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Bob Hoskins retires from acting
In news that will probably sadden many, Bob Hoskins has announced that he has retired from acting, Digital Spy is reporting. The 69 year old actor is currently battling Parkinson’s… |
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Hotel Transylvania composer Mark Mothersbaugh’s DEVO-tion to animation
…I talked to them about Hotel Transylvania, they told me I got to do it! AV: What did you like about the project? MM: I’ve done this job for long… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
…of the Nine Old Men were still around to impart their knowledge alongside the likes of Leonard Maltin, while Chuck was still at the forefront of the Looney Tunes movement… |
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Hotel Transylvania Art Director Noëlle Triaureau sheds light on the monsters’ domain
…his inspiration for those old horror movies, based on expressive contrasts between light and darkness. That allowed us to focus on action while keeping a part of mystery in darker… |
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Secret Of The Wings
…winter, she is disappointed to find out that warm fairies are not allowed to cross over to the cold domain. This is a long-standing rule enforced by Lord Milori of… |
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Charlie Brown actor arrested
The AP reports that Peter Robbins, the actor who played Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, was arrested. The now 56 year-old… |
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Cryptic 1952 details revealed
…this photo of an old Walt Disney Productions archive box with a label reading “1952”. Bird then tweeted this picture of the box opened. Ain’t It Cool News has a… |
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Menken says Lidsville is underway
…adaptation of the Sid and Marty Krofft TV series Lidsville. Menken recently tweeted, “Lidsville is underway…FINALLY. Peace, love and psychedelia! And DreamWorks is pretty great. So many old friends there”…. |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…For much of his career, Reece has written movies children can enjoy – which is ironic since he wrote stories for adults when he was eight years old. “The imagery… |
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Jerry Beck leaves Cartoon Brew
…and have a few brand new ideas I’d like to pursue. I’ll also maintain a presence on the web, through my Facebook page and with my old site, CartoonResearch.com.” You… |
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Deja blog educates and inspires
…Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, Deja’s last entry includes an historic photo of some of the Nine Old Men working on The Jungle Book, character designs,… |
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Oscar’s Snow White speaks
…would have other reasons to rehabilitate his image soon. Not talked about a lot since then is the then 22 year old actress who thought she was getting her big… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…Crood project, with a new co-director – original co-writer DeMicco – and a new title, The Croods. The studio’s press release revealed a revamped synopsis for the feature: “An old… |
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Stripped
…web has opened up the doors to anyone sufficiently talented (and motivated) to make a living. With the syndicate model becoming all but irrelevant and perhaps even unfeasible, the old… |
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Pixar scientist lectures on importance of math
…of young and old was about “translating principles of arithmetic, geometry, and algebra into software that renders objects or powers physics engines. This process is much the same at Pixar… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #33: The Adventures of Tintin – Relax, I Interviewed A Pilot Once
…love a good story about pirates and their gold treasure. Never gets old (seriously, it doesn’t). • Milanese Nightingale: “It’s my first visit to the 3rd world.” (Haddock: “What a… |
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Oz’s opening title magic
…to make sure that the audience really enjoys the idea of this stereo journey”. Also included is some of the reference art the team used to get the old-timey feel…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #34: Toy Story 2 – British Invasion
…improved visuals, dealing with new and old characters. • The angst of the yard sale, Al’s (Hal’s) Toy Barn is the coolest toy store ever, Woody’s conflict, depressing Toy Story… |
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The Croods
…in some ways a typical teenage girl. But this is no modern stone-age family. The Croods live in fear of anything new, and even most old things as well. Death,… |
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LucasArts gets deleted
…the fans. In recent years, LucasArts was best known for the well-reviewed Star Wars: The Old Republic games, and was at work at two more games, Star Wars 1313 and… |
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A new hope for Star Wars animation?
There’s been lots of upheaval in the Star Wars universe since the Disney acquisition with old projects being shelved and new ones announced. The cancellation of the popular The Clone… |
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Director Bergeron, actress Paradis talk A Monster in Paris
…to write the music and lyrics for the film’s songs. I didn’t meet Bibo right away — we just talked on the phone at first. He told me the story… |
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Monsters University director explains “fourth grade” controversy
…Pete Docter and Pixar head John Lasseter told Scanlon, “It’s great that you’re honoring that, but you have to do what’s right for the story.” He adds, “So yeah, now… |
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De-aging Monsters
…all had a good laugh at everyone’s weird hairstyles & interesting fashion choices, we then took a close look at the differences between the 18 year-old version of a person… |
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Superman Unbound
…is tired of Supes being overly protective, not to mention his unwillingness to allow anyone to know that they’re even dating. It’s the old “I don’t want my enemies to… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…reminded of its strengths too. It’s true that it’s not really a film that younger kids will appreciate, even given the old-school yarning and Saturday morning adventure cartoon feel of… |
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Monsters University
…of the first, the story does not retread old ground. This is a fresh story that still fits into the world created in the original. The animation, as expected, is… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…and many of which had been made by Walt Disney himself, broke the visual mold and cut itself loose from including any songs in its mix, marking itself out as… |
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The High Fructose Adventures Of Annoying Orange: Season 1
…likes to pick on him best), and sexy (well, for a fruit) Passion, who harbors an inexplicable crush on Orange. There’s also a sour old Grandpa Lemon, a level headed… |
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Turbo
…to say they worked on as they get older. (“How was the movie?” “It was good! You have got to go back and see it with me!”) There are other… |
