Check out the trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil: Degeneration, the first full-length CG animation feature based upon the Resident Evil series of games. The new movie will follow a brand-new story line not seen in any of the previous games.
Month: December 2007 (Page 2 of 3)
A new trailer for Pixar’s latest movie, WALL-E, has been released. You can check it out below. If you prefer to watch the trailer on the big screen, you can do so by going to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which opens this Friday. But honestly, why would you?
The American Film Institute has announced its Top Ten American Films of 2007. The winners, in alphabetical order, are:
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
The Savages
There Will Be Blood
While it may not have been enough to take down Will Smith’s I AM LEGEND, the $44.3 million that the Chipmunks raked in was enough for the #2 spot.
Heck, #2 isn’t that bad, considering it went up against one of the most anticipated movies of the year and Will Smith movies are always huge blockbusters that are all but guaranteed the #1 spot. In case you’re wondering if the Chipmunks were close to the #1 spot–they weren’t. I AM LEGEND took in $77.2 million dollars which made it the best December opening ever! The two films combined to give Hollywood a year-end surge after a disappointing fall season.
A new trailer for Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who has been released. The movie is animated by Blue Sky Studios, the same folks who brought us Ice Age, Robots and Ice Age: The Meltdown. They are currently working on Ice Age 3 which will be released in 2009.
To check out the trailer in various resolutions, including High Def, visit the following link:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/hortonhearsawho
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.
Via AWN
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!
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.
Via AWN
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.
Via AWN
Aardman Animations 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.