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The BFG
…fate that befell this live-action screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s otherwise magical children’s book. Indeed, distributing studio Disney must have been as surprised as anyone when the director’s previous film,… |
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For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!
…work with Véronique Culliford, Peyo’s daughter and co-producer of the movie? PM: Véronique and the Lafig studio were extremely helpful to help director Kelly Asbury, art directors Noelle Triaureau, Marcelo… |
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Bambi Signature Collection Edition on Digital HD and Blu-ray May 23rd
…³Bambi² had on the Studio, other films and artists; and much, much more. Additionally, the Digital HD release includes an exclusive, heartfelt feature on the incredible artist, Tyrus Wong, who… |
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Cars 3
…other animation studio would have loved to be working at the level Cars was at. But compared to the Pixar’s other offerings, the film suffered in comparison. What I absolutely… |
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VIEW Conference announces additional speakers added to stellar line-up
…Rob Pardo, CEO of Bonfire Studios; and Baobab Studios Chief Creative Director Eric Darnell, known for co-directing and co-writing all four DreamWorks Animation Madagascar films with Tom McGrath, as well… |
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Aardman launches online hub for original animated comedy
PRESS RELEASE Academy Award winning studio Aardman have today launched AardBoiled – an exciting new YouTube hub for creators of original, off-beat animated comedy. With 17 successful YouTube channels for… |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
…an open mind and try to avoid conceptual limitations. I would like to see more studio projects breaking those boundaries. AV: Textopolis is a reflection of Los Angeles (Tinseltown), with… |
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Revolving around Revolting Rhymes with directors Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
…animation was created at Magic Light’s Berlin studio and at Triggerfish Animation Studios in Cape Town. Revolting Rhymes interweaves Dahl’s retellings of classic fairy tales with playful twists and surprising… |
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2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…that the added “Director’s Cut” was on a DVD because the only surviving element they could get was the mastered standard definition that had been discovered in the StudioCanal archives… |
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The View Conference 2018 complete program now announced
…Co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, received Oscar, Annecy Cristal, and Annie Award nominations this year for the studio’s animated feature The Breadwinner. She previously won an audience award at Annecy for… |
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Spider-Man, Bao win animation Oscars, First Man wins VFX award
Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature this evening. It’s the first non-Disney/non-Pixar winner since 2011’s Rango. On their Twitter account the studio… |
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Sparks fly at box office thanks to Shazam!
…(known as sneak previews back in the day) are always a sign that a studio has great faith in a blockbuster, as they help generate word-of-mouth before opening night. We… |
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Endgame passes $600 million mark stateside, $2.1 billion globally in second weekend
…is reporting. The blockbuster made $145 million during its second weekend of release, but as was the case last week, that is according to studio estimates, meaning that number could… |
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The Swan Princess Lasts Far Longer Than Forever with Director Richard Rich
…in the Disney tradition of animation where he went to direct films at the studio. Inspired by the German fairy tale and ballet about a princess who is swan by… |
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Lion King, Spider-Verse, Poppins, Avengers, Toy Story, and John Williams pick up 2020 Grammy nominations
…Stafford, Dick Oatts & Temple University Studio Orchestra) • Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite — John Williams, composer (John Williams) • Walkin’ Funny — Christian McBride, composer (Christian McBride)… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…studio? SC: It was founded in the early 80s as a stop-motion studio, but the technique wasn’t really in vogue then, Directors wanted to have live special effects, like ET… |
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Baobab Studios announces “The Art of Baobab: The Beginning” book at CTN Live
…on Tuesday, November 17th, studio co-founders Maureen Fan and Eric Darnell, along with Animation Supervisor Ken Fountain and Art Director Glenn Hernandez, shared their insights on the studio’s first five… |
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Animation legend Dale Baer passes away at 70
…the day before. A cause of death has yet to be determined. Walt Disney Animation Studios released the following statement below through their social media channels such as Twitter. A… |
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Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
…score has so much instrumentation from around the world. Pretty much every season, I buy a new instrument from around the world for the show. In my studio, there are… |
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Lightyear
…two, still won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. Can the studio keep the franchise moving towards infinity and beyond? Or after flying so high is it about to fall… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…studio before, so it was simply about learning how Disney works, how Hollywood animation works; and thankfully, I had those two years at home, coming up with concepts, and I… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…encounters. Marvel Productions had a working relationship with the renowned Japanese studio Toei Animation. As such, the animation would be of a high quality compared to most other Saturday morning… |
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Indiana Jones meets underwhelming box office destiny; Ruby Gillman drowns
…donning his iconic fedora one last time, it opened to “only” $60 million according to studio estimates (it’s possible that number could go down once actuals come in tomorrow). That… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…Hollywood presence that dominated Comic Con the last couple decades had diminished immensely. Programs were getting altered or getting cancelled outright. Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. pulled out, The Walking… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…the moment Superman dons the costume and flies towards the camera for the first time! BEN: The Rescuers, at the Studio 70 cinema, opposite Elstree Studios, in 1977, while my… |
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Sir Tim Rice, Bob Iger, Family and Colleagues Remember Roger Allers, director of The Lion King, writer of the Tony award-winning musical and key player in Disney’s animation renaissance
…1978, he relocated from Boston to Los Angeles with Lisberger Studios, where he contributed story, character design, and animation to Lisberger’s film Animalympics. In 1980, Allers worked as a concept… |
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Let’s jump into Hoppers with Daniel Chong and Nicole Grindle
…studios, too. So, I could just see how Aardman handles it, and other studios handle it. So, we basically started just picking shoes, like, “Okay, I like the choices here,… |
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Sneak peek at Miyazaki's Ponyo on a Cliff
…more information regarding Ponyo on a Cliff. As pointed out by Twitch, artwork from the film may be seen in videos of the discussion, hosted at Ghibli World and Nausicaa.net…. |
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Toshio Suzuki talks Ponyo on a Cliff, Takahata's new film
GhibliWorld has posted an English summary of a Toshio Suzuki interview which appeared in the March edition of the Japanese magazine Cut. In the exclusive interview, Suzuki reveals more details… |
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JapanNYC Fest to Show Rare Miyazaki Shorts
…Spider will be shown on March 26 at Carnegie Hall. These two shorts are dialogue free and part of a collection of eight made especially for the Ghibli Museum in… |
