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Brave, Paperman, Pi win Oscars
…like to thank the Academy for this incredible honor. Making a movie has its own story. I’d like to thank John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter,… |
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Powell and Mendes going back to Rio
John Powell and Sergio Mendes will be back to provide the music for Rio 2, according to Film Music Reporter. The movie will also include “new Brazilian artists and original… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #32: Mulan – Yodeling Huns
…over the years, crazy curls, plastic surgery. • Main Discussion: Disney’s Mulan. • Basic info, what are the directors doing now?, “This movie’s awesome!” • Animation laws of the universe:… |
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Planet Earth producers and Weinstein Co. settle lawsuit
…claiming they “sabotaged what should have been a highly profitable movie through a potent combination of hubris, incompetence, profligate spending and contempt for contractual obligations.” Deadline.com has the full story…. |
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Crood song by Owl City and Yuna now on iTunes
…From Planet Earth. You can already pre-order the full soundtrack for The Croods, to be released in stores on March 19. The movie will hit theaters nationwide on March 22…. |
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Epic international poster, TV spots, and trailer
The Internet Movie Poster Awards showcases a new Spanish-language poster for Blue Sky Studios’ Epic. Distributor Twentieth Century Fox has also uploaded two internet-exclusive commercials to YouTube, each specifically targeting… |
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Sofia The First earns a second season
…voices Sofia, while other notable voices include Tim Gunn as Baileywick, the castle steward, and Wayne Brady as Clover the rabbit. The movie Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess… |
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Stripped
…the thirty day deadline they’re already halfway to their goal. Schroeder told Comic Riffs when they were starting out, “In talking with so many fans and creators about the movie,… |
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Amazon adds another kid’s series to original slate
…of the Blue Enterprises SEATTLE—March 6, 2013—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios, the original movie and series production arm of Amazon.com, today announced that it is greenlighting a test pilot for the original… |
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New Turkeys image?
Other than a couple of press releases and a blurry image there isn’t a lot out there about Relativity Media and Reel FX’s upcoming film Turkeys. The movie was originally… |
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Disney pulls away from traditional animation
Bad news for traditional/2D animation fans, from The Guardian, Disney states they do not have any future plans for the medium. All of the current Disney movies in production are… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill dub clip
…Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Dunham, Beau Bridges, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie will premiere on March 15 in New York City, following by a select theater release…. |
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TMNT reboot will be “awesome”
…“From everything that I’ve seen in the script and the development and everything they’ve asked my input on specifically, it’s gonna be an awesome, familiar, solid Turtles movie. It’ll have… |
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Pete’s Dragon getting new screenwriter
Amongst the Disney classics, is an often forgotten movie musical combining live action with animation. Pete’s Dragon is story about an orphan boy befriended by dragon who becomes invisible at… |
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Tina Fey on Muppets set
Collider has a photo from the set of The Muppets…Again! movie featuring Tina Fey and what appears to be Kermit’s “jewel-heisting doppelgänger named Constantine”. Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell also… |
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Planet Earth shatters Weinstein Co. record
Cartoon Brew reports that Escape from Planet Earth is the highest-grossing computer animated movie distributed by the Weinstein Co. Thus far, Earth has collected more than $52 million during its… |
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Turbo brings new domestic, international trailers
Two new trailers for DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo have arrived online. The second domestic trailer, attached to The Croods in theaters this weekend, may be seen at iTunes Movie Trailers. Concurrently,… |
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The Croods opens
…the movie to easily win the weekend with an opening of $38 million, while Box Office Prophets is slightly more optimistic with an expected debut of $40 million. Directing by… |
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Atlantis, New Groove and Stitch all going Blu
Continuing Disney’s trend of rushing their animated features/direct-to-DVD sequels to Blu-Ray in the form of “2-Movie Collections,” the studio will continue that trend this summer with three releases on June… |
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New Epic posters
Following the release of its final theatrical trailer a few days ago, 20th Century Fox has released two new posters for their upcoming adventure movie Epic, both of which can… |
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New posters for Planes, Monsters University
…tight air race against the antagonistic Ripslinger. Meanwhile, the Internet Movie Poster Awards displays the latest seasonal poster for Monsters University, in which Sulley uses Mike as an Easter egg…. |
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Death of a puppet lady, Jane Henson
…his career in the years following his death, through the Jim Henson Legacy. Jane remained a prominent fixture in the puppeteering community. In that regard: “Life is like a movie,… |
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Pacino’s Despicable Me 2 villain revealed
…League must turn to super-villain Gru to stop him. However, Eduardo’s design has remained a mystery – until now. Chris “Tank” Tanski of The (Title Pending) Movie Podcast provides a… |
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Dragon Ball Z tops Japan’s box office
The latest entry in the long-running Anime series, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, topped the box office in Japan last weekend, with the movie earning about $7 million in… |
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The Croods hit $300 million
The Wrap notes that The Croods has become just the second movie of the year to pass $300 million worldwide box office gross. “[This weekend] the 3D caveman cartoon took… |
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Playing around with Kung Fu Panda 3 voices
…a franchise to rival Shrek’s success and the third movie is already in the works with a December 23, 2015 release date, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It will be the… |
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Bruno Bozzetto receives prestigious award
Though well-known in the animation community, the casual fan may not be familiar with Bruno Bozzetto, the famous Italian animator. He is best known for his Fantasia parody movie Allegro… |
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Saving Mr. Banks gets PG-13 rating
…ComingSoon.net is reporting. The movie–which is apparently finished now, given that it has an MPAA rating–chroncles Disney’s efforts to coax P.L. Travers into letting him adapt her Mary Poppins stories… |
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Planes video game coming August 6
…the movie returns for the game, including Dane Cook, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Priyanka Chopra. To be released August 6, the Planes video game will be available exclusively for… |
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Actor/comedian Jonathan Winters dead at 87
…Winters’ work in various Smurfs projects that will be remembered best. The actor voiced Grandpa Smurf in the ’80s cartoon series and its TV movie, ‘Tis the Season to Be… |
