Archives for December, 2007
Golden Globe nominees: Ratatouille, Bee Movie, Simpsons
The Hollywood Foreign Press today announced the nominees for the 2008 Golden Globes. DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie, Pixar’s Ratatouille, and FOX’s The Simpsons Movie were all nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. Persepolis was also nominated but in the est Foreign Language category.
Congrats to the nominees. My money is on Ratatouille.
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Brad Bird wins Best Screenplay award
The Boston Society of Film Critics Awards have announced their 2007 winners and Brad Bird has won the Best Screenplay award for Ratatouille! Congratulations Mr. Bird!
The Penguins of Madagascar invade Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation have teamed up to produce a new, 26-episode, CG-animated comedy series tentatively titled The Penguins of Madagascar, based on the penguin brothers in Madagascar and upcoming sequel, Madagascar: The Crate Escape. The series is scheduled to premiere on Nick in early 2009.
The series will be produced by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, (Kim Possible, Hercules, Sky High) and feature the voices of Tom McGrath as Skipper, Jeff Bennett as Kowalski, James Patrick Stuart as Private and John DiMaggio as Rico, with Danny Jacobs starring as Julien, King of the Lemurs.
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Warner Bros Academy Awards DVD collection
Warner Home Video announced today that they will release Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Presents: Academy Award Animation Collection 15 Winners ~ 26 Nominees on DVD Feb. 12, 2008.
In addition to the three-disc set, Warner will also release a DVD featuring the 15 winning cartoons only. Titled Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Presents: Academy Award Animation Collection 15 Winners.
Characters that make an appearance are Superman, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Tom, Jerry, Speedy Gonzalez and many more. In fact, the DVD features cartoon characters from various franchises, including Merrie Melodies, Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Max Fleischer, Warner Bros. and others.
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Aardman acquires Peter and the Wolf short film
Aardman has secured the worldwide TV, DVD and online rights to Peter and the Wolf, a half-hour stop-motion animated film produced by BreakThru Films. This updated retelling brings Prokofiev’s tale into the 21st century with new twists and an environmental theme while staying true to the original story.
Peter and the Wolf has been short listed for an Academy Award and won the 2007 Annecy Cristal and the Annecy Audience Awards, as well as the Rose d’Or award at the 2007 Festival for Entertainment Television Programming. It was also the recipient of the 2007 Pulcinella award for the Best European Program of the Year at the recent Cartoons on the Bay International Festival of Television Animation in Salerno, Italy.
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List of Easter Eggs in Pixar Movies
Jim from the awesome JimHillMedia.com website has put together a great roundup of all the easter eggs found in Pixar’s movies.
For example, did you know that the Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story has made an appearance in all of Pixar’s movies? Of course you probably didn’t notice since it is quite hidden. After all, it is an easter egg.
This easter egg along with many more make up Jim’s definitive list of in-jokes & self references in Pixar’s feature films & shorts. Check out the full list with images here.
Animated films get Grammy nominations
A few animated films were nominated in several Grammy categories:
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
The One And Only Shrek
Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Happy Feet
John Powell, composer
Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
The Song Of The Heart (From Happy Feet)
Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
Track from: Happy Feet
Good luck to Shrek, Happy Feet and Ratatouille!
Second Persepolis trailer
Persepolis is a 2007 animated film based on the graphic novel of the same name. It tells the story of a young girl in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. It shows how people’s hopes were dashed as the fundamentalists took power, forced the veil on women and imprisoned thousands. The title is a reference to the historical town of Persepolis.
The U.S. version is scheduled in theatres on December 25, 2007.
Speed Racer debut trailer
The first trailer for the upcoming Speed Racer movie has gone live on AOL. Check it out below or click here to watch it in high definition.
First Speed Racer images revealed
In case you didn’t know, a live-action Speed Racer movie is currently in production. The movie is being directed by the Wachowski brothers and will be released on May 8, 2008.
Check out the rest of the images at USAtoday.
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