AICN!
…as a return to the golden days of the classic characters. Next, some guys in New Zealand have put together a fun little movie in an attempt, it seems, to… |
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Jobs disses Disney
…confident… Pixar’s golden age will continue to evolve without missing a beat”. Jobs went on to give his personal assessment of Disney. “The truth is there has been little creative… |
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Jim Hill Updates: Damage Control, Image Control, and Cartoon Trivia
…full of heretofore little-known anecdotes and factoids from animation history. Read on and find out what baseball great Yogi Berra thought of his name being used as the inspiration for… |
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A look at Oscar's Animated Short Films
…it completed. “‘It is a little different [project] for us’, Disney says of \\Destino’s\\ cryptic artistic merits, which features such trademark Dali images as ravaging ants, eyeballs, melting clocks, the… |
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Could Apple buy Pixar?
…around”. One analyst says “It’s an interesting idea. The basis of Pixar’s success is computer animation and Jobs is trying to get more into music and entertainment. It’s a little… |
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Disney to push ahead with Toy Story 3 without Pixar?
…release Home on the Range on April 2, featuring songs performed by Tim McGraw, Bonnie Raitt and k.d. lang. Currently in production is Chicken Little, the Studio’s first all-CG effort,… |
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Eisner may face unfriendly shareholders at March meeting
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Disney's press release on ending talks with Pixar
…in production is \\Chicken Little\\, the Studio’s first all-CG effort, which is scheduled for release in Summer 2005. For Summer 2006 and beyond, Walt Disney Feature Animation is producing a… |
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Ruben Aquino Talks: Interview with Brother Bear Animator
…The Little Mermaid (Ursula), Rescuers Down Under (Jake the kangaroo mouse), The Lion King (adult Simba), Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan), Mulan (Captain Shan), and Lilo & Stitch (David and Pleakley). Read… |
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Warner to distribute Longnose?
Little Longnose, the Russian animated feature we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000040.html previously reported}} about, looks to have been picked up for distribution by Warner Brothers (who’ll do anything to keep trying for… |
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\\Shark Tale\\ promo mailer pic
…supposed to promote DreamWorks’ \\Shark Tale\\… Ever since he arrived this little guy has been sitting on my kitchen counter, grinning and trying to help me wrap my head around… |
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Cartoon Network Unveils New Shows
…a little girl with a secret superhero identity. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi – One of Japan’s biggest pop music acts arrives in America, not with a massive stadium tour but… |