Archives for March, 2007
First Gumby Episode: Gumby on the Moon
DMGI will be adding all 200+ Gumby episodes to Youtube to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show. Below you will find the first episode titled “Gumby on the Moon.” Enjoy.
Bugs Bunny - What’s Opera, Doc?
A true animation classic, What’s Opera, Doc? is a short animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones in which Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny through a seven-minute operatic parody of Wagner’s operas, particularly Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!
Tom and Jerry - The Cat Concerto
The Cat Concerto was released to theaters on April 26, 1947 by MGM. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley, and animation by Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge and Irven Spence. It won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons.
Tutorial: Draw Bart Simpson
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home arrives on DVD
Warner Home Video has announced that they will release Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season DVD set on June 5, 2007. The DVD set will include 24 episodes along with bonus material on four discs.
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was an animated television series produced from 1972 to 1974 by Hanna-Barbera. The 49 episodes feature the Boyle family which consists of father Harry, wife Irma overweight daughter Alice; lazy, unemployed young adult son Chet; and a precocious younger son, Jamie.
Source: AWN
Horton Hears a Who voice actors
The full lineup of voice actors has been announced for 20th Century Fox Animation’s 2008 release of “Horton Hears a Who,” produced by Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age).
The all-star cast will include Jim Carrey as Horton and Carol Burnett as the Kangaroo who doesn’t believe Horton’s claims about life existing on a speck of dust. Along with them, the following stars will lend their voice to the film: Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly, and Jonah Hill.
‘300′ slays the competition
The visual effects filled ‘300′ broke records with its debut, pocketing $70.8 million in just three days. The film, based on Frank Miller’s comic, was expected to come in at #1, but not by such a huge amount.
In comparison, the number two movie, Wild Hogs made $27.6 million. That’s 2.5 times less than 300. Rounding off the top five were: 3) Bridge to Terabithia 4) Ghost Rider and 5) Zodiac.
People like action flicks. People also like awesome visual effects. Bring those two together and you’ve got a winner! (Not really… but in this case, 300 fits).
Source: Yahoo!
Speed Racer release date pushed up
Apparently someone at Warner Bros. realized they were making a huge mistake by releasing Speed Racer on the same day that Indiana Jones 4 is set to debut. The movie will now open May 9, 2008, two weeks before Indy Jones.
“We have been excited about SPEED RACER since we first announced the project,” said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution, “We see it as a movie with broad-based, worldwide appeal–from adults to teens to families–making it the perfect film to lead off our exciting 2008 summer slate. We want to give SPEED RACER the maximum playability throughout the season, so moving it up to the earliest possible date made the most sense.”
Yeah, I could have told you that Mr. Fellman.
Source: VFXWorld
‘Ninja Turtles Fast Forward’ makes DVD debut
4Kids announced today that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward: Future Shellshock has arrived on DVD for a cool $14.95. The set features the first 13 episodes of season one, which made its debut in Fall 2006. The release comes comes just in time to cash in on the TMNT movie, scheduled for a national theatrical debut on March 23, 2007.
Source: AWN
Man claims rights to SpongeBob
In 1991 Troy Walker created Bob Spongee, a sponge who had eyes, legs and arms. He lived on Apple Street with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Bubbles.
He also produced 1,000 dolls that he sold in flea markets and through the mail.
“They took all of it,” Walker said this week. “I sold the Bob Spongees all throughout Northern California. It obviously fell into the hands of one of the producers of the show. It’s a clear pattern of duplication.”
Walker has demanded $1.6 billion in damages. Nickelodeon will not comment on pending litigation, a spokeswoman wrote in a statement.
Source: Inside Bay Area
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