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‘Frankenweenie’ Gets Run Over by ‘Hotel Transylvania’


October 7, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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The weekend box office numbers are in and it looks like Tim Burton’s highly anticipated 3-D, black and white stop-motion feature adaptation of his cult hit short Frankenweenie came out the victim of a hit-and-run with Sony’s 3-D CG project Hotel Transylvania, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Hotel Transylvania has impressively [...]

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


September 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Genndy Does the Monster Mash


September 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony’s summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania. Last summer, when Sony Animation announced that TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky would take over the reins of its animated feature about a resort for monsters, fans unanimously took a deep breath of relief. [...]

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Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa


September 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]

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Win Tickets to Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’!


September 17, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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The generous folks at Sony are offering Animag readers five pairs of tickets to see a very special screening of Hotel Transylvania on Saturday, September 29 at the Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood at 10:30 a.m. The first five Animag readers who email me (ramin@animationmagazine.net) with their name, address and [...]

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Sony, DWA, Pixar Directors Top VIEW 2012 Slate in Italy


September 12, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Top animators Genndy Tartakovsky, Eric Darnell and Mark Walsh will take the lead at the VIEW digital technology conference, set for Oct. 16-19 in Turin, Italy. The 13th annual event, which is dedicated to assemble experts in computer graphics, also will feature TV director Daniel Attias and Oscar-winning sound designer [...]

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Win Tickets to Sony’s Special ‘Surf’s Up’ Screening


September 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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We have five pairs of tickets to give away for the special Sony Pictures Animation’s 10th Anniversary screening of the movie Surf’s Up at the historic Ray Harryhausen theater (on the Sony lot in Culver City, Calif.) on Thursday, Sept. 13. The evening will include a panel with directors Ash Brown [...]

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Tartakovsky and the Road to Transylvania


August 30, 2012 by Michael Mallory No Comments divider image
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Animation Renaissance man Tom Sito has a stock line he uses whenever he gives talks: he wonders what happened to the years in between, “Hey, kid, sharpen these pencils for me,” and, “You worked with Shamus Culhane?” In my own way I can relate, though it’s even harder for me [...]

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Win Tickets for Sony’s ‘Open Season’ Screening/Panel


by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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We have five pair of tickets for the special screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s 2006 feature Open Season on September 5th, right on the studio’s historic lot in Culver City, Calif. Part of SPA’s month-long 10th Anniversary Celebration, this exciting event will also include a rare screening of the studio’s [...]

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Tartakovsky to Present ‘Transylvania’ Footage at VIEW


August 23, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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VIEW Conference has announced that award-winning animation guru Genndy Tartakovsky of Dexter’s Laboratory fame will present exclusive footage from his feature film debut, Sony’s 3-D Hotel Transylvania, and discuss the project during the conference taking place in Turin, Italy Oct. 16-19. VIEW has previously announced participation by director/sound-designer Gary Rydstrom [...]

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