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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…PG, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: 1947 Hollywood: Who Framed Roger Rabbit follows famed animated “toon” star Roger as he gets deeper and deeper into trouble after cartoon gag-king Marvin Acme (head… |
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First award for Monsters University
It might be a little early for award season, but The Hollywood Reporter says that Monsters University has won the Hollywood Animation Award. Director Dan Scanlon and producer Kori Rae… |
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The Triplets Of Belleville (Sony US Edition)
…style was predominant in all Hollywood cartoons at this time. Most fun is that fact that the scene (which shows the Triplets in their vaudeville act heyday) is presented –… |
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\\Spider-Man 2\\ heading to IMAX
…greater flexibility than ever before, enabling Hollywood studios to move quickly to reformat their blockbuster films and seize on the consumer demand for Hollywood event films in IMAX’s unparalleled format.”… |
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[Press release] AOL to launch Shrek online interactive game
…prize winner will be revealed, with awards including a family trip to Hollywood. AOL to launch Shrek the Third online interactive game April 26 Co-Produced by AOL, DreamWorks Animation and… |
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Beetle Bailey/Hagar The Horrible/Betty Boop
…television, and on various merchandise over the years. And finally, she got a new shot at stardom in Colossal Pictures and Cuckoo’s Nest Productions’ Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery. This show… |
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Animation dominates Japan box office in 2013
The Hollywood Reporter notes that seven of the top ten films in Japan during 2013 were animated. “A lack of the big local and Hollywood live-action franchises that have won… |
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More on Ward Kimball's home movies
…in 1939! Hollywood Heritage Museum in the Lasky-DeMille Barn 2100 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood (across from the Bowl). Free parking; refreshments available; handicapped accessible Members: $5 Non-Members (always welcome): $8… |
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Surf’s Up
Hollywood seems to have an infatuation with penguins! 2005 saw the release of March of the Penguins, which became the second highest grossing documentary of all time. 2006 had the… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…conveniently placed within the usual Disney groupings, with the addition of Disney On Broadway, which leads to the mentioned promotion of the stage show version. The term “Broadway” is here… |
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Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 2
…Jerry cartoons made by Hanna/Barbera/MGM both from 1950 on the DVD: Tom And Jerry In the Hollywood Bowl and Saturday Evening Puss. The first takes Tom and Jerry from their… |
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Pixar taken to court?
Getting a big head start on April Fool’s Day joking, the Dateline: Hollywood site has an interesting fictional piece about the eight major Hollywood studios suing Pixar for being continuously… |
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Bambi Diamond Edition: an interview with Donnie Dunagan, the original “Young Prince of the Forest”
…that day and caught the attention of a movie talent scout in the audience, who arranged for the family to come by train to Hollywood. The blonde moppet made seven… |
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Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection
…some surface emotion to the sequence as opposed to finding any true emotion within it and herself. This is something that could be said about the movie as a whole,… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…Retail: $26.50 Storyboard: 1947 Hollywood: Who Framed Roger Rabbit follows famed animated “toon” star Roger as he gets deeper and deeper into trouble after cartoon gag-king Marvin Acme (yes, the… |
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Hi-def, Blu-Ray, and all that Jazz…
…wry comments do bring me to the latest in the Hollywood hi-def disc format wars still being waged by everyone (in the Blu-Ray camp) and Universal Studios (the only non-neutral… |
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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. The almost eighteen-minute featurette draws on previously seen footage, radio interviews and newly discovered archive material, as well as a comical outtake from the… |
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Rio 2
…opinion in Hollywood. But once again we’re given the same old hackneyed antagonist, while the writers try in vain to rescue the word “treehugger” as a cool term to today’s… |
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Giveaway crazy! Plus the old American Dog/Bolt switcheroo!
…been considering a name change to Hollywood Dog, more details emerged about the movie, which had become about a spoiled canine star who must fend for himself when location shooting… |
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New Pooh and Mask trailers
…catch TV-level animation in the full trailer for {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/poohs_heffalump_movie.html Pooh’s Heffalump Movie}} and the new preview for the animation-inspired sequel {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/sonofthemask.html Son Of The Mask}}. “Somebody, stop them!”… |
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Trolltech's Software Enables World's Largest Animation Houses
…for creating applications that run on all major operating systems (Windows, Linux and Mac). Qt is designed to help organizations streamline their application development, enable software differentiation, and increase productivity…. |
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Andrew Stanton named "Animation Director of the Year" by ShoWest
…motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world, with delegates from more than 50 different countries in attendance each year. For more information, visit the official {{link http://www.showest.com ShoWest}}… |
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A Pixar geek's guide to the latest \\Cars\\ trailer
…wears “Lightyear” brand tires! “Motion Doctor” decal on wheel. Motion Doctor was an animation program used to animate the Pixar shorts The Aventures of Andre and Wally B. and Luxo… |
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\\Curious George\\ series coming to TV
{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2024137 The Hollywood Reporter}} notes that \\Curious George\\ may soon be headed to televison with a new series. “Universal Home Entertainment Prods. said Thursday that the division, in conjunction… |
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\\Spider-Man 2\\ to be screened in 4K
\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=3360 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that \\Spider-Man 2\\ will be the first major motion picture to be screened using Sony’s new 4K Digital Projection System. The screening will take place… |
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Chicken Little opens in over 3,000 theaters
Chicken Little enters more than 3,000 theaters this weekend, projecting itself as the first fully computer animated motion picture from Walt Disney Feature Animation. Thus far, reviews for the movie… |
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Tarzan's Broadway debut review
The {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com Hollywood Reporter}}’s Frank Scheck has been among the first to review the musical stage adaptation of Disney’s Phil Collins-penned Tarzan animated film, now playing on Broadway. Calling… |
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AFI to name 100 greatest movie songs
{{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2031147 The Hollywood Reporter}} is reporting that The American Film Institute will “honor the songs of Hollywood in its ongoing celebration of 100 years of American movies with \\AFI’s… |
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Sony buys MGM!
In an end to a long-wrangling bidding war between Time Warner Entertainment and Sony (Columbia) Pictures Entertainment, trade paper Variety is today announcing {{link http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117910349&categoryID=18&cs=1 the sale of Metro Goldwyn… |
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Monsters, Inc. ride press release and pics
…in full swing as the Disneyland Resort rolled-out the spotted, blue carpet today in a gala Hollywood-style premiere for the grand opening of its all-new attraction “Monsters, Inc. Mike &… |
