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‘Rise of the Guardians’ Makes a Splash in Cannes

May 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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As expected, DreamWorks Animation made an early splash at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with a big press event for its holiday season feature Rise of the Guardians. Studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg has made a habit of launching his big animated titles (Shrek, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Puss [...]

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Gkids to Release English-Language ‘Cat in Paris’

May 14, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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New York-based indie GKids will release an English-language version of the Oscar-nominated feature A Cat in Paris in select cities on June 1st. Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, the new translated version of the film will feature the voices of Marcia Gay Harden, Angelica Huston, Matthew Modine and [...]

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‘Avengers’ Beats ‘Avatar’s’ Two-Week Record

May 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Audiences kept the love strong for Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, during the film’s second weekend at the U.S. box office. The film brought in an estimated $100.4 million Stateside, making its cume a total $373.2 million. James Cameron’s former record holder made $75 million in its second weekend at the box [...]

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Sony Lines Up Scribes for ‘Smurfs 3'

May 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Only a few weeks after announcing details about The Smurfs 2 feature (set to be released on July 31, 2013) Sony has revealed info about the third outing of the little blue guys. It turns out that sequel writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche have now been assigned to write [...]

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Vampire Weekend Off to a Good Start

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It’s going to be a “vampires vs. the superheroes” kind of a weekend. Tim Burton’s take on TV soap opera Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas, opens in the U.S. and 42 foreign markets today (Friday, May 11), but it faces stiff competition from Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, [...]

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‘Potter’s’ Heyman Tackles ‘Paddington Bear’

May 10, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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David Heyman, the producer behind Harry Potter’s big screen outings, will be guiding another Brit kids lit classic by bringing Paddington Bear to theaters, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Created by writer Michael Bond (and first illustrated by Peggy Fortnum) in 1958, the toggle-coat wearing immigrant bear from Peru who [...]

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Del Toro to Co-Direct Henson’s ‘Pinocchio’

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After many months of unconfirmed rumors, Guillermo Del Toro has made it official. He will be co-directing Henson’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio, with Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Variety reports. The project will begin shooting in the summer of 2013. Originally, the project involved Gris Grimly, who illustrated a 2002 [...]

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Illumination Plans a ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Movie

May 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford the Big Red Dog will be wagging his tail on the big screen again, thanks to the team at Illumination Entertainment and Universal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Illumination is planning a live-action/CG animation hybrid pic based on the books by Norman Bridwell, which were adapted into [...]

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Staunton and Richardson to Play Fairies in ‘Maleficent’

May 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Disney’s upcoming live-action fantasy Maleficent has made a few more cast announcements. Angelina Jolie is already set to play the titular character—the villainess in the Sleeping Beauty story. Now Heat Vision is reporting that Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Sharlto Copley, Kenneth Cranham, Sam Riley and Lesley Manville are also on [...]

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Kidtoon Films Offers ‘Sid the Science Kid’ Package

May 7, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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NCircle Ent. and Kidtoon Films have joined forces to offer TV episodes of Henson’s Sid the Science Kid to the big screen this month. Titled Sid the Science Kid Backyard Campout. The program finds Sid and his buddy Gerald go camping and learn about the animals and insets that live [...]

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