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Q/A with Simon Otto, supervising animator for Flushed Away
LeafyTractor interviews Simon Otto, supervising animator for DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away. Topics touched include technical aspects of Away, current trends and the future of computer animation, a return of traditional animation,… |
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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…the reservations could end up being for something like the Pixar ball giveaway on one of the days. I heard someone unfortunately ended up with two of those. Of course,… |
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Directors Bowers and Fell talk Away animation
With SCI FI Wire, co-directors David Bowers and Sam Fell explained why they chose computer animation over stop-motion animation for DreamWorks/Aardman’s latest film, Flushed Away. “Our stories took us to… |
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Miyazaki projects ready for Studio Ghibli Museum and TCM
…air every Thursday evening in January, on Turner Classic Movies. The first of which to air will be Spirited Away, recipient of the Best Animated Feature Academy Award in 2003…. |
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Tales From Earthsea
…production wrapped up in less than nine months, about half the time it took to produce Spirited Away. The result was a film that pleased very few when it was… |
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Mary And The Witch’s Flower
…(a young witch), Spirited Away (a young girl meets fantastical creatures), Castle In The Sky (because of the… castles in the sky), and more than a little of another famed… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…meet her were slim to none. At Comic Con, she hosted a special screening of Spirited Away, but it was a ticketed event and there was no guarantee to actually… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…Ghibli, which under director Hayao Miyazaki garnered much critical praise and ultimately an Oscar, for last year’s Spirited Away. But as far as Rankin/Bass’ feature work goes, they couldn’t be… |
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Howl's Moving Castle Los Angeles premiere press release
Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away)’s latest film Howl’s Moving Castle will premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday, June 9, at 7pm. Already the film has collected… |
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2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…will stream on Netflix in December. Adam West Celebration The first day capped off with a loving tribute to Adam West, who sadly passed away on June 9. Moderated also… |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…from the future, Wilbur Robinson, to put right what once went wrong, in a high spirited, at times messy, but unexpectedly emotional adventure. Bolt: The star of a hit animal… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…was kind of blown away the first time I saw it. In prep for this, I found an article from one of the animation magazines at the time that was… |
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Longtime Pixar/DreamWorks animator Adam Burke passes away
Adam Burke–a man who worked on everything from the films of Don Bluth to the blockbusters of Pixar–has passed away. Director Brad Bird posted about the news on Twitter, saying… |
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Chuck McCann, veteran voice actor known for DuckTales and Fantastic Four, passes away
Veteran voice actor Chuck McCann has passed away, Variety is reporting. The comedian had quite a resume when it came to animation, probably being best known for being Scrooge McDuck’s… |
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Flushed Away teaser site opens with preview
The official teaser site for the DreamWorks Animation/Aardman film Flushed Away is now online. The site comes equipped with a sneak peek of the project, in QuickTime, Windows Media, Real… |
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Disney and Pixar animator/voice actor Bud Luckey passes away
Bud Luckey–a Pixar animator and voice actor who’s probably best known for the Oscar-nominated short Boundin’–has passed away, his son Andy Luckey has revealed on Facebook. Luckey had quite a… |
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Winnie The Pooh‘s Henry Jackman, a “First Class” composer
…around. You know where you’re heading to and what you’re coming away from. The songs are important moments you deliver to and come away from. So, those guys were completely… |
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Joe Grant passes away
Clay Kaytis’ new animation audio blog The Animation Podcast has broken the news that legendary Disney storyman Joe Grant has passed away earlier today (Friday). With a career spanning from… |
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Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher passes away following heart attack
2016 strikes another blow, as Carrie Fisher, the iconic Star Wars actress who won the hearts of millions as Princess Leia, has passed away, ComingSoon.Net is reporting. Fisher had a… |
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Legendary Batman star Adam West passes away
Sad news for Batman fans everywhere today as Adam West–the beloved star of the 60’s TV series–has passed away at age 88, Variety is reporting. In addition to playing the… |
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Flushed Away logo
Check out JoBlo.com’s Movie News page for the very first sneak peek at the title treatment for DreamWorks’ Flushed Away. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up…. |
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Flushed Away info leaking
Hollywood News, The Hollywood Reporter and Empire Online all have some new plot information on DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away…. |
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Animation veteran John Ahern passes away
AWN reports that veteran Disney and Hanna-Barbera animator and teacher John Ahern passed away Wednesday morning after a yearlong battle with leukemia. Ahern’s animation career started at Disney with movies… |
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Legendary actor Peter O’Toole passes away
Lawrence of Arabia’s Peter O’Toole has passed away, The Guardian is reporting. Nominated for eight Academy Awards over the course of his career–but sadly never winning any–, O’Toole was also… |
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Second Flushed Away trailer online
At a running time of 2 minutes and 16 seconds, the second trailer for the DreamWorks/Aardman production Flushed Away is now online at Moviefone. The film is scheduled for a… |
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Flushed Away receives positive early review
Ain’t It Cool News has a positive early review of DreamWorks Animation’s Flushed Away, with only light spoilers involved…. |
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Jackman, Serkis on Flushed Away
Coming Soon speaks with two of the stars from DreamWorks/Aardman’s Flushed Away: Hugh Jackman, the voice of Roddy St. James, and Andy Serkis, the voice of Spike. The duo discusss… |
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Diane Disney Miller passes away
Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, has passed away, Disney.Com is reporting. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Diane Disney Miller,” CEO of the Walt… |
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Larry D. Mann, voice of Yukon Cornelius, passes away
Larry D. Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer–arguably the most beloved animated holiday TV special of all time–, has passed away, Yahoo! TV is reporting…. |
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Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass Productions passes away
Arthur Rankin Jr.–half of Rankin/Bass Productions–has passed away, The Hollywood Reporter tells us. Along with co-founder Jules Bass, the animator, writer and director was responsible for a seemingly endless number… |
