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"Consider" another Corpse Bride ad
Another “For Your Consideration” poster promoting Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride has appeared at Oscar Watch. This time, the award categories being pushed include: Best Animated Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted… |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit takes top animation honors at Critcs' Choice Awards
…Animated Feature category Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit recorded a victory over other nominees Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Madagascar. As the Oscar season… |
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Sarandon hailed as Enchanted queen
…the supervising animator for Belle in Beauty and the Beast, will conduct the animated side of Narissa, while Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Rick Baker will treat the queen’s live-action likeness…. |
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More on iTunes Disney shorts
…their Oscar-nominated shorts from Three Little Pigs up to Lorenzo. Their report also mentions a pending DVD box set of said shorts and a brand new short, Hans Christian Andersen’s… |
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Monsters, Inc. ride press release and pics
…voice talents including Billy Crystal and John Goodman. Additionally, the musical soundtrack for the attraction is derived from the Academy Award® nominated “Monsters, Inc.” film score by noted Oscar® winner… |
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Schwartz is with Enchanted?
Movie Musicals writes that Oscar-winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt) has joined Alan Menken for Disney’s Enchanted. Interestingly, the site notes that lyricist Glenn Slater is still… |
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CBS gets Comfort-ed by Creature
…subjects on the show.” Coming Soon and The Hollywood Reporter have more on this story, while one may view the Oscar-winning Creature Comforts short that started it all at AtomFilms…. |
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Keener keen for Wild Things
At the blog Better Than Fudge, an excerpt from The Charlie Rose Show reveals that Oscar-nominee Catherine Keener has a role in Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things… |
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Dykstra to helm Tortoise and Hippo
Two-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor John Dykstra will make his directorial debut with Walden Media and Relevant Entertainment’s Tortoise and Hippo, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on… |
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Miyazaki to receive Cartoon Network tribute
…home. Spirited Away received an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film in 2002. * Saturday, March 25, at 7:30pm (ET, PT): Princess Mononoke – Princess Mononoke tells the story of… |
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Kong a King DVD for Universal
…Kornblau said, ‘and consumers recognize the singular-event status of this spectacular breakthrough motion picture, which has been further bolstered by the film’s stunning technical achievements including its Oscar win for… |
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Roy Disney awarded at Cartoons on the Bay; Latest on Destino DVD debut
…1954, when the honoree an became an assistant film editor. Part of the event’s festivities included a screening of the Oscar-nominated short Destino, which Roy Disney executive produced. The film,… |
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Gnomeo now at Miramax
…Working from a script by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley, the Oscar-nominated Baker Bloodworth (Destino, Lorenzo) will serve as Gnomeo and Juliet’s producer and will guide the production in London…. |
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Paul Simon Surprise-es with "Father and Daughter" revisit
It may come as a pleasant surprise to animation fans that Paul Simon’s newest project, Surprise, includes his Oscar-nominated ballad “Father and Daughter,” as heard in The Wild Thornberrys Movie…. |
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Tarzan's Broadway debut review
…for this production, doesn’t exactly leap off the stage. Sure, it includes some terrific songs, including Two Worlds and the Oscar-winning You’ll Be in My Heart. But it rarely displays… |
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Enchanted actress courts Underdog
Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has enlisted in the cast of Disney/Spyglass’ Underdog, taking on the leading female role. The news comes courtesy of Variety, via Coming Soon. Underdog will fly… |
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Mary Poppins AMPAS screening
…at 7:30 p.m. The film is being recognized by the Academy for its multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture. View the Academy’s official page for this event for more information…. |
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Belleville's Chomet replaced by Corpse's Johnson
…comic Jacques Tati (Mr Hulot’s Holiday). Chomet’s replacement on Universal’s Despereaux is Mike Johnson, who shared a Best Animated Film Oscar nomination with Tim Burton for last year’s Corpse Bride…. |
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Commanding animators made Commanders
…studio’s co-founders met at school in the 1970s and were co-producers of last year’s Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit. Wikipedia… |
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Classic characters to run marathon with Boomerang
…United Artists. Boomerang will present selections from more than 90 fully re-mastered, classic theatrical shorts produced from 1964-1977, including the Oscar*-winning The Pink Phink – as well as 84 animated… |
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Weta to work on Avatar
As posted at Coming Soon, Weta Digital has issued a press release announcing that the company, including Oscar-winning Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri, has agreed to develop “visual effects,… |
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The Snowman and Father Christmas coming to DVD
From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the Oscar-nominated short The Snowman and Father Christmas will be entering stores on October 24th. Both films are based on the beloved books by Raymond… |
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Exclusive! Another Conversation With Eric Goldberg
…isn’t worth their while. And obviously at Oscar time it’s the independent films or smaller ones that get a look in. I mean look at the nominees this year. There… |
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Disney compilations on the way
…Walt Disney; The Mickey Mouse Club featuring The Hardy Boys; and More Silly Symphonies. In addition, Disney’s Acclaimed Short Film Collection, a variety of Oscar-winning and nominated animated shorts, is… |
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Narnia turns to London for special effects
…effects. The Oscar-nominated special effects for Caspian‘s predecessor, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, were created by Industrial Light & Magic, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Rhythm & Hues. Nonetheless,… |
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Wallace and Gromit find freedom
…amongst Bristol’s greatest success stories of recent times,” said Bristol’s mayor, Peter Abraham, who proposed the freedom. USA Today has more on this exciting event for the Oscar-winning animated duo…. |
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Eloise actress Mouser honored with KIDS FIRST! award
…Film Roman, a Starz Media company, in association with Handmade Films, Eloise features the star-studded voice over talent of two-time Oscar©-nominee Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters), Tim Curry… |
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Effects supervisor Jim Rygiel visits Academy of Art University
PR Web summarizes the lecture Jim Rygiel gave to students of the Academy of Art University on October 26, 2006. Rygiel, the Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor for Peter Jackson’s Lord… |
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RIP, Shirley Walker (April 10, 1945 – November 29, 2006)
…arranging its Oscar-winning song “Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man).” It was with Batman (1989) that Walker began a professional relationship with the Caped Crusader, conducting music for… |
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Cars pushed by National Board of Review
The National Board of Review has named Disney/Pixar’s Cars the “Best Animated Feature” of 2006. Thus far, the awards have been a reliable predictor of the Oscar winner for the… |

