Check out three more behind the scenes videos for Coraline, available on Blu-ray and DVD 7/21. All releases include the 2D and 3D versions of the movie plus 4 pairs of 3D glasses. And if you haven’t seen the videos from volume one, go check them out!
The 360 shot – Video 1 of 3
In theaters September 9, 2009
Last fall, animators around the world worked together on Facebook to make music come alive through animation. Today, Intel and Sony Pictures announced with Mass Animation that this bold new step in storytelling, “Live Music” will premiere on Nov. 20 as a short before TriStar Pictures’ animated film, Planet 51.
This short film, born out of an online community, was the first from Mass Animation, an effort sponsored by Intel Corporation to bring together the worlds of computer graphics, Hollywood and Facebook. The collaboration phase ran from Nov. 17 through Jan. 30, when animators submitted work that was voted on by the Facebook community.
“Live Music” is directed by Yair Landau, former president of Sony Pictures Digital.
Set in a musical instrument store, this love story follows Riff, a rock and roll guitar and Vanessa, the classical violin of Riff’s dreams. The instruments are brought to life by legendary guitarist Steve Vai as Riff and acclaimed violinist Ann Marie Calhoun as Vanessa.
Seth MacFarlane has something to be happy about today as his show, Family Guy, has been nominated in the Best Comedy category for the 61st annual Emmys. This is the first time in 50 years that an animated series has been nominated in that category. Family Guy will go up against Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock and Weeds.
In the Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour), the nominees are:
American Dad’s “Sixteen-Hundred Candles”
Robot Chicken’s “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II”
South Park’s “Margaritaville”
The Simpsons’ “Gone Maggie Gone.”
In the Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or more), the nominees are:
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Destination Imagination (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
In the Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Animated Programs, the nominees are:
Phineas and Ferb’s “The Monster Of Phineas-N-Ferbenstein”
SpongeBob SquarePants’ “Dear Vikings”
In the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the nominees are:
Ron Rifkin, as Narrator for American Masters’ “Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About”
Seth MacFarlane, as Peter Griffin for Family Guy’s “I Dream of Jesus”
Seth Green, as Anakin Skywalker (among others) for Robot Chicken’s “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II,”
Hank Azaria, as Moe Syzlak for The Simpsons’ “Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe,”
Harry Shearer, as Mr. Burns (among others) for The Simpsons’ “The Burns And The Bees”
Dan Castellaneta, as Homer Simpson for The Simpsons’ “Father Knows Worst”
Also, The Simpsons received a nomination for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) for the “Gone Maggie Gone” episode as well.
Via VFX World
Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One is coming to DVD and Blu-ray Disc November 3 from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Warner Home Video. Uniquely packaged with an exclusive 64 page production journal, the four-disc set contains all 22 episodes from the first season.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One is presented in widescreen with English, Spanish and French 5.1 DTS audio and English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Bonus features include:
· Seven Director’s Cut Episodes
· 22 Episodic Featurettes that go behind-the-scenes with Supervising Director Dave Filoni and crew about the making-of each episode.
· 64 page production journal that includes early sketches, artist notes, and concept art from each episode from Season One.
· Blu-ray Exclusive – The Jedi Temple Archives: An extensive database exploring test footage, early concept art, 3-D character and object turnarounds and early animation. The Archives is a rare look at the assets in various stages of creation for The Clone Wars, with a wealth of surprises and never-before seen moments sprinkled throughout.
Big Idea presents VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah’s Umbrella on DVD at select stores August 1, 2009 and everywhere on August 4, 2009.
Synopsis: Minnesota Cuke is on the search for Noah’s famous ark when he learns of a mysterious and powerful umbrella and a clever villain who wants it for his own schemes.
You can also watch the episode on YouTube:
Check out a ton of stills and artwork below.
In theaters: July 9, 2010
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me,” “30 Days”) is set to produce and direct The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice airing Thursday, January 14 on FOX. The documentary special will be the conclusion to the “Best. 20 Years. Ever.,” a year-long global celebration of The Simpsons that launched in January 2009 and culminates on the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut.
