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‘The Princess and the Frog’ release date pushed up

March 12, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Variety is reporting that Disney’s The Princess and the Frog’s original Christmas Day release date has been pushed up to December 11, avoiding direct competition with Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel.

The film will now go up against Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, which shouldn’t affect Frog’s numbers seeing as one is an animated fairytale, while the other is about a young girl who has been murdered.

As if a December 11 release date wasn’t enough, New York and Los Angeles residents will be able to watch The Princess and the Frog beginning November 25. It’s not too late to pack your suitcases and move cities. I recommend Los Angeles. The weather’s nice.

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Pixar’s ‘Partly Cloudy’ short film

March 12, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and bring them to life. Gus, a lonely and insecure grey cloud, is a master at creating ‘dangerous’ babies. Crocodiles, porcupines, rams and more—Gus’s beloved creations are works of art, but more than a handful for his loyal delivery stork partner, Peck. As Gus’s creations become more and more rambunctious, Peck’s job gets harder and harder. How will Peck manage to handle both his hazardous cargo and his friend’s fiery temperament?

Release date: May 29, 2009 – Will play before Pixar’s UP.

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Via AWN

Animated ‘Mad Max’ film under development

March 9, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Word has spread quickly on the internet that confirms a new film in the Mad Max series in under development. Why is this newsworthy? Because it will be an animated film! In fact, the news was confirmed by George Miller, the writer/director of the previous three films.

The film will be an R-rated, stereoscopic anime with a planned theatrical release. While speaking with MTV News, Miller said “I’ve always loved anime, in particular the Japanese sensibility. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”

Miller continued, explaining how he hopes to draw in a western audience that isn’t usually an anime fan: “The anime is an opportunity for me to shift a little bit about what anime is doing because anime is ripe for an adjustment or sea change. It’s coming in games and I believe it’s the same in anime. There’s going to be a hybrid anime where it shifts more towards Western sensibilities.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Miller also confirmed that a Mad Max videogame is also under development, with ‘God of War II’ designer Cory Barlog at the helm of the project.

The only downside to this great piece of news is that Mel Gibson will not be involved in either project.

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‘Battle for Terra’ photos and poster

February 28, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Battle for Terra arrives in theaters on May 1, 2009 and stars the voices of Luke Wilson, Amanda Peet, James Garner, Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover and more.

The film tells the story of Senn and Mala, two alien teens living on planet Terra, a place that long ago rejected war and weapons of mass destruction. But when Terra is invaded by human beings fleeing a civil war and environmental catastrophe, the planet is plunged into chaos. Mala befriends an injured human pilot and each learns the two races are not so different from one another. Together they realize that in a world of limited resources, only one of their races is likely to survive.

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Full length film ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ released for free

February 28, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Reel13 has released Nina Paley’s amazing, full length animated film ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ on their website for free!

Synopsis: Sita is a goddess separated from her Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by e-mail. Three shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues is “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”

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10 fun facts about Pixar’s short films

February 25, 2009 / / 0 Comments

This month, Chronicle Books releases The Art of Pixar Short Films which goes behind the scenes of the small films that helped Pixar become an animation fan favorite. Many look forward to seeing these shorts when they accompany Pixar’s feature-length films in the theaters.

Author Amid Amidi, also author of Cartoon Modern and co-founder of Cartoon Brew, has written up a blog post over at Chronicle Books Blog with behind the scenes trivia that he discovered while writing the book. When you’re done with the list, enter their contest to win a copy of the book and a copy of the Disney DVD, Pixar Short Films Collection, Vol. 1.

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‘WALL-E’ wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature

February 23, 2009 / / 0 Comments

During last night’s 81st Academy Awards, Pixar’s WALL-E took home the award for Best Animated Feature, marking Andrew Stanton’s second win in the category. In case you’re wondering, he also won for Finding Nemo. WALL-E was a huge hit for Disney/Pixar, raking in over $534MM worldwide and receiving a movie critic review average of 96% on RottenTomatoes.

Also announced at last night’s awards ceremony was the winner for Best Animated Short. The winner was “La Maison En Petits Cubes,” directed by Kunio Kato, which you can watch in its entirety here.

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Brad Bird talks 1906, Toy Story 3 and Iron Giant

February 6, 2009 / / 0 Comments

The guys over at Latino Review had the chance to interview the great Brad Bird recently, and asked about his live-action film 1906, Toy Story 3 and the possibility of an Iron Giant theatrical re-release. Here’s a snippet of the interview:

Question: So do you see a lot of the other stuff that Pixar is working on, like Toy Story 3?

Brad Bird: Oh, absolutely. Michael Arndt, who wrote Little Miss Sunshine, wrote the script to it, so it’s going to be really great.

Question: How far along is it?

Brad Bird: It’s about ready to go into production. They’re just about They’re just about finished with Up, and the animators will regain their sense for a few weeks…

Head on over to Latino Review to read the entire interview.

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Interview: Neil Gaiman on ‘Coraline’

February 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Silas Lesnick over at Collider had the wonderful opportunity to interview Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, among many other notable works. The interview is quite enjoyable, covering everything from the upcoming Coraline movie to the rumors that he is writing an episode of “Doctor Who”. Below is a snippet from the interview:

Collider: [Coraline’s] story always reminded somewhat of “Alice in Wonderland”; […] Do you see the story as something that could stick around and have, over years and years, more adaptations?

Neil: I don’t know if, as an author, you’re ever allowed to ponder that. The joy for me with “Coraline” is watching the number of adaptations it’s already had and that it keeps getting. I mean, there’s been puppet theater. Places like Poland and Prague have been doing puppet versions of “Coraline”. There’s a musical version coming out in June with Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and the Gothic Archies doing the music. Which all sounds 180 degrees from everything that Henry [Selick] did and still sounds amazing. Coraline is played by a large, 50 year-old lady. The Other Mother is a drag queen. It just sounds awesome.

Read the full interview over at Collider.

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