Tag "ImageMovers"

The Red Planet Revisited!

March 16, 2012 by Jake Gerli 1 Comment divider image

Pixar alum Andrew Stanton’s first live-action feature John Carter delivers a stunning blend of cutting-edge CG visual effects and gritty images that are grounded in the real world. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars novels have long been an inspiration for animators. In 1935, Bob Clampett famously tried to turn A Princess [...]

Zemeckis and ImageMovers Move to Universal

August 3, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After being unceremoniously dropped by Disney, director Robert Zemeckis and his ImageMovers production entity have made a two-year first-look producing deal with Universal. Zermeckis worked with Universal on the three Back to the Future movies. ImageMovers will stay in its current headquarters and will not be based on the Universal [...]

Mars Hurts Mouse’s Bottom Line

May 11, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As Disney prepares to make a big splash at the Cannes film festival with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the daily trades are reporting that the disappointing box-office performance of Mars Needs Moms has hurt the studio’s second quarter numbers. Variety and The Los Angeles Times noted that [...]

Zemeckis to Oversee ‘Gnome Attack’ at Sony

April 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Robert Zemeckis has re-emerged at Sony Pictures Animation, which has optioned the book How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack for him to produce as a mix of CG animation and live-action, Variety reports. The film is being developed as an R-rated feature with a budget in the $20 million [...]

Trailer, Images Drop for ‘Mars Needs Moms’

November 23, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Disney has released a new trailer and stills from Mars Needs Moms, a CG-animated film made with mo-cap techniques by Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital. Based on the children’s book by Berkeley Breathed of Bloom County and Opus comic-strip fame, the movie is directed by Simon Wells and features the voices of [...]