Tag "Shrek"

Eddie Murphy Lands Hong Kong Phooey Role

August 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image

After supplying the voice of Donkey in the Shrek Movies and Mushu the Dragon in Mulan, actor Eddie Murphy is now going to stars as Hanna Barbera’s Hong Kong Phooey in a a new live-action/CG hybrid feature produced by Alcon Entertainment. The company’s co-founders and CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew [...]

SIGGRAPH – The Quiet Revolution

August 7, 2011 by Ellen Wolff 1 Comment divider image

A timely SIGGRAPH panel examines the pros and cons of distributed production. SIGGRAPH is always a showcase for whiz-bag images of digital destruction, virtual flames and flowing, photo-real hair. This year, a less obvious but profound development in modern image making is also receiving attention at a panel discussion entitled [...]

Adamson on Board for Dark Horse’s ‘Beasts of Burden’

June 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

DreamWorks Animation alumnus Andrew Adamson is set to adapt the Dark Horse Comics series Beasts of Burden into a CG-animated feature film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adamson is set to produce under his Strange Weather Films company with partner Aron Warner and Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment. Reel [...]

Legend3D Gives ‘Shrek’ Films a New Dimension

January 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Legend3D has converted the original Shrek — as well as Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third — to stereoscopic 3D for a special Blu-ray set. The first three films in the series have been bundled with Shrek Forever After, which was made and released theatrically in 3D, for a 3D Blu-ray [...]

Shrek’s Mitchell In Talks for Chipmunks 3

October 28, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Alvin and the Chipmunks are getting some help from Shrek Forever After director Mike Mitchell, who is in talks to make the third film in the popular series. Mitchell, whose directing credits include the Disney superhero film Sky High and worked as a story artist on DreamWorks’ Shrek the Third [...]