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Robot Chicken goes to a galaxy far, far away
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Robot Chicken creators, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are making a Robot Chicken: Star Wars Special for Adult Swim. The 30-minute stop–motion animation special, directed… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…directed… but in 1993 I was struck by Tim Burton’s film The Nightmare Before Christmas and instantly wanted to write the next big stop–motion musical, as one does! I went… |
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Oscar’s song shortlist includes 11 animated tunes
Seventy-five songs from 2013 films have been shortlisted for nominations in the Original Song category at the Oscars, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Those from… |
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Nightmare among best '90s films
In a two-part list of the best films from the ’90s, The Aspect Ratio includes the stop–motion musical The Nightmare Before Christmas. The site praises, “The world created by Tim… |
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Criterion Collection edition of Fantastic Mr. Fox on the way
The Criterion Collection will be releasing a special deluxe edition of Wes Anderson’s Oscar-nominated stop–motion animated comedy Fantastic Mr. Fox on Blu-Ray and DVD, Blu-Ray.Com is reporting. Among the all-new… |
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Breathed talks Opus, Flawed Dogs, Mars
Comic strip cartoonist and children’s book creator Berkeley Breathed chats with Quick Stop Entertainment, as a considerable portion of the interview centers on the adaptations of his works. Breathed regards… |
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Video of 243 animated titles
Irina Neustroeva, who has described herself as a “stop–motion and media creator, a scriptwriter, [and] a teacher of animation”, has put together an amazing four-and-a-half minute video of the title… |
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Finding Dory coming November 25, 2015
…not to mention our team here at Pixar. One thing we couldn’t stop thinking about was why she was all alone in the ocean on the day she met Marlin…. |
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Once Upon A Dream: Mary Costa as Sleeping Beauty‘s Princess Aurora
…with my singing. But, if someone would come over to this, I would stop because it was very personal. So, my father would get so irritated because I would not… |
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Neil Gaiman on Coraline
With Rotten Tomatoes, author Neil Gaiman has nothing but positive things to say about the anticipated stop–motion adaptation of Coraline. Interestingly, he comments, “I’ve seen tests; actual animation of about… |
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Burton to direct Alice, Frankenweenie
…combine performance-capture imagery with live-action footage. As for Frankenweenie, the stop–motion feature will be based on Burton’s 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back to life by his… |
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Rise of the Guardians director Peter Ramsey assembles the Guardians of Childhood
…heroes – Jack Frost, North (aka Santa), Bunnymund (the Easter Bunny), Tooth (the Tooth Fairy), and Sandy (the Sandman) – must band together to stop an ancient spirit called Pitch… |
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Big Money Losses for Disney and Nickelodeon
…decided to write down $50 million, halting production on an unamed Henry Selick stop–motion film. ABC summer advertising was low, which came on top of the John Carter box-office failure…. |
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New Frankenweenie poster
The one sheet for Tim Burton’s upcoming animated movie Frankenweenie has made its way online and can be seen over at ComingSoon.net. The film marks Burton’s first stop–motion animated feature… |
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New Coraline poster
IMPAWARDS shares a new poster for Coraline. Based on Neil Gaiman’s novella of the same name, the animated stop–motion fantasy is slated for a February 6, 2009 release…. |
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Coraline sneak peek
IGN reports about a special screening of roughly half an hour of footage from the upcoming 3D stop–motion animation film Coraline which they attended recently. Based on the novella by… |
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Coraline interviews
…in-depth article also includes descriptions of several scenes from the stop–motion film, which are received extremely positively by the sneak peak’s author. Coraline opens in theaters on February 6th in… |
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The full trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie
The full trailer for Disney’s upcoming stop–motion animated movie Frankenweenie is now online, and can be found on iTunes. The horror comedy from Tim Burton opens everywhere this October…. |
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The return of Puppetoons
…George Pal, The Puppetoon Movie, 2002’s The Time Machine) proudly presents a landmark collection of beautifully restored stop–motion animated shorts. Leibovit’s mentor and friend George Pal began his Academy Award-winning… |
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Don Hahn panel at Woodbury University
…insights into the highly creative and involved process of making animated films across a variety of mediums – traditional, computer and stop–motion animation – as reflected in The Alchemy of… |
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Murray on Mr. Fox
ComingSoon currently features an interview with actor Bill Murray on several of his most recent and upcoming films. In the article, Murray shortly discusses his role in the stop–motion flick… |
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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
…be associated with them (indeed, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs has the distinction of being the first motion picture soundtrack released, in an album of 78rpm records), but in… |
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A look at Laika
…of their ground-breaking work in rapid prototyping and 3D and how the Laika aims to push the boundaries of stop–motion animation, a discussion with Henry Selick about his involvement with… |
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Exclusive sneak peek at Coraline
RottenTomatoes shares an exclusive video on director Henry Selick’s latest stop–motion project Coraline, featuring clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with the cast and crew, including Selick, novelist Neil Gaiman, and… |
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More ParaNorman interviews
…of modern stop–motion animation and more with Dread Central. And Digital Facility has a running line of interviews with the filmmakers. Those posted so far include director of photography Tristan… |
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ParaNorman opens in third place
…Office Mojo. “Even with a unique concept and lukewarm competition, the movie still couldn’t break out of the standard stop–motion animation opening range, which reinforces how tricky this sub-genre is”…. |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…but Medusa and her sneaky assistant Snoops prove that they’ll stop at nothing in order to keep the diamond from escaping their clutches… Becoming the first official Disney animated sequel,… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…On a related note, stop–motion animator and special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen also got a couple of special LaserDisc releases that have not been reproduced on DVD. The documentary Aliens,… |
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A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story Of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
…which a variety of animation styles, from manipulated cut-outs through stop–motion, hand-drawn, CG and even oil-painted frames, come into effect to depict each time period and, at times, Chapman’s flights… |
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Schwartzmann talks Fantastic Mr. Fox
In a new interview with Moviehole, Jason Schwartzmann briefly talks about providing his voice for the animated The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Directed by Wes Anderson, the stop–motion film will enter… |
