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Universal Has Best Year with Mummy, Wanted, Hulk
The vfx-driven fantasy The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and the comic-book adaptations Wanted and The Incredible Hulk contributed greatly to giving Universal Pictures its biggest year ever at the worldwide box office. The studio’s domestic take of roughly $1.12 billion combined with an estimated $1.714 billion earned overseas [...]
Decent Bow for Despereaux
Universal’s CG-animated family feature The Tale of Despereaux earned an estimated $10.5 million over the weekend to open at No. 3 at the North American box office. Warner Bros.’ Jim Carrey comedy, Yes Man, took the top spot with around $18.1 million, while the Will Smith drama Seven Pounds from [...]
Spirit, Bashir Open for X-Mas
Having co-directed with Robert Rodriguez the filmed adaptation of his graphic novel Sin City, Frank Miller makes his eagerly awaited solo directorial debut with a classic comic-book property he grew up with. His stylized take on Will Eisner’s The Spirit comes to theaters on Dec. 25 courtesy of distributor Lionsgate. [...]
EA Increases Layoff Figures
Video game developer/publisher Electronic Arts Inc. today announced further details on a restructuring plan, which will include consolidating facilities and reducing the work force by approximately 10%. Roughly 1,000 people are expected to lose their jobs, most of them by March 31. That’s a 4% increase from the original reduction [...]
Canemaker Animates South Beach Fest
The South Beach Int’l Animation Film Festival announced that Oscar-winning animation legend John Canemaker will be a guest of honor at the next annual event in Miami, Fla. The four-day event is hosted by the Miami Beach Cinematheque Theater in the heart of South Beach’s famed art deco district, and [...]
Disney Revs Up Kid Knievel
Walt Disney Television Animation has begun production on Kid Knievel, a 2D-animated comedy series about a 12-year-old boy who aspires to become the world’s greatest daredevil. Famed thrill seeker ‘Kaptain’ Robbie Knievel will serve as a stunt consultant on the series, which is slated to premiere in the fall of [...]
Chow Exits Green Hornet
Stephen Chow, director and star of the breakout hits Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, is no longer helming Columbia Pictures’ The Green Hornet. Daily Variety reports that he will still play martial arts expert sidekick Kato, a role made famous by Bruce Lee on TV in the 1960s. Comedic [...]
Clone Wars Marathon Going Online
All ten episodes of Lucasfilm Animaton’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars that have already aired on Cartoon Network will be available online over the holidays. Starting Dec. 22, the installments will be found on Starwars.com and CartoonNetwork.com, which will also feature video commentary by supervising director Dave Filoni on each [...]
Mass Animation Draws Animators to Facebook
Mass Animation, Intel Corp.’s initiative to create a CG-animated short film through a virtual studio staffed by animators around the world, has received more than 270 entries and accumulated more than 25,000 fans on popular social networking site Facebook. The short, titled Live Music, is being produced and directed by [...]
FUNimation Counts Down New Anime for ’09
FUNimation Ent. will be announcing new anime titles for 2009 with an online event dubbed ‘New Show A-Go-Go.’ The 10-day countdown to the new year will kick off on Monday, Dec. 22 and will feature one acquisition announcement each day leading up to New Year’s Eve. The news will be [...]
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