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Madagascar penguins get TV series
…the brothers have their flippers full keeping their multi-species zoo neighborhood happy, at times their secret missions beckon them to venture out onto the busy streets of New York City…. |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West DVD in April
DVDActive reports that Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the dvd release of SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West on April 15, 2008. Disc will feature 6 more episodes, as SpongeBob… |
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Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive
Warner Bros., the only major studio to release their films in both competing high-def optical disc formats, today announced that they will be dropping their support for HD-DVD and instead… |
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Animation Mentor Celebrates Graduates with Pete Docter
Last Saturday Pixar’s Pete Docter delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Animation Mentor, “the online animation school by animators for animators” (see our prior writeup). The following… |
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Newport Beach Film Festival announces the "Chuck Jones Award"
…the new generation of animators, the Award will celebrate the legacy of Chuck Jones and the continuing recognition of animation as a significant art form. Winners of the “Chuck Jones… |
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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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Warner Bros and Disney/Pixar to co-produce Brad Bird's live-action film
…Disney/Pixar. The story of the film centers on a college student who begins to investigate the murder of his father, uncovering a web of deceit that has left the city… |
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Wanna know the Secrets of Kung Fu Panda's Furious Five?
…Stevenson and Mark Osborne take their influences seriously and pay tribute in their gentle mocking with great respect. Our own Jeremie Noyer spoke with the pair to mark the theatrical… |
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Exclusive look at character designs from upcoming Pixar/Disney films!
…tale, Brenda Chapman’s The Bear and the Bow. The site also features great character designs from past Disney classics such as Robin Hood, 101 Dalmatians, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback… |
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Regal & RealD rolling out 1,500 more 3D screens
…clearly believe in the 3D process as the next great thing in the movie-going experience. We are currently deep into the negotiation with DCIP to keep the digitalization of theaters… |
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Animated Beetlejuice coming to DVD
Coming for the first time to DVD are three episodes of the Beetlejuice animated television series, which ran from 1989 to 1991, as extra features on the 20th Anniversary Beetlejuice… |
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Olivia TV series coming next year on Nickelodeon
…encourage children to be creative and to think beyond the scope of everyday parameters, instilling a sense that with a strong imagination, there are endless possibilities for any great idea…. |
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New cast and more updates on Tinker Bell movie
…and the Lost Boys soared into Never Land, the world’s most beloved fairy and her friends were creating their own special magic. For the very first time in film, Tinker… |
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Kermit and Roger back on the big screen for Elstree Film Festival 3
Elstree Screen Heritage strikes back again this year with Elstree Film Festival 3, another week-long celebration of the movies made at the historic studio just outside London in the UK…. |
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Pixar animator presents UK animation workshop
…Gordon has contributed character animation to nearly every major feature the studio has produced. On Academy Award winning film The Incredibles, Andrew spent the majority of his time animating Edna… |
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Platinum Studios and Vanguard Animation developing Illegal Aliens as a feature film
…says Variety. Platinum Studios CEO-chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Vanguard Animation chairman John H. Williams, producer of the Shrek series, are launching the imprint. They’ve already acquired a first property,… |
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Panda directors discuss kung fu
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson recently chatted with Red Orbit about their new film. Says Mark, “We didn’t want to just make a parody and didn’t want to make just… |
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Anna Faris and Andy Samberg to star in Sony's Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
The hilarious Anna Faris revealed to MTV News, while on the Albuquerque set of her new movie Observe & Report, that should be starring alongside Saturday Night Live‘s Andy Samberg… |
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Reviews leak and amazing buzz starts on Wall•E
Harry Knowles describes the new Pixar film as “arguably the best film Walt Disney has ever had its name on,” “one of the absolute best hard science fiction films made… |
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New stills for Pixar's Presto
…the official synopsis for the Doug Sweetland-directed short: “Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great, turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But, when Presto forgets to feed his rabbit one… |
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A look back at the 1941 Disney strike
As the SAG contract expired a few hours ago and Hollywood is crossing its fingers, the TAG Blog takes us down memory lane by looking back at the Great Walt… |
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New week, new contests, more Oliver!
…that the music will be something to remember, and Oliver is arguably one of his best. Here, Redford recalls the time he spent on the film 20 years ago now,… |
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Python's Gilliam honored, Gulliver's details, plus new discs!
…Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys and Fear And Loathing In Los Angeles among them. This comes right at the perfect time: after the disappointingly lackluster Brothers Grimm, I’m extremely excited about his… |
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Scrat returns in Ice Age 3 teaser trailer
…the larger story of the feature film. Watch the teaser trailer/short now at Apple Trailers. Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs will premiere in theaters on July 4, 2009…. |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…the Justice League, the second story had the love-’em-or-hate-‘em Wonder Twins teaching lessons to fellow teenagers, the third story was the main event featuring the entire team against a fantastic… |
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The return of Ariel and the Super Friends!
…is the recent reissue of one of Disney’s earliest direct to video efforts, The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea: Special Edition, a film that certainly didn’t help the… |
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More Tom And Jerry Tales, plus we need your Blu-ray help!
…redesigned, keeping their basic characteristics”. Though there will be some that disregard these television efforts out of hand, there’s a real attempt at capturing the old charm, and this final… |
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Don Hahn panel at Woodbury University
…Belzer (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Robinsons, the upcoming Bolt) Nik Ranieri (Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Meet the Robinsons, the upcoming The Princess… |
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DC Comics animation goodness, plus director Michel Ocelot!
…live-action movie: “By keeping the entire comic book basically intact, the motion comic will undoubtedly become the most faithful adaptation of the novel”, he says, adding that “the motion comic… |
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Star Trek alum boldly goes to a galaxy far, far, away
…Falls Tribune. Takei voices the character of Lok Durd, in Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Besides discussing his role in the series, Takei also talks about the similarities… |
