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Cars 2
…3D is as flat as the direction, again a surprise and especially after what has been achieved in CG animation by Disney’s Tangled, overseen by Lasseter, and by Pixar themselves… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…but the comedy chops of the actors involved almost manages to make it acceptable. Marsha Warfield, later to appear on Night Court, has a non-credited role as a lady at… |
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Megamind
…from Austin Powers’ Dr. Evil without a wink and a nod. Another downside is sometimes things get very predictable — and when you’re already copying aspects of other stories you… |
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Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Special
…and for a television mono mix, there’s nothing to really pick apart. French and Spanish dubs are also included, as are English and Spanish subtitles. Final Cut: As mentioned above,… |
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The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition
…scissors and cutting the film as if it was a live-action picture – losing a rumored 12 minutes-plus of completed, and expensive, finalized ink-and-painted animation! Even with his cuts and… |
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Jamie Foxx gets animated with Welcome to the Jungle
Variety reports that Jamie Foxx is making his animated film debut with Welcome to the Jungle for 20th Century Fox. Based on an original pitch by Foxx and scribe Malcolm… |
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The Princess And The Frog
…– couldn’t help out isn’t explored either). But all this happens rather quickly; the opening is more than a little rushed and somewhat “over animated”, as if the artists are… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 5: Down In New Orleans
…fun aspect in animating Tiana because, as a leading lady, as a human character, fairly naturalistically handled, you can’t over-animate that type of a character. But with Tiana as a… |
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Leonardo DiCaprio joins The Guardians
Leonardo DiCaprio is set to do his first ever animated feature when he lends his voice to The Guardians, a DreamWorks animated fantasy. DiCaprio will voice Jack Frost, a member… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…(3:02) is less about the films’ director and more a puff piece about the Disney/Pixar relationship and the cast and crew gushing about what a great job John does. Cast… |
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The Essential Daffy Duck
…authentic against the “real deal”, but then that’s a recurring motif here: while some are essential and some are not, this is not really what makes Daffy Duck. Is This… |
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Raketu, John K. team for marketing collaboration
…offers the first integrated ipTV and social networking service available to all consumers. Through Raketu users are able to watch videos and streaming TV from around the world while interacting… |
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Disney Director of Development Maggie Malone on The Art of Wreck-It Ralph
…an adventure and a purpose, breaking all the established rules of the arcade in the process. Throughout four different universes, the film is an aesthetic journey and a visual treat… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…as a third split-screen option. An extensive Art Gallery shows a wealth of various character concepts, both used and abandoned, as a series of still frame images, and it is… |
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Jim Hill theorizes on Tomorrowland
The person in charge of marketing for the mysterious Disney film now titled Tomorrowland needs a raise, as internet buzz over the unknown project is at a fever pitch. The… |
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Director talks The Blue Umbrella
The Berlin International Film Festival kicks off today and one of the shorts on the program is Pixar’s The Blue Umbrella. First-time director Saschka Unseld talked with The Playlist about… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…shots are computer generated there are many talented animators animating each shot and character. RI: What are the advantages of treating the fairies’ world in CG? And what are the… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…a home themselves. As flippant with the film’s core idea as it is funny, this was an online “extra” for a long while, animated with a budgetary concern (perhaps it… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…throughout the film too, as well as the many in-jokes and pokes at Pixar and Disney’s past – the Pizza Planet truck makes another appearance, as well as the mermaid… |
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2012 Annie Award nominations announced
…as Skipper Penguins of Madagascar: The Otter Woman — Nickelodeon Animation Studios Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Adam Sandler as Dracula Hotel Transylvania — Sony Pictures Animation Alan… |
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Artist Bob Camp recalls the ill-fated Space Jam 2
…well as iconic ads such as the PDFA’s This Is Your Brain on Drugs and Pepsi’s Uh-Huh starring Ray Charles. Bruce W. Smith and Tony Cervone agreed to direct the… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…animator Pierre Perifel after his training at the world-renowned Gobelins school of animation and a rich experience in France with traditional animation. From animator (where he received an Annie for… |
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Director Gore Verbinski wrangles up Rango!
…maybe he’s a chameleon. What if he’s an actor? He’s an actor – and he’s got issues. Okay, he’s got issues.” Out of that came this whole notion that, “Well,… |
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Looney Tunes back in action again?
…Heyman has turned to one-time Saturday Night Live cast member Jenny Slate to pen a new CG/live-action hybrid feature that is apparently non-related to Kevin and Dan Hageman’s ACME Warehouse… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…classic a Disney “I want” number as any, coming across with just the right amount of frustration and triumph). Scamp’s love interest, Angel, is played here by Alyssa Milano (a… |
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New Rise of the Guardians trailer
…first real look at the film’s main character, Jack Frost. Starring Chris Pine, Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Alec Baldwen, Rise of the Guardians features an elite team… |
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Star Trek (2009)
…a movie about Kirk and Spock’s formative days in the Academy, but all we get is their intro and a jump to their first adventure. Call me feeling cheated, but… |
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The Lady of Names, Making an Animatic
…for the construction of every model and set, the animating of every shot, the editing of both picture and sound, and he also composed and performed the film’s score. Since… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…next film, Lion King 1½, being Timon and Pumbaa’s take on Rosencratz And Guilderstern Are Dead. If this is so, then there’s an argument that Simba’s Pride is Romeo And… |
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Teaser trailer for Rise of the Guardians unveiled
…Directed by Peter Ramsey and featuring the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law, Rise of the Guardians opens in theatres November 21st, 2012…. |
