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Joe Grant Life Celebration
…respects to this creative giant. Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth’s report of this event can be read here: As attendees filed into the theater before the official proceedings began they… |
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TV to DVD: Pussycats, Foster's, My Little Pony
…and the Treasure Hunt and Baby It’s Cold Outside. Concurrently, the site has the cover artwork and bonus feature details for Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – The Complete Season… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
…placing the story in the period that led to the War of Independence, the images of the king’s Recoats also recalling the similarly themed 1957 Disney film Johnny Tremain. This… |
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DVD press releases: The Mask, Son of the Mask, Racing Stripes
…featurette, a “Cartoon Logic” featurette, a “Return to Edge City” featurette, and the deleted scenes featured on the original DVD release. Meanwhile, the Son of the Mask DVD offers extras… |
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Surprise Best Picture nod for \\The Incredibles\\ from PGA
\\{{link http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1384368,00.html The Guardian}}\\ reports that in a major surprise the Producers Guild of America nominated \\The Incredibles\\ for their prestigious Best Picture award. As the PGA awards are presented… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy
…lessons from the narrator. The narrator teaches him everything from picking a partner, behavior, and the different styles. These are just a few of the many great cartoons in the… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
…that they made shows that they could sell to the networks. If the networks were in the mood for derivative stuff, then that is what they had to be given…. |
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ACADEMY AWARDS: And the Oscars go to…
…out some of the “thank-yous” and other big wins here: Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles Accepting the award, director Brad Bird thanked the “holy trinity of Pixar: my good friend,… |
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Song of the South goes PC?
…Only difference between this and the original story is that the infamous tar baby has been replaced by a glue-coated stuffed bunny rabbit in an attempt to be politically correct…. |
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Sleeping Beauty Awakes on Disney DVD and Blu-ray!
…as animator Burny Mattinson about the creation of the villainous Maleficent, whom he worked on with the legendary Marc Davis. And, to cap it all off, there’s a peek behind… |
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APRIL FOOLS STORY: Shrek 3 storyboard art unveiled online
The Film Bureau [free registration required] has exclusive storyboard art from Shrek 3, coming to theaters on May 18, 2007. Click “More” to view the pics. Shrek has a son:… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2
…following the popularity of the unrelated 1984 Bill Murray movie of the same name. This time, the show had the sons of the original ghostbusters teamed with the same gorilla,… |
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Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama and Little Einsteins press releases
…movie that will begin the upcoming Little Einsteins series for those who have outgrown the Baby Einstein franchise. Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, whose television premiere ratings can be… |
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Timberlake joins Shrek 3; Sequel's plot revealed
…who adds that “in teaching Artie to be king, Shrek has to overcome his deep-seated fear of being a father.” However, though “there is a baby involved,” it may not… |
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In memory of Joe Grant
…wouldn’t he just keep on living forever? The occasion was solemn, but not somber, reverent, but not dismal. As the crowd walked in and took their seats a classical guitarist… |
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Under the sea with Robert Reece; plus yuletide Shrek, more Popeye and new disc announcements!
…Son and the 2006 Steve Martin vehicle), nine cartoon volumes (the individual Pink Panther 1-4 collections, plus 5: The Ant And The Aardvark, 6: The Inspector 1, 7: The Inspector… |
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Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…and cartoon shows. However, for many people these cartoons remain “their” Popeye, the one they grew up with. It is doubtful that anyone would argue against the superiority of the… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons
…is easy to tell when the transition is when you watch the shows. The Mr. Hyde episode (#18) is the first to carry the 1970 copyright, as well as the… |
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DVD news: George, X-Men, Turtles, Felix
…Aliens Among Us, has been changed to Hun on the Run, with the DVD being pushed to May 16th. Lastly, the site reports that Baby Felix – Vol. 1: His… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…films. Too bad the sequel tosses most of these positive aspects out the window. We pick up soon after the first movie ends as the crew says their good-byes and… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume Three
…Potamus takes over the firm with drinking buddy Cubby McQuilken, and Reducto baby-sits Peanut. Yes, this one’s action-packed! Funny, too. Birdnapped – Birdgirl is now running the firm following the… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
…shame they they’re not greater Looney Tunes stars. Maybe the public just didn’t warm to them given the sometimes offbeat approach, but they still do turn up in Looney Tunes… |
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First Muppets Most Wanted trailer now online
…him. And in case you missed it, here is a YouTube video from last week of the Muppets welcoming the Royal Baby. The Muppets Most Wanted opens everywhere next March…. |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…the licensing. Then I started to oversee the broadcasting of the series worldwide – except in the U.S. since Hanna-Barbera did it there – and also the albums. For 30… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…for the Studio: they’ve tried it before with other movies that broke away from the “Disney style” and it hasn’t always worked. The Black Cauldron marked the end of the… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…large section of the aimed-for demographic, but the studio dropped the ball big time, almost not wanting to sell the film to audiences at all. The 3D wasn’t worth the… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…Playing theatrically with Cars 2, the first of these is Hawaiian Vacation (5:53, 1.78:1, 2011), which for many was the highlight of the Cars 2 experience in theaters and on… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…for the film, and looks at the real Venezuelan “table top” mountains, with plenty of footage from the crew’s trip to the jungle to draw their influences for all the… |
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Happy Feet Two
…then it’s the superlative images. However the penguins’ movements are achieved, the sheer size and spectacle of seeing thousands of these birds moving in synchronization is impressive, even if the… |
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The Boxtrolls coming to Blu-Ray January 20th
…SNATCHER The directors and producers are joined by Brian McLean, director of Rapid Prototyping, to discuss how the animation studio LAIKA creates the faces for their puppets. The big story… |
