Tag "Lord of the Rings"

DreamWorks’ ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Pics to Bow on China’s Youku

August 30, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

DreamWorks Animation will make the original Kung Fu Panda and its 2011 sequel available online in China, through the country’s biggest streaming site, Youku.com. The deal is the first time the studio’s movies will be available online in China. Consumers can watch the films on Youku’s premium on-demand service for [...]

Smurfs and the City – ‘The Smurfs’ in 3D

July 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Peyo’s beloved little blue creatures come to CG life in Sony’s Smurfalicious 3-D hybrid extravaganza. It’s been 53 years since Belgian artist Pierre “Peyo” Culliford came up with the idea of a pastoral village inhabited by The Smurfs (or Les Schtroumpfs as they are called in French) who were only three [...]

Universal Decides Against Building ‘Dark Tower’

July 19, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The plug has been pulled on The Dark Tower. Universal Studios has passed on a previously announced ambitious plan to adapt the popular Stephen King book series into three movies and two runs of television, apparently because the studio’s new owners balked at the high cost of the project, reports [...]

Seeing the (Green) Light!

June 16, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern. The summer of 2011 may go down in history as the season of visually spectacular 3-D superhero movies. Following in the footsteps of Marvel [...]

Stephen Fry Joins ‘Hobbit’ Cast

May 19, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Director and producer Peter Jackson announced on his Facebook page Thursday that loquacious British actor, comedian, television host, writer and avid Tweeter Stephen Fry has been tagged to play the role of the Master of Laketown in the upcoming two-part feature adaption of J.R.R. Tokein’s fantasy tome, The Hobbit. Jackson [...]

Animated People: Writer Peter S. Beagle on ‘The Last Unicorn’

February 22, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 6 Comments divider image

The 1980s are kind of hit and miss when it comes to animated features, especially independent productions. One of the hits is The Last Unicorn, a fantasy tale that adapted the popular novel by Peter S. Beagle. Produced by Rankin-Bass and featuring animation from the Japanese studio Topcraft that later [...]