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Jackman Heads to Ghostopolis
Having conquered the box office as Wolverine, Hugh Jackman has signed on to star in another graphic novel property: Doug TenNapel’s Ghostopolis. The film is set up at Disney, with Jackman’s Seed Productions and Gotham Group producing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is about an agent for the [...]
Zentropa Rejoins Animation Game
Danish production house Zentropa has reignited its animation ambitions. The company, which produced the 2006 feature Princess and a short film in a previous animation initiative, has hired Stefan Fjeldmark to head up the new effort, dubbed Rambuk, reports Variety. Fjeldmark previously worked at Fine and Mellow Productions. Zentropa also [...]
Downey, Stiller, Fey Eye Master Mind
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller and Tina Fey are in discussions for voice parts in DreamWorks Animation’s feature Master Mind. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stiller would also produce the film about a supervillain who loses his purpose in life after accidentally killing his hero nemesis. Film is set [...]
Humanity to Put SpongeBob on Eco-Friendly T-shirts
SpongeBob is celebrating his 10th anniversary by lending his well-known image to a line of environmentally themed T-shirts and an ongoing water conservation campaign. The T-shirts are the result of a deal between Nickelodeon/Viacom Consumer Products and Humanity, a cause-driven clothing line. The T-shirts will be available in five designs [...]
Jim Henson Co. Honors Nintendo’s Miyamoto
Video game legend Shigeru Miyamoto, general manager of Nintendo Ent., is the top recipient of this year’s Jim Henson Honors, which acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of the late Jim Henson and the company he founded. Among the other three honorees is the [...]
Shrek Cast Recording Set for March
As DreamWorks Theatricals’ and Neal Street Prods.’ Shrek the Musical enjoys success on Broadway, an original cast recording is being prepped for release by Decca Broadway in March. The show stars Tony Award nominee Brian d’Arcy James as Shrek, Tony winner Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Tony nominee Christopher Sieber [...]
WALL’E, Bashir, Persepolis Up for BAFTAs
Director Andrew Stanton’s WALL’E, Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud’s Persepolis are the nominees for this year’s BAFTA for Best Animated Film. As previously announced, Persepolis and Bashir are also among the five films up for the award for Film Not in the English Language. [...]
Quantum Quest Voice Cast Set
The stars have aligned for Quantum Quest, an upcoming CG-animated, large-format 3-D action-adventure film that interweaves computer-generated sequences with actual space imagery captured from seven ongoing NASA and NASA/ESA space missions. The voice cast will include a number of names associated with the Star Trek and Star Wars film series, [...]
Reeves Commits to Cowboy Bebop
His sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still didn’t exactly hold the world spellbound, but Keanu Reeves is hoping for better success with a live-action adaptation of a popular anime series. Daily Variety reports that the actor is officially attached to play Spike Spiegel in 20 Century Fox’s big-screen [...]
FOX, Warner Settle Watchmen Battle
Warner Bros.’ live-action feature based on the DC Comics graphic novel Watchmen will open on March 6 as planned. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has settled a fierce legal dispute brought about by 20th Century Fox, which claimed certain rights to develop a film based on the Hugo [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
