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The Writers Guild of America today announced the nominees for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2008 season to be honored at the Writers Guild Awards on February 7, 2009.
Comedy Series Nominees: THE SIMPSONS, 30 ROCK, ENTOURAGE, THE OFFICE and WEEDS.
Animation Nominees (Any length, One airing):
“Apocalypse Cow” (THE SIMPSONS)
“The Debarted” (THE SIMPSONS)
“E Pluribus Wiggum” (THE SIMPSONS)
“Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words” (THE SIMPSONS)
“Life: A Loser’s Manual” (KING OF THE HILL)
“Strangeness on a Train” (KING OF THE HILL)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment is prepping “HULK VS.” for release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on January 27, 2009. Hulk Vs. sees Bruce Banner’s alter-ego do battle against Thor and Wolverine in two, separate movies on one disc. Check out some production photos and trailers below:
And the nominations just keep coming for Pixar’s masterpiece, WALL-E. This time around the film was nominated for three Grammys. The awards will be broadcast early next year.
1) Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WALL-E, Thomas Newman, composer
2) Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Down To Earth (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters
3) Best Instrumental Arrangement
Define Dancing (From WALL-E ), Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
AWN reports that The National Board of Review has picked their “best of” list for 2008 and among the winners are two animated movies, including: “Wall-e” for Best Animated Feature and “Waltz with Bashir” as one of five Top Foreign Language Films. Wall-e was also named one of the Top Ten Films of the year.
Andrea Romano, regarded as one of the best casting/dialogue directors on the animation scene today, brings the voices of DC Universe’s upcoming Wonder Woman. The all-new film will be released on March 3, 2009 on Blu-ray, DVD, OnDemand, Pay-Per-View and for download.
Wonder Woman is the fourth DC Universe film in the ongoing series, and Romano has returned – after the first three successful ventures – to cast and direct the likes of Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Virginia Madsen, Oliver Platt and Rosario Dawson.
Romano found time between recording sessions to discuss the stellar Wonder Woman cast, the intricacies of matching voices to roles, a little advice to the masses of hopeful voiceover artists, and a short list of actors she one-day hopes to direct.
The 36th annual Annie Awards nominations have been announced. Leading the pack is Kung Fu Panda with 17 nominations, followed by Bolt with 9 and WALL-E with 8.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
* Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
* Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment
* Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Justice League: The New Frontier – Warner Bros. Animation
* The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios
Best Animated Short Subject
* Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Hot Dog – Bill Plympton Studio
* Presto – Pixar Animation Studios
* Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin
* Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd.
Best Animated Television Commercial
* Giant Monster – Curious Pictures
* Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures
* Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties
* Sarah – Z Animation
* United Airlines ‘Heart’ – Duck Studios
Best Animated Television Production
* King of the Hill – 20th Century Fox TV
* Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
* Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV
Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children
* A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation
* Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
* Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon
* Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network Studios
Best Animated Video Game
* Dead Space – Electronic Arts
* Kung Fu Panda – Activision
* WALL-E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
* Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Lee Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Enrique Vila WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* James Baxter Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Jeff Gabor Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Philippe Le Brun Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Victor Navone WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form
* Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Joshua A. Jennings Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Pierre Perifel Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Valerie Hadida Igor – Exodus Film Group
* Sang Jun Lee Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Nico Marlet Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon
* Ben Balistreri – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Sean Galloway The Spectacular Spider-Man – Sony Pictures Television
* Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon
* Nico Marlet Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
* Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Ari Folman Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Tatia Rosenthal 9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Andrew Stanton WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bob Anderson – The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” – Nickelodeon
* Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Chris McKay – Moral Orel “Passing” – ShadowMachine
* Alan Smart – SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon
Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Kevin Manthei – Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* William Ross – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Carl Finch & Brave Combo – Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
* Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
* Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Ralph Eggleston WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Paul Felix Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Andy Harkness Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
* Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Raymond Zibach Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
* Alessandro Carloni – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ronnie Del Carmen – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Joe Mateo Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Jen Yuh Nelson – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
* Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
* Andy Schuler – Secret of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! “Name Shame” – Nickelodeon
* Chris Williams Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
* Ben Burtt – Voice of WALL-E – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
* Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Ari Folman – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
* Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Chris Williams – Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay recipients – Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation.
June Foray award – Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Certificate of Merit award – Amir Avini, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents the fourth and final feature-length “Futurama†movie, “Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder,” arriving in stores February 24, 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray. Guest stars include Penn Jillette, Snoop Dogg, Phil Hendrie, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. In addition, fans of the series will finally discover the truth about “Number 9 Man,†a mysterious character from the earliest days of the series.
Synopsis: In this all-new Futurama movie, mankind stands on the brink of a new Green Age. But ancient forces of darkness, three years older than time itself, have returned to wreak destruction. Even more shocking: Bender’s in love with a married fembot, and Leela’s on the run from the law – Zapp Brannigan’s law! Fry is the last hope of the universe… Could this be the end of the Planet Express crew forever?
Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder is packed with bonus features, including audio commentary from Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, writers and animators, a making-of mockumentary, deleted scenes, How to Draw Futurama, “Bender’s Movie Theater Etiquette,†“Zapp Brannigan’s Guide to Making Love at a Woman†and much more.
The Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder Blu-ray Disc will include all of the special features of the standard def version in high definition (except the Storyboard Animatic: Into the Wild Green Yonder, Part 1 and Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in Space! which are presented in standard def) as well as:
Video Picture–In–Picture commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Lee Supercinski, Patric M. Verrone and Peter Avanzino.
The classic “Goldilocks” fairytale gets a modern makeover in the upcoming release of the computer animated movie, GOLDILOCKS AND THE 3 BEARS.
Once again, the Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios and Flame Ventures produce another addition for the Unstable Fables collection.
Brought to you by Genius Products and The Weinstein Company, this revamped children’s classic will be debuting on DVD December 16th.
UNSTABLE FABLES: GOLDILOCKS AND THE 3 BEARS meets up with the famous porridge-lover as a spoiled television star.
In order to bump up her career, she and the Bears agree to star in a reality television show which puts them live in front of the world 24/7 as they live in a house together.
The house faces struggles as they have to find a way to peacefully co-exist in order to boost ratings and get Goldilocks’ career back on track.
After her successful co-directorial debut on Superman Doomsday, Lauren Montgomery takes helm of Wonder Woman, the next entry in the series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 films.
Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation are set to release the all-new film on March 3, 2009, distributed by Warner Home Video. It will be available on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, OnDemand and Pay-Per-View.
Montgomery has directed an origin story for Wonder Woman that remains true to the title character’s various incarnations while setting the tale in more modern times to allow greater accessibility for a wider audience.
Release date: July 1, 2009.