Month: October 2007 (Page 2 of 3)

The tradition continues this Halloween when Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas returns to theaters in Disney Digital 3-D on Oct. 19-Nov. 18, including the famous El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. The film will be in three times as many theaters as last year — around 600 nationwide.

At El Capitan on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:00 pm, there will be a special opening-night filmmakers’ panel and screening. The panel will be hosted by veteran Disney producer Don Hahn and feature producer Denise Di Novi, director Henry Selick and supervising animator Mike Belzer.

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For those of you who like to download your movies instead of owning them on DVD/HD DVD/Blu-Ray you’ll be glad to know that Ratatouille is now available for pre-order on iTunes for $12.99.

Variety has reported that Gears of War (multi-million selling Xbox 360 game) art director Jerry O’Flaherty will helm “Thundercats,” a CG-animated movie based on the ’80s cartoon series. This will be his first feature directing job.

“It feels like a natural thing for me to step into,” he said. “Games have come so far now. The last four years of my life have been about bringing the energy of filmmaking into the videogame experience.”

Pixar employees were seen exploring the huge Edgar Rice Burroughs archives in the ERB, Inc. offices on Ventura Blvd in Los Angeles. Pixar’s Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton and Mark Andrews discussed the John Carter of Mars film project with Burroughs representatives, Danton Burroughs, Sandra Galfas and Jim Sullos.

All six members at the meeting expressed a deep commitment to the project. The first film in the trilogy, faithful to the Burroughs books, is projected for release sometime before 2012.