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Del Toro to Co-Direct Henson’s ‘Pinocchio’
After many months of unconfirmed rumors, Guillermo Del Toro has made it official. He will be co-directing Henson’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio, with Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Variety reports. The project will begin shooting in the summer of 2013. Originally, the project involved Gris Grimly, who illustrated a 2002 [...]
2012 Daytime Emmy Nominations Are Announced
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards. The nominations were announced live this morning by Kathy Lee and Hoda on the Today Show. The Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television [...]
Staunton and Richardson to Play Fairies in ‘Maleficent’
Disney’s upcoming live-action fantasy Maleficent has made a few more cast announcements. Angelina Jolie is already set to play the titular character—the villainess in the Sleeping Beauty story. Now Heat Vision is reporting that Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Sharlto Copley, Kenneth Cranham, Sam Riley and Lesley Manville are also on [...]
‘The Avengers’ Shatters Domestic B.O. Debut Records
As many had predicted, Disney/Marvel’s much-awaited The Avengers set an all-time industry record by grossing $200.3 million domestically (May4-6), shattering the previous record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with $169 million. The Disney tentpole’s international cume is now $641.8 million through Sunday with 12 days [...]
Brad Bird Teams Up with ‘Lost’ Creator
Here’s some good news and bad news for fans of Pixar veteran Brad Bird. The good news first: He has signed up to tackle a new project for Disney with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. The bad news is that it’s probably not an animated movie. The project, which is shrouded [...]
Cast Announced for Mo-Cap Adaptation of ‘Tarzan’
Kellan Lutz (Twilght) has been cast to voice the title character in Constantin Film’s motion-capture adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan. Spencer Locke (Resident Evil) will star as Tarzan’s love interest, Jane Porter. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rienhard Kloos and Holger Tappe are co-directing the movie. Kloos also co-wrote [...]
‘Almost Naked Animals’ and CafePress Join Forces
9 Story Entertainment announced today the appointment of CafePress.com as the official E-commerce partner for its animated series, Almost Naked Animals. Toronto-based studio 9 Story u plans to develop a robust digital platform for Almost Naked Animals’ for the fall of 2012. CafePress.com has already launched a print-on-demand store front on [...]
Bernadette Peters Joins ‘Dorothy of Oz’
After her successful appearances on NBC’s Smash and Broadway’s Follies, actress Bernadette Peters is joining the voice of Summertime Entertainment’s upcoming 3D animated movie Dorothy of Oz. Peters will be voicing Glinda the Good Witch and sing a duet on the film’s soundtrack with Lea Michele (Glee) who is voicing [...]
Selick to Direct Gaiman’s ‘Graveyard Book’ for Disney
Acclaimed director Henry Selick will direct a stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for Disney, says Deadline.com. The Newbery Medal award-winning book is a ghostly take on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, about a young boy who is raised by ghosts in a graveyard. Selick directed the Oscar-nominated [...]
Weekend Brings Nice B.O. Booty for ‘The Pirates!’
Sony/Aardman Animations’ stop-motion extravaganza The Pirates! Band of Misfits made a decent box office splash this weekend, landing in at No. 2 (after the urban comedy Think Like a Man) bringing in $11.4 million domestically. The film, which cost about $50 million to produce, has already made $63.7 million internationally, [...]
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