In The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice, Spurlock will examine the cultural phenomenon of the show in his distinctive and innovative style. The special will document how the world sees The Simpsons and how the Simpson family has seen the world for two decades.
“When they first called me about this, I thought it was a prank and I hung up,” said Spurlock. “And then my agent called back and said, ‘No, no, this is for real,’ at which point I fainted. Then when I woke up, I called everyone I knew because it was the coolest thing I could ever get to do in my career.”
FX announced today that it has ordered six episodes of Archer (working title), a new half-hour animated comedy series that will launch this fall.
Archer is an animated half-hour comedy set at ISIS, an international spy agency, where global crises are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray and royally screw each other. The series features the voices of Jon Benjamin as suave master spy “Sterling Archer,” whose less-than-masculine code name is “Duchess”; Jessica Walter as his domineering mother and boss, “Malory”; Aisha Tyler as his ex-girlfriend, “Agent Lana Kane”; Chris Parnell as ISIS comptroller and Lana’s new love interest, “Cyril Figgis”; and Judy Greer as Malorys lovesick secretary, “Cheryl.”
Nickelodeon is set to release the latest SpongeBob SquarePants DVD, To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants, on July 21st. The 1 disc set clocks in at 88 minutes, with eight episodes included, along with some bonus features.
Episode Descriptions:
To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
SpongeBob’s shrunk his last pair of square pants, and no store has any others! Without his square pants, will anyone recognize him?
The fine folks over at Universal have sent over four behind-the-scenes videos of the making of Coraline, coming to DVD and Blu-ray Disc July 21st. The release includes 2-D and 3-D versions of the movie plus 4 pairs of 3-D glasses with every copy.
Video 1 of 4
MTV has announced that its cult classic animated series “Daria” is coming to DVD in 2010. The announcement came in the form of a DVD ad found on the recent MTV DVD release of “The State.” For those who don’t remember, Daria was a spinoff of another popular MTV animated show, Beavis and Butt-Head. The show ran for five seasons (1997-2001).
Hit Entertainment will make its Blu-ray debut with the highly-anticipated release of “Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection,” scheduled for release on September 22. The collection will also be available as a 4-disc DVD set.
The disc will include four beloved Wallace & Gromit shorts: A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, and A Matter of Loaf and Death. All shorts will be presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio, except for A Matter of Loaf and Death, which will be presented in 1.78:1.
Special Features include:
A Grand Day Out
* Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
* “Amazing Adventures of Wallace & Gromit†featurette
* 4 Cracking Contraptions
The Wrong Trousers
* Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
* “Inside The Wrong Trousers†featurette
* 3 Cracking Contraptions
A Close Shave
* Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
* “How It Was Done†featurette
* 3 Cracking Contraptions
A Matter of Loaf and Death
* Audio Commentaries with the director and editor
* “How They Donut†The Making of A Matter of Loaf and Death featurette
* Demo DVD Rom-Game of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
* Shaun the Sheep Off The Baa Bonus Episode
Click here to view the Blu-ray cover art at our sister site, BlurayWire.com.
In it’s 38th day of release, Pixar’s Up managed to bring its domestic ticket sales total to an incredible $264,873,000, making it Pixar Animation Studios’ 2nd most popular film, in terms of sales, behind only Finding Nemo — which brought in $339,714,978 in its domestic run. Up’s latest total surpassed The Incredibles’ total of $261,441,092. Also, Up’s worldwide total surpassed the $300 million mark, with many countries yet to release the film. Expect a huge surge in the numbers once the film opens in these large, foreign markets.
As mentioned, Up is only in its 38th day of release, which means it will make a lot more money in the coming months, although I predict it will not take the number one spot away from Finding Nemo. Up would need close to $75 million more dollars in domestic ticket sales, which I can guarantee will not happen.
Numbers via Box Office Mojo
In theaters: November 20, 2009
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