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Roger Dean movie planned
British illustrator Roger Dean is working on an animated feature based on his Yes album covers. Floating Islands is the story is of a boy Loki, growing up, his imagination… |
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New Peter Pan movie in the works
Mickey News reports that Disney is planning a CGI-animated prequel to Peter Pan. The story will be based on Peter and the Starcatchers by well-known humor columnist Dave Barry and… |
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Raven Moon Entertainment starting new animation division
…Moon is planning to produce four theatrical features: The Dino Bugs Movie, The Gina D & The Transistor Sisters Movie, The Mr. Bicycle Man Movie, and The Bobo Blocks Movie…. |
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Joe Grant Life Celebration
…animating the caricatured Hollywood celebrities of the day arriving in limos for a star-studded movie premiere. After showing some of these early Disney movie clips slides were presented of some… |
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Snow White And The Seven Kung Fu Monks: Disney sets movie sights on China
As well as two theme parks in the region, Disney is looking to make its presence felt in China with more traditional filmmaking ways as well. In somewhat animation related… |
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The Incredibles on Ice on "Parr" with Disney Ice Shows
…to say Incredible performance. The Incredibles on Ice is actually in celebration of both the movie and Disney’s recent 50th anniversary. Taking place shortly after the movie’s end, the plot… |
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Where the Wild movie plans are
The New York Times breaks down the long journy from the book scene to the big screen that Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are has endured. Mentioned in… |
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The Wild movie trailer debuts online
The trailer for Disney/C.O.R.E.’s The Wild has premiered online at the Disney Motion Showcase. Theaters will go Wild on April 14, 2006…. |
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Warner Bros. acquires movie rights to Where the Wild Things Are
Variety indicates that Warner Bros. will move forward with the film version of Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are. Prior to this update, the project was set… |
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Animation rules at 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards
…coveted Overall Movie, Animated DVD Premeire as well as Screenplay and Animated Character Performance (Voice and Animation) for a DVD Premiere Movie the second coming for Seth MacFarlane’s portrayal of… |
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Movie Hanuman to be shown as series on Disney Channel
The Walt Disney Company, India, has acquired the television rights to the animated blockbuster Hanuman. Interestingly, the film will be shown as an eight-episode miniseries on Disney Channel, says India… |
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Summer movie premiere season
o-meon has updated with a report on the sometimes elaborate premieres for Disney movies. Special focus is given to the pending premieres for Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead… |
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Movie tie-in games becoming higher quality?
The Washington Post notices that the quality of video game tie-ins to movies appears to be receiving more attention from studios than in past years. Animated films mentioned in the… |
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See Sea-Monkey movie
Cinema Confidential reports on a big screen animated film based on the Sea Monkeys, the brine shrimp who can be coaxed out of their cryptobiotic state by just adding water,… |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes
…Broadbent, with Liam Neeson as Aslan. Starz is where the new hit movies live. Don’t just see the big movies, experience them. Starz Entertainment is a premium movie service provider… |
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Seven Sounds, one movie
Kahani World, Inc., an independent animation company located in Toronto, Canada, and Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Comics, LLC, are pairing on the co-production of Secrets of the Seven Sounds. Geared… |
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Flushed Away: The Animated News Review
…pad, and the two guys mix like vodka and prune juice. This conflict-fueled relationship (and even the two silhouettes) immediately reminded me of the other European rat movie – the… |
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Covers revealed for movie-based books
Numerous covers for some of next year’s most anticipated animated films are now appearing at Amazon.com. For Shrek the Third, two titles in the mix are Mad Libs plus Storybook… |
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[Press release] AOL to launch Shrek online interactive game
…an online interactive game based on the popular Shrek franchise on April 26, three weeks before Shrek the Third hits the movie theaters. The game is co-produced by AOL, DreamWorks… |
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9-minute Ratatouille preview announced, new movie-stills online
Advertisements on Disney.com announce that a special 9-minute preview of Ratatouille will be available online at Disneys’ official site on May 1st. Meanwhile, two new high resolution images for Ratatouille… |
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Surf's Up for movie's animators
Surf’s Up producer Chris Jenkins tells SCI FI Wire that to help capture the feel of the film’s sport, several animators actually learned to surf. “I think it was real… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
…Edition of the movie, it’s time to go back to the essentials, to the origins of the myth. That’s why we turned to Mike Cachuela [right, below], who was one… |
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Cauldron book made into "not-so-good" movie?
A.V. Club presents the countdown “Lost In Translation: 20 Good Books Made Into Not-So-Good Movies.” Animation is represented in the list by Disney’s The Black Cauldron, with the article referring… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy
…featured Goofy living with his son, Max, and their crazy adventures. Three years later the same characters appeared in the movie A Goofy Movie which became a surprise hit. A… |
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Horton Hears a Who edges out Bee Movie at worldwide box office
…feat for a Dr. Seuss adaptation. Previous movies based on books by the author, who is little known outside of the U.S., didn’t fare so well with foreign markets generating… |
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Smurfs movie finds a director
Variety reports that Raja Gosnell has signed on to direct Sony and Columbia Pictures’ live action/animated Smurfs. The editor turned director is best known for helming Scooby-Doo movies. Produced by… |
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Star Trekkin' across the universe! Plus Venture Bros. and Tiny Toons!
Phew! It’s true what people are saying…JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek movie sets its phasers for stunning and delivers a whole starshipload of pure entertainment at top warp. I wouldn’t… |
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Shrek the Third
…throughout the movie. So in an obviously important scene, like when Fiona is ready to tell here husband she is pregnant, you would think they would take the time to… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…director prevailed. Basically, with the director you have a boss and you try and satisfy the boss. AV: The core of the movie is the Mike and Sully’s friendship. How… |
