Tag "Cal Brunker"

‘Giant Slayer’ Shows Little Strength at the B.O.

March 3, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Bryan Singer’s vfx-laden take on the fairy tale classic Jack the Giant Slayer failed to work its magic on the U.S. box office numbers and ended up making only $26 million over the weekend. Nevertheless, the Warner Bros. release, which was reportedly made for over $200 million was the number [...]

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 [...]

A Zany Return to Area 51

February 12, 2013 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

Director Cal Brunker stresses strong visuals and iconic imagery in the new, sci-fi comedy movie Escape from Planet Earth. If luck happens when preparation meets opportunity, then director Cal Brunker is one lucky guy. After working as a storyboard artist on Horton Hears A Who!, Ice Age: Continental Drift and [...]

‘Escape From Planet Earth’ Gets a Weinstein Screening

July 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The case of writer-director Tony Leech and producer Brian Inerfeld against the Weinstein company over the studio’s handling of the CG-animated movie Escape From Planet Earth seems to keep generating news. According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, Leech and Inerfeld will get to see the latest version of [...]

Voice Cast Set for ‘Escape From Planet Earth’

August 2, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The Weinstein Company and Canada’s Rainmaker Entertainment announced today that the voice cast of their 2012 animated movie Escape from Planet Earth will include Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The 3-D CG-animated movie is directed by Cal Brunker, best known for his [...]