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Disney to Open ‘Art of Frankenweenie’ Exhibit
Walt Disney Studios will launch a touring exhibition featuring the art of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, the director’s upcoming stop-motion, animated feature film which comes out on October 5, 2012. The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition will premiere in Barcelona, Spain, at CineEurope, June 18-21, and in the U.S. at Comic-Con 2012 [...]
Universal’s ‘Battleship’ Hit Hard by ‘The Avengers’
As many had predicted Universal’s costly Battleship was sunk by Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers this past weekend. For the third week in a row, The Avengers sat atop the box office, bringing in $55.1 million domestically (with a $457 million cume domestically). Meanwhile, Battleship ($25.3 million), The Dictator ($17.4 million), Tim [...]
The Senate Delivers Spooky Shots for ‘Dark Shadows’
London’s The Senate VFX completed 186 shots for Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Dark Shadows—the latest Tim Burton opus which opened last week. Anton Yri, vfx supervisor, worked with vfx producer Sam Spacey to oversee six major sequences in the film. Yri was on set for the duration of first unit and [...]
Adult Swim Announces Hot, New Animated Slate
Cartoon Network’s late-night block Adult Swim has revealed its development slate, ahead of its upfront presentations on Wednesday. Deadline.com reports that projects includes seven greenlit animated and live-action pilots and an animated series based on the Harold & Kumar movies in development. Untitled Animated Harold & Kumar Project (In Development) – [...]
‘Avengers’ Beats ‘Avatar’s’ Two-Week Record
Audiences kept the love strong for Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, during the film’s second weekend at the U.S. box office. The film brought in an estimated $100.4 million Stateside, making its cume a total $373.2 million. James Cameron’s former record holder made $75 million in its second weekend at the box [...]
Vampire Weekend Off to a Good Start
It’s going to be a “vampires vs. the superheroes” kind of a weekend. Tim Burton’s take on TV soap opera Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas, opens in the U.S. and 42 foreign markets today (Friday, May 11), but it faces stiff competition from Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, [...]
Burton Judging ‘Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Art
As part of the ramp-up to the June 22 release of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 20th Century Fox is offering an artistic challenge to fans, and the top five entries as voted by the public will be presented to director Tim Burton himself for final judgment. The grand prize winner [...]
Burton, Grahame-Smith to Collab on Stop-Mo Film
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, author/screenwriter/producer Seth Grahame-Smith revealed that he will once again be collaborating with acclaimed director Tim Burton, whom he worked with on the upcoming Dark Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter–this time on a stop-motion animation project. The film will be called Night [...]
IMAX to Release Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ on Oct. 5
Fans of Tim Burton’s upcoming 3D stop-motion feature Frankenweenie will be able to catch the black-and-white toon digitally projected on IMAX’s giant screens this fall. The exhibitor announced that it will screen the digitally remastered version of the pic on October 5, 2012, day and date with its international release. [...]
Disney Releases New ‘Frankenweenie’ Pics
Walt Disney Pictures has released new images from Tim Burton’s highly anticipated feature take on Frankenweenie, which arrives in 2D and 3-D theaters October 5. Check out the official pics below. Based on Burton’s acclaimed short and written by John August, Frankenweenie is the heart-warming if slightly creepy tale of [...]
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