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‘Dragon 2,’ ‘Monsters Univ.’ Shine at CinemaCon

April 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Animated features took center stage at the CinemaCon confab in Las Vegas today. The industry event, which targets exhibitors, producers, distributors, equipment and concession industry professionals, was held this week (April 15-18) at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, Disney offered a sneak preview of Pixar’s highly anticipated summer [...]

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 [...]

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). [...]

Seth MacFarlane to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After directing this summer’s sleeper hit Ted (and voicing everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy-bear), Seth MacFarlane will host the 38th season opener of the late night TV show Saturday Night Live on Sept. 15. Fans expect the man behind Fox-TV’s killer primetime toons Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show of [...]

Scaling the VFX Heights of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

July 26, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

The third and final chapter in Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy delivers plenty of spectacular visuals and mind-boggling vfx scenes that linger in memory long after the final credits roll. The stakes are bigger than ever for Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment in director Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed [...]