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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
…a ramp up into it. AV: How did you become a director for Surf’s Up? CB: I was looking around to direct again. The project at Sony, Surf’s Up, was… |
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Surf’s Up
…film. This mock-umentary is a welcome relief from the fractured fairy tales, so just wait for the copy-cats. Surf’s Up is a (mock) documentary following wannabe surfer Cody Maverick as… |
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New Surf’s Up 2 trailer splashes online
The new trailer for Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania! is now online for your viewing pleasure. The sequel–which comes out more than nine years after the original opened in 2007–arrives on… |
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The teaser trailer for Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is here
The first trailer for Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania is now online, and can be viewed in the player below. The sequel–which features several WWE stars–comes to Blu-ray in early 2017…. |
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35th Annual Annie Award nominees announced
…Partner’s A Monkey – Meet the Spidermonkeys (Cartoon Network Studios) Character Animation in a Feature Production • Dave Hardin, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation) • Alan Hawkins, Surf’s Up (Sony… |
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Surf's Up now in theaters!
Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up opens today in approximately 3,528 theaters. The latest penguin picture is receiving high praise from critics. Its Rotten Tomatoes score currently stands at 71%, with… |
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Bridges talks Surf's Up
…Christopher Guest movies, like Spinal Tap, in that it’s a mockumentary on penguin surfing. It’s hard to describe besides that.” Surf’s Up will surf into theaters on June 8, 2007…. |
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Surf's stars promote film
Key members of the cast from Surf’s Up have been doing interviews to help promote their animated movie, opening in theaters this weekend. With CanMag, Mario Cantone and Jon Heder… |
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Marketing Surf's Up
SCI FI Wire writes that with its marketing campaign, Surf’s Up will try to show potential audiences that the film is a brand-new experience rather than a copy of March… |
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ComingSoon.net previews Surf's Up
Courtesy of Sony Pictures, Coming Soon was recently treated to an exclusive look at Surf’s Up. With the festivities being held at special luaus in Los Angeles and Las Vegas,… |
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Surf's Up for Bridges
With SCI FI Wire, Jeff Bridges talks about his role as Big Z in Surf’s Up, comparing the part to that of The Dude from The Big Lebowski. Speaking of… |
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Surf's Up for movie's animators
Surf’s Up producer Chris Jenkins tells SCI FI Wire that to help capture the feel of the film’s sport, several animators actually learned to surf. “I think it was real… |
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Surf's Up at Animated Views!
…the surfing penguins, and a reminder that Josh just posted a wonderfully in-depth interview with Surf’s Up‘s co-directors, Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, which covers the duo’s past projects and… |
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\\Surf's Up\\ trailer online
A trailer for Columbia/Sony Pictures Animation’s \\Surf’s Up\\ is now available online. Quicktime Low, Medium, High, HD, and iPod versions are available at the {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/surfsup/ Apple Movie Trailer site}},… |
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\\Surf's Up\\ at Sony
The August 2005 issue of \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/ Animation Magazine}}\\ has a few details on Sony Pictures Animation’s 2007 feature \\Surf’s Up\\ that they picked up at the Licensing 2005 International:… |
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Surf's Up for more stars?
…the film by well-known teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton, the unfortunate victim of a shark attack in which she lost her arm. Surf’s Up is scheduled for release on June 22,… |
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Surf's Up Hawaiian premiere; Soundtrack details
IESB.net has 22 photos from the Hawaiian premiere of Surf’s Up. Concurrently, PR Newswire carries the announcement that Surf’s Up (Music From The Ocean Picture) will hit stores on Tuesday,… |
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Surf's Up DVD to include The ChubbChubbs' return
AWN reports that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Surf’s Up on on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD on October 9th, 2007, as well as providing a list of bonus features…. |
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Surf's Up character banners, international poster
The Internet Movie Poster Awards has acquired a new international one-sheet for Surf’s Up. Meanwhile, banners featuring the film’s characters Cody Maverick, Lani Aliikai, Chicken Joe, Tank Evans and Mikey… |
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Seven-minute Surf's Up scene
To help promote today’s DVD arrival of Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up, Yahoo! Movies presents a seven-minute extended scene from the film. The clip is described as, “Cody Maverick (Shia… |
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EXCLUSIVE! Directors Chris Buck and Ash Brannon talk Surf's Up!
With Animated Views, directors Chris Buck and Ash Brannon talk about their latest directorial venture, Surf’s Up. From Sony Pictures Animation, the animated documentary looks at the Penguin World Surfing… |
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Designing Surf's Up with Paul Lasaine
…3D feature Surf’s Up. The documentary-style story required a somewhat more realistic feel than the stylized look of many recent 3D animated features. Along with the production design of the… |
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Surf's Up tops DVD charts
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up rode to the top of the national sales and rental DVD charts for the week ending October 14. Meanwhile, the… |
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New Details on Surf's Up
Scribes Lisa Addario and Joey Syracuse have been hired to write Surf’s Up, Sony Pictures Animation’s second animated feature about surfing penguins. The doc-style feature is based on the theory… |
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Jeff Bridges talks Surf's Up; Blue carpet photos
With Teen Hollywood, Jeff Bridges partakes in an extended interview regarding his role in the computer animated mockumentary Surf’s Up. Meanwhile, IESB.net and Getty Images showcase photos taken from the… |
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Surf's Up for film's stars
Reg Seeton of UGO recently flew to Hawaii to chat with the voice stars of Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up. Actors engaged in the conversation included Shia LaBeouf, Jon Heder,… |
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Eight Surf's Up scenes now online
Yahoo! Movies showcases eight video clips from Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up. Featuring a documentary style, the latest penguin picture is scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on June 8…. |
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Surf's Up for Sony
Surf’s Up is the second feature announced by Sony Pictures Animation, co-directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, and produced by Chris Jenkins. The CGI pic will be a clever… |
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Surf's documentary style explained
With SCI FI Wire, Surf’s Up animation layout supervisor James C.J. Williams explains the ways he and his crew captured a documentary feel for the Sony Pictures Animation release. “We… |