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‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ to Shoot in the U.K.
Lucasfilm announced on Friday that production of Star Wars: Episode VII will take place in the United Kingdom. All of the six previous live-action Star Wars movies have included U.K. production at Elstree, Shepperton, Leavesden, Ealing and Pinewood Studios. “We’ve devoted serious time and attention to revisiting the origins of Star Wars as inspiration [...]
It’s Official: Abrams to Direct ‘Star Wars’ Pic
While the news was leaked on Thursday, Lucasfilm and Disney both confirmed that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) will direct the next episode of the beloved sci-fi franchise Star Wars: Episode VII. Star Wars creator George Lucas, who is retiring and passing the franchise on, released a statement endorsing the [...]
‘Buffy’ Writer to Work on New Pixar Project
Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Marti Noxon has joined Pixar to work on an unspecified project. Pixar’s senior development exec Mary Coleman made the announcement at this week’s Austin Film Festival. Noxon, who has an impressive list of TV credits, including Angel, Brothers and Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men and [...]
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Movie Adds ‘Toy Story 3′ Scribe Micheal Arndt
Disney has hired Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt, who wrote Toy Story 3 for Pixar, to polish its script for a movie version of its hit animated series Phineas and Ferb, reports say. Arndt, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay to Little Miss Sunshine, will do a draft of [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar; ‘Lost Thing’ Wins Short
Toy Story 3 won the Best Animated Feature at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. Lee Unkrich accepted the award, thanking John Lasseter, Steve Jobs and the film’s producer, Darla K. Anderson. The Lost Thing won the Oscar for Best Animated Short film. The awards was accepted by the directors, Shaun [...]
BAFTA Awards Honor ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Inception’
Toy Story 3 took home yet another major honor, earning the Best Animated Feature prize at the BAFTA Awards. The British film group also nominated DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me for the race. In the short animation category, Michael Please’s The Eagleman Stag [...]
Filmmakers React to Oscar Nominations
It’s always a good day when it starts off with being nominated for an Academy Award. Here’s what the filmmakers nominated for the best animated feature Oscar had to say about it. “What an honor it is to be nominated for an Academy Award!” said Dean DeBlois, the Canadian-born writer/director [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Up for Three BAFTA Awards
Toy Story 3 has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards: best animated feature. best adapted screenplay and best visual effects. In the best animated screenplay, the Disney-Pixar film will go up against Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me and DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. In the adapted screenplay category, Michael [...]
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German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
