‘WALL-E’ wins two more awards
With many awards already claimed, WALL-E nabbed two more over the weekend.
The New York Film Critics Online awarded WALL-E its Best Animated Feature of the Year award and also picked the film as one of the year’s Best Pictures.
The second award came from AFI via their annual Top 10 Movies Of The Year awards. Below are the films that AFI named the Top 10 of the year.
(Alphabetical Order)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL-E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
2009 Golden Globe animation nominees
The 66th Annual Golden Globe nominees have been announced and Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E and Bolt were nominated for Best Animated Film. Both WALL-E and Bolt were also nominated for Best Original Song. The nominated WALL-E song was co-written by Peter Gabriel and the “Bolt” song was co-written by Miley Cyrus.
The Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 at 8 PM EST on NBC.
‘WALL-E’ nominated for three Grammys
And the nominations just keep coming for Pixar’s masterpiece, WALL-E. This time around the film was nominated for three Grammys. The awards will be broadcast early next year.
1) Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WALL-E, Thomas Newman, composer
2) Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Down To Earth (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters
3) Best Instrumental Arrangement
Define Dancing (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
Pixar’s “BURN-E”
National Board of Review names ‘WALL-E’ Best Animated Feature
AWN reports that The National Board of Review has picked their “best of” list for 2008 and among the winners are two animated movies, including: “Wall-e” for Best Animated Feature and “Waltz with Bashir” as one of five Top Foreign Language Films. Wall-e was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year.
36th Annie Awards nominees announced
The 36th annual Annie Awards nominations have been announced. Leading the pack is Kung Fu Panda with 17 nominations, followed by Bolt with 9 and Wall-e with 8.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
Bolt - Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation
$9.99 - Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
WALL-E - Pixar Animation Studios
Waltz With Bashir - Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films
D’ici, Razor Films
‘WALL-E’ Art and Production photos
Disney has released 20 art and production photos for WALL-E, scheduled for DVD and Blu-ray release on November 18th.
14 animated films submitted for Oscar consideration
Fourteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 81st Academy Awards.
The 14 submitted features are:
“Bolt”
“Delgo”
“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!”
“Dragon Hunters”
“Fly Me to the Moon”
“Igor”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”
“$9.99”
“The Sky Crawlers”
“Sword of the Stranger”
“The Tale of Despereaux”
“WALL-E”
“Waltz with Bashir”
“Bolt,” “Delgo,” “Dragon Hunters,” “$9.99,” “The Sky Crawlers,” “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Waltz with Bashir” have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process.
Under the rules for this category, a maximum of 3 films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least 8 but fewer than 16.
Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.
The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
‘WALL-E’ DVD & Blu-ray bonus content preview
Check out these three behind the scenes videos of WALL-E:
Disney pushing ‘WALL-E’ for Best Picture
No animated movie has ever won the Best Picture Oscar, but that’s not stopping Disney from pushing Pixar’s Wall-E for consideration. A Best Picture win would be an amazing, groundbreaking accomplishment for Pixar. Below is an ad that is currently circulating in various publications.
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