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John Carter (Of Mars)
…story under his real name! Just over 19 minutes of Deleted Scenes, being a mixture of everything from raw footage, pre-viz images, storyboards, rough visual effects and final rendering with… |
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The battle for Disney heats up: Philadelphia 2004…
…be here next week, next month, next year”. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20040303/bs_dowjones/200403022041001236 Yahoo News}} has more on the story, with a report from the “alternate” shareholders meeting Disney and Gold set up… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #45: Kevin Schreck Interview
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! Join Mason as he interviews Kevin Schreck, the director of Persistence of Vision, a documentary of the story behind the animated film by Richard Williams,… |
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M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender
…factions, two of whom are preparing for war. Asked why he wanted to do the movie, Night explains: “It was just the story. I just loved the story. I loved… |
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The Archie Show: The Complete Series
Filmation (1968), Classic Media/Genius (July 31, 2007), 2 discs, 363 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.95 Storyboard: The redheaded, teenage comic… |
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DuckTales: Volume 3
Walt Disney Television/TMS Entertainment (1987-1989), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 13, 2007), 3 discs, 546 mins, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $34.99 Storyboard:… |
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
…of heart and a good storytelling, which easily overcame the somewhat lackluster animation, to win over audiences. The second film in the franchise, The Meltdown, is best forgotten. Jumbled, unimaginative,… |
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The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition
…treatment has been written, storyboards are cut together to aid the visual telling of the film and to develop pacing and story structuring. It’s rare, for example on an animation… |
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Definitely not the "happiest place on Earth": WDFA-Florida shuts its doors…
…the WDFAF closure story was not going to go away. Given Disney had deliberately leaked this news to the Times and the Sentinel on Friday evening (all with the hope… |
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Fantastic Mr Fox
…the shark that ate his filmmaker partner. The underwater scenes were notable for featuring the stop-motion creatures of Henry Selick, bringing a fantasist angle to another idiosyncratic story, and though… |
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The Art Of Up
…animation that is more about believability and caricature than realism, always at the service of story and emotion; the signature of one vision. “It’s not that this was a simple… |
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Cartoon Network Panels and Events Lineup for 2007 Comic-Con International
…ED, EDD, n EDDY Thursday, July 26, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (PT) Location: Room 1 AB Ed, Edd n Eddy, tells the story of three best friends who band together to tackle… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…warns of material that may not be suitable for children under 14), Retail: $29.98 Storyboard: A family of failures and their bodyguard find adventure all over the world, even as… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…providing a very engrossing review that suggests he genuinely enjoyed Scoob’s Japanese outing, calling it “a good mystery and story that should entertain children and adults”. Fans of film music… |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Warner Bros. (2006), Warner Home Video (June 20, 2006), single disc, 75 mins, 1.33:1 pan-and-scan, Dolby Digital 5.1, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: The Man of Steel faces the combined… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume Two
Hanna-Barbera (1973), Warner Home Video (July 20, 2010), 2 discs, 360 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog do… |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
Century 21/United Artists (1966, 1968), MGM Home Entertainment (July 20, 2004), 2 discs, 182 mins plus supplements, 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, DTS/Dolby Digital 5.1/Mono, Rated G, Retail: $29.98 Storyboard: The Supermarionation… |
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Variety on next year's short film candidates…
…whom we might see in the running. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20031210/va_sp_ev/animated_shorts_discover_fest_route_is_1 The interesting article}} also touches more on Pixar’s mysterious short Boundin’, as well as Sony’s Early Bloomer (which played with Daddy… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…the storyline as well. While each episode stands alone, there is a definite progression of the overall story. Not all is right in Camelot. Arthur has enemies within the kingdom,… |
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The Day The Prince And The Pauper Stood Still!
…Twain’s story (the second Disney attempt following a live-action television version with Guy Williams) remains a perfect encapsulation. Slightly less successful in the remake stakes is Keanu Reeves’ latest vehicle,… |
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Don Hahn on Disney Orlando and the Roy/Michael split, plus "no layoffs for WDW staff"…
…Christmas “bonus” – they get to keep their jobs. Concessions have been agreed, so there’ll be no layoffs to spoil the festive season. Read the {{link http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-bizservers10121003dec10,0,2883724.story?coll=orl-home-headlines full story here}}…. |
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Cartoon Network announces 2008 programming
…Register Producers: James Tucker, Linda M. Steiner Line Producer: Amy McKenna Story Editor: Michael Jelenic Animation Directors: Ben Jones, Brandon Vietti, Michael Chang The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Launch Date:… |
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The storyboards of WALL-E, and more
RottenTomatoes has an exclusive interview with story artist Derek Thompson, who joined Pixar in January 2005 to work as a Story Artist on WALL-E. In the exclusive article, Thompson explains… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…Minimoys – which makes complete sense story-wise. But my guess is some “creative executive” somewhere decided American audiences wouldn’t go with a film with a word they didn’t know in… |
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Ratatouille opens
…visual panache and detail”; Minneapolis Star Tribune: “I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty”), its story (Beaumont Review: “If rival studios ever adopted Pixar’s… |
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Despicable Me 4
…Lucy has a storyline with the kids. The Minions have a storyline. And the villain has a storyline. Only one of Gru’s storylines and the villain storyline ever cross paths… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete First Season
…were closing down. The writers were top-notch too, including brilliant Warner Bros. story men Warren Foster and Michael Maltese. Story directors included cartoon veterans Dan Gordon, Alex Lovy and Art… |
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Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer…
…a story in it, and nevertheless it’s very intense. I love the fact that it’s not about good vs. evil, with an expected ended. There’s always something unspoken. That’s what… |
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The Prisoner: The Complete Series
…5.1 Surround and Original Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $99.99 Storyboard: A soon to be ex-secret agent, a top British espionage man, hands in his resignation, only for a mysterious organisation… |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine
Melendez/Mendelson Productions (2002), Warner Home Video (December 28, 2010), 1 disc, 25 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $14.98 Storyboard: Charlie Brown and friends look… |