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Animation Addicts Podcast #73: Ice Age – Scratology 101
In this week’s episode The Rotoscopers discuss an animated movie of mammoth-size proportions: Blue Sky’s first film, Ice Age…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #74: We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
…Story (1993) • The early ’90s were the era of the dinosaur. • Vorb tops the list for annoying side character. • Is this movie just a giant commercial for… |
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Disney officially announces production on Moana
Disney has officially announced that production is now underway on a new animated fairy tale, Moana, ComingSoon.net is reporting. Although rumors about the movie surfaced on the internet shortly after… |
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20 animated features submitted for 2014 Oscar race
…Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return The Lego Movie Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants Mr. Peabody & Sherman Penguins of Madagascar The Pirate Fairy Planes: Fire & Rescue Rio… |
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Big Hero 6 opens
Disney’s much-marketed Big Hero 6 finally hits theaters today, opening on 3,700 screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The movie has been scoring very well with critics so far, earning… |
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The Penguins of Madagascar opens
The Penguins of Madagascar opens in theaters everywhere today, playing on roughly 3,600 venues, Box Office Mojo is reporting. The movie has been faring fairly decently with critics, earning a… |
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A Duet with Glen Keane
…intimate it was to viewers. It is so unlike the limited experience of a movie theater. AV: That new kind of storytelling is not without impact on the conception of… |
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Oscar nominations announced
…and The Tale of Princess Kaguya being the five nominations for Best Animated Feature. A shock to virtually everyone should be The Lego Movie not getting a nomination in that… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #85: Cinderella – Mason Dubs
…Cinderella was never poor. Poor is a state of mind. • Introducing the mice, who really sidetrack the movie. • Lucifer and Clean Flicks. • The King and the Grand… |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 wins big at Annie Awards
…Movie’ – Warner Bros. Pictures Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production ___ Illya Owens – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – Disney Television Animation Editorial in an Animated Feature Production ___John K…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #87: The Secret of NIMH – Too Many “J” Names
…dazzle, Dom Deluise, and knobbly hands. opening: some of the best writing in any of Bluth’s film. Why do we love Mrs. Brisby? Classic movie trope: fear of flying. The… |
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Big Hero 6 takes home Oscar
…They previously won last year for Frozen. Disney has won the Shorts category 15 times, with the last coming in 2012 for Paperman. The Lego Movie lost its bid for… |
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Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy passes away at age 83
…83, ComingSoon.net is reporting. Nimoy, of course, played the beloved Mr. Spock on Star Trek during the 1960s, a role he would go on to reprise in eight movies, most… |
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Frozen 2 officially announced by Disney; original film’s directors set to return
…Fever, which will be attached to all screenings of Cinderella starting tonight. Frozen, of course, is the highest grossing animated movie of all time, earning more than $1.2 billion worldwide…. |
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Frozen: The Poster Collection
…image with the suggestion of framing them…surely aiming at an audience a little older than those that just enjoyed the songs in the movie. Although a previous Art Of book… |
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Noveltoons: Original Classics
…a dark time for many reasons, but in many ways it was still a golden age for the entertainment industry. Comic books and newspaper strips, movie serials, and theatrical features… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #94: The Brave Little Toaster – Let the ‘Toy Story’ Comparisons Begin!
…The animal scene is just bizarre. Same with Toaster’s dream. Yikes! Mason favorite movie trope: the characters searching for each other and JUST miss each other. The new electronics are… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #98: Inside Out – Is It Really for Kids?
…our top 3 Pixar shorts? Main Discussion: Inside Out (2015) Inside Out is a movie that has sparked a lot of discussion. A dramatic reading on the Pixar Brain Trust… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #105: Hotel Transylvania 2 – “I Love Your Chocolate Cereal!”
…How long do you wait to see a movie when it comes to theaters? Don’t forget to use the hashtags #AnimAddicts and #AnimAddicts105 when talking about this episode on Twitter!… |
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The Good Dinosaur opens
…86% from Rotten Tomatoes. The L.A. Times review says the movie “is antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters and some of the most… |
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Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…at Pixar. We were fortunate to approach Sanjay Patel and evoke with him the different steps of the production of this unlikely short movie. AnimatedViews: It is said that, at… |
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The Art Of The Good Dinosaur and Funny! 25 Years Of Laughter From The Pixar Story Room
…have a Chronicle art book accompany the release of a Pixar film, written by documented authors able to offer a true insight into the making of their movies. The Art… |
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Is The Nut Job 2 still happening?
…about the film, no plot summary, no cast announcements, not even any posters. It seems safe to say that the movie is no longer opening in January (even though it… |
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88th Annual Academy Awards nominations announced
…and Rosa Tran Boy and the World – Alê Abreu Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton and Richard Starzak When Marnie… |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Studio Cast Recording
…Renée is angelic as Esmeralda compared to the partially-raspy Heidi Mollenhauer (who was the singing voice of the character in the animated movie), and Erik Liberman exudes the same mischievous… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…what he did for King David. He used what you might call a minor key Jewish mode there, which relates to the early score composed for the movie Exodus, and… |
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Star Wars: Episode VIII production announcement video released
…Star Wars: Episode VIII has just been released, teasing the continuation of The Force Awakens’ closing scene. Directed by Rian Johnson (Looper), the highly anticipated movie opens everywhere Christmas 2017…. |
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New TV spot for The Jungle Book released
A new TV spot for The Jungle Book has just made its way online. The ad also reveals that tickets for the movie are now on sale…. |
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How John Williams brought The Force Awakens to musical life
…returning to a galaxy far, far away with his Oscar-nominated score for The Force Awakens. Williams, of course, has composed the music for every live-action Star Wars movie to date…. |
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The new Ice Age: Collision Course trailer is here
Like it or not, a new Ice Age movie is coming, this time giving Sid a love interest and having the characters facing the threat of extinction yet again (but… |
