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ShadowMachine Reveals ‘Hell & Back’ Cast Adds
The new stop-motion animated feature being produced by ShadowMachine (Robot Chicken, Mora Orel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole) has received some exciting additions to the cast. Joining previously announced stars T.J. Miller and Nick Swardson will be Rob Riggle, Brian Posehn and Kumail Nanjiani. The film, written and directed by Tom Gianas [...]
Leprosy Charities Cause ‘Pirates’ Changes
Aardman Animations, the Bristol, U.K.-based animation powerhouse behind last year’s Arthur Christmas, have announced changes to their upcoming stop-motion 3-D feature The Pirates! Band of Misfits after the film’s trailer raised objections from leprosy charities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, based on the books by Gideon Defoe, is [...]
Bruno Bozzetto Plans New Feature
Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto, who earned an Oscar nod in 1991 for his short Grasshoppers and is well known for his politically satiric works and hapless Signor Rossi character, has announced plans for his first feature film project in 36 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 73-year-old Bozzetto has revealed [...]
Elton John to Produce Animated ‘Nerds’ Movie
After lending his music and producing cache to last year’s Gnomeo and Juliet feature, music legend Elton John plans to develop an animated movie based on the best-selling series Nerds by author Michael Buckley. Deadline.com reports that John’s Rocket Pictures recently acquired film fights to Nerds: National Espionage, Rescue and [...]
DreamWorks Stock Slips After Goldman Sachs Downgrade
DreamWorks Animation’s stock troubles continued this week as Goldman Sachs downgraded the company’s stock to sell based on weak ticket sales for Puss in Boots and soft DVD and Blu-ray sales for Kung Fu Panda 2. The stock has rebounded from a low point of $16.50 in late December, and [...]
‘Underworld,’ ‘Red Tails’ and ‘FMA’ Take on ‘Beauty’
A pair of visual-effects-heavy battle movies from completely different ends of the spectrum take on Mark Wahlberg’s Contraband and the 3D release of Beauty and the Beast at the box office this weekend. Sony’s Underworld: Awakening, the fourth film in the vampires vs. werewolves series, has the week’s biggest opening. [...]
Smith, Hogan Advance ‘Bone’ Comic Adaptation
Few comics have made as much impact in the past 20 years — or been as difficult to get going in Hollywood — as Jeff Smith’s Bone. But now the self-published success story is getting some serious attention from Warner Bros., which has tapped Patrick Sean Smith to write the [...]
‘Lion King’s’ Roger Allers Joins Animated ‘Prophet’
Roger Allers, who co-directed Disney’s smash hit The Lion King and Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season, has signed on to an animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s poetry collection The Prophet. According to Deadline.com, Allers will oversee the creative end of the movie, which will feature chapters made by other animators. [...]
Cranston, Chastain, Short Join ‘Madagascar 3′ Cast
The cast of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is growing. The DreamWorks Animation feature announced that actors Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain and Martin Short have provided voices for the movie, which is set for a June 8 release. Cranston is best known for his starring roles in the comedy series [...]
3D ‘Beauty’ Earns $18M in Box Office Debut
The 3D version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast posted a solid opening weekend at the box office, earning an estimated $18.5 million and coming in second for the frame that ran through Sunday. The weekend’s top movie was Universal’s Contraband, an R-rated thriller starring Mark Wahlberg that grossed an [...]
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