Tag "Ricky Gervais"

Get Ready for ‘The Muppets…Again!’

January 30, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

Disney’s crack team behind the 2011 Muppets movie are back in action as they kick off production for the upcoming sequel The Muppets…Again! in London. The all new global Muppet adventure brings in new stars Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey, who will join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Walter and the [...]

Seth MacFarlane to Speak at SXSW

February 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has been added to the roster of panelists at this year’s edition of South by Southwest Film Conference, held in Austin March 9-13. The popular toon meister will be talking about his projects on TV, his foray into music and his live-action/CG feature Ted. The [...]

Universal Buys MacGuff for Illumination Ent.

November 15, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Universal Pictures has bought French animation studio Mac Guff Ligne for Illumination Entertainment, according to Deadline.com. Illumination and Mac Guff worked together on CG-animated features Despicable Me and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. The Paris-based studio will be renamed Illumination Mac Guff and will work exclusively on Illumination’s fully CG movies [...]

The Return of ‘Fright Night,’ Conan’ and ‘Spy Kids’

August 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

While there are no animated features debuting in theaters this weekend, there are plenty of CG-laden summer thrills to go around that will spell competition for returning titles such as The Smurfs, Cars 2 and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. For starters, we have the remake of the [...]

Stars Align for Fox’s Animation Domination Shows

August 8, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Fox has announced an impressive list of guest voices for the new fall season of its Sunday night animation domination shows. The Simpsons, which will air its 500th episode during its 23rd Season, will feature the voices of Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay, Kiefer Sutherland (as a former CIA agent in [...]

HBO Orders Season 3 of ‘Ricky Gervais Show’

April 11, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

HBO has ordered a third season of its animated series The Ricky Gervais Show. The series, which will air the final episode of its second season on April 15, is an animated version of the popular podcasts that featured Gervais and producer Stephen Merchant chatting with “round-headed buffoon” Karl Pilkington. [...]