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Sita Sings the Blues: One-Week NY Theatrical Run
Nina Paley’s animation masterpiece (and I don’t use that term loosely) is having a full one-week theatrical run in New York City from …
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
Cats and Dogs 2
More CG/live action hybrid features are expected in 2010… such as this:
Shrek Forever After teaser trailer
(Thanks, Iain Robbins)
My Dog Tulip gets a U.S. distributor
As previously noted here, good U.S. distribution for an independent animated feature is very tricky thing to acquire. Nina Paley went the …
DiCaprio as Jack Frost
DreamWorks announced today that Leonardo DiCaprio will make his animated feature film debut when he heads the cast of The Guardians. …
A Year with Three Stop-Motion Oscar Noms?
After I did this interview with Canada’s National Post about trends in feature animation, I got to thinking about whether there might be …
Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Report
An impressive three animated films reached the top ten at the North American box office last weekend. Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol …
Fantastic Mr. Fox (wide release) talkback
Opening today in wide release is Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox. We posted a talkback two weeks ago when it opened in NY and LA, …
The Princess And the Frog (NY & LA) talkback
Opening in exclusive release today in New York and Los Angeles is Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. If you’ve seen it, please give us …
Planet 51 talkback
I was at the CTN Expo last weekend and completely forgot to see Planet 51. Am I missing something? If you saw it, I’d love to read your …
Quote of the Week: Tom Rothman
From the November 2 issue of The New Yorker: “The trick is, from the business side, to try to be fiscally responsible so you can be …
How to Make $55,000 by Giving Away A Film
Filmmaker Nina Paley explains in the Wall Street Journal how she’s earned $55,000 from her animated feature Sita Sings the Blues by …
Dante’s Inferno
Starz Film-Roman is producing this new animated direct-to-video feature, Dante’s Inferno: the Animated Epic, through animators in Japan …
The Frog Prince
The inevitable Disney knock-off DVD has arrived early this year! On sale December 1st from our friends at Goodtimes Home Video is the The …
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer
In case you were wondering, as I was, what the Oscar-qualifying feature film, The Dolphin, Story of a Dreamer, is: look no further: …
Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema 2009
The Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema is back for its 9th edition, and festival organizer Joseph Chen has compiled another fantastic …
20 Animated Features in Oscar Race This Year
Start making your predictions now! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that twenty films have been submitted …
Box Office Report
A Christmas Carol pulled in $30 million last weekend, falling short of industry expectations, which had ranged from $35 to $40 million. …
Boogie
Boy, this looks strange. An upcoming hand-drawn feature from Argentina’s Illusion Studios that advertises itself as “sexist, violent and …
A Christmas Carol Opens Today
Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …
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