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Cartoon Network Halloween Treats
…have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby soon realize that they… |
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Batman Vs. Robin: Exclusive Figure Edition
…somewhat as Robin’s reluctance to heed’s Batman’s advice gets him into trouble, and Bruce finds himself attacked by another zombie army. With a common foe revealed, Batman and Robin rediscover… |
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The Best Of 2014: Son Of 2013!
…upgrades (and still no sign of a decent Frozen edition), and a continuing lack of past successes from DreamWorks, ostensibly a studio celebrating an anniversary year. This has left a… |
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UPDATED: Looking forward to the WABAC
…the company is committed to making two computer-animated feature films a year that appeal to a broad movie-going audience. About Bullwinkle Studios and Classic Media Bullwinkle Studios is a joint… |
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Exclusive! Another Conversation With Eric Goldberg
…AN: And now you’re back there at Disney again. Can you tell us a little about going back and what the atmosphere is like with all the changes going on?… |
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TV to DVD news: Gargoyles, Thundercats, Fraggle Rock
TV Shows on DVD tells 1,000 people that Gargoyles is on DVD – and then suggests that everyone else tell 1,000 people the news as well. This action is the… |
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Imagi gets Gatchaman
…caped superheroes, known as the Intl. Science Organization, and pitch them in a new story against their frequent nemesis Galactor.” Kevin Munroe will write and direct the project. For the… |
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Paramount, Nickelodeon catch Mayfly
Variety, via Coming Soon, reports that writing duo Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick have sold a pitch to Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, concerning a children’s computer animated movie. Produced… |
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Muppet Show Season One, Muppets' Wizard of Oz DVDs announced
…“Oz Oops!”, “Pepe’s Exclusive Making-of”, and an extended interview of Pepe speaking to Quentin Tarantino. The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz DVD will arrive in stores on August 9th as well…. |
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Speed Racer to be driven by Wachowski brothers?
…and direct the project. Interestingly, one of the last mentions of a live-action Speed Racer movie occurred in June 2004, when actor Vince Vaughn sold a pitch to Warner Bros…. |
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Toy Story Of Terror!
…of B-movie conventions, then this Toy Story Of Terror! is a Pixar “scary movie”, albeit one that’s aimed at a family audience and uses a traditional suspense plot device. Nicely… |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
…an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series about a private investigator who takes on the undead. It allowed Munroe to try his hand at directing a live-action feature. “It… |
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Vanguard, Nash capture Santa Paws
With Dark Horizons, Variety spreads the word that Vanguard Animation and Nash Entertainment have adopted Santa Paws, an idea from producer Bruce Nash. The pitch regards “a stray dog that… |
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Disney animated news
…about regarding the recently-announced Missing Link. Done Deal indicates that the film’s pitch is, “A monkey spy adventure in the vein of The Bourne Identity.” Meanwhile, Ultimate Disney points to… |
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Little writers keeping busy with family, animation projects
…Bencich are likewise working on a number of projects for Sony Animation. It is worth noting that Bencich has also earned a writing credit for Cinderella III, coming in 2007…. |
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Disney recruits; reveals footage from upcoming slate
{{link http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20050616/111891834600.html Yahoo/Reuters reports}} that a team of Walt Disney Feature Animation executives “made an impassioned plea for the Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH – the area’s premiere… |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…he first met Narnia‘s genius creator C.S. Lewis, as he, his mother and his brother left America to flee an alcoholic and violent husband and father. In England, Joy Davidman… |
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Belleville Region 2 DVD!
…a documentary on the film, and the theatrical trailer. Personally, although this sounds like a great edition, I would wait to see what Sony, the American distributors of the film,… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…Camelot and Racing Stripes. In May 2005, DreamWorks issued a press release with the following description: “Set in the Stone Age, Crood Awakening is a comedy about a big man… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…achievements – an honest Quentin Tarantino joins Rodriquez for his moment on the more technical second track, which is again as before (and with Bruce Willis dropping in for his… |
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Leonardo DiCaprio leaves The Guardians
…characters, including Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher). The heroes will face off against a villain named Pitch, voiced by Jude… |
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Allers & Minkoff: The Legacy of The Lion King
…Production on The Lion King took place at Walt Disney Feature Animation in Glendale, California, and the Feature Animation satellite studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Minkoff… |
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Mars Needs Moms
…express a sometimes eerily accurate depiction of movement that is also quite impressive. Actually, Zemeckis takes a producer’s back seat here, to allow director Simon Wells a chance to hog… |
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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…the art of animation.” Those being honored with the prize at the 37th Annual Annie Awards are: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. ASIFA-Hollywood President Antran Manoogian said, “The… |
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Winnie The Pooh’s Directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall: Back to the Hundred Acre Wood
…ambitious effort, Lasseter called directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall. Anderson joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1995, as a story artist on Tarzan (1999). Later, he served as a… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…and Routh-fronted designs. Without wanting to make that same impact, and also perhaps wanting to attract a wider audience, the Anthology this time around is a more standardized affair, although… |
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Do The Cards Predict Another Yu-Gi-Oh series?
…the middle of a lawsuit, however, with the Japanese licensors, TV Tokyo and ADK’s Nihon Ad Systems (NAS). Both tried to cancel their contract with the American company, but 4Kids… |
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Pixar sued over “stolen” Cars
A British screenwriter has sued Disney and Pixar, claiming that they stole an idea that he submitted to them and used it to make Cars. According to him, the pitch… |
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Bambi Diamond Edition: an interview with Donnie Dunagan, the original “Young Prince of the Forest”
…for Walt Disney in the studio’s 1942 animated classic. After leaving entertainment, Dunagan attended the University of Alabama on a football scholarship before transferring to Virginia Tech to broaden his… |
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Tangled
…be almost as clever with a rhyme as the late Howard Ashman. I’ve always been a fan of Menken’s scores, and this one is no exception. Maybe not as stand-alone… |