Tuesday, January 27, 2015
‘Paddington’ Gets Solid Box Office Start
While Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper dominated the weekend box office, taking in about $89.5 million, the CG-hybrid flick Paddington from Paul King (Bunny and the Bull) benefited ... Continue Reading →
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer Arrives
Well, it was 88 seconds of Force-fueled nostalgia as Disney and Lucasfilm released the first look at footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in a teaser trailer.
The trailer was screened ... Continue Reading →
Lucasfilm’s ‘Strange Magic’ Gets a Trailer
There’s now a trailer for the just-announced Lucasfilm animated feature Strange Magic, due in theaters Jan. 23.
The feature is described as a madcap fairy-tale musical inspired ... Continue Reading →
Touchstone Enchanted by Lucasfilm’s ‘Strange Magic’
Lucasfilm has announced that Touchstone Pictures will be releasing its new CG-animated feature Strange Magic to theaters January 23, 2015. The musical fantasy adventure is inspired ... Continue Reading →
Old is New Again
Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels plots a course back to the franchise’s storytelling and visual roots.
After ... Continue Reading →
Koh to Preside Over Additional Anti-Poaching Cases
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh will preside over a series of lawsuits accusing animation and visual-effects studios of participating in an illegal anti-poaching and wage suppression agreement.
Koh ... Continue Reading →
Disney Orders ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2
Thought it has yet to air its first episode, Disney Channels has renewed for a second season its animated series Star Wars Rebels.
The series — the first animated put into production ... Continue Reading →
Wage Suppression Suit Requests Apple Case Judge
The legal action against DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Lucasfilm alleging the studios had a deal in place to prevent talent ... Continue Reading →
MIP News Bytes: ‘Luchien,’ ‘P. King Duckling,’ ‘Zafari,’ ‘G.U.N.K. Aliens’
+ Monster Entertainment continues to roll out the dialog-free kids fare for MIP Junior with two more series on its sales slate. Luchien (26 x 1) from Belgium’s Truffe Productions ... Continue Reading →
Studios Conspired on Hiring, Wages Lawsuit Alleges
A class-action lawsuit alleging such major animation and VFX companies as DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Lucasfilm, Sony and Digital Domain agreed not to poach each other’s workers.
The ... Continue Reading →
