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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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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure
…me a great deal of Paul Terry’s pitch in the stop–motion James And The Giant Peach. And way down in the cast list, under additional voices, I noticed one Kathryn… |
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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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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
As a child, director Chris Williams (Big Hero 6, Moana, Bolt) was obsessed with drawing and writing and working on stop–motion films. He loved movies, and particularly enjoyed adventure stories… |
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Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass Productions passes away
…Party was the first of these, a stop–motion comedy that starred Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller. This was followed years later by a very limited theatrical run for Rudolph and… |
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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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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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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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Harryhausen’s Bafta
The Hollywood Reporter has elaborated on details that legendary stop–motion animation and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen is to receive a special award at Sunday’s (26 June) British Academy of… |
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Disney Interactive’s animates new short with Google
…Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story. Disney memorabilia collectors will recognize Vinylmation as the line of figurines with mouse ears. It “is a stop–motion animated film that tells the story of… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…that might be described as digital stop–motion, though that hardly does justice to what a cool look it had. Then there was, undoubtedly, my favorite film of the year, Spider-Man:… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…releases out [above], with More Stop Motion Marvels, and a dazzling Blu-ray upgrade of Rainbow Parades. Moving slightly away from animation, I appreciated the good stab at old-school Muppets in… |
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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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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…the new logo so much that he played it again to our delight. Bergman handed things over to Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, to begin… |
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
…different motivations for wanting to be a part of the Avengers. They must learn to work together quickly in order to stop an alien invasion. The Sweatbox Review: With all… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
…the hand that feeds it, and the inescapable digs at Hollywood are one of purest elements in Tiny Toons that continues the Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones feel… |
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Bambi II
…Walt in years. True, the voices sometimes stray into Hollywood brat territory, and Bambi certainly is more sure of himself this time out, but they are by turns only slightly… |
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Aardman "Bragg"s about Flushed Away tonight on UK TV
…his love of stop–motion animation and its future in a CGI-dominated world. We see him unwind by bird-watching in the countryside, and eavesdrop on the close-knit Aardman team, whose new… |
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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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King Kong lives!
As expected, Warner Home Video will release the immortal 1933 adventure King Kong, featuring iconic stop–motion effects by Willis O’Brien, to coincide with the release of the new version coming… |
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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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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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Burton's Nightmare Becomes CG Game!
Craig Crumpton on the {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=95455 Toon Zone Forums}} posts a link to {{link http://www.gameinformer.com/ Game Informer}}’s site, which reports that Tim Burton’s stop–motion animated The Nightmare Before Christmas is… |
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Creating The Corpse Bride's cuts…
The {{link http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html Editor’s Guild website}} talks to editor Jonathan Lucas about the grounbreaking work he has completed on Tim Burton’s stop–motion animated fantasy The Corpse Bride…. |
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A look back at a wonderful Nightmare!
It was ten years ago this weekend that audiences were first treated to Tim Burton’s amazing stop–motion animated film {{link http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/nightmare/intro.html The Nightmare Before Christmas}}, a magical tale that tells… |
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Harryhausen's Animated Life
Legendary stop–motion animator Ray Harryhausen looks back on his extensive career in a new book, An Animated Life, due out November 22. With a couple of his classic films also… |
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Harryhausen back in the world of Sinbad
The {{link http://www.mymovies.net/news/news_listing.asp?filmid=4198&week=true&sec=news My Movies}} website reports that legendary stop–motion animator Ray Harryhausen has been coaxed out of retirement to guide director Rob Cohen’s latest project: The 8th Voyage Of… |
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DreamWorks and Aardman split
…upcoming Flushed Away, DreamWorks has announced it has “no plans” to work with the celebrated stop–motion company after the release of Flushed Away on November 3. This new film was… |
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Nightmare Before Christmas adds a new dimension
…stop–motion animation in the classic original, the game (a semi-sequel based on Tim Burton’s characters) does look like it has captured the essence of the feature film, and is due… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpt: Part I – Intro
…“Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Finding Nemo” comes a story of an American family that takes the animated motion picture into realms of drama and design never seen before. With… |
