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Lumina Realizes Spanish Dream
Daily Variety reports that the new Spanish international sales company Lumina Films has picked up the 3D animated feature Midsummer Dream for overseas sales. The Spanish film is coproduced by Dygra Films of Spain and Appia Filmes of Portugal. Based on Shakespeare’s play, the Spanish film reportedly went into production [...]
Revolutions Has Third-Highest Wednesday Bow
According to boxofficemojo.com, Warner Bros.’ trilogy-ender The Matrix: Revolutions debuted behind Star Wars: Episode I–The Phantom Menace and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as the third-biggest Wednesday opener ever. Revolutions brought in $24.3 million on its first day, compared to Menace’s $28.5 million and Towers’ $26.1 million. [...]
Matrix Revolves on Big, Bigger Screen
Guns blazing, the third installment in the Wachowski Bros.’ blockbuster sci-fi series bursts into theaters worldwide today as Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and producer Joel Silver get a jump on the weekend box office competition with The Matrix: Revolutions. In addition to opening simultaneously in 80 countries this week, [...]
Bear Market for Disney
Disney’s latest animated venture, Brother Bear, opened in wide release over the weekend to the tune of an estimated $18.5 million, making it the second best Halloween opener behind last year’s Jackass: The Movie, which bowed to $22.7 million. There is now speculation that the Mouse House’s decision to open [...]
Mexican Ani Feature Casts Spell over Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Films has picked up Latin American rights to Magos y Gigantes (Wizards and Giants), the first feature-length animated film made in Mexico in over a decade, according to Daily Variety. This first effort from Anima Estudios employs both traditional and computer-animation techniques. Produced by veteran filmmakers Fernando [...]
Brother Bear Pounces Wide
Disney’s animated adventure/comedy Brother Bear opens wide across North America tomorrow, taking advantage of a gap in new family fare and challenging the box office reign of horror and horror spoofing. The studio opted for the unusual Saturday opening since most kids will be out trick-or-treating rather than going to [...]
Millennium Actress Gets Second Act
If you didn’t get a chance to catch Satoshi Kon’s anime masterpiece at one of the few theaters it played in, you can now pick it up on DVD. Released by DreamWorks in North America, Millennium Actress is the first title to be distributed under the studio’s new Go Fish [...]
Brother Bear Off to Good Start
If this weekend’s box office numbers are any indication of things to come, Disney just may have a big hit on its hands with its latest animated talking animal movie. Brother Bear opened in just two theaters in New York and Los Angeles and managed to paw up a whopping [...]
Bonham-Carter, Fiennes Join Wallace and Gromit
Oscar-nominees Helena Bonham-Carter and Ralph Fiennes have signed on to the voice cast of DreamWorks’ and Aardman’s upcoming feature Wallace and Gromit: Curse Of The Wererabbit, according to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com). The film is set to begin principal photography in Bristol, England this week at Aardman. Wallace and [...]
Brother Bear Begins Box Office Trek
Disney’s latest animated adventure comedy begins its theatrical run today in New York and Los Angeles. In an odd move by the studio, Brother Bear will roll out in wide release on Saturday, Nov. 1. The film’s performance will be closely watched given its distinction as one of Disney’s last [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
