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Long Weekend News: ‘Tad,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Planet Earth’

February 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It was another big weekend of awards for animated titles. Fox-TV’s long-running animated series The Simpsons received a Writers Guild honor for the episode “Ned and Edna’s Blend Agenda” written by Jeff Westbrook. The episode was competing against three other episodes of the show and the “Forget-Me-Not” episode of Family [...]

Bruce Willis Confirmed for ‘Sin City’ Sequel

January 21, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

While attending the Sundance festival, director Robert Rodriguez revealed more details about the upcoming sequel to his 2005 feature Sin City, which was based on Frank Miller’s acclaimed graphic novel. Rodriguez told Collider that Bruce Willis will reprise his role as tough policeman Hartigan in Sin City: A Dame to [...]

Focus Announces ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Fan Art Contest

November 7, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Focus Features is hoping fans of Wes Anderson’s charming and quirky summer hit Moonrise Kingdom will come up with some good fan art for the studio’s Oscar season ads! Building off of the surprising outpouring of fan art for the movie, the distributor has launched a new contest, inviting fans [...]

Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Checks in at No. 1

September 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It was a frightfully great weekend for Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which checked in at the number-one spot at the box office, with an estimated $43 million total in 3,349 theaters stateside. Directed by acclaimed TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) this crowd-pleasing take on popular movie monsters [...]

‘Looper’ Director Chats About Film’s Mind-Bending VFX

September 27, 2012 by Jake Gerli 1 Comment divider image

We sat down with Rian Johnson, the director of the time-travel film Looper, to discuss his use of visual effects in the movie and their importance to the science fiction genre. The film, which stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, opens in theaters nationwide on Friday (September 28). [...]