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.
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Month: December 2007 (Page 3 of 3)
Ratatouille just keeps on going. Today, the National Board of Review awarded Pixar’s latest film the Best Animated Feature award, which Pixar has previously won for Finding Nemo, Cards and The Incredibles. Previous winners also include Corpse Bride, Spirited Away, Shrek and Chicken Run.
Congratulations to all the people at Pixar who worked very hard on this film.
Via NBRMP
While speaking at a conference in New York City, THQ CEO Brian Farrell stated that THQ doesn’t have the rights to develop a videogame based on Toy Story 3, scheduled for theatrical release in 2010.
THQ’s current licensing deal gives them the rights to develop games based upon four Pixar films. Ratatouille, released this year, was the first film covered under the current agreement. Wall-E, coming to theaters in 2008, will be the second. The deal will also cover 2009’s UP and the unannounced, most likely John Carter of Mars, in 2011.
Disney has decided to develop the videogames internally. Smart move considering how big of a cash cow the Toy Story franchise is.
The nominees for the 35th Annie Awards have been revealed. Winners will be announced on Friday, February 8, 2008 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA.
Pixar Animation Studios’ Ratatouille leads this year with 13 nominations including Best Animated Feature as well as individual nominations for directing, writing, character animation, animated effects (two nominations), production design, storyboarding, character design, character animation, music and voice acting (three nominations).
Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up follows with 10 feature nominations for feature, animated effects, animation production artists, character animation (two nominations), character design, and directing.
Rounding out the Best Animated Feature category are DreamWorks Animation’s Bee Movie, Sony Pictures Classics’ Persepolis, and Twentieth Century Fox’s The Simpsons Movie.
For television, Nickelodeon’s El Tigre leads the pack with four nominations for Best Animated Television Production for Children, and individual nominations for character animation, character design, and music.
The Best Animated Television Production nominees this year are Creative Comforts America from Aardman Animations, Jane and the Dragon from Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited, Kim Possible from Walt Disney Television Animation, as well as Moral Orel and Robot Chicken Star Wars from ShadowMachine.
Robert Zemeckis revealed that Colin Firth, Gary Oldman and Robin Wright Penn will be joining Bob Hoskins and Jim Carrey, in Zemeckis’ upcoming performance capture film, A Christmas Carol, which will be the first film released in the distribution deal between Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital and Walt Disney Pictures. Disney is hoping for a Nov. 6, 2009 release.
Aardman Animation has partnered up with the Leonard Cheshire Disability foundation to create a series of TV spots that bring forth the problems faced by disabled people. The name of the campaign is Creature Discomforts. If you live in the UK, you’ll see the commercials on TV. If you don’t, you can view them at the website, which also includes a behind the scenes feature.
Via Cartoon Brew
