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Secret of Kells In The News
Today’s New York Times has an article about the surprise Oscar nomination of Secret of Kells. There are some fascinating details in the …
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
Bird Idol
If you thought this week’s Speedy Gonzales news was bad… Warner Bros. has now teamed with Bollywood to create Bird …
Clips and Reviews of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist
Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist easily tops my list for most anticipated animated feature of 2010 (sorry Tangled). The film premiered to …
George Lopez to voice Speedy Gonzales in live action/CG movie
From the story in today’s Hollywood Reporter: “We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s — the racist Speedy,” said …
Plumiferos (Free Birds)
This time I’m not going to say a word: Plumiferos premiered in Buenos Aires last Friday. It’s the first CG animated feature to …
Koochie Koochie Hota Hai
From the country (India) that brought you Roadside Romeo now comes this: (Thanks, Rohit Iyer)
Animated Euro-Trash
Each year I’m dismayed at the lack of U.S. distribution for several high quality theatrical animated features, out of the dozens of …
Quantum Quest – the next Delgo?
Here’s a heads up on Quantum Quest – the Movie, a 50 minute 3-D Large Format film with an amazing ensemble cast of recognizable voice …
Two Animated Films Nominated for Best Picture Oscar
News media stories about the Oscars are cropping up all over and all of them are parroting the same factoid: Up is only the second time …
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Princess and the Frog Tops $100 Mil
After nine weeks in wide release, Disney’s Princess and the Frog limped across the $100 million mark last weekend. It generated $757,000 …
Whatever happened to Hoodwinked Too?
And most of you are asking “Who cares?” The original Hoodwinked had art direction and character design that were – let’s face it – …
Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist Debuts in February
The Illusionist, the long-awaited follow-up feature from Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville), will debut next month at the Berlin …
Whatever Happened to Foodfight?
In 2004, CG animation studio Threshold Entertainment and Motion Picture Magic, a product placement company in Encino, teamed up to …
No Way!: Disney Exec on Fantastic Mr. Fox‘s Oscar Chances
“It’s not even a contest,” was the response an unnamed Disney exec gave the NY Times when asked to comment on Fantastic Mr. Fox’s Oscar …
Die Konferenz der Tiere
The trailer for an upcoming German CG feature, Die Konferenz der Tiere, co-directed by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe at Constantin …
Stop-Mo Explosion: Jackboots on Whitehall and Project Chopin
Hot of the heels of the recent spate stop-motion features – Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline, Mary and Max, $9.99 and A Town Called Panic – …
Furry Vengence
Monkey Bone. Dudley Do-Right. Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Brendan Fraser: “Why?” Yeah, I know this is mostly OT, and it’s mainly …
Dreamworks Dragon trailer V.2
(Thanks, Iain Robbins)
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 …
Cats and Dogs 2
More CG/live action hybrid features are expected in 2010… such as this:
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