In theaters September 28, 2012.
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Sony Pictures Animation and IMAX today announced that “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” an adaptation of the bestselling children’s book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, written for the screen and directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on September 18, 2009.
The special IMAX 3D release will be digitally re-mastered from Sony Pictures Animation’s Stereoscopic 3D master into the state-of-the-art image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.
Bill Hader will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone’s life. Anna Faris takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint’s technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne, who figures out that Flint’s invention can put the town, and more importantly himself, on the map and Mr. T plays the by-the-rules town cop Earl Devereaux. The film also features the vocal talent of Neil Patrick Harris.
Sony Pictures Animation’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” just got a bit clearer with the announcement that Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, and Tracy Morgan will voice the characters. The movie is set for release January 15, 2010.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is written and directed by Chris Miller and Phil Lord, based on the kids book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett about a small town where it doesn’t rain “cats and dogs” — instead, it rains food!
Bill Hader will voice Flint Lockwood, an inventor with big dreams. Anna Faris plays Sam Sparks, a smart weathergirl covering the phenomenon. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint’s technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully. Bruce Campbell plays Mayor Shelbourne. Mr. T plays the town cop Earl Devereaux, and Tracy Morgan takes on the role of Officer Earl’s son, Cal.
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The Smurfs movie is finally official as Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation announced their involvement. The studios will develop a live action/animated movie based on the classic cartoon franchise.
David Stem and David Weiss are in negotiations to write the screenplay. They previously wrote Shrek 2 and 3, The Rugrats Movie and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Running as part of NBC’s Saturday-morning lineup from 1981-1990, the cartoon was a huge success, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards and running for 256 episodes.
Variety reports that Jill Culton, who directed Sony Pictures Animation’s first film Open Season, has signed on to direct Hotel Transylvania, which will follow the upcoming Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Michelle Murdocca is producing and Amy Jupiter is co-producing. No writers have been hired.
The story follows Simon Van Helsing, the youngest in a long line of monster hunters, who falls in love with Dracula’s daughter Mavis. They discover they are meant to be natural enemies, but try to forge peace between the monsters and humans.
Surf’s Up, from Sony Pictures Animation, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and PSP. Surf’s Up about surfing penguins is directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. Surf’s Up stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods and Mario Cantone.
Bonus features include:
THE CHUBBCHUBBS — The original Oscar-winning animated short
“Not A Drop of Real Water” — Three-part doc that takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the movie
Music Video — Lauryn Hill “Lose Myself”
Arnold’s Zurfinary — Arnold gives a kids-eye view of surf terminology
CREATE YOUR OWN SURFBOARD game
LAVA SURF game
WHALE HOPPING game
Filmmaker commentary
Sony Pictures Animation has confirmed that it’s making a direct-to-DVD Open Season sequel which will hit store shelves in 2009. The original film took in $190 million worldwide and performed well on DVD so a sequel isn’t much a surprise. What is a surprise is the decision to to straight to DVD which hopefully doesn’t mean the production value will suffer.
The new movie will focus on Mr. Weenie and Giselle, both of which were characters in the original film. No word on whether or not the Boog and Elliot characters will make an appearance.
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Sony Pictures has announced that ‘Surf’s Up’ will come to Blu-ray and DVD on October 9th. Special features will include a three-part documentary on the making of the film, audio commentary, a music video, and more.
Surf’s Up tells the story of teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer, who enters his first pro competition. Followed by a camera crew to document his experiences, Cody leaves his family and home in Shiverpool, Antarctica to travel to Pen Gu Island for the Big Z Memorial Surf Off.
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McDonald’s and Sony Pictures Animation have teamed up to provide kids all over the country with Surf’s Up toys in their Happy Meals. Beginning June 8th, little Bobby and Janet will either be thrilled or disappointed to find a penguin mixed in with their 100% natural (hah!) fries.
There will be a total of 8 toys and are available while supplies last.
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