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The making of Garfield: The Movie
{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/2004/garfield.php Dark Horizons}} has posted some new stills from the upcoming June 11 Fox release of Garfield: The Movie. Over at {{link http://movies.channel.aol.com/movie/main.adp?_pgtyp=pdct&tab=main&mid=14955 Moviefone}}, there’s a whole bunch of… |
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Catwoman and King Kong updates; release dates; Shrek 2 run-time
…on King Kong, as well as {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4439 Peter Jackson}}’s take on the story and the way he’ll be handling it. Meanwhile, away from the DC universe, {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040426g.php Dark… |
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Herobear And The Kid no more?
In a round-up of dealings and developments at Universal, the {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040423i.php Dark Horizons}} website is listing Herobear And The Kid, based on Mike Kunkel’s comic books, as being “dead”…. |
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End of The Simpsons?
The {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040421e.php Dark Horizons}} site states that “Fox is considering cancelling The Simpsons. The voice-cast has walked out in order to demand more money. Fox has enough episodes to… |
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Batman and Superfriends DVD details and cover art
…on select episodes, “The Dark Knight’s First Night” featurette, “Batman: The Legacy Continues” featurette, a tour of the Batcave, and trailers for Challenge of the Superfriends, Justice League: Star Crossed,… |
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The future of video game animation?
‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=310 Animated News Forum}} points out that “game developer Digital Extremes has released a movie of in-game footage from the game Dark Sector“, adding that “the… |
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Disney developments
Dark Horizons has a large list of movies that Disney’s Buena Vista division is developing, which is definitely worth a look…. |
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Garfield moves, Thunderbirds tease
Dark Horizons reveals that Garfield: The Movie‘s release date is now June 11. Also available on the website is the notice of a new Thunderbirds teaser poster, which can be… |
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Disney/Pixar want rights to John Carter of Mars – but for live-action or animation?
…for a live-action franchise or an animated film? Variety started the ball rolling, while Dark Horizons and Mania Movies both go into history of the development hell the project has… |
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Tinkering Bell
In a follow-up to his insightful article “A Tale of Two Tinker Bells,” Chuck Oberleitner offers “Tinker Bell: Return of the Dark Fairy.” The interesting editorial expands upon the early… |
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DC Universe Original Movie Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths arrives February 23, 2010
…writers, editors and artists pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a modern day Super Hero. This documentary covers the riveting and often harrowing tale of New York… |
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Dream On, Silly Dreamer
…with their own offering. Time will tell which of these entries will stick, but as a result of this wave, CG animation will certainly lose its novelty. The appeal of… |
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Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection
…None of the films have any commentary, but we do get a “making of” for two of the films, and a great look at the production process for Rupert. As… |
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Brother Bear: Special Edition
…again and their madcap brand of humor. Koda’s Outtakes (2:35m) features more of the same as found in the closing credits, but this time more centered on the fluffing of… |
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Cool World
…of animation and live-action, cartoonist Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne) is stuck in jail doing time for a crime of passion. While incarcerated, he’s broken free of his prison by creating… |
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Mad Monster Party
…nice touches) are the likes of Frankenstein’s Monster, The Wolf Man, Dracula, Dr Jekyll (with Mr Hyde of course), The Creature, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Hunchback of Notre… |
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Peter de Sève: the time of his life designing A Bug’s Life
…talent, artists or styles to pursue outside of their own pool of artists. So, I came at the very beginning of that and saw myself very busy from Hunchback of… |
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Peter & The Wolf: A Bird’s-Eye View (With A Balloon!)
…as a sequence in an intended sequel to Fantasia. And it’s that same power of attraction that seduced the creators of the latest (and certainly most distinguished) version of the… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…BM: I think Marc certainly checked with Walt quite often on designs and approach on how to do the character, but the majority of the responsibility of the character was… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!
…on the evil side…so I’m assuming having Oogie was there to expand things, but to also take the edge off of Jack. HS: Oogie started out as the size of… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…is also a combination of the principles of classical animation, the principles of romantic comedy and the principles of action-adventure films. How did you manage to mix and, most of… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Three: Musical minstrels Alan Menken and Danny Troob!
…a number of places to become prevalent at the end of the movie in a kind of a Carmina Burana kind of way. AV: The film is also about parody…. |
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Madame Tutli-Putli vs. The Crazy Locomotive
…Tutli-Putli? Marciek Szczerbowski: We wanted to make a kind of iconic figure, a kind of turn-of-the-century, classic lady. It’s a very particular kind of woman. It’s not every woman. Many… |
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Chatting with The Chestnut Tree Creators
…I got some of my best students’ numbers and Hyun-Min was one of them. She even wrote down a reminder of what her test was. So she came here and… |
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Director Jim Kammerud on The Fox and the Hound 2
…of Tod and Copper, rather than a sequel storyline, with the adult versions of those characters? JK: I think that there was probably a perfectly legitimate story that we could… |
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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
…forced previews) and a selection of video-based extra features. That’s it, and it’s that simple, reducing the very interactivity of a DVD back to the dark ages of VHS and,… |
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It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…cover of the DVD!) This is one of the more joyous of the Peanuts specials, as it has relatively little of Charlie Brown and therefore it racks up a lot… |
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Turok: Son Of Stone
…the production of the film itself. After all these years, I finally know something of the origins of Turok, and it is fun to see some of those great painted… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season
…neither offends or impresses in its tale of a visiting alien. And what the heck’s going on with Raven anyways? Wasn’t she about to contribute to the end of the… |
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The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season
…some of the best use of sound effects on the show, but the action taking place in individual scenes often doesn’t see the soundtrack take full advantage of what is… |
