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Pixar’s “Up” and “Monsters, Inc.” coming to Blu-ray November 10

August 7, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that both “Up” and “Monsters, Inc.” will be released on Blu-ray November 10th. Up will also be released on DVD the same day.

Up Blu-ray special features include:

* Cine-Explore (BD exclusive)
* Global Guardian Badge Game (BD exclusive)
* Geography Game (BD exclusive)
* 8 Documentaries (BD exclusive)
* Doug’s Special Mission animated short
* Partly Cloudy animated short
* Directory commentary
* Adventure is Out There – documentary chronicling the filmmakers’ journey to South America
* The Many Endings of Muntz – Witness the demise of Charles Muntz with an unseen alternate take
* DVD copy of the film
* Digital copy of the film

Monster’s Inc Blu-ray special features include:

* Monster’s Inc Ride and Go Seek: Building Monstropolis in Tokyo (BD Exclusive)
* Filmmakers’ Roundtable with director Pete Docter, co-director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla Anderson (BD Exclusive)
* Roz’s 100-Door Challenge Game (BD Exclusive)
* BD-Live Features
* All special features from the previous DVD release
* DVD copy of the film
* Digital copy of the film

A limited edition “Up: Luxo Jr. Collectible Desk Lamp Set” which includes a replica Luxo Jr. desk lamp with Blu-ray storage base, will also be released on the same day.

Click here to check out the cover art at our sister site, BlurayWire.

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Aniboom’s “The People Speak” competition

August 5, 2009 / / 1 Comment

The HISTORY Channel is teaming up with Aniboom to give you the chance to put your take on a great historical speech on television.

This is what you need to do:

– Download these recordings by Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, and others.

– Animate 30 seconds of the sound clips.

– Send in your First Cut storyboard, animatic, or animation to Aniboom.

Five First Cut Finalists receive $5,000 to finish their submissions for consideration for the Grand Prize. The Finalists and a Wildcard Finalist vie for the Grand Prize: a $10,000 cash prize, and a $15,000 development deal and their work aired on The History Channel.

Submissions Phase 1: July 15, 2009 through September 2, 2009

Submissions Phase 2: September 9, 2009 through November 4, 2009

Vote for Bill Barminski’s Death Cab for Cutie video!

August 4, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Hello everyone, I have a favor to ask of you. My former digital media instructor from UCLA is nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for his directorial work on Death Cab for Cutie’s animated video (seen below) and it would mean a lot for me if you would all take the time to vote for it:
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/breakthrough-video/
You do have to sign up for an MTV account, but that’s quick and painless. Consider if your thanks to me for bringing you all the latest animation news everyday. Thanks!

Original Futurama voice cast returns!

August 3, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Futurama fans everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief as FOX confirms that all five Futurama cast members have signed on to voice the upcoming Comedy Central revival of the show.

A couple of weeks ago, FOX had gone as far as to put out casting calls for a replacement cast. Naturally this angered fans, who voiced their concerns on reddit, digg, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.

But fans can sleep well at night, knowing that John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille will lend their voices to the 26 new episodes set to air on Comedy Central in mid-2010.

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2nd ‘Ponyo’ trailer

July 31, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie Ponyo, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, will be in theaters August 14, 2009. It will be released on 800 screens across the country — the most for any Miyazaki film yet. It stars Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin and Betty White.

Nooka reveals limited-edition SpongeBob watches

July 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Nickelodeon and fashion design brand Nooka have partnered to create a line of limited-edition, high-end wristwatches inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants. In honor of SpongeBob’s 10th anniversary celebration this year, Nooka has created two limited-edition timepieces featuring graphics and colors inspired by the show.

The unique designs of the pieces utilize two brand-new Nooka styles – the ZUB ZENH (horizontal bars) 20 mm in Yellow and the ZENV (vertical bars) Aluminum in Night. The collection, available for both men and women, will be available at retailers in July, The watches will retail at $170 and $275, respectively.

In addition, SpongeBob’s Greatest Hits, released July 14th, is a brand-new full-length album featuring 17 tracks of original music from the past 10 years of the hit animated series, as well as new hits like “We’ve Got Scurvy,” an original song performed by P!nk, and a remix of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song performed by Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley. Also included as a holiday bonus track is the aptly titled “Don’t Be a Jerk (It’s Christmas),” a new song, co-written by Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, and Andy Paley.

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A photo of the watch and a CD track listing are after the break.

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