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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Director Bergeron, actress Paradis talk A Monster in Paris
…above all an arthouse movie. If it is also seen as a multiplex picture, I’ll be more than happy to have made an arthouse picture for multiplex audiences! Q: In… |
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Open the door to The Art Of Monsters University!
…and expanded Monster universe. Paik also wrote To Infinity And Beyond!: The Story Of Pixar Animation Studios and The Art Of Ratatouille, and co-authored The Art Of Cars 2. When… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…rigs and storyboards all play a part in the creation of a classic scene and, although this is less a featurette and more simply an intriguing side-by-side styled look at… |
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The Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons
…bothered with a Blu-ray release for this program, but Blu is almost always better. The video is perfectly stable, and I noticed no banding or digital artifacts. Assumedly, this is… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…A charming little moment that was apparently cut due to time and pacing, it actually plays out very nicely, and as with all these scenes the animation is almost complete… |
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Animated Van Gogh movie now in the works
An animated movie about Vincent Van Gogh could be heading our way…or at least it will if a KickStarter campaign is successful. The movie, titled Loving Vincent, is in production… |
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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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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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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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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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Exclusive 2015 Comic-Con Recap
…and generally always has something new to sell at his booth. Usually it is a new sketchbook and some additional merchandise. This time around, he and his wife Jessica were… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…and attention is given to having the surrounds pitch in during battles in particular, but also with ambient sounds. Subtitles are available in English (SDH), French, and Spanish, and there… |
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Kung Fu Panda 3
…lush and dazzling and landscapes that are massive and almost awe-inspiring. The bigger the screen you see this on, the better. The character animation is also strong, especially during the… |
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Open Season: Scared Silly
…running about six minutes. Here, Feiss doesn’t talk about his work on the film so much as his career leading up to it, including his work at Hanna Barbara and… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Four – Can’t Stop The Feeling
…also nominated for the Best Animated Feature Academy Award. As a result, DreamWorks was able to launch a new franchise off of The Croods. The film would spawn a television… |
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The Jungle Book
…entertains as much as it informs, moving along quickly but never feeling rushed, and Favreau – as well cementing his Disney aesthetics and credentials – again proves what a perceptive… |
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Storks
…formula I think audiences will love. There is also a storyline about a little boy and his workaholic parents. It’s definitely necessary for the story, and it’s not badly written… |
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Adventure Time: Islands
…and they all make fiends well enough again to see Whipple help them further along on their journey. Next, Finn is marooned on a Mysterious Island, where he meets an… |
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Moana: Ultimate Collectors Edition
…advances in simulating authentic-looking animated hair, in a 14-minute Play All selection. Moana co-composers Mark Mancina and Lin-Manuel Miranda are pretty big names around the modern Disney Studio, and They… |
