Archives for June, 2007
Ratatouille Sneak Preview on June 16th
Slashfilm is reporting that there will be 800 sneak preview screenings of Pixar’s Ratatouille on Saturday, June 16th, two weeks before it opens nationwide on June 29th!
Online ticket vendors have the preview listed although not tickets are available yet. They’ll most likely go live in the next couple days.
UPDATE: Here you go folks:
http://www.fandango.com/ratatouille_98260/movietimes?date=6/16/2007
Source: slashfilm
Surf’s Up catches the Happy Meal wave
McDonald’s and Sony Pictures Animation have teamed up to provide kids all over the country with Surf’s Up toys in their Happy Meals. Beginning June 8th, little Bobby and Janet will either be thrilled or disappointed to find a penguin mixed in with their 100% natural (hah!) fries.
There will be a total of 8 toys and are available while supplies last.
Source: AWN
“Wayside” books become cartoon series
WAYSIDE, a new half-hour cartoon base on the SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL book will debut on Nickelodeon on June 25 at 12:30 pm.
The 26-episode series will air regularly on weekdays at 12:30 pm. I for one can’t wait to see how this one turns out. I remember reading the book when I was younger and I absolutely loved it! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a meeting on the 19th floor. (Bonus points for whoever gets the reference!)
Source: AWN
Anime heads to Xbox Live Marketplace
Beginning June 12, 2007 FUNimation and GeneonEnt. anime will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
FUNimation will provide SAMURAI 7, TRINITY BLOOD, GUNSLINGER GIRL and BASILISK.
Geneon Ent. will provide AKIRA in high definition, GUN SWORD, LAST EXILE, GANKUTSUOU: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and LUPIN THE 3RD.
Source: AWN
Class of 3000 second season premiere
AWN reports:
A new season of CLASS OF 3000, the Cartoon Network original series from creators and exec producers Andre “3000″ Benjamin (OutKast) and Tom Lynch (Romeo!), starts Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 7:00 pm, following a six-and-a-half-hour marathon of the series’ first season. Benjamin stars as the voice of superstar Sunny Bridges, a music teacher at a prestigious performing arts school, and will continue to write a new song for each episode.
Stan Lee signs deal with Disney
Walt Disney Studios has entered into an exclusive multi-year first look deal with Spider-Man creator/producer Stan Lee and his production company POW! Entertainment. The terms cover Lee and his production company developing and producing all forms of entertainment.
I wonder how many of the projects will be super hero based? Hmm….
Source: AWN
Mickey Mouse - The Band Concert
The Band Concert is a 1935 Walt Disney cartoon in which Mickey Mouse is conductor of an outdoor orchestra.
The orchestra is performing the William Tell overture, but then Donald Duck (in his third appearance in a Mickey cartoon) appears selling ice-cream. Uninvited, Donald takes out his flute and distracts the band into playing Turkey in the Straw. Mickey tries to get rid of Donald by destroying his flute but it turns out the Duck has plenty of replacement flutes on hand.
One Froggy Evening (1955)
One Froggy Evening was written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on December 31, 1955 as part of Warner Brothers’ Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
Steven Spielberg, in the PBS Chuck Jones biography Extremes & Inbetweens: A Life In Animation, called One Froggy Evening “the Citizen Kane of animated film”. In 2003 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The Dover Boys at Pimento University
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (better known as simply The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and directed by Chuck Jones.
Sony/ATV buys Famous Music
Viacom announced recently it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Famous Music is home to over 125,000 songs and sound cues including the theme songs to Popeye the Sailor Man and Casper The Friendly Ghost. The deal is worth $400 million, including $370 million in cash and debt of $30 million.
Famous Music also owns music by Eminem and Shakira as well as movie soundtracks from “The Godfather” and “Mission Impossible.”
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