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Warner Bros. Ratchets Up Animation Feature Push


January 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image
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Warner Bros. Studios is making a big push to produce more animated features at the studio in order to compete with Disney, Sony, Fox and Universal. Deadline.com reports that the studio has formed a “feature creative consortium” to produce at least one animated feature per year. John Requa and Glenn [...]

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Four More ‘LEGO’ Voice Stars Revealed


November 12, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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A fresh crop of talent providing voices for the upcoming Lego 3D animated film, slated for a February 7, 2014 release, has been announced. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie have signed on for the Warner Bros./Village Roadshow flick. The Lego movie also [...]

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‘LEGO’ Flick Bumps Up Release Date


October 22, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Fans of Denmark’s seminal international toy sensation LEGO, rejoice! Warner Bros. has moved up the release date of its 3-D flick based on the interlocking bricks, LEGO: The Piece of Resistance, from the end of February 2014 to February 7, 2014! That’s three fewer weeks you have to wait to see [...]

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Freeman and Banks Join ‘Lego’ Movie Voice Cast


August 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Elizabeth Banks and Morgan Freeman have joined the voice cast for Warner Bros.’ upcoming feature Lego: The Piece of Resistance, according to Deadline.com. The animation/live-action movie will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). The movie centers on Emmet (Chris Pratt) a construction [...]

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Sony Launches 10th Anniversary Screening Series


August 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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The 10th anniversary celebration of Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) continues with a five-week series of special screenings featuring SPA’s collection of animated and hybrid films, as well as reunions with filmmakers participating in Q & As following each screening, rare footage/materials from the SPA archives and giveaways. The series, which [...]

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Pratt to Voice Hero in Lego Movie


June 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Some of the many pieces of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming Lego movie are falling into place. According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) has been cast as the lead voice in the animated Lego: The Piece of Resistance. According to releasing studio Warner Bros., [...]

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Warner Bros. Announces Date for ‘LEGO’ Movie


April 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s upcoming CG-animated feature based on the LEGO franchise will be released by Warner Bros. on Feb. 28, 2014. The pic, which is based on a story by Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman and Lord and Miller, will feature some of the most popular characters from [...]

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‘Cloudy 2′ Gets Directors


December 14, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Sony Animation has tapped Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs artists Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn to direct the studio’s sequel to the popular CG film, Variety reports. The project is still in development and has no yet received an official greenlight. The first film (2009), which was based on [...]

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Warner Bros.’ Greenlights Hybrid ‘Lego’ Movie


November 14, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Warner Bros. has given the go-ahead to the upcoming Lego movie, based on the popular Danish construction toy, reports Variety. The feature, which will be written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs fame. Slated for a 2014 release, the pic will [...]

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Sony Orders New Writers for ‘Cloudy’ Sequel


July 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image
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Sony Pictures Animation is ramping up its plans for a sequel to the 2009 hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, hiring Horrible Bosses screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to work on the script, according to the Los Angeles Times. The sequel will be based on an original [...]

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