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DreamWorks sticking with HD DVD?
…Just five months later, and after accepting $100 million to release movies exclusively on HD DVD, Katzenberg called HD DVD a “game-changer” and “the best way to view movies at… |
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Bringing WALL•E to life, and a peek at Pixar's Cars Toon!
So I’m guessing many of you have already rushed out to grab WALL•E and have devoured the movie for a second, third or fourth time! No doubt you’re itching to… |
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Kids pick Ratatouille as best of the year
Variety reports that the children’s movie review site kidspickflicks.com has named Pixar film Ratatouille as best of the year. This year’s choices were based off 107 votes from children ages… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…and hawthorn. But for the movie, director Andrew Adamson decided to make the destruction of that bridge the climax of his film, both in story and visually, with the River… |
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Bolt comes to life, plus new Narnia contest!
…animator Cinzia Angelini about her fascinating career (including a very brief stint on Toy Story 3 at Disney’s doomed sequel lab Circle 7 Animation) and, of course, her new movie…. |
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Winner!
…deleted scenes, the family movie of the year is available on DVD in a special three-disc Collectors Edition: two DVDs and a DisneyFile disc featuring a digital copy of the… |
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Theater 3-D conversion "dragging along"
Jeffery Katzenburg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, has been finding that the conversion to 3-D in movie theaters is taking longer than expected, reports IMDB. Commenting on the progress various cinemas… |
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Few humans and some live action in Wall•E, says Kathy Najimy
Asked by Movieweb about her role in the upcoming Pixar movie while promoting King of the Hill, the talented actress revealed that “I play a character named Mary and I… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
…even if the other problems were fixed this one would still sink it — the movie is just boring and no fun. I saw the film in a theatre full… |
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The Simpsons lead marketing materials awards
The Simpsons Movie has earned seven nominations, the most for any film, for the 37th annual Hollywood Reporter Movie Marketing Key Art Awards which honor the design and creation of… |
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James Cameron discusses 3D motion-capture Avatar
…for a 2.5 hour movie. It’s not with a single CGI character, like King Kong or Gollum. We have hundreds of photo-realistic CG characters. The essence of storytelling stays the… |
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Regal & RealD rolling out 1,500 more 3D screens
…transformation in movie-going in 70 years. The future of cinema comes to theaters in 2009.” Walt Disney’s President of Distribution Chuck Viane added that “Disney has been a pioneer in… |
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3-D "a revelation" for Sigourney Weaver
…business. I think kids soon will be saying: `I don’t want to see that movie – it’s flat.”‘ Sigourney Weaver, whose friendship with Cameron dates back to Aliens some 20… |
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Reports from Kung Fu Panda's L.A. premiere
…Angeles premiere of their new film Kung Fu Panda at the (where else?) Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Also in attendance were the movie’s talented directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. Before… |
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Download the new 3D film Big Buck Bunny for free
Sun Microsystems today announced the online release of the 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny rendered using Network.com’s Sun Grid compute utility service. The movie is created using open source… |
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M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender
…factions, two of whom are preparing for war. Asked why he wanted to do the movie, Night explains: “It was just the story. I just loved the story. I loved… |
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Anna Faris and Andy Samberg to star in Sony's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
The hilarious Anna Faris revealed to MTV News, while on the Albuquerque set of her new movie Observe & Report, that should be starring alongside Saturday Night Live‘s Andy Samberg… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…Movie is another film that got a widescreen LaserDisc and a 4:3 DVD, though I never picked the movie up in either format.) The George Lucas-produced Twice Upon A Time… |
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Wall•E articles keep flooding in
…“Pixar’s best movie ever” according to the New York Magazine. The Village Voice feels that “you’ll adore it because of a cuddly, lonely little robot who breaks your beeping heart.”… |
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Space Chimps box office predictions
…the animated comedy will open at number seven at the box office with an intake of $6.7 million. Lee’s Movie Info also puts Chimps at seven on the top ten… |
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Space Chimps opens
…get back home to Earth. The movie is not faring too well with the critics, scoring only 37% on Rotten Tomatoes. “With cheapie effects and a barrage of monkey puns,… |
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New trailer for Ponyo on the Cliff unveiled, Miyazaki talks
…boy, Sosuke. The look of the movie is heavily based on the many pre-production watercolours and hand drawn artworks done by Miyazaki. Also, no CGI has been used in the… |
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Oliver & Company's Director George Scribner!
…movie almost brings the smells of a melting-pot New York’s streets to life. And, most excitingly today, Jeremie’s three-part interview series on the making of the film comes to a… |
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New Igor poster
A new one-sheet advertising the upcoming CGI film Igor can be found at Internet Movie Poster Awards. The movie, which features a lab-assistant who aspires to become an evil scientist,… |
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Scrat returns in Ice Age 3 teaser trailer
As with the second Ice Age movie the third Ice Age movie is being introduced to us with a new Scrat short where the hapless yet determined saber-toothed squirrel goes… |
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Another Muppet Christmas for NBC!
…and Harry Potter regular Richard Griffiths among others in the special, which will feature new songs written by The Muppet Movie and The Muppets’ Christmas Carol composer Paul Williams. Goldberg… |
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Igor opens today
…well with critics, only earning 31% so far on Rotten Tomatoes. Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer calls the movie “… a haphazard collection of spare movie parts cobbled together… |
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An early screening of Pixar’s Up
…was mixed with storyboard, rough and finished animation. The movie plot was completely original but somewhat dark with many adult themes. He finally adds, “I would definitely recommend this movie… |
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DC Comics animation goodness, plus director Michel Ocelot!
…live-action movie: “By keeping the entire comic book basically intact, the motion comic will undoubtedly become the most faithful adaptation of the novel”, he says, adding that “the motion comic… |
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New Up image
An exclusive screen shot from Disney/Pixar’s new film Up can be viewed at Empire Movie News. The still features the movie’s two protagonists amidst a South American backdrop. Up hits… |
