From the New York Post: Rovio, the Finnish company which created the mobile app, will produce an animated “Angry Birds” series for TV or the Web. “We have been looking at that for quite a while, and that is definitely one of my personal big focus areas right now — to work on broadcast content […]
Entertainment Weekly reports that DreamWorks has signed Robert Downey Jr to voice Mr. Peabody – the genius dog that appeared with Sherman during the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show.The cartoons were created in the late 1950s and ’60s, but remained popular for decades, though they may have fallen off the radar for those under 30. The […]
Last night was the debut of “Bob’s Burgers” on the Fox Network.The Boston Globe gave it a favorable write-up:“Bob’s Burgers” has a more sharply offbeat sensibility than its more pop-culture rooted Sunday night neighbors, veering between absurd, endearing, and crude – which fits with the avant stand-up stylings of folks like Schaal and Mirman. Some […]
The next Ice Age (Ice Age: Contintal Drift) movie is scheduled for a summer 2012 release. Here’s the animated short teaser now in theaters:
Hollywood Reporter reports that DreamWorks Animation has bought the rights to the comic book Maintenance. The comic, published by Oni in December, 2006, followed the exploits of two janitors who work for TerroMax, Inc., the world’s biggest and best evil science think tank. When they’re not dealing with toxic spill monsters and menial time machine […]
Totalfilm.com is reporting that TRON legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis have written an animated 10-part micro series that will debut next summer. The series is likened to the Star Wars The Clone Wars spin-off. Voice talent includes: Elijah Wood, Linda Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen and Bruce Boxleitner. “The animated show will take […]
The US Postal Service will release a series of Pixar stamps in August. Since 1986, Pixar films have stretched the boundaries of our imagination with stories about unlikely heroes who explore the bonds of friendship and family. Now some of those heroes are the subjects of colorful new Send a Hello stamps that encourage people […]
Movie opens May 27 and features the voice talent of some very big names: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber.
Ted Rall and David Essman are launching a new web-series called Disposable about a family trying to survive in the tough economy. Here’s their first episode.
At this point, chalk this up to a rumor. According to several sources – all citing a French Disney forum, Pixar’s “Monsters Inc 2” will be a prequel. Here’s the translation of the post:“will take us back to before a time when Mike Wazowski was top comedian, before James P. Sullivan was top scarer, even […]
James Luxford reviews Garfield Pet Force 3D for The National: Those hoping for a faithful, witty adaptation of a beloved character will be disappointed, as this is a very crudely brought together CGI children’s romp that flies by at a brisk 75 minutes without leaving much of an impression.
Michael Cavna interviews Edmund Earle who created this week’s viral video “Booboo Kills Yogi” (I posted it on Monday). Earle’s animation might invoke the pic-a-nic-basket thieving bears of Jellystone, but his video is intended as more an ode to the film “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” starring Brad Pitt and […]
For “Best Animated” film, the nominees are: Despicable Me ? Universal Pictures How To Train Your Dragon ? DreamWorks Animation The Illusionist ? Sony Pictures Classics Tangled ? Walt Disney Animation Studios Toy Story 3 ? Disney/Pixar The awards ceremony is scheduled to broadcast on January 16th, 2011.
Not sure who did this – the animators working off hours? A purposely leaked alternative ending to go viral and get film’s title out among the public? Catch it while you can. The Booboo Kills Yogi ending:
Rio opens next April