Rodriguez’s New Quickdraw Animation Preps ‘Heavy Metal’

March 15, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment

Director Robert Rodriguez is getting into animation, announcing he’s formed a new company called Quickdraw Animation and that it is already working on a new feature film version of Heavy Metal. Speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Rodriguez said Quickdraw will focus on CG-animated features and will have [...]

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Del Toro to Shepherd DreamWorks Feature ‘Alma’

November 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

DreamWorks Animation is moving ahead on its next film with Guillermo del Toro, who will oversee a feature based on the short film Alma, according to the Los Angeles Times. The feature version of Alma will be scripted by Megan Holley and directed by Rodrigo Blaas, formerly of Pixar. Del [...]

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