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Sanders awakens to dream job at DreamWorks
Variety reports that jilted Disney director Chris Sanders, who received a rude awakening when he was kicked off his own American Dog project, has been selected by DreamWorks Animation to… |
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Watch the trailer for Duck, Duck Goose
…in the player below in case you missed it. From the makers of The Nut Job (though the preview connects itself to far more popular movies),it opens everywhere this April…. |
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Norm Of The North
…of Despereaux, The Nut Job, or Strange Magic, there was always some quality worthy of even just mild praise. Here there was absolutely nothing. And that’s not just me putting… |
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This Land Flash cartoon – a whole new take on the talking heads!
…to the tune of Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, the two-minute cartoon lambastes “the right-wing nut job” (Bush) and the “liberal wiener” (Kerry) with amusing animation and slightly… |
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The Boxtrolls
…first or video sequel) and The Tale Of Princess Kaguya playing at the top of the disc, and Blu-ray teasers for The Nut Job, the Despicable movies, Laika’s previous pair… |
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Wolverine Anime
…is constantly being challenged by adversaries, including numerous Yakuza enforcers, the assassin Kikyo (who ridiculously produces long swords out of his wrists), and Omega Red, a Russian nut job who… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…and the early Pluto one of two bloodhounds on the job. Though Pluto’s “true” debut, The Moose Hunt, and the career-defining Playful Pluto (with Norm Ferguson’s masterfully animated flypaper sequence)… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane
…said: “You got to meet Hans Bacher”. So we were introduced, he was a teacher and then we became friends rather quickly. We started to do first jobs together. We… |
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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…often tough to keep up. We’re in 1951 for the hysterical Daredevil Droopy, where the pooch and Spike do their best to get the acrobatic dog job in the circus,… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…refrigerator, in an episode that could only ever appear on Dinosaurs. Career Opportunities, where Robbie is forced to accept a job as a tree-pusher, does a nice job of examining… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…which depicted the development of the Ride And Go Seek attraction; essentially a company promotion, it did a pretty good job of not coming across as such, even if its… |
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Superman Classic creator Robb Pratt unveils Flash Gordon Classic
…Knight. Animated Views: How did you land your first job in animation? Robb Pratt: I grew up really poor and couldn’t go to a great school. Luckily, I was in… |
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Wonder Woman
…gender helped to land her the job this time around, but it’s far from the only reason. Judging by Wonder Woman, she is very adept at staging action, humor, and… |
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A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa
…daunting task of recreating Henson’s alter-ego Kermit The Frog’s warm vocals and doing a more than credible job. Coming some five years after Henson’s passing away, The Muppet Christmas Carol… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…of The Jungle Book. The five minute clip is shot out on location with Reitherman seen in his day job, filming the exploits of animals in the natural world, an… |
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Enrico Casarosa on storyboarding Ratatouille
…here in the US between TV animation and feature animation, so it was very challenging to take the job without much experience in this situation. So I had to throw… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…companies in California. I think I sent those in 1995. Nine of them responded and had me down for job interviews. One of them didn’t and that company was called… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…– something instantly made aware to adults as flea-ridden Nutzy is led away through the “one-way door”. Kids more than not will be oblivious to this – they’ll seem to… |
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Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force: The Complete Series
…fantastic job bringing to market DVD collections of several classic shows in the Filmation library. When Space Sentinels & Freedom Force was announced, though, I was surprised. Compared to He-Man… |
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Home On The Range
…and adding to the overall good job that Disney has done here, is a new feature, the Yodel Maker. Using a microphone and your own images, the software allows for… |
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The Great Polar Bear Adventure
…the footage, I noticed that it was not all from a single source. While the filmmakers did a great job at putting the different pieces together into one cohesive story,… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…television. One of their first jobs was writing for cable network USA’s Up All Night, in which hosts introduced movies late at night on weekends. After a couple of other… |
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Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT
…from video games to television series to comic books. During his career, Munroe had worked on numerous jobs for Disney, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Fox Kids, The Jim Henson Company,… |
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Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie
…started in animation? Mike Scully: The Simpsons was my first job in animation. I actually knew nothing about the process until I was hired on the show. I didn’t how… |
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Danger Man / Secret Agent: The Complete Collection
…and each half-hour episode runs the gamut of the eventually predictable formula: NATO agent Drake, the man they call when there’s “a messy job” to be done, usually turns up… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…the Arts the following year to master his craft. After completing his first year, which included a summer internship at the Disney studio, he was offered a full-time job as… |
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A Conversation with Ben Balistreri
…Proud Family and he recommended me for the job. I also had worked for the producer, Deirdre Brenner before, so she put in a good word for me. It’s important… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
…worth of experience on creating English versions for the Japanese films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, they naturally do a fine job here, with veteran Disney voice director Rick… |
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Welcome…to Moana orchestrator and song arranger Dave Metzger!
…Can you explain your role as the arranger of the songs? DM: Sure. As an arranger, I’m not writing the melody or the fundamental chord changes. Part of my job… |
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Bee Movie Fun Facts
…perform one job, and they do it for the entirety of their lives. There are over 3,000 bee occupations, so choose carefully (*see below). Every little job is important…together they… |
