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Toy Story Tops Online Film Critics’ Top 100
The international association of Internet-based cinema journalists known as the Online Film Critics Society has released its list of the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time. A total of 138 reviewers voted from a reminder list of more than 350 feature films and Disney/Pixar’s groundbreaking 1995 CG family flick [...]
Bazley Films Rides With El Cid
To produce the final sequence in its animated epic El Cid, The Legend, Barcelona-based Filmax enlisted the talents of U.K. studio Bazley Films. Set in the 11th century, the film is based on the true story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the exiled son of a Castilian nobleman who become [...]
Daredevil Red-Hot Again
Despite a drop-off of more than 50%, Twentieth Century Fox’s entry in the superhero bonanza is No. 1 at the box office for a second week. The effects laden actioner has pulled in an estimated $70 with the past weekend’s take of around $19 million. That was just enough to [...]
Visionbox Pictures, X-42 Prods. Get Chosen
Los Angeles-based Visionbox Pictures and X-42 Prods. are teaming up to produce the 3D animated feature film The Chosen One. The film will combine comedy and comic book action to weave a tale about competitive gods and innocent bystanders in a world rapidly going to hell. The Chosen One was [...]
Garfield in Theaters This December
Twentieth Century Fox has announced the release date for its big-screen version of the popular comic strip Garfield. December 19 will see the lasagna-loving feline and his pals come to life through a blending of live action and digital animation a la last summer’s blockbuster Scooby-Doo. In his feature film [...]
Moviegoers Take the Dare
Twentieth Century Fox’s adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil raked it in at the box office over the 4-day holiday period. With an estimated $43.5 million take, the film had the biggest President’s Day weekend opening ever. In addition to having the second biggest February debut, the superhero actioner knocked Paramount’s [...]
Jungle Book 2, Daredevil Swing into Theaters
Mowgli and his jungle pals dare to take on a comic book superhero at the box office this weekend. Disney’s big-screen sequel to the beloved animated classic The Jungle Book 2 opens today, as does Twentieth Century Fox’s adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil. In The Jungle Book 2, wild child [...]
Russia’s First Theatrical Ani. Feature in 40 Years?
St. Petersburg-based Melnitsa Animation claims that its Little Longnose will be Russia’s first theatrically released full-length animated film to be produced in nearly four decades. Based on the classic fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff, Little Longnose is a magical and suspenseful tale about the power of friendship. When Jacob, a [...]
The Shop Hires Leads for Henson’s Time Dogs
The Shop Prods. Inc. and Jim Henson Pictures have brought on Crash McCreery as lead character designer and Hank Mayo as lead storyboard artist for the upcoming CG feature co-production Time Dogs. Written by Christopher Leone and Laura Harkcom, Time Dogs is a buddy comedy about a mutt named Zack, [...]
USAnimation Puts Looney Tunes Back in Action
To bring its classic cartoon characters to life in the upcoming live-action/animated theatrical feature Looney Tunes, Back In Action, Warner Bros. has chosen to use USAnimation, the 2D animation software from Montreal, Canada-based Toon Boom Technologies. Scheduled to hit the big screen this coming holiday season, Looney Tunes, Back In [...]
BBC Says Good-Bye to...
The BBC Trust has confirmed that children’s programs will no longer be shown...
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