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Harry Potter Coming up Short? Fans Protest
You’ll rarely hear any moviegoer complain that a movie is too short. But that’s just what some fans of the effects-laden Harry Potter series are saying about the upcoming adaptation of author J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. While the film trilogy has so far kept fairly [...]
Labor Day Peepers on Creepers
Moviegoer dollars were pretty spread out over the Labor Day weekend but most people went for thrills and chills, putting MGM’s Jeepers Creepers 2 in the No.1 spot. Featuring visual effects by The Orphanage, the sequel to the 2001 surprise hit scared up an estimated 4-day take of $18.5 million. [...]
Creepers 2 Looks to Scare Up B.O.
Horror may rule for a third straight week as MGM’s Jeepers Creepers 2 arrives in theaters today to challenge New Line’s Freddy Vs. Jason for the top spot at the North American box office. Writer/director Victor Salva’s follow-up to his 2001 surprise hit features visual effects by The Orphanage, under [...]
Last Unicorn Back for Another Run
The 1982 animated feature The Last Unicorn is being dusted off for a number of international licensing deals for Carlton Intenational. With these latest deals, the company has reaped more than ’1 million ($1.6 million) in gross revenue from the property in the past five years. Now a cult favorite, [...]
Toon Thief Takes Off With Snowman Cels
A thief with a considerable knowledge of animation has stolen 18 pieces of artwork from the award-winning TV special The Snowman from TV Cartoons’ London production headquarters. The theft of the cels (valued at $15,000) is currently being investigated by the London Metropolitan Police. An adaptation of the classic wordless [...]
Terry Jones, Bj’rk Join Anna and the Moods Cast
Monty Python alum Terry Jones and quirky pop star-turned-actress Bj’rk will lend their voices to the animated film Anna and the Moods, currently in development at CAOZ Ltd. in Reykjavik, Iceland. The half-hour CG film is scheduled for release in Reykjavik in late 2004. Jones will serve as narrator for [...]
Get Fuzzy Gets Animated
Darby Conley’s United Media comic strip Get Fuzzy is on its way to becoming a live-action/CG-animated feature. According to a recent story in Daily Variety, director Kirk Wise (Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) is set to direct the project, set up by Sprocketdyne Entertainment. Rob [...]
Anne Bancroft Seduced by Delgo
Another celestial body has been added to the star-studded voice cast of the independent CG animated feature Delgo. Five-time Oscar nominee Anne Bancroft (The Graduate, The Miracle Worker) joins Jennifer Love Hewitt, Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Kattan, Kelly Ripa, Eric Idle, Burt Reynolds, Malcolm McDowell and Lou Gossett, [...]
Nemo Dethrones King, Disney Fights Current with Pixar Deal
Whatever game face they might be putting on over at the Walt Disney Company this morning, inside there’ll be more than a little concern. True, they’ve topped their own record, but at what cost? This weekend, Finding Nemo became the biggest-grossing animated film of all-time knocking off the previous crown-holder, [...]
Rings Trilogy to Lord Over December
Look for a serious decline in worker productivity among the J.R.R. Tolkien set this December. According to the marketing plans of New Line Cinema, Lord of the Rings films are going to be wall-to-wall pre-Christmas 2003, as the studio ramps up for the release of the third and final Rings [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
