|
Monsters Vs. Aliens vs. Zeta vs. Captain Toontastic?
…to the classic 1960s man on the run series The Fugitive, here rebooted as a robot on the run and set in the Batman Begins universe (its main character being… |
|
|
Like a Bolt out of the Blu! Plus The Odd Couple!
…to television for five successful seasons during the 1970s. Like the subsequent M*A*S*H*, the TV incarnation of The Odd Couple became the de facto edition of the basic concept, outstripping… |
|
|
Happily N’Ever After 2 DVD in March
…24th March. The only extra material on the disc will be 3 interactive games, “Red Riding Hood Challenge”, “Bo Peep and the Sheep” and “Snow White and the Great Hall.”… |
|
|
Flanimals to hit the big screen
…the lead character, while Matt Slemon of The Simpsons will be penning the script. Flanimals takes place in world populated by species so ugly and misshapen that they appear cute… |
|
|
All It Takes Is A Little Imagination: John Lennon Animated DVD in the Pipe
The Forum at the Big Cartoon Database reports that a new DVD is coming featuring animation based on drawings by Beatles legend John Lennon. The DVD will be entitled Lennon… |
|
|
That Magnificent Ken Annakin!
…his historical trilogy, The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men and The Sword And The Rose in the early 1950s. Before that, he’d been the guiding force behind… |
|
|
The secret to Pixar's success? Their people
CNN talks with the people of Pixar to figure out how they churn out hit after hit. Up director Pete Docter says “I don’t really think it’s much of a… |
|
|
DreamWorks announces upcoming slate
…Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple; King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins… |
|
|
Academy to double Best Picture nominations
…a wider field competed for the top award of the year. The final outcome, of course, will be the same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to… |
|
|
Interview with Pixar’s Angus MacLane
Collider has an exclusive video interview with Pixar’s Angus MacLane, taken during the recently held Saturn Awards where WALL-E won the Best Animated Film award. MacLane, who has worked as… |
|
|
UPDATED: Disney to buy Marvel — it's official
…nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney. We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio… |
|
|
Happily N’Ever After
…the film! With that many cooks in the kitchen maybe the film that follows is the inevitable result. The story is loosely centered on the Cinderella tale. Ella, as she… |
|
|
Surf’s Up
…the directors of Surf’s Up themselves tell in Animated Views’ interview with them. Can you imagine their concern as they saw two films released with similar aspects to their own… |
|
|
Ratatouille
…with the biggest names in the business. They picked the ones that worked with the characters. And the well known voices are well hidden under French accents keeping them from… |
|
|
High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…and saving them for the HD version of their films. While this is probably very frustrating to DVD owners, it is a way to “encourage” users to make the switch… |
|
|
Bolt
…it more pithily, the story is fulfilling if not edifying. The biggest problem is that part of the story upstages the rest of the film. The clips of the Bolt… |
|
|
X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2
…captured and are led to their base where they learn the true identity of the villain behind the mutates. In the conclusion of this storyline, in the episode Reunion, the… |
|
|
Up
…the writers or maybe because the marketing of the film prepared the audience for what they were going to see — whatever the reason it mostly works. Once you’ve gotten… |
|
|
The Jetsons: Season Two, Volume One
…of the 1980s. They also wanted to bring the focus of the show to a younger audience now that the show would play in the afternoon. The original show was… |
|
|
Review Roundup: Up flies high, plus Hanna-Barbera classics
…the vault to post a review of the set presenting the space age family’s original series, in The Jetsons: The Complete First Season. Then, leaving the future to go back… |
|
|
The Art Of Up
…Chapter Three explores this aspect of the film. Gouache by Lou Romano Finally, simplexicity is in the constant references of the crew to the great animation artists of the past,… |
|
|
Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child
…was staring at the ocean during a storm, he gave a particular attention to the rendering of the sea and of the waves, creating a world far beyond our expectations…. |
|
Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…did you approach these characters? RN: Like Woody and Buzz, they’re friends, but they’re different. So, the themes may be a little corkier. For them, I tried to use some… |
|
|
The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)
…passed and they must stop the Decepticons from destroying the new world. Their pursuit leads them to an oil rig in the middle of the ocean where the Autobots save… |
|
|
Gigantor: The Collection, Volume One
…for the War to be over. The giant robot was then used in civilian service, and was commanded by Shotaro Kaneda, the twelve-year old son of the robot’s chief inventor…. |
|
|
Lots of classic super-Warner goodness!
We end the week with a dip into the Warner Archives for a look at six titles from the Collection: the grease and sawdust drama The Big Circus, the Arabian… |
|
|
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…their 1990s release years. Occasionally the bulk of the costumes reveal limitations in the performers’ movements, some of the visual effects work reveals the tight budgeting, and the Shredder/Splinter dynamic… |
|
|
Battle from the 80s: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. GI Joe!
…desired (just basic trailers for the first three, the same extras as was found on the previous release for the fourth), but the packaging is where it’s at, even if… |
|
|
Pete’s Dragon: High-Flying Edition
…character. And there’s still more music! Promotional Record of 4 “Pop” Versions Of The Songs presents the recordings initially featured in a 7” record used to promote the film. The… |
|
|
Scooby, Aurora and Jasmine…
Although the news is just breaking on Disney’s announcement that they’re scrapping the Platinum Editions and starting again from scratch with the Diamond Collection on Blu-ray Disc, I’m afraid this… |
