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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
…at with them too. George’s antics and misadventures are always fun, and every now and then there’s a lovely bit of business for Ted and more than an amusing line… |
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox DVD and Blu-ray in March
…“From Script to Screen” feature, a Still Life (Puppet Animation) feature, and A Beginner’s Guide to Whack-Bat. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will include that, along with a 6-part Making Mr…. |
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Enchanted 2 on the way
…Currently, Jessie Nelson is set to pen the script for the sequel, with The Proposal director Anne Fletcher attached to direct. Returning as producers are Barry Josephson and Barry Sonnenfeld…. |
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Michel Gondry talks Megalomania
…of an adolescent,” and featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi & Juliette Lewis, Megalomania will be animated using Paul Gondry’s artwork and comic book author Dan Clowes’ script…. |
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How To Train Your Dragon
…script. And more importantly the story and jokes aren’t split for adults and kids. As all the best animated films do, all ages will find something to enjoy at the… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
…And The Beast and Aladdin had made animation cool again, and The Nightmare Before Christmas showed the Studio was also interested in pushing boundaries. Pixar already had an association –… |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
…and only dipping a toe in the waters via their association with Steven Spielberg, who produced Don Bluth’s An American Tail and The Land Before Time pictures and launched the… |
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Mighty Mouse movie back in development
According to the LA Times, a Mighty Mouse movie is once again in the works at Paramount, though the studio is still looking for a writer and director for the… |
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Sony Classics to present The Illusionist
Following their successful pairing on Sylvain Chomet’s The Triplets Of Belleville in 2003, Sony Pictures Classics and the director have announced that his new film, The Illusionist, based on an… |
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Chomet/Tati’s The Illusionist reviewed
Calling the film “a specialized but beautiful piece of animation by Sylvain Chomet drawn from an unproduced Jacques Tati script”, The Hollywood Reporter reviews The Illusionist, a “collaboration beyond the… |
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Charlie Kaufman polishing Kung Fu Panda sequel
Charlie Kaufman, the Academy award winning writer behind films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation and Being John Malkovich has just put in less than two weeks… |
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After
…Eastern tune with a more conventional Western arrangement or whether I should be writing a Western with a Persia arrangement around it. So, I had to deal with very similar… |
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Batman: Under The Red Hood
…received about The Red Hood, and his scenes with Batman are among the best written in the movie. Nightwing’s spirited talky-ness and quit wit are a fun contrast to the… |
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New Goon footage from Comic Con
MTV currently features a clip of footage from The Goon that was shown at the San Diego Comic-Con recently. According to the article, the clip was being showcased in part… |
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James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition
…the great musician, sweet and lyrical, dark and adventurous at the same time, and breaking away from the Americana he is often noted for, save for a slight failing at… |
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New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies
…as a developer on the project. There are also, apparently, discussions being made about the movie possibly being a mix of live-action and animation, which would be a first for… |
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LA/NY set for Superman/Batman’s Apocalypse
…executive producer Bruce Timm, director Lauren Montgomery, writer Tab Murphy and dialogue/casting director Andrea Romano. Additional participants, including voice cast members, will be announced as confirmed. On Thursday, September 23,… |
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The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series
…to explore more about the main characters. In a crucial first episode,Andorus, we get to learn more about Tula and her past, as well as her new-found powers as an… |
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Superman/Batman: Apocalypse – Apokalips (clip)
…return to their seminal roles as Superman and Batman, respectively. The celebrity-laden guest cast is headed by Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age) as the daunting Darkseid. Sci-Fi heroine… |
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The secrets of Walt’s Vault unlocked…!
…sections: Stories about Walt Disney and his life, Behind the scenes stories about the making of Disney animated and live action films, Stories about Disneyland and Walt Disney World attractions… |
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The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition
…scissors and cutting the film as if it was a live-action picture – losing a rumored 12 minutes-plus of completed, and expensive, finalized ink-and-painted animation! Even with his cuts and… |
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The Secret Of Kells: Special Edition
…a copy of a raw camera complete with jump cuts and, be aware, a lack of audio sweetening at a couple of points when Gleeson shouts, creating audio distortion that… |
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New US trailer for The Illusionist debuts online
…the illusionist, as he learns to come to terms with his fading art and meets a young girl Alice, who will change his life forever. French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet’s follow-up… |
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam
…mayhem to all the speakers, and it comes through very nicely. Audio also comes in German and Castellano Spanish, and subtitles are available in English, French, German, and Spanish in… |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
…stylized but not necessarily cartoon-ish. It’s a new beginning with a movie like Avatar. The worlds of animation and live action have merged and the lines are blurred. I think… |
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Space: 1999: Season One
…and a half of reminiscences by Gerry Anderson, supervising editor David Lane, the show’s writing staff (Christopher Penfold and Johnny Byrne), and actress Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes). They discuss many… |
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The Looney Tunes Treasury
…pulled off easier; but as something aimed at collectors, this can come off as a pretty dopey idea. A collector buys this book for the images and memorabilia on display,… |
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Studio 4°C Set Animated Short Dubbed Jesus
Japan’s Studio 4°C will animate a 9 minute short on the last days of Jesus Christ told from the perspective of thief who was crucified at the same time. The… |
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Tron 3 gets new writer
…Tron: Legacy scribes Adam Horowitz and Adam Kitsis were originally set to pen the script, but are currently being held up by their upcoming ABC fantasy series Once Upon a… |
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Ninja Turtles reboot still happening?
Cowabunga! According to Deadline, new writers have officially been hired to write the script for the long in development Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who… |
