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Looney Tunes and Jack Frost on DVD!
…milestone), but the 1979 stop–motion holiday special created by the Rankin/Bass studio. Famous for classics Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, some of their later… |
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Jack's back! NB4X's Skellington returns for Halloween!
…end. Here are just a few… • Mad Monster Party – the original stop–motion spook-fest! • Monster House – dare you knock on the door? • The Adventures Of Ichabod… |
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Anderson on Mr. Fox
During an interview featured on Rotten Tomatoes, indie filmmaker Wes Anderson discusses The Fantastic Mr. Fox, an upcoming stop–motion flick based on a book by Roald Dahl. “I really enjoyed… |
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Tim Burton talks Frankenweenie box office and more
In an extensive interview with the LA Times, Tim Burton discusses the dissapointing box office results of Frankenweenie, his decision to shoot the movie in black and white, and stop–motion… |
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The Boxtrolls : LAIKA and Focus Features’ next project on the way!
…a 3D stop–motion and CG hybrid animated feature based on Alan Snow’s bestselling fantasy adventure novel Here Be Monsters. The new movie will be released nationwide by Focus on October… |
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Henry Selick presses forward with The Shadow King
Stop–motion director Henry Selick was disappointed when Disney pulled the plug on his The Shadow King movie. Instead of nursing his wounds, he’s found a new partner. K5 International is… |
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Sneak peak at Coraline
An all-new clip from the upcoming stop–motion film Coraline has appeared on Ain’t It Cool News. Directed by Henry Selick of The Nightmare Before Christmas fame, Coraline is planned to… |
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Details on Coraline video games
D3Publisher will release the video games based on Focus Features and Laika’s stop–motion feature film Coraline, credited as the first to be originally filmed in 3-D. Directed by Henry Selick,… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…stop–motion!), it’s predominantly been hand animated and as such recalls Disney’s 1950s and 60s films like The Truth About Mother Goose and Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom, which look to… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…years, it’s the death of a parent that sets the plot in motion, when Nemo’s mother and almost all of her eggs are lost to a barracuda attack at their… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…Tim Watts and David Stoten’s stop–motion spoof The Big Story, complete with chin dimple! Here he is voiced by another Hollywood stalwart, Christopher Plummer, and while he’s a less successful… |
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Coraline teaser
The first teaser trailer for Henry Selick’s stop–motion Coraline has appeared on Cineplex. Due out in theaters in 3D on February 6th, 2009, Coraline is the dark tale of a… |
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Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection
…special. DreamWorks’ Shrek The Halls may have kickstarted the fashion for modern animated Christmas programs again in 2007, after many years of Rankin/Bass’ stop–motion re-runs, but Prep & Landing seems… |
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21 Animated Films Up For Oscar Consideration
…topped the list, along with handful of foreign traditionally animated films. What makes histroy, though, are the number of stop–motion pictures up for award and more than one could make… |
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The Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season
…Island. Flashbacks to Doc’s childhood, a Spanakopita competition, albino brotherhood, and interference from the insufferable Augustus St. Cloud all figure into the nutty plot. Look for a stop–motion tribute to… |
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Miller has Happy Feet
For USA Today, Director George Miller provides a few notes regarding his musical Happy Feet. Utilizing computer and stop–motion animation, the picture also calls upon classic tunes from The Beatles,… |
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Clooney, Blanchett to be Mr. and Mrs. Fox?
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that George Clooney and Cate Blanchett could star in Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox. An adaptation of Roald Dahl’s literary classic, the stop–motion movie would… |
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More Harryhausen
…newsletter: Ray Harryhausen to Speak at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts Emeryville, California, USA April 27, 2004 Ex’pression College for Digital Arts will host an afternoon with stop–motion legend, Ray… |
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Revolution & Anderson Are Fantastic
Variety is reporting that Wes Anderson (Rushmore) and Revolution Studios will turn Roald Dahl’s book The Fantastic Mr. Fox into a stop–motion film. The book tells the story of a… |
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Drew Carey's Green Screen Show premieres tonight
…the green screen is electronically replaced with background, costumes and assorted props that fit the skit — all created by a variety of animation techniques, including hand-drawn, stop–motion and computer-generated…. |
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Selick And Vinton Adapting Coraline
…The means of animation to be used in the film are unknown at the time, but one could expect it to use stop–motion animation given Selick and Vinton’s track record…. |
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Actress Fay Wray dies at 96
Fay Wray, one of the first actresses to star with an on-screen animated co-star, the stop–motion special effect King Kong, has died at her Manhattan home this past Sunday. A… |
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Animated Poo
{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117410 Toon Zone}} has a great article up about a half-hour stop–motion animated Korean film, Doggy Poo, which turns out to be a surprisingly tender, gentle and profound story… |
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Early Man
…and more smooth than stop–motion clay should possibly be! The human and animal figures are done in the usual company style, so nothing groundbreaking in the design there. But the… |
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Cineme Animation Festival and IGDA Video Game Developers Summit update
…(i.e., Claymation, stop–motion, etc.); Special Effects (Visual Effects Animation); Media (TV commercial animation); Music (Animated Music Videos & Best Score in an Animated Project); Television (Specials and Series); Web Animation… |
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Bride woos Depp
Variety reports that Johnny Depp will provide the lead voice in Warner Brothers’ The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton’s stop–motion animated film. With Michael Johnson directing and Allison Abbateand co-producing, The… |
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Get ready for Zombie Pirates…
Stop–motion animator Marc Spess has “finally got around to putting up a site” for his short film {{link http://www.zombie-pirates.com/ Zombie Pirates}}, started two years ago with a friend. Images, storyboards,… |
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First look at The Corpse Bride!
…stop–motion feature from Tim Burton, and produced at Will Vinton Studios in Oregon, The Corpse Bride is tenatively slated for October 2005. The template of the story is based on… |
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Ray Harryhausen interview
Over at {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17618 Ain’t It Cool News}}, Scott Essman takes an extremely informative and interesting interview with 84 year old stop–motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen, promoting his autobiography, An… |
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The Animated Games of E3
…ultimate Nick gaming adventure. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – CAPCOM – PS2 This action game is based on Henry Selick’s stop–motion movie masterpiece. Players slip into the role… |
