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The pirate movie that's no crime…
…you! Which brings us, rather dubiously, to my comments on the third big hitter of this summer’s own trilogy of threequels. After Spidey and Shrek left us with the feeling… |
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Pirates continues to plunder box-office booty!
…star turn. It’s too early in Shrek The Third‘s life to start talking real numbers since the film has yet to open in key worldwide markets, but this is looking… |
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The Critic: The Complete Series
…pop-shots at more recent blockbuster fare, such Mission: Impossible and Shrek, and where network TV had to toe the line carefully, the freedom of the net allows Jay to say… |
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Time for a Renaissance and another Amazon sale!
…– $7.99 • Shrek 2: Widescreen Edition – $12.99 Buying through these direct links helps boost the old Animated News & Views coffers and keeps the content coming, and as… |
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TMNT
…Hans Zimmer, John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams have pushed in projects as diverse as The Road To El Dorado, Shrek and Pirates Of The Caribbean, the first of which Badelt… |
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WALL-E looks cute!
…I wanted to leave you with a peek at the new international one-sheet for Disney/Pixar’s upcoming WALL-E. For me the wide open Japanese-style eyes are a little too big (Shrek‘s… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five
…a plethora of such shorts, created long before the likes of Shrek began to turn these stories on their heads. Most of the assorted characters feature in these ones, from… |
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Weekend wrap-up…
…the third spot over bigger hits Bee Movie and The Simpsons Movie. Any argument that Shrek The Third should have been in the running hasn’t been raised by anybody… Ratatouille… |
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Let's end the week with a game of Cartoon Catch-up…!
…that Shrek The Halls release at the moment, but we’ll be sure to let you know what we can when we can, and Warners have now confirmed November 4 as… |
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Ariel's Beginning's composers sing, and Open Season 2!?
…film: songwriter Jeanine Tesori (also of the upcoming Shrek: The Musical and Glen Keane’s Rapunzel) and composer James Dooley, formerly a collaborator with Hans Zimmer on many major motion picture… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…was a good film in here but was as if DreamWorks had actually skipped a second film and delivered us the Shrek The Third of Madagascar movies. The story issues… |
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The Wild
…CGI pictures that had become so popular. First up was an agreement with Shrek co-producer John H Williams’ own Vanguard Animation, resulting in the enjoyably entertaining but critically derided World… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…you! Which brings us, rather dubiously, to my comments on the third big hitter of this summer’s own trilogy of threequels. After Spidey and Shrek left us with the feeling… |
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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…Spirit. Switching to CG production, the studio produced a string of hits including Shrek (and its sequels), Madagascar (and its spin-offs), Kung Fu Panda, Antz, Bee Movie and Shark Tale…. |
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How the Grinch (and an ogre) Stole Christmas
…Grinch Stole Christmas will recieve its annual TV airing. Following this will be the not as beloved but still ratings friendly Shrek the Halls, the DreamWorks animated special from 2007…. |
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Madagascar Penguins land own DVD feature
…DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon releases including How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Po’s Kung Fu Panda Virtual World, The Madagascar Story So Far, More of The Penguins of… |
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The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray in March
…Medicine), Jim Cummings (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), Michael-Leon Wooley (Ghost Town), Bruno Campos (Nip/Tuck), Peter Bartlett (The Producers), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Jennifer Cody (Broadway’s Shrek: The Musical), Oprah Winfrey… |
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Deadwood‘s McShane set for Blackbeard
From western to pirate villain: British actor Ian McShane, who has also provided voices for Shrek The Third, Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, will step into Edward Teach’s shoes to… |
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How To Train Your Dragon
…the studio. With the Shrek franchise closing this year, DreamWorks may have found a cast people care enough about to center their company branding behind. Two years ago, Kung Fu… |
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DreamWorks’ Dragon dominates
…has brought in $178 million domestically and $355 million worldwide. Mojo says, “At its current pace, Dragon will vie with Kung Fu Panda to become DreamWorks Animation’s highest-grossing non-Shrek movie”…. |
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Hollywood Reporter roundup: Peanuts and Dragon 2
…the top of the charts for weeks, with Katzenberg calling it “beloved”, and he has similar hopes for this fall’s Megamind and holiday specials for Shrek and Kung Fu Panda…. |
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Toy Story 3 claims box office victory
…of 2007’s Shrek the Third. Many are now expecting the film to have a shot at beating Finding Nemo, which is currently the studio’s highest grossing movie to date with… |
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First look at Puss in Boots
DreamWorks Animation has just revealed the first official image from their upcoming movie Puss in Boots. The Shrek spin-off starring one of the franchise’s most popular characters will find its… |
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How to Train Your Dragon beats Kung Fu Panda
…Kung Fu Panda’s final box office take with a gross of $215 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. It is now the studio’s highest grossing non-Shrek film of all time…. |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens TV series in the works
…site also has news regarding the studio’s other plans for television, including confirmation that a Shrek Halloween special is currently in production, along with a Kung Fu Panda holiday special…. |
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Toy Story 3 Top-Grossing Animated Film of All-Time
…now the highest-grossing animated film of all time. The final film in the Toy Story series has grossed US$920 million worldwide, surpassing Shrek 2‘s total worldwide gross of US$919.8 million…. |
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New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies
…friends of children–fed up with being blamed for their misdeeds–looking for revenge when their kids have grown up. Mike Mitchell of Sky High and Shrek Forever After fame is working… |
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Specs on How To Train Your Dragon
…20 animated feature films, including the franchise properties of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. DreamWorks Animation’s next feature film is Megamind, scheduled to be… |
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Megamind
…Shrek franchise followed in May. That may have marked the first time in a decade that the studio released back to back in-house movies that were both good. (OK, I’ll… |
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15 films going up for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars
…The Illusionist Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Megamind My Dog Tulip Shrek Forever After Summer Wars Tangled Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Toy Story 3… |
