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Month: January 2009 (Page 1 of 2)
Universal announced today that “The Tale of Despereaux” is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on March 17, 2009. The film will be presented on a BD-50 dual-layer disc with 1080p video (2.35:1 aspect ratio) and an English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround track.
Bonus features shared with the DVD include two featurettes, scene progressions, deleted songs, an interactive game, and a preview of “Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey.” Exclusive to the Blu-ray version are two Bonus View picture-in-picture tracks, a second game, and BD-Live-enabled My Scenes Sharing.
Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which found success on Cartoon Network, will re-air on TNT this February.
The show will debut on TNT with back-to-back high-definition episodes on Saturday, February 14, at 11 p.m., following NBA All-Star Saturday Night. The series will then air, also with back-to-back HD episodes, in its regular timeslot, Wednesdays at 10 p.m., beginning February 18.
The series premiered on Cartoon Network with 4 million viewers, nabbing the record for biggest premiere in the network’s history and was #1 in its time period in cable and broadcast for boys 6-11.
Priceline.com has announced that it has partnered with Seth Macfarlane’s “Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” to exclusively debut the newest collection of shorts featuring new animated characters by Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy.
Below you can view the two shorts that have been released thus far:
Nathan Fillion, star of Joss Whedon’s “Firefly†and “Serenity,†will do double duty this March as the title character in ABC’s “Castle†and the voice of Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman,†the next entry in the series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies due from Warner Bros. Animation on March 3, 2009.
Fillion found time away from his upcoming series to chat about his tendency to play the anti-hero, an unrelenting Halo addiction, Canadian super heroes, and Keri Russell’s tiara.
After much secrecy, the cast for Spielberg’s upcoming Tintin adaptation has been revealed. Set to star is actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) with Daniel Craig (James Bond) co-starring as Red Rackman.
The first installment in the planned 3D motion-capture trilogy is titled “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” and is being co-financed by Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment. An exact release day has yet to be announced, but rest assured it will be sometime in 2011.
Rounding out the steller cast are Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy are producing, with Jackson expected to direct the sequel. Rumors speculate that the third and final installment will be co-directed by Spielberg and Jackson — although some suggest that a third director may be brought in.
Mary and Max is a tale of a pen-pal friendship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle is a chubby, lonely 8 year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz is a 44 year old, severely obese Jewish man with Asperger’s Syndrome living in the chaos of New York.
Mary and Max is set for an Australian theatrical release on April 9, 2009.
Vicki Lewis makes her second foray into the world of super heroes as Persephone, a key character among the Amazons in “Wonder Woman,†the next entry in the series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies.
Warner Home Video will release the all-new “Wonder Woman†on March 3, 2009 on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, OnDemand, Pay-Per-View and Download.
Lewis made her DCU film debut in “Justice League: The New Frontier†as Iris West, fiancé to the Flash. However, Lewis is no stranger to animation, having voiced characters in “Finding Nemo,†“King of the Hill,†“Ben 10: Alien Force†and the upcoming “Penguins of Madagascar†among many more.
Lewis found time in her busy schedule to talk about finding the voice of a character, channeling Velma Kelly, and an addiction to Tetris.
The morning it was announced that Pixar’s WALL-E had been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best Animated Feature. Competing against WALL-E are Disney’s Bolt and DreamWorks Animations’ Kung Fu Panda.
The other awards WALL-E was nominated for are:
Original Screenplay
Score
Song (Down to Earth)
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing.
WALL-E tied Beauty Beast as the animated movie with the most Oscar nominations. Rounding out the animated movie nominees were Waltz With Bashir for Foreign Language Film and La Maison de Petits Cubes, Lavatory – Lovestory, Oktapodi, Presto, and This Way Up for Animated Short Film.
In celebration of the its 10th anniversary, Nickelodeon has partnered with company O’Malley Creadon to produce the first-ever “SpongeBob SquarePants” documentary. Patrick Creadon will co-produce, direct and write the documentary, along with co-producer Christine O’Malley.
The one-hour original television documentary will chronicle SpongeBob’s journey to pop culture stardom. It will be telecast across MTV various TV platforms in July to commemorate the anniversary of the series’ first episode.
UPDATE 1/22/09: VIDEOS ARE NOW BACK UP.
Due to a mistaken copyright infringement claim from Marvel to Youtube, my account was suspended, and therefore any embedded video from my Youtube account will not show up on TheAnimationBlog.com
This is a misunderstanding on Marvel’s part and I’m trying to get the account back up as soon as possible. All the Marvel videos we have posted (Hulk Vs. in specific) have been sent to us by a public relations firm representing Marvel — so as you all can see, this was a misunderstanding on Marvel’s part and they should have never filed at Copyright Infringement claim with Youtube.
So I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and hopefully it will get fixed soon.
Boog and Elliot are back for more adventures in Open Season 2, available on DVD and Blu-ray January 27, 2009.
Synopsis: After falling in love with Giselle, Elliot’s road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners.
Boog, Elliot, McSquizzy, Buddy and the rest of the woodland creatures launch a full-scale rescue mission for their sausage-shaped friend and soon find themselves in enemy camp: the world of the pets.
Led by a toy poodle named Fifi, the pets do not plan to let Mr. Weenie go without a fight.
Prizes: To celebrate the release of Open Season 2, The Animation Blog is giving away a copy of the movie (DVD) and The Art of Open Season 2 book.
How to Win: All you have to do is email theanimationblog at gmail dot com with the subject heading “Wiener Takes All!” and in the body of the email, write “This Time It’s Pets Against Wilds!” — Failure to do as instructed will result in a disqualified email.
The winner will be chosen at random and will be contacted by The Animation Blog, requesting a name and mailing address. The winner will then have 48 hours to reply. If the winner does not do so, another winner will be chosen at random.
Contest ends January 27, 2009, 11:59 PM.
Release Date: 11/20/2009