Tag "Ang Lee"

Jonathan Groff Joins Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Cast

December 19, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced that its extreme mountain man character Kristoff from the upcoming animated comedy-adventure Frozen will be voiced by Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff. The film is set to hit theaters in time for the holidays next year on November 27, 2013. Frozen, billed as a [...]

Building a Beguiling Bengal Tiger

December 14, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer discusses some of the mind-blowing visual effects of Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. Life of Pi is not a movie about mathematics, but numbers played a big role in creating the stunning visual effects for director Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel. “If I [...]

DreamWorks ‘Guardians’ Brings in $32.4 Million

November 25, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The long Thanksgiving weekend was good to DreamWorks Animation and the band of legendary childhood heroes featured in Rise of the Guardians. Directed by Peter Ramsey, the much-anticipated pic, which rated 74% on the rottentomatoes.com review site, brought in an estimated $32.6 million at the box office over the five-day [...]

Paris FX to Spotlight ‘Skyfall,’ ‘Cloud Atlas’

October 24, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The annual animation and vfx show Paris FX will highlight the French and British post-production artists behind Skyfall, Cloud Atlas and Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia, Variety reports. The event is hosted by the Ile de France Film Commission and Lariviere Org. in partnership with Film London each year, and [...]

Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ to Premiere at N.Y. Film Festival

August 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Director Ang Lee’s much anticipated feature Life of Pi is scheduled to premiere at the 50th New York Film Festival as its Opening Night Gala program in September. The selection will allows Lee to join Robert Altman, Pedro Almodóvar and François Truffaut as the only directors to have had more [...]