Wall Street investors are worried that Pixar’s upcoming movie “UP” doesn’t have enough retail merchandising appeal according to a recent article in the New York Times. Richard Greenfield of Pali Research downgraded Disney shares to sell last month, citing a poor outlook for “Up” as a reason. “We doubt younger boys will be that excited […]
3-D animated films have proven to be big business. Disney says they have 17 3-D animated film releases in the works for release in the next three years. This October, they will release a two-week double feature of “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2” and follow up with a release a 3-D rework of its […]
When I first heard they were doing a movie based on the beloved “Where The Wild Things Are” children’s book, I was very skeptical that it could be pulled off. The book is so short compared to the amount of material that would be needed to create a feature film. Surely certain creative license would […]
Tribune Media Services has filed a lawsuit against actor Warren Beatty to regain the TV and movie rights to the Dick Tracy property. TMS alleges that Beatty “wrongfully claims” executive motion picture and television rights. Beatty purchased the writes in 1985 and released the Dick Tracy movie in 1990 which starred Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and […]
Kevin Buist, blogging over at spout.com, reacts to the news that Fox is green lighting a Marmaduke movie. He contends that five comic strips should never be made into movies. They include: Family Circus, Cathy, Hagar the Horrible, The Lockhorns and Calvin and Hobbes. His argument isn’t that the comic strips themselves are bad, just […]
Brad Anderson’s Marmaduke comic strip is being made into a big-screen movie. The Hollywood reporter is reporting that director Tom Dey will be developing a movie based on the comic strip. Still unknown is whether the movie will be animated, live-action or a hybrid, like the recent Garfield movies.
The motion picture based on Berkeley Breathed’s children’s book Mars Needs Moms is moving forward. Announced are the main actors that will be staring in the performance-capture movie. Seth Green will play the main character Milo and Mindy Sterling will play the alien leader of Mars. Also appearing include Dan Fogler and Joan Cusack who […]
» Ed Hall lost four clients in December during the newspaper turmoil. He reports he’s picked up a new paper. » Animated News reports that Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in 10 categories. The Annie is the animation industry equivalent of an Oscar. Charles Brubaker wonders if Dreamworks rigged the voting (Dreamworks is […]
» The Pulitzer Prize board has opened up the requirements to allow internet-only media to be considered for the prize.» uClick hopes to roll out hundreds of comics for the iPhone.» Bob Staake’s cover for Time magazine has been recognized as the best cover of 2008.» ABC is going to broadcast a Charlie Brown Christmas […]
E&P’s Dave Astor interviewed Jerry Robinson, the creator of the Joker character who makes a return to the big screen with release of “The Dark Knight.” Jerry calls Heath Ledger’s performance “brilliant” and a much closer portrayal of the character than Jack Nicholson’s “TV take on the Joker” performance. The interview delves into Robinson’s roll […]
JG Jones, a former layout man and editorial cartoonist for The Brooklyn Paper, is the steady hand behind the new movie â??Wanted.â? The action movie, starring Angelina Jolie, is based on a graphic novel Jones created with writer Mark Millar.â??I was amazed that it even got made [into a movie],â? Jones said. â??And there I […]
Pixar’s “Wall-E” will debut this June along with their latest short animation entitled “Presto Chango.” Animation World Magazine writes that the short is a departure from previous Pixar shorts and describes it more as a slapstick ode to Warner Bros. “Tom and Jerry.” It’s a slapstick ode to Warner Bros. and Tom and Jerry toons, […]
» The Washington Post has posted a time-lapse video of editorial cartoonist Tom Toles drawing this cartoon. You can see the May 15th being drawn out.» Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller was featured on Maine news network about his passion for cartooning and living in Maine.» Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, was interviewed by the […]
Fortune reports that Wall-E character “Eve” was inspired by Apple’s iPod and in fact, Pixar brought in Apple design guru Jonathan Ive, to consult for a day on the character’s design. “I wanted Eve to be high-end technology – no expense spared – and I wanted it to be seamless and for the technology to […]
» Jack Bender, current cartoonist on Alley Oop will be attending this year’s national Tarzan convention in Waterloo, IA this year. Bender is a native of Waterloo and has an extensive collection of Tarzan art. He’ll discuss Tarzan art while there.» Slashfilm.com is reporting that Frank Miller will be directing a live action remake of […]