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Happy Feet Sequel Not as Popular As First Pic
The second time is too much of a charm for the dancing penguins of Happy Feet Two, which opened to a $22 million box-office total domestically. The first outing of George Miller’s Oscar-winning feature made $41.5 million over the same weekend in 2006. The CG-animated birds had tough competition from [...]
Animation Magazine’s Oscar Watch [Part 1 of 4]
Early award season watchers seem to be unable (or unwilling) to pick frontrunners in the animation race this year. But most of them have high hopes for a certain Belgian boy reporter and his dog Snowy. A wise man once said that the greatest friend of truth is time. So, [...]
‘Puss in Boots’ Lands on Top Again
DreamWorks’ swashbuckling cat stole the number one spot at the box office for the second week in a row, crushing Brett Ratner’s Tower Heist, with a $33 million weekender. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 3D toon had the smallest drop ever for a non-holiday, and has made $75.5 million [...]
18 Films Submitted in Animated Feature Oscar Race
Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. The 18 submitted features are: The Adventures of Tintin Alois Nebel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Arthur Christmas Cars 2 A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Gnomeo & Juliet Happy Feet [...]
‘Puss’ Stomps to $34M Debut; ‘Tintin’ Impresses Overseas
Two toons won the two different box office races this weekend, with DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots topping the domestic rankings and breaking a Halloween weekend record, while The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn was the top film in the rest of the world. Puss in Boots [...]
Fans Flock to ‘Tintin’ in France and Belgium
Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin is doing fantastique business in France and Belgium, bringing in $4.7 million in ticket sales since its Wednesday opening in theaters. Variety reports that the Sony, which is distributing the film in Europe (except the U.K. where it’s handled by Paramount), is expecting Tintin [...]
Paramount Picks David Stainton As New Animation President
Former Disney Animation president David Stainton has been named the new president of Paramount’s Animation division. Paramount announced in July that it is launching an in-house animation division. It expects to release its first film through the unit in 2014. Stainton begins work this week and will report to Adam [...]
Question for the Week of September 5 2011
Now that summer is over, which one of the following do you think will be the best movie of the fall/winter? Puss in Boots Arthur Christmas Happy Feet 2 The Adventures of Tintin The Muppet Movie
New ‘Puss in Boots’ Motion Poster Is Cat’s Meow
New promotional material for the holiday season’s animated features are debuting on the web every day. We’ve seen photos, posters and trailers for Paramount’s The Adventures of Tintin, Sony/Aardman’s Arthur Christmas, Disney’s The Muppet Show and Warner Bros.’ Happy Feet 2 competing for fan attention, and today, it’s time for [...]
Question for the Week of July 25 2011
Which one of the movies or TV shows that were featured at Comic-Con are you dying to see? The Adventures of Tintin The Pirates! Band of Misfits MTV’s Beavis and Butt-head The Amazing Spider-Man
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
