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Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’hoole trailer
Here’s the latest trailer for Zack Snyder’s adaptation Kathryn Lasky’s Guardians of Ga’hoole. Warner Bros. will release the film as …
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
International trailer for The Illusionist
The more we see of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, the more excited we get. Here’s the international trailer:
‘The Last Fiction,’ Promising Animated Feature from Iran
It’s been a while since I’ve written about animation produced in Iran–specifically, April 2004 when I interviewed director Amir …
Quirino Cristiani documentary
A 2008 documentary about pioneer Argentine animator Quirino Cristiani (1896-1984) has just been released on DVD. Cristiani made the first …
Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty
Here’s a sneak peek (taped off a Japanese talk show) at Studio Ghibli’s next animated feature, The Borrower Arrietty. Based on Mary …
Rango teaser
Don’t ask me to explain it. It’s for Gore Verbinski’s animated film, Rango. All I know is the film features Johnny Depp as “a chameleon …
Quote of the Week
“If there exists a finer metaphor for the creative bankruptcy of the Hollywood film system than a movie based on a half-century old comic …
Race
Always on the outlook for animated features, good or bad, to post about – I came across this flick which was independently produced by a …
Space Chimps 2 trailer
Your worst nightmare comes true: Zartog Strikes Back! Opens tomorrow in the UK. (Thanks, Iain)
Alpha and Omega trailer
On September 17th Lionsgate will release, via Crest Animation, the 3D animated feature film Alpha and Omega. Here’s our first look:
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Shrek Fail
How could Shrek Forever After debut with an actual take of $70.8 million over the weekend, and still be considered a flop? An analysis of …
Shrek Exposed
Shrek Exposed is a new blog that reveals all of the character’s dirty secrets. It’s run by a group of concerned American citizens who are …
Trailer for Blue Sky’s Rio
Here’s our first look at Blue Sky’s next feature, Rio, due Easter 2011: (Thanks, Iain)
The True Story of Puss In Boots
Here’s another one of those European animated features, from 2009, that was somehow unable to achieve a release in the United States. …
Thor trailer
Here’s an exclusive first look at one of the big movies of 2011: Thor. No, not the upcoming Kenneth Branagh Marvel Comics super hero …
Directors of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks Films
Even though I’ve always been aware of the dominance of CalArts alumni within the West Coast industry, I was still surprised to see the …
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Sony Picks Up Chomet’s Illusionist
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist for North American distribution. They’re planning a US release …
Russia’s first animated feature: The Lost Letter (1945)
This is why the Internet was invented. Here’s something I’d never seen or heard of before. “Niffiwan” in Toronto has post on You Tube a …
